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PP: Lecture 14. FFF 10.6 Monday 12:00, Faculty of Philosophy (Lecture Theater 8) Kant’s unsocial sociability (ungesellige Geselligkeit) Ivan Milenkovic, PhD   Kant belongs to the group of anthropological pessimists; for him, people are selfish, self-living, jealous creatures who long for property and a master. Therefore, by nature, there is antagonism between people. Everyone wants to have more than others; everyone wants to be a master. At the same time, people realize that they cannot…

In 1946—the year she filmed “Ritual in Transfigured Time,” her final appearance as an actress—Maya Deren also published two texts that most fully outline her aesthetic-philosophical worldview: “An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form, and Film” and “Cinema as an Art Form.” The latter, shorter but more well-known, begins with the following dedication to Solomon David Derenkowsky, a Kiev-based Jewish psychiatrist: “To my father, who, when I was a child, once spoke to me of…

22.6 (Wednesday) 13:00-14:30  Cinematheque CINEMATHEQUE SCREENING & WORKSHOP “FILMOSOPHY WITH CHILDREN” with Martin Popovski, PhD   Within the segment called “Phil(m)osophy with children”, the Philosophical Film Festival organized a philosophical experience for the youngest audience this year as well. This time, the Cinematheque hosted third-grade children from “Jan Amos Comenius” Elementary School who participated in the workshop entitled “Why am I me?”. By showing short philosophically provocative videos, children were encouraged to share their authentic…

And this year, within the framework of the 14th Philosophical Film Festival, the Youth Workshop was held in Skopje with Dr. Atanas Chuposki. The workshop is intended for young people between the ages of 17 and 19 who are interested in the aesthetics of the film language. The aim of the workshop is to acquaint young film fans with the basics of film language and ways of interpreting the film story. Like other arts, film…

14.5 (Tuesday)   Aditional Programme: PFF doc.: / PFF@MCA 19:00  Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje (free screening) IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN [Im Spiegel der Maya Deren, 2002] Martina Kudlácek, AT/CH/DE, 103’   “In the Mirror of Maya Deren” is a feature-length documentary that reconstructs the complex life, work, and artistic engagement of the so-called “mother of avant-garde and experimental film”—Maya Deren. Inspired by an announcement published within the Anthology Film Archives by Jonas Mekas…

This year’s High School Programme of the Educational Programme returned to the format of a few years ago, which is one central screening organized in the Youth Cultural Center for students from Skopje, and the students from other cities had the opportunity to watch screenings of the selected film in their schools. As this year’s video lecture, in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Skopje, we have chosen “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul [Angst essen Seele auf,…

* 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…