The International Cinematographers Film Festival "Manaki Brothers" (known short as Manaki Film Festival) is an annual international

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

organized by the Macedonian Film Professionals Association (MFPA). The festival is held in

Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...

, the town where most of the activities of the Aromanian brothers

Yanaki and Milton Manaki The Manaki brothers ( rup, Frats Manachia), Yanaki and Milton ( and ), were Greek photography and cinema pioneers of the Balkan Peninsula and the Ottoman Empire. They were the first to bring a film camera and create a motion picture in the city ...

were organized. They were the filmmakers, who in 1905 filmed in Avdela the first motion pictures in the Ottoman Balkans. Each year the festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Macedonia and the

President of North Macedonia The President of the Republic of North Macedonia ( mk, Претседател на Република Северна Македонија; sq, Presidenti i Republikës së Maqedonisë së Veriut) is the head of state of North Macedonia. The off ...

. The award of the festival is ''Camera 300'' that given to the year's best motion pictures chosen by the festival's film committee. The Manaki Film Festival has been hosted at the Center of culture, with screenings at the Big Hall, located in the center of

and has been attended by celebrities such as Michael York,

Charles Dance Walter Charles Dance (born 10 October 1946) is an English actor. He is known for playing strict, authoritarian characters and villains. His most notable film roles include Sardo Numspa in '' The Golden Child'' (1986), Dr. Jonathan Clemens in '' ...

, Victoria Abril,

Daryl Hannah Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American actress and environmental activist. She made her screen debut in Brian De Palma's supernatural horror film '' The Fury'' (1978). She has starred in various movies across the years, i ...

Catherine Deneuve Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (, , ), is a French actress as well as an occasional singer, model, and producer, considered one of the greatest European actresses. She gained recogni ...

Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...

, Julliette Binoche, Aleksei Serebryakov, Bruno Ganz,

Claudia Cardinale Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale (; born 15 April 1938) is an Italian actress. She has starred in some of the most iconic European films of the 1960s and 1970s, acting in Italian, French, and English. Born and raised in La Goulette, a ...

, Fatih Akin.

Golden Camera 300 for life achievement

*1996 Milton Manaki *1997 Ljube Petkovski and Branko Mihajlovski *1998 Sven Nykvist *1999 Jerzy Wojcik *2000

Freddie Francis Frederick William Francis (22 December 1917 – 17 March 2007) was an English cinematographer and film director. He achieved his greatest successes as a cinematographer. He started his career with British films such as Jack Cardiff's '' Sons and ...

*2001

Miroslav Ondříček Miroslav Ondříček (4 November 1934 – 28 March 2015) was a Czech cinematographer who worked on over 40 films, including '' Amadeus'', ''Ragtime'' and '' If....''. Life and career Miroslav Ondříček was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now ...

and Henri Alekan *2002

Tonino Delli Colli Tonino Delli Colli (20 November 1923 – 16 August 2005) was an Italian cinematographer. Biography Cousin of Franco Delli Colli, Antonio (Tonino) Delli Colli was born in Rome, and began work at Rome's Cinecittà studio in 1938, at the age of ...

*2003

Raoul Coutard Raoul Coutard (16 September 1924 – 8 November 2016) was a French cinematographer. He is best known for his connection with the Nouvelle Vague period and particularly for his work with director Jean-Luc Godard. Coutard also shot films for New Wa ...

*2004 Vadim Yusov *2005

Vittorio Storaro Vittorio Storaro, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 24 June 1940) is an Italian cinematographer widely recognized as one of the best and most influential in cinema history, for his work on numerous classic films including '' The Conformist,'' '' Apocalypse No ...

*2006 Michael Ballhaus *2007 Anatoli Petritsky *2008

Walter Carvalho Walter Carvalho (born 1947 in João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil) is a critically and internationally acclaimed Brazilian cinematographer. Carvalho has worked on over 60 films in his career since entering the Cinema of Brazil in 1973. He has won ...

*2009

Billy Williams Billy Leo Williams (born June 15, 1938) is a former left fielder and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played from 1959 to 1976, almost entirely for the Chicago Cubs. A six-time All-Star, Williams was named the 1961 National League (NL) ...

and Peter Suschitzky *2010

Vilmos Zsigmond Vilmos Zsigmond ASC (; June 16, 1930 – January 1, 2016) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer. His work in cinematography helped shape the look of American movies in the 1970s, making him one of the leading figures in the American New Wav ...

