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Honeyland
​Medena zemja

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov  •  North Macedonia  • ​  2019
82 mins  •  HD  •  M offensive language
In Turkish, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian and Bosnian with English subtitles
​

A centuries-old way of life tending wild beehives deep in the countryside is disrupted by the arrival of new neighbours.

“An elemental struggle between ancient tradition and greed… an incredible true story” – Time Out

DIRECTOR: Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov
PRODUCER: Atanas Georgiev

PRODUCTION CO: Trice Films, Apolo Media
PHOTOGRAPHY: Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma
EDITOR: Atanas Georgiev
MUSIC: Foltin
WITH: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam, Mustafa Sam

FESTIVALS: Sundance

REVIEW

“Nestled in an isolated region deep within the Balkans, Hatidze Muratova lives with her ailing mother in a village without roads, electricity, or running water. She’s the last in a long line of Macedonian beekeepers, