Best Feature Film: Directions - "gritty exploration"
Best Short Film: Donka - "laugh out loud funny"
Best Documentary: Honeyland - Macedonian entry for Academy Awards
Special Jury Award for Best Actress: Zorica Nusheva in God Exists, Her Name is Petrunija

The "Year of the Monkey", Coco escapes the zoo to become a media star and the nation's symbol of resistance during an economic crisis that had left the Zoo Warden, Tsobe, unemployed.  Recapturing Coco is a way for Tsobe to be reinstated, but returning a nation's symbol to captivity may be risky.  It certainly is comical and mischevious. 

Six taxi drivers and their passengers move through the night, each in hope of finding a brighter way forward.  A road movie set in present-day Bulgaria, a country which remains optimistic mainly because all the realists and pessimists have left. 

This short film is a panoramic exploration of traditional crafts of the Old Bazaar in Skopje, and includes interviews with craftsmen who give their views on why these arts are dying out and how they should be saved and preserved. 

If you can't get to Skopje this year, here is your chance to visit part of it on film! 

(2019)
Second Chance interweaves three stories of three women living in the same apartment complex, creating a kaleidoscopic observation of the unique experience of being a mother and the self-sacrifice involved in bringing life into this world.  Each one of these women is trying to find meaning in her existence during the absurd and meaningless times on the verge of civil war in Macedonia.  Each of them faces their own demons while trying to preserve their humanity.  Written by Ognen Georgievski and directed by Marija Dzidzeva. 
This film was originally called 'Sacrifice'. 

The 14th annual Macedonian Film Festival will be held October 18-20, 2019 at the Carlton Imagine Cinemas in Toronto, ON.  The purpose and goal of the Macedonian Film Festival is to broaden the awareness of all Canadians to Macedonian talent and culture.