*2011

Dante Spinotti Dante Spinotti, A.S.C., A.I.C. (born 22 August 1943) is an Italian cinematographer and a member of the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He is known for his collaborations with directors Michael Mann, Michael A ...

*2012 Luciano Tovoli *2013 José Luis Alcaine *2014 Chris Menges *2015 Božidar Nikolić, Jaromír Šofr, Ryszard Lenczewski *2016 Robby Müller, John Seale *2017 Giuseppe Rotunno and Pierre Lhomme *2018

Roger Deakins Sir Roger Alexander Deakins (born 24 May 1949) is an English cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. Deakins has been admitted to both the British Society of Cinema ...

*2019

Edward Lachman Edward Lachman (born March 31, 1948) is an American cinematographer and director. Lachman is mostly associated with the American independent film movement, and has served as director of photography on films by Todd Haynes (including '' Far from ...

and Giorgos Arvanitis *2020

Janusz Kamiński Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director of film and television. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993. He won the Academy Awa ...

*2021 Christian Berger

Special Golden Camera 300

*2000 -

Jiří Menzel Jiří Menzel () (23 February 1938 – 5 September 2020) was a Czech film director, theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. His films often combine a humanistic view of the world with sarcasm and provocative cinematography. Some of these f ...

*2002 - Robby Müller *2003 -

Christopher Doyle Christopher Doyle, also known as Dù Kěfēng (Mandarin) or Dou Ho-Fung (Cantonese) () (born 2 May 1952) is an Australian-Hong Kong cinematographer. He has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being best known for his collaborations ...

*2006 -

*2007 -

Branko Lustig Branko Lustig (10 June 1932 – 14 November 2019) was a Croatian film producer best known for winning Academy Awards for Best Picture for ''Schindler's List'' and '' Gladiator''. He is the only person born in the territory of present-day Croatia ...

*2008 -

Veljko Bulajić Veljko Bulajić (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing World War II-themed movies from the Partisan f ...

and

Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998. ...

*2009 - Victoria Abril and Anthony Dod Mantle *2010 -

and Roger Pratt *2011 -

Bruno Delbonnel Bruno Delbonnel, , (born 1957) is a French cinematographer. He worked on the films ''Amélie'' (2001), ''A Very Long Engagement'' (2004), '' Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009), '' Inside Llewyn Davis'' (2013) and '' Darkest Hour'' ...

and

Miki Manojlovic Miki may refer to: Places * Miki, Hyōgo, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan * Miki, Kagawa, a town in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan * Miki, Azerbaijan, a village in Astara Rayon, Azerbaijan People * Miki (given name) * Miki (surname) * Miki Núñez ...

*2012 - Christian Berger and

*2013 -

Agnès Godard Agnès Godard (born 28 May 1951) is a French cinematographer. She is most famous for her long-running collaboration with filmmaker Claire Denis. For her work, she has won a César Award. Life and career Godard originally studied journalism, but s ...

and

*2014 - Luca Bigazzi and

Juliette Binoche Juliette Binoche (; born 9 March 1964) is a French actress and dancer. She has appeared in more than sixty feature films and has been the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Silver Bear, ...

*2015 - Aleksei Serebryakov and Bruno Ganz *2016 -

Phedon Papamichael Phedon Papamichael, ASC ( el, Φαίδων Παπαμιχαήλ, ''Faidon Papamihail''; born 10 February 1962) is a Greek cinematographer and film director, known for his collaborations with directors James Mangold, Alexander Payne and Wim Wende ...

*2017 - Milcho Manchevski *2018 -

*2021 -

Andrei Konchalovsky Andrei Sergeyevich Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky (russian: link=no, Андрей Сергеевич Михалков-Кончаловский; born 20 August 1937) is a Russian filmmaker. He has worked in Soviet, Hollywood, and contemporary Russian ...

*2021 -

Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book"; born 14 February 1960) is an English composer and viola player. She is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Education Pook gradua ...

