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At the Closing Ceremony of the 15th Philosophical Film Festival, the winners of the “Golden Owl” awards were announced for Best Feature and Best Short Film as selected by the jury, the special recognition “Stefan Sidovski – Sido” for a short film, and the “Golden Owl” plaques for Best Feature and Best Short Film according to the audience votes. <br>The jury consisted of: Hasan Serdar Gergerlioglu, contributor to the journal Cinephilosophy from Turkey; Kumjana Novakova,…

Tonight marks the opening of the 15th jubilee edition of the Philosophical Film Festival with a screening of The Gospel According to Matthew (1964) by the acclaimed Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975). Starting at 20:30 at the Cinematheque of North Macedonia, the audience will be able to watch a film inspired by the poetic power of the Gospel, through which Pasolini—known for his controversial views on religion—managed to create an impressive biblical work. The…

…and there he is, a telegram later, there is the Visitor, otherworldly blue-eyed, with a jaw sculpted from lime and time, there is Jeremiah of Hilkiah, the Old Testament demon wailing in the desert, a renegade Emmanuel who can unwall the temples with a cry of tenderness, the heart’s own harbinger, who comes as black night, who comes demisted from the sand and the unwedded dreams… There he is, inexorably here, pinned between the four…

“Fil(m)osophy with Children” is a regular segment of the PFF. This year, the Festival will move the fil(m)osophical experiences intended for the youngest audience from the Cinematheque to primary schools, transforming classrooms into mini cinemas. Our hosts will be the primary schools “Brakja Miladinovci” and “Vlado Tasevski” in Skopje, where workshops will be held with 5th and 6th grade students on the topic: “What is kindness?” Through the screening of short, philosophically provocative videos, children…

    Philosophy and Film 2 – Conference Proceedings  On May 25 and 26, 2023, as a prelude to the 13th Philosophical Film Festival, the second edition of the international conference “Philosophy and Film” was held. Even richer than the inaugural one, it featured 22 speakers from 15 different countries, spread over six diverse sessions, aptly titled after six of the eight works of Jean-Luc Godard’s “Histoire(s) du cinéma,” the central screening of the Additional…