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A list of feature films produced or filmed in the territory of modern-day North Macedonia.
Ottoman Empire
[edit]1900s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weavers | Manaki Brothers | 1905 | Documentary | First motion picture on the Balkan Peninsula. |
| School in an open environment | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary | |
| Parade of military band, chariots and horsemen | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary | |
| Manifestation (with Greek inscriptions) | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary | |
| Manifestation on the occasion of the Young Turk Revolution | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary | |
| Manifestation marking the Hurriyet | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary | |
| Parade marking the Hurriyet | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary | |
| Turks hold speech on Hurriyet | Manaki Brothers | 1908 | Documentary |
1910s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Grevena | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Panorama of Grevena | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Romanian Delegation visit to Bitola | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Romanian delegation visiting Gopesh | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Romanian delegation visiting Resen | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Reshad Visiting Bitola | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Reshad Visiting Salonica | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Church in Grevena | Manaki Brothers | 1911 | Documentary | |
| Alexander Karadjordjevic visiting Bitola | Manaki Brothers | 1912 | Documentary | |
| Opening city café in Bitola | Manaki Brothers | 1912 | Documentary |
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
[edit]1920s
[edit]| Title | Created by | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macedonia in Pictures | Macedonian Society in Sofia | 1923 | Documentary | Made on behalf 20 years from the Ilinden Uprising. |
1940s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombing of Bitola | Milton Manaki | 1940 | War documentary | |
| Entering of the National Liberation Army in Bitola | Milton Manaki | 1944 | Documentary |
1950s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frosina | Vojislav Nanović | 1952 | Social | The first film of independent Socialist Macedonia |
| Wolf's Night | France Štiglic | 1955 | Fiction | Volca nok |
| Riot Dolls | Dimitrie Osmanli | 1957 | Short film | |
| Little Man | Žika Čukulić | 1957 | Drama | Mali covek |
| Sun behind bars | Slavko Janevski | 1957 | Social | |
| A gift from the space painter | Dimitar Kjostarov | 1957 | Short film | |
| Miss Stone | Žika Mitrović | 1958 | Historical | The first Macedonian motion picture in color. |
| Evil Visa | France Štiglic | 1959 | Crime fiction | The False Passport |
| Three Anne's | Branko Bauer | 1959 | Psychological | Three Girls Named Anna |
| Dubrovski | William Diterle | 1959 | Fiction |
1960s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David, Goliath and a rooster | Slavko Janevski | 1960 | Short | |
| Quiet Summer | Dimitrie Osmanli | 1961 | Comedy | First Macedonian Comedy |
| The Salonika Terrorists | Žika Mitrović | 1961 | Historical | |
| Greeting of Tito in Bitola | Milton Manaki | 1963 | Documentary | |
| Under the Same Sky | Ljubiša Georgievski | 1964 | War | Pod isto nebo |
| Days of Temptation | Branko Gapo | 1965 | Historical | Also known as Denovi na iskusenie |
| To Victory and Beyond | Žika Mitrović | 1966 | War | Also known as To Victory and Further |
| Macedonian Blood Wedding | Trajče Popov | 1967 | Historical | |
| Memento | Dimitrie Osmanli | 1967 | Psychological | |
| Where After the Rain | Vladan Slijepćević | 1967 | Fiction | |
| Mountain of Wrath | Ljubiša Georgievski | 1968 | Social | |
| War-less Time | Branko Gapo | 1969 | Fiction | |
| Republic in Flames | Ljubiša Georgievski | 1969 | Historical |
1970s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Price of the City | Ljubiša Georgievski | 1970 | War | Also known as The Price of a Town |
| Black Seed | Kiril Cenevski | 1971 | Drama | |
| The Macedonian Part of Hell | Vatroslav Mimica | 1971 | War | |
| Embrio № M | Petar Gligorovski | 1971 | Animated | First Macedonian fully animated feature film. |
| Thirst | Dimitrie Osmanli | 1971 | Social | Also known as Zedj |