Golden Camera 300

* 1993 - Vilko Filač for ''

Arizona Dream ''Arizona Dream'' is a 1993 indie surrealist comedy drama film co-written and directed by Emir Kusturica and starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Lili Taylor and Vincent Gallo. Plot Axel has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a ra ...

'' * 1994 - Gerard Simon for ''

Louis, the Child King ''Louis, the Child King'' (french: Louis, enfant roi) is a 1993 French drama film directed by Roger Planchon. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Carmen Maura - Anne d'Autriche * Maxime Mansion - Louis XIV * Paolo Grazi ...

'' * 1995 - Stefan Kullänger for ''Sommaren'' * 1996 -

Masao Nakabori is a Japanese cinematographer, known as DP of Koreeda's ''Maborosi''. Selected filmography TV films * ''Ultra Seven'' ('' ウルトラセブン,'' 1967) * ''Silver Kamen'' ('' シルバー仮面'', 1971–1972) * ''Ultraman Taro'' ('' ウル ...

for ''

Maborosi ''Maborosi'', known in Japan as , is a 1995 Japanese drama film by director Hirokazu Kore-eda starring Makiko Esumi, Tadanobu Asano, and Takashi Naito. It is based on a novel by Teru Miyamoto. The film won a Golden Osella Award for Best Cinemato ...

'' * 1997 - Sergey Astakhov for ''

Brother A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-famili ...

'' * 1998 -

for ''

Central Station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

'' * 1999 - Jacek Petrycki for '' Journey to the Sun'' * 2000 - Andreas Höfer for ''The Three Lives of Rita'' * 2001 - Ryszard Lenczewski for ''Last Resort'' * 2002 - Walter Carvalho for '' To the Left of the Father'' * 2003 -

for ''

Hero A hero (feminine: heroine) is a real person or a main fictional character who, in the face of danger, combats adversity through feats of ingenuity, courage, or strength. Like other formerly gender-specific terms (like ''actor''), ''her ...

'' and

Barry Ackroyd Barry Ackroyd, BSC (born 12 May 1954) is an English cinematographer and director. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film ''The Hurt Locker'' as well as the critica ...

for '' Sweet Sixteen'' * 2004 - Rainer Klausmann for '' Head-On'' * 2005 - Shu Yang Kong for ''That'' * 2006 -

Stéphane Fontaine Stéphane Fontaine is a French cinematographer. He graduated from the École nationale supérieure Louis-Lumière in 1985, and began his career as first assistant camera on films directed by Arnaud Desplechin, Jim Jarmusch, Leos Carax and Ol ...

for '' The Beat That My Heart Skipped'' * 2007 - Dragan Marković for '' The Living and the Dead'' and Jaromír Šofr for ''

I Served the King of England ''I Served the King of England'' ( cs, Obsluhoval jsem anglického krále) is a novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. The story is set in Prague in the 1940s, during the Nazi occupation and early communism, and follows a young man who alterna ...

'' * 2008 - Rodrigo Prieto for ''

Lust, Caution ''Lust, Caution'' () is a 2007 erotic period espionage mystery romance film directed by Ang Lee, based on the 1979 novella by Eileen Chang. ''Lust, Caution'' is set in Hong Kong in 1938 and in Shanghai in 1942, when the city was occupied by ...

'' * 2009 -

Natasha Braier Natasha Braier (born December 11, 1974) is an Argentinian cinematographer. She resides in Los Angeles, California. Biography A Buenos Aires native, Braier is the daughter of two Freudian psychoanalysts. She earned a master's degree in cinematogra ...

for ''

The Milk of Sorrow ''The Milk of Sorrow'' ( es, La Teta Asustada, The frightened teat) is a 2009 Peruvian-Spanish drama film by Peruvian director Claudia Llosa and co-produced by Peru and Spain. The film stars Magaly Solier and addresses the fears of abused women dur ...

'' * 2010 - Marin Gschlacht for '' Women Without Men'' * 2011 - Fred Kelemen for '' The Turin Horse'' * 2012 - Jolanta Dylewska for '' In Darkness'' * 2013 - Kiko de la Rica for ''

Blancanieves ''Blancanieves'' (known as ''Blancaneu'' in Catalan) is a 2012 Spanish black-and-white silent drama film written and directed by Pablo Berger. Based on the 1812 fairy tale ''Snow White'' by the Brothers Grimm, the story is set in a romantic v ...

