Milcho Manchevski ( mk, Милчо Манчевски, )"Milcho Manchevski: Full Biography"
''maccinema.com''. Kinoteka na Makedonija. Retrieved April 29, 2017. is a New York-based Macedonian film director, photographer and artist.

Work

Milcho Manchevski's acclaimed '' Before the Rain'' is considered "one of the greatest debut feature films in the history of cinema" (Annette Insdorf) and "one of the most important films of the decade" (Ann Kibbey). ''

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'' included it in its ''Guide to the Best 1,000 Films Ever Made'' list. It won the Golden Lion in

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, Independent Spirit, was nominated for an

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and won 30 other awards. He has also made the multiple award-winning ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Mothers'', '' Bikini Moon'' and ''

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'', and the shorts '' The End of Time'', ''Thursday'', '' Macedonia Timeless'', ''Tennessee'' and ''1.73''. Manchevski has authored four exhibitions of photographs, works of fiction, books of essays, and performance art. His work had more than 350 festival screenings (including

, Berlin,

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, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Valencia, Sundance, Cinequest, Raindance,

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, Mons, Shangai, Beijing, Goa, Bangalore,

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, Thessaloniki, Jerusalem, Hong Kong, Moscow etc.). His films have been distributed in more than 50 countries. His work has been included in the curricula of numerous universities and has been the subject of two academic conferences (in Firenza and Leipzig); he holds an Honorary Doctorate from Moscow's VGIK. He has taught and lectured at the Feirstein Graduate School at Brooklyn College,

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, EICTV in

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, London Film School,

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, Chicago University,

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, Shanghai University, etc.. Manchevski won best director at the 2020

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for ''Willow''.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

*'' The End of Time'' (2017) *''Thursday'' (2013) *''Buddies: Race – Skopsko for Us'' (2015) *''Buddies: Filip – Skopsko for Us'' (2015) *''Buddies: Green Car – Skopsko for Us'' (2015) *''Macedonia Timeless: Mountains'' (2008) *''Macedonia Timeless: Temples'' (2008) *''Macedonia Timeless: Archaeology'' (2008)

Television

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'' (" Game Day") (2002)

Music videos

*Kiril Dzajkovski – Red Safari (2019) *Kiril Dzajkovski – Dawn (2019) *Krte Rodzevski – Eh Ljubov (2019) *Nina Spirova – Eden baknez (2007) * Kiril Dzajkovski – Jungle Shadow (2007) *Kiril Dzajkovski – Primitive Science (2001) *Kiril Dzajkovski – The Dead Are Waiting (2001) *Kiril Dzajkovski – Brothel Tango (2001) *Roachford – This Generation (1994) *

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– Vive ma liberte (1993) * George Lamond – Baby I believe in You (1992) *Sonia Dada – You Ain't Thinking (About Me) (1992) *School of Hard Knocks – A Dirty Cop Named Harry (1992) *

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– Tennessee (1991) *

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– If You're Serious (1991) *

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– Kid Get Hyped (1991) * Partners in Kryme – Undercover (1990) * Bastion – Hot Day in Mexico (1985) * Leb i sol – Aber dojde, Donke (1983)

Art exhibitions

“There“, 2020
*"Dreaming a Wu Yan Poem", 2017]
"Five Drops of Dream" (exhibition of photographic pentaptychs) 2010"The Manifesto of Conceptualists""Faces""1am""How to Explain to a Live Rabbit the Joseph Beuys’ Work How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare""Riddle""1.74""The Editing of The Ghost of my Mother"Thursday 2 (censored by Facebook)

Bibliography

''The Ghost of My Mother'', 2000''Truth and Fiction: Notes on (Exceptional) Faith in Art'', 2012''Pictures, Words, and Lies'', 2015"Fiction""Screenplays""Essays""Translations"

References

External links

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Vimeo Manchevski

In Conversation: Macedonian Mythmaking: Milcho Manchevski with Conor McGrady & Dario Šolman, ''The Brooklyn Rail'' An interview

Official Youtube Channel

Instagram, Manchevski

The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made

Facebook, Manchevski

Essays on Before the Rain

Essays on Dust

Essays on Shadows

Essays on Willow

Essays on Street

Essays on Five Drops of Dream

Reviews on IMDb

Aporias of the war story

Balkan Homecoming "Before the Rain" and "The Quick and the Dead" by Anthony Lane

Before the Rain – Stunning Tale Of Macedonia

"Before the Rain" never ending story by Ian Christie

"Biography" [by Iris Kronauer] in "Monograph MANCHEVSKI" [Ed. Marina Kostova] (2015)

"CLOSE UP: Milcho Manchevsky" – a conversation with Nancy Keefe Rhodes in DOSSIER (2005)

"Compelling 'Mothers' Mixes Truth And Fiction"- Article in Arab Times (2011)

"Director Makes Dazzling Debut in Rain" – Article in Miami Herald [Rene Rodriguez] (1995)

"Film Review: Shadows" in Spirituality & Practice [Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat] (2009)

"Living/Reliving Before the Rain" – Essay -Thomas Woodard

"Montage and the Semiotics of Credibility: An Analysis of Before the Rain" – Ann Kibbey

"Mothers" – Article in Eye Weekly [Chris Bilton] (2010)

"Odgovornost je kljucno pitanje" – Interview for Slobodna Dalmacija [Vesna Lausic] (2008)

"On Milcho Manchevski's Mothers" – Article in Script [Andrew Horton] (2011)

"SJENE: U carstvu (sestog) cula" – Article in Slobodna Dalmacija [Marko Njegic] (2008)

"Sex, Death, Eroticism And Psychological Horror..."-Article in Popcorn Reel [Omar P.L. Moore] (2009)

"Sexuality and Melancholy" [Katerina Kolozova]

"The 'Rain' Maker" – Article in Variety [Max Alexander]

"The 'Rain' maker" – Interview [Roger Ebert] (1995) (rogerebert.com)

"The Worst Can Happen, And It Does" – Film Review in The New York Times [Janet Maslin] (1995)

'Willow' Review – Cineuropa

'Willow' Review – Variety

'Willow': Film Review – The Hollywood Reporter

A high-class surreal western – Stopklatka (In Polish)

Article in IndieWire [Meredith Brody] (2010)

AsburyMovies.it (In Italian)

Before the Rain review by Roger Ebert

Cine Clandestino (In Italian)

CineFile.biz [Alberto Cassani] (Italian)

Cinema Without Borders

Cinematographe (In Italian)

Cleveland.com

Criterion Collection film essay [Ian Christie]

Cubist of the silver screen – The Globe and Mail

Democrat and Chronicle

Feral Tribune (In Croatian)

FilmoviPreporuke.com (In Serbian)

Frankfurter Rundschau (In German)

Hollywood Today (Michelle Foody)

Los Angeles Times

Moving Pictures Magazine

On unhappy endings, politics and storytelling – P.O.V.

Once Upon a Time in Macedonia – TV Guide Online

Paying the price of motherhood in flash, blood and grief, by Katerina Kolozova

Roger Ebert's Video Companion – Article: "Before the Rain" (1997)

Script

Slant Magazine [Andrew Schenker]

The Movie Gourmet

The Popcorn Reel

The Village Voice [Aaron Hillis]

Variety

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