| Shot | Branko Gapo | 1972 | War | |
| Father (We're Cursed, Irene) | Kole Angelovski | 1973 | Psychological | |
| Anguish | Kiril Cenevski | 1975 | Historical | Also known as Misery |
| The Longest Path | Branko Gapo | 1976 | Historical | Also known as The Longest Journey |
| Rise Up, Delfina | Aleksandar Gjurcinov | 1977 | Psychological | Also known as Stand Up Straight Delfina |
| Judgement | Trajče Popov | 1977 | War | Also known as The Verdict or Presuda |
| Dae | Stole Popov | 1979 | Documentary |
1980s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lead Brigade | Kiril Cenevski | 1980 | Fiction | |
| Time Leads | Branko Gapo | 1980 | Social | Vreme, vodi |
| The Red Horse | Stole Popov | 1981 | Historical | |
| Southern Path | Stevo Crvenkovski | 1982 | Fiction | Juzna pateka |
| Opasni trag | Miomir 'Miki' Stamenković | 1984 | Crime, Thriller | |
| Haven't I Told You | Stevo Crvenkovski | 1984 | Historical | Neli ti rekov |
| Node | Kiril Cenevski | 1985 | War | Also known as Jazol |
| Happy New Year '49 | Stole Popov | 1986 | Drama | It was Yugoslavia's submission to the 59th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. |
| Hi-Fi | Vladimir Blaževski | 1987 | Social | |
| Cadaver Weekend | Kole Angelovski | 1988 | Comedy | Also known as A Weekend of Deceased Persons |
1990s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tattoo | Stole Popov | 1991 | Drama | The last Macedonian film before the independence from Yugoslavia. |
Republic of Macedonia
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vreme, zivot | Ivan Mitevski | 1992 | Drama, Romance | |
| Svetlo sivo | Srđan Janićijević | 1993 | Drama | |
| Macedonian Saga | Branko Gapo | 1993 | Melodrama | First Macedonian independent film. |
| Before the Rain | Milčo Mančevski | 1994 | Social | The first Macedonian film to be nominated for Academy Award. |
| Angel Waste | Dimitrie Osmanli | 1995 | Melodrama | |
| Self Destruction | Altanaj Erbil | 1996 | Comedy | |
| Gypsy Magic | Stole Popov | 1997 | Melodrama | It was Macedonia's submission to the 70th Academy Awards. |
| Over the Lake | Antonio Mitrikjeski | 1997 | Social | |
| Goodbye, 20th Century! | Darko Mitrevski | 1998 | Fantasy | It was Macedonia's submission to the 71st Academy Awards. |
| Maklabas | Aco Stankovski | 1998 | Experimental |
2000s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dust | Milčo Mančevski | 2001 | Fiction | The film was nominated for a Golden Reel Award. |
| Like a Bad Dream | Antonio Mitrikjeski | 2003 | Fiction | |
| The Great Water | Ivo Trajkov | 2004 | Fiction | Macedonia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards. |
| Mirage | Svetozar Ristovski | 2004 | Drama | |
| How I Killed a Saint | Teona Strugar Mitevska | 2004 | Fiction | |
| Bal-Can-Can | Darko Mitrevski | 2005 | Fiction | The highest-grossing Macedonian film until the release of The Third Half. Entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. |
| Contact | Sergej Stanojkovski | 2005 | Drama | Macedonia's submission to the 79th Academy Awards. |
| The Secret Book | Vlado Cvetanovski | 2006 | Conspiracy fiction | |
| Shadows | Milčo Mančevski | 2007 | Fiction | Macedonia's submission to the 80th Academy Awards. |
| I Am from Titov Veles | Teona Mitevska | 2007 | Fiction | |
| Upside Down | Igor Ivanov Izi | 2007 | Fiction | |
| Does It Hurt? | Aneta Lešnikovska | 2007 | Documentary | |
| Wingless | Ivo Trajkov | 2009 | Fiction | |
| East-West-East | Gerg Giovani | 2009 | Fiction | |
| Normal | Julius Ševčík | 2009 | Fiction |
2010s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mothers | Milčo Mančevski | 2010 | Fiction | Macedonia's submission to the 83rd Academy Awards. |
| The War Is Over | Mitko Panov | 2010 | Drama | |
| My Father | Shqipe N. Duka | 2010 | Drama | First film in Albanian in Macedonia |
| The Land Between the Borders | Arben Kastrati | 2010 | Drama | |
| This Is Not an American Film | Sašo Pavlovski | 2011 | Crime | |
| Punk's Not Dead | Vladimir Blaževski | 2011 | Comedy | Macedonia's submission to the 84th Academy Awards. |
| The Third Half | Darko Mitrevski | 2012 | Historical | Macedonia's submission to the 85th Academy Awards. |
| The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears | Teona S. Mitevska | 2012 | Drama | |
| Skopje Remix | omnibus | 2012 | omnibus | |
| Balkan Is Not Dead | Aleksandar Popovski | 2013 | Drama | |
| The Piano Room | Igor Ivanov Izi | 2013 | Fiction | Released at the 2013 Manaki Brothers Film Festival. |