'' * 2014 - Valentyn Vasyanovych for '' The Tribe'' * 2015 - Mátyás Erdély for ''

Son of Saul ''Son of Saul'' ( hu, Saul fia) is a 2015 Hungarian historical drama film directed by László Nemes, in his feature directorial debut, and co-written by Nemes and Clara Royer. It is set in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II, ...

'' * 2016 - Jani-Petteri Passi for ''

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki ''The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki'' ( fi, Hymyilevä mies, translation=Smiling man) is a 2016 Finnish biographical drama film co-written and directed by Juho Kuosmanen. It won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2016 Cannes Film Festi ...

'' * 2017 - Marcell Rev for '' Jupiter’s Moon'' * 2018 -

Hong Kyung-pyo Hong Kyung-pyo (, born August 11, 1962) is a South Korean cinematographer. He has worked with several acclaimed Korean directors, including Bong Joon-ho, Lee Chang-dong, and Na Hong-jin Na Hong-jin (, born 1974) is a South Korean film direc ...

for ''

Burning Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke. Combustion ...

'' * 2019 - Hélène Louvart for '' The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão''

Silver Camera 300

*2011 - Michael Krichman for Quiet Souls *2012 - Alisher Khamidkhadjaev for Living *2013 - Virginie Saint-Martin for Tango Libre *2014 - Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida *2015 - Adam Arkapaw for Macbeth *2016 - Ruben Impens for

Belgica Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany. In 50 BC, a ...

*2017 - Reiner Klausmann for

In the Fade ''In the Fade'' (german: Aus dem Nichts) is a 2017 German drama film written and directed by Fatih Akin. It stars Diane Kruger as a German woman whose husband and son are killed in a terrorist attack perpetrated by neo-Nazis. It was selected t ...

*2018 - Eric Gautier for

Ash Is Purest White ''Ash Is Purest White'' ( zh, 江湖儿女; 'Sons and Daughters of Jianghu') is a 2018 Chinese drama directed by Jia Zhangke. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. The story is loosely based on the lea ...

*2019 - Dong Jinsong for

The Wild Goose Lake ''The Wild Goose Lake'' () is a 2019 Chinese neo-noir crime thriller directed by Diao Yinan and starring Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, Liao Fan, and Wan Qian. It garnered $31 million at the box office and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at th ...

List of festival directors

Before 1993 the festival did not have a director, the function was introduced in 1993. *Boris Nonevski 1993-1995 *Gorjan Tozija 1995-1995 *Delcho Mihajlov 1996-1998 *Vladimir Atanasov 1998-2001 *Tomi Salkovski 2001-2009 *

Labina Mitevska Labina Mitevska ( mk, Лабина Митевска) (born 1975 in Skopje, Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian actress. Career Mitevska began her acting career aged 19 after studying in Skopje, Denmark, and the Univer ...

2009-2014 *Dimitar Nikolov 2015–2015 *Blagoja Kunovski 2016–2018 *Evgenija Teodosievska 2018-2020 *Simeon Damevski 2021-?

Main competition jury

*2021 - Phillip Bergson, Wim Vanacker, Suki Medencevic, Sonja Prosenc, Dimo Popov *2019 -

, Kaloyan Bozhilov, Dominique Welinski, Fejmi Daut, Nenad Dukic *2018 - Olympia Mytilinaiou, Rainer Klausmann, Mattias Troelstrup, Rebecca Fayyad Palud, Gjorce Stavreski *2017 - Paul René Roestad, Luca Coassin, Darijan Pejovski, Jani-Petteri Passi, Erol Zubčević *2016 -

, Claire Pijman, Alin Taşçıyan, Gökhan Tiryaki, Vladimir Samoilovski *2015 - Božidar Nikolić, Ryszard Lenczewski, Mitko Panov, Hayet Benkara, Ercan Kesal *2014 - Giora Bejach, Rebekah Tolley, Srdjan Dragojevic, Simon Tansek, Lazar Sekulovski *2013 - Jose Luis Alcaine, Amnon Zalait, Bojidar Manov, Elma Tataragic, Dejan Dukovski *2012 - Fred Kelemen, Miladin Colakovic,

Damjan Kozole Damjan Kozole (born 1964 in Brežice, Slovenia) is a Slovenian filmmaker whose directing credits include the 2003 critically acclaimed ''Spare Parts'' and 2009 worldwide released '' Slovenian Girl'', among others. ''Spare parts'' was nominated f ...

