Author: Ana

* originally published (in Macedonian) on June 3, 2023 at УМНО People who are more advanced, more ambitious, who have higher aspirations, they change the world. And they would love cinema forever, I guess. And they are never going to abandon cinema. The film “Perfect Number” by one of the greatest European directors and screenwriters today, Krzysztof Zanussi from Poland, will have its Macedonian premiere on June 8 at the Cinematheque, within the framework of…

[EVERYTHING IS CINEMA, IN PLURAL] In Godardian fashion, playing a little bit with the history(s), or the story(s) of cinema, this year with a tribute to Godard as an inevitable chapter and character in the world cinema history/story, we are happy to announce the 13th edition of your PHILOSOPHICAL FILM FESTIVAL in which the *Focus Godard* will take center stage, with a few rare and extremely valuable cinephile delights that we have prepared for our…

PFF@YCC on the celebration of 50 YEARS YCC, the biggest cultural and artistic event in 2022! Sincere thank you to the Youth Cultural Centre for the invitation and sincere thank you to the directors of the films which will present PFF on 28 December. You are more then welcome to our distilled 58-minute perfume drop from the Philosophical Film Festival that will represent everything we stand for as a festival. Let ustake you on a…

AND FINALLY!!! We are revealing the Official Selection of Short Films for the 12. Philosophical Film Festival taking place from 1-9 June in Skopje, Macedonia. From the many films submitted, we are announcing the 16 films which entered the Official Selection. The films will be running for the „Golden Owl“ award for Best Short Film by the Jury and the Audience for 2022, as well as the Special Mention “Stefan Sidovski – Sido” by the…

After our succesful collaboration with Goethe-Institut Skopje last year (Wim Wenders Retrospective), this year Goethe has initiated the platform “Kulturama” aimed at freelance artists or artist groups from all disciplines, cultural institutions such as museums, theatres, opera and concert halls, radio stations, and film broadcasters, those who want to give their online cultural event international reach and visibility, and cultural connoisseurs worldwide. We sincerely thank Goethe-Institut for continuing out succesful collaboration and promoting the events of PFF Spring Online…

The 10. anniversary hybrid edition of the Philosophical Film Festival is dedicated to our beloved professor, member of the Organizational board of the Festival until last year and a friend of the Festival from its beginnings, Prof. Stefan Sidovski. The man who is at the source of thе synergy between philosophy and film in Macedonia and whose work we believe will inspire other young authors in the future, both from the areas of philosophy and…

The Jury comprised of Stefan Palitov, Stanisław Liguziński and Stefan Vidikov has decided upon a long and careful deliberation: Best Shorts for 2020 on PFF are……   ⚜️ OSLO by dir. Shady Srour Jury Award for Best Short Film on PFF 2020 (receiving the “Golden Owl” and a symbolic financial award) SEE THE FILM HERE (until 31 May, geoblocked for MK): https://cinesquare.net/#/movie/1510/_oslo “OSLO is a patient multilayered meditation on existentialism, crafted with a masterful command of a…

22/05 Friday 1st Short FIlms Evening & encounter with Milcho Manchevski 19h00, films / 21h30, encounter with Manchevski www.cinesquare.net/pff Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91678007392 [the conversation with Manchevski will be in Macedonian, but questions can also be posed and answered in English] An evening with the 1st part of the Official Selection of Short Films (selector: Dr. Dejan Zdravkov) and a screening of the short experimental film “Thursday” by Milcho Manchevski. After the screening of the film,…

#ideasworlds Which is the first film you remember now, and that has literally changed your world? 🙃 IDEAS.WORDLS, this is the maxim of the 10. anniversary edition of the Philosophical Film Festival and its cultural action of solidarity PFF SPRING ONLINE MIGRATIONAS taking place from 21-31 May. In this “brave new world”, we also need creative and alternative models in the area of culture. The PFF SPRING ONLINE MIGRATIONS, in collaboration with our old friends Кинотека на Северна…

The awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film on PFF 2019 have been announced at the Closing Ceremony of the 9. Philosophical Film Festival held on 16 May in the Cinematheque of N. Macedonia. In the Official Selection of Feature Films, the Jury Award for Best Feature Film on PFF 2019 goes in the hands of Osman Nail Doğan, director of THE PIGEON THIEVES (Turkey) and the Audience Award for Best Feature Film…