| Bale | Nikola Popovski | 2014 | Documentary | |
| Children of the Sun | Antonio Mitrikeski | 2014 | Drama | Released at the 2014 Manaki Brothers Film Festival |
| Inferno | Vinko Moderndorfer | 2014 | Drama | |
| Mizar: The Star of Hope | Marko Dzambazoski | 2014 | Documentary | |
| Sk | Guillermo Carreras-Candi | 2014 | Documentary | |
| These Are the Rules | Ognjen Sviličić | 2014 | Drama | |
| To the Hilt | Stole Popov | 2014 | Western | Released at the 2014 Manaki Brothers Film Festival, Macedonia's submission to the 87th Academy Awards |
| The Weight of Chains 2 | Boris Malagurski | 2014 | Documentary | |
| When Clouds Burst | Guillermo Carreras-Candi | 2014 | Documentary | |
| My brother Lazar | Svetozar Ristovski | 2015 | Drama | Released at the 2015 Manaki Brothers Film Festival |
| Honey Night | Ivo Trajkov | 2015 | Political thriller | Released at the 2015 Skopje Film Festival |
| Three Days in September | Darijan Pejovski | 2015 | Thriller | Released at the 2015 Cinedays, Skopje |
| Waiting for the money | Slobodan Despotovski | 2015 | Drama | Released on 30 October 2015 |
| Zbor | Slobodan Despotovski | 2015 | Drama | |
| Obozhenie | Kiril Karakaš | 2016 | Drama | |
| Amok | Vardan Tozija | 2016 | Drama, Thriller | Released on 30 April 2016 |
| Horse Riders | Marjan Gavrilovski | 2016 | Drama, Thriller | Released May 2017 |
| The liberation of Skopje | Rade Šerbedžija | 2016 | Historical | Released at the 2016 Manaki Brothers Film Festival |
| Golden Five | Goran Trenchovski | 2016 | Drama | Released at the 2016 Manaki Brothers Film Festival |
| When the Day Had No Name | Teona Strugar Mitevska | 2017 | Drama | |
| Oh my love | Kole Angelovski | 2017 | Comedy | Released at the 2017 Skopje Film Festival on 21 April 2017 [1] |
| Secret Ingredient | Gjorče Stavreski | 2017 | Drama, Comedy | |
| Witness | Mitko Panov | 2018 | Drama | expected premiere 2017 |
| Year of the Monkey | Vladimir Blaževski | 2018 | Comedy, Fantasy | Released on 19 April 2018 [2] |
| Mocking of Christ | Jani Bojadzi | 2018 | Drama | expected premiere 2018 |
Republic of North Macedonia
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happiness Effect | Borjan Zafirovski | 2019 | Drama | |
| God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya | Teona Strugar Mitevska | 2019 | Drama | |
| Honeyland | Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov | 2019 | Documentary, Drama | Nominated for two Oscars |
2020s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilija Dzadzev | Jordan Dukov | 2020 | Documentary, Biography | |
| Sisterhood | Dina Duma | 2021 | Drama | Sestri |
Macedonian co-produced
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabaret Balkan | Goran Paskaljević | 1998 | Drama | Serbian |
2000s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odmazda | Jan Hintjens | 2001 | Drama, War | Macedonian, Dutch |
| Podgryavane na vcherashniya obed | Kostadin Bonev | 2002 | Drama | Bulgarian, Serbian |
| The Border Post | Rajko Grlić | 2006 | Comedy, Drama | Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovenian |
2010s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission London | Dimitar Mitovski | 2010 | Comedy | Bulgarian, Russia, Serbian |
| Some Other Stories | Marija Džidževa | 2010 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Croatian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian |
| The Parade | Srđan Dragojević | 2011 | Comedy, Drama | Croatian, Bosnian, Albanian, Serbian |
| Monument to Michael Jackson | Darko Lungulov | 2014 | Comedy, Drama | Serbian |
| Šiška Deluxe | Jan Cvitkovič | 2015 | Comedy, Drama | Slovenian |
| The Golden Five | Goran Trenchovski | 2016 | Drama | Macedonian |
| Sieranevada | Cristi Puiu | 2016 | Comedy, Drama | Romanian |
| Nightlife | Damjan Kozole | 2016 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| The Frog | Elmir Jukić | 2017 | Drama | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| The Wild Pear Tree | Nuri Bilge Ceylan | 2018 | Drama | Turkish |
| Unforgettable Summer | Besnik Bisha | 2019 | Drama | Albanian |
| The Voice | Ognjen Sviličić | 2019 | Drama | Croatian, also known as Glas |
| Despite the Fog | Goran Paskaljević | 2019 | Drama | Italian, also known as Nonostante la nebbia |
2020s
[edit]| Title | Director | Year | Genre | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18% Grey | Viktor Chouchkov | 2020 | Drama | Bulgarian, German |
| Nezo | Merita Cocoli | 2020 | Documentary | Albanian |