, Ilija Penushliski, Virgine Saint Martin *2011 -

, Eva Zaoralova, Goce Smilevski, Nigel Walters, Martin Schweighofer *2010 -

, Pawel Pawlinkowski, Dominique Fury,

, Darko Mitrevski, Christine Dollhofer *2009 - Peter Suschitzky, Slobodan Šijan, Yuri Klimenko, Minas Bakalčev *2004 - César Charlone, Rosanna Seregni, Andreas Fischer-Hansen, Roi Jean, Umberto Rossi *2003 - Willy Kurant, Olinka Vistica, Gábor Medvigy,

António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa GCIH (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician serving as the 119th and current prime minister of Portugal since 26 November 2015, presiding over the XXI (2015–2019), XXII (2019–2022) and ...

*2002 - Robby Müller, Alain Marcoen, Ronald Bergan ,

Jan Weincke Jan Weincke (born 30 April 1945) is a Danish cinematographer. Filmography *'' Facing the Truth'' (2002) *'' Barbara'' (1997) *''Inside'' (1996) *''Pain of Love'' (1992) *''Penn & Teller Get Killed'' (1989) *'' Dead of Winter'' (1987) *'' Weed ...

, Antonio Mitrikeski *2001 - Andreas Hoffer, Dominique Bax, Eric Guichard,

Aleksandr Bashirov Alexander Nikolaevich Bashirov (russian: Александр Николаевич Баширов; born 24 September 1955, in Sogom) is a Russian film and theater actor, director and screenwriter. He performed in more than sixty films since 1986. ...

, Dejan Dukovski *2000 - Jaromír Sofr, Jacek Petrycki, John Christian Rosenlund, Jan Hintjens, Ivo Trajkov *1998 - Morten Bruus, Sergei Astakhov, Martin Langer *1997 - Zivko Zalar, Simon Perry, Deborah Young *1996 - Marcel Martin *1995 - Dick Pope, Ron Holloway,

Stole Popov Stole Popov is a Macedonian film director. Biography Stole Popov (Macedonian: Столе Попов) was born 20 August 1950 in Skopje, North Macedonia. He graduated film directingat the Academy of Theatre, Film & Television in Belgrade. He is ...

World, regional and national film premiers

*2004: "

The Great Water ''The Great Water'' ( mk, Γолемата вода, Latinic: Golemata voda) is a 2004 Macedonian film starring Saso Kekenovski, Maja Stankovska, Mitko Apostolovski, Meto Jovanovski and Verica Nedeska. It was directed and written by Ivo Tra ...

" (''Големата вода'') - National Premiere *2005: "Contact" (''Контакт'') - World Premiere *2006: "

The Secret Book ''The Secret Book'' is a Macedonian feature film combining the detective, thriller and conspiracy fiction genres, based on "Secret Book" (french: Le Livre Secret, mk, Тајната книга), a real mystical book written by the Bogomils wi ...

" (''Тајната книга'') - World Premiere *2010: "

Mothers ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the case of gestati ...

" (''Мајки'') - National premiere *2012: " The Third Half" (''Трето полувреме'') - World Premiere *2012: "

Balkan Is Not Dead ''Balkan Is Not Dead'' ( mk, Балканот не е мртов) is a 2012 Macedonian film directed by Aleksandar Popovski. Plot A Macedonian family from Bitola at the turn of the twentieth century tries to survive, preserve its roots and remain ...

" (''Балканот не е мртов'') - World Premiere *2013: " The Piano Room" (''Соба со пијано'')- World Premiere *2014: " To the Hilt" (''До балчак'') -World Premiere *2014: "Children of the Sun" (''Деца на сонцето'') - World Premiere *2015: "Lazar" (''Лазар'') - World Premiere *2016: "The Liberation of Skopje" (''Ослободувањето на Скопје'') - National Premiere *2016: "Golden five" (''Златна Петорка'') - World Premiere

Gallery

References

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