67 films selected for open-air screening in Skopje (North Macedonia), but discussions, masterclasses and talks online. Also online is the MaceCoProDox Forum, kicking off August 20 in Skopje.
With a motto of “Merge with Silence” the 11th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival runs 19 to 26 August 2020. Sixty-seven films will screen in two open-air cinemas in Skopje as well as online and on-demand.
The festival describes itself as “an onion-scented multi-layered platform, planted by doc-makers and doc-lovers, imbued with the Mediterranean spirit.”
Film selections are divided into six sections and will compete for the following awards:
Main Programme – Onion Award for best film in the main competition
Newcomers – Young Onion Award
Short Dox – Sliced Onion Award for the best short film
Student Dox – Onion Seed Award for best film in the student competition programme
Kids and Youth Programme
Focus Netherlands
Another prize up for grabs is the Moral Approach Award.
MAIN SELECTION:
Epicentro (France, Austria)
Directed by Hubert Sauper
Sing me a Song (France, Germany, Switzerland)
Directed by Thomas Balmès
Once the Dust Settles (Netherlands)
Directed by John Appel
collective / colectiv (Romania, Luxembourg)
Directed by Alexander Nanau
Our Time Machine (USA, China)
Directed by Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang
Only the Devil Lives Without Hope (Sweden, Norway)
Directed by Magnus Gertten
Holy Father / Tatăl nostru (Romania)
Directed by Andrei Dăscălescu
Max Richter’s Sleep (United Kingdom, USA)
Directed by Natalie Johns
Merry Christmas, Yiwu / Srećna Nova, Yiwu (Sweden, Serbia, France, Germany, Belgium, Qatar)
Directed by Mladen Kovačević
Caught in the Net (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Vít Klusák, Barbora Chalupová
The second edition of MakeCoProDox Forum is being held virtually as well, and runs 20-25 August. The first part of the 2020 programme was held 5/6 August.
Moderated by Brigid O’Shea (Documentary Association of Europe & Head of DOK Industry- DOKLeipzig) and Helle Hansen (Film Commissioner Documentary- Norwegian Film Institute, Norway), MakeCoProDox Forum’s main goal is to develop a strategy plan to increase documentary film co-production between the Balkan countries. The Forum welcomes representatives from 12 regional film agencies, 3 Scandinavian film agencies and 10 projects in final stages of production.
The ten selected projects are:
I’M PEOPLE I AM NOBODY
Country: Serbia
Director: Svetislav Dragomirović
Producer: Lorand Balazs Imre
SAVA
Country: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, UK
Director: Matthew Somerville
Producer: Matthew Sommerville
ANTOINE THE FORTUNATE
Country: Greece, France, Austria
Director: Nefin Dinc
Producers: Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof, Clara Vuillermoz, Nefin Dinc, Heinrich Maye
SUBSTITUDE FOR VUD
Country: Montenegro, Croatia, Serbiа
Director: Senad Šahmanović
Producers: Jure Pavlović, Bojan Kanjera, Senad Šahmanović
DO NOT COME HOME
Country: Serbia
Director: Danilo Lazovic, Milos Ljubomirovic
Producers: Milos Ljubomirović, Danilo Lazovic
GO BACK
Country: Bulgaria
Director: Boris Despodov
Producer: Boris Despodov
A WOMAN’S TABLE: The Making of the Mediterranean diet
Country: Greece
Director: Alexandros Merkouris, Andreas Apostolidis
Producer: Rea Apostolides, Yuri Averof
THE WIZARDS
Country: Serbia
Director: Marko Kacanski
Producer: Marko Kacanski
LIFE BEYOND BORDERS
Country: Turkey
Director: Haydar Demirtaş
Producer: Hasan Demirtaş, Can Deniz Şahin
FORBIDDEN
Country: Romania
Director: Anelise Salan
Producer: Cristina Iordache
