6th annual Macedonian Film Festival, Oct 29-30

The 6th annual Macedonian Film Festival takes place this weekend in Toronto.

Each day begins at 2pm and continues into the night. In addition to short fiction and documentary films, the festival will screen the feature films Некои други приказни (Some Other Stories), an omnibus film by five directors, and Македонска крвава свадба (Macedonian Bloody Wedding).

Некои други приказни (Some Other Stories) actress Iva Zendelska will be in attendance and participate in a Q&A, as will Sandra Danilovic who directed the Machinima film Second Bodies.

The screenings today take place at Innis Town Hall Theatre, 2 Sussex Avenue, at St. George St. between Bloor and Harbord. The Festival concludes tomorrow at the Carlton Cinemas, 20 Carlton Street. All films will be presented in English or have English subtitles unless otherwise noted.

http://www.macedonianfilmfestival.com/

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6th Annual MACEDONIAN FILM FESTIVAL

The festival will be held on October 29 and 30, 2011, at: Innis Town Hall Theatre - 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto and Carlton Cinema Theatre - 20 Carlton Street, Toronto

ADIEUS (Разделби) Duration: 19 minutes Classification: Short | Fiction Director: Goran Trenchovski Screenplay: Vladimir Plavevski Leading Roles: Petar Temelkovski, Robert Veljanovski, Senko Velinov MORE INFO

BIT PLAYER (Епизодист) A story of double standards between the Communist regime and a bit player, hypocrisy and the cruelty of the past... Released: 2011 Duration: 22 minutes Classification: Short | Fiction Director: Igor Aleksov Screenplay: Aleksandar Rusjakov Leading Roles: Jana Stojanovska, Silvija Stojanovska, Predrag Pavlovski, Igor Angelov Parental advisory: Violent and sexual content. MORE INFO

GOD'S FOOLS (Божјите будали) The outcome makes fools of us all... Released: 2010 Duration: 15 minutes Classification: Short | Drama Director: Anton Blajer Screenplay: Anton Blajer Producer: Shaun McAlpine Leading Roles: Shane Luthor, Jeremy Kewley, Margaret Allen, Martin Quinn and Dylan Russell Awards: CineRail Grand Prix - Winner VCAM Film Awards 2010 - Best Director  Movie trailer MORE INFO

HANSEL & GRETEL - The True Story (Вистинската приказна за Хансел и Гретел) Wanna hear a bedtime story? Released: 2010 Duration: 13 minutes Classification: 2D Animation Director: Goce Cvetanovski Writer: Goce Cvetanovski Producer: Goce Cvetanovski Parental advisory: Frightening scenes. Official Film Website  Movie trailer MORE INFO

I'D LOVE TO FLY AWAY (Љубов за летање) The challenges of maturing and development of a child and his family... Released: 2008 Duration: 31 minutes Classification: Short Director: Dragi Savevski Writer: Vlado Dimovski Producer: Mirko Popovski Leading Role: Stefan Spasov MORE INFO

MACEDONIAN BLOODY WEDDING (Македонска крвава свадба) Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed... Released: 1967 Duration: 103 minutes Classification: Drama Director: Trajce Popov Writer: Slavko Janevski Producers: Branko Popcevski Leading Roles: Zafir Hadzimanov, Risto Siskov, Vera Cukic and Petar Prlicko Parental advisory: Violent content. Awards: FYFF, Pula, Golden Arena for art direction USSR, Golden Plaque for the film's success  Movie teaser MORE INFO

SECOND BODIES There is something stronger than sex or happiness: the passion for illusion... Released: 2009 Duration: 46 minutes Classification: Documentary Director: Sandra Danilovic Screenplay: Sandra Danilovic Producer: Sandra Danilovic Awards: Best Documentary, San Francisco New Media Film Festival Gordon F. Keeble Award, Ryerson University  Movie teaser MORE INFO

THE SEAMSTRESSES (Шивачките) A look behind the curtains of globalization through the seamstresses of Stip... Released: 2010 Duration: 30 minutes Classification: Documentary | Short Director: Biljana Garvanlieva Screenplay: Biljana Garvanlieva Producer: Christian Beetz, Ognen Antov Awards: Heart of Sarajevo - The best documentary film Asterfest Strumica - The best documentary film Grand Prix Bester Documentarfilm 2011  Movie teaser MORE INFO

SOME OTHER STORIES (Некои други приказни) Some stories we hold within... Released: 2010 Duration: 114 minutes Classification: Omnibus of short stories - Crime | Drama | Romance Directors: Marija Dzidzeva - Macedonia Ana Maria Rossi - Serbia Hanna Slak - Slovenia Ines Tanovic - Bosnia & Herzegovina Ivona Juka - Croatia Producer: Nenad Dukic Parental advisory: Sexual content. Official Film Website  Movie trailer MORE INFO

THE SPIRIT OF MY FATHER (Духот на татко ми) ...the mirror – that's you...than it drops in thousand pieces...but something stays from the clear matter...and a new mirror is renewed. Released: 2010 Duration: 39 minutes Classification: Documentary Director: Goran Trenchovski  Movie teaser MORE INFO

VEIL OF FORTUNE (За фереџето и за среќата) The incompatibility of Western philosophy and the mysticism of Eastern philosophy... Released: 2009 Duration: 12 minutes Classification: Short Director: Goce Cvetanovski Screenplay: Michael DiAntonio Leading Roles: Valdeta Ismaili, Robert Ristov and Michael DiAntonio MORE INFO

WITNESS (Сведок) Anyone can be a witness but how often does the witness become the accused... Released: 2011 Duration: 20 minutes Classification: Short | Fiction Director: Todor Petrov Screenplay: Todor Petrov Producers: Slave Petrov Kasha, Doncho Petrov - Lokum Leading Roles: Zdravko Stojmirov, Aleksandar Vidikov, Momir Kolev, Mario Manevski MORE INFO

http://www.macedonianfilmfestival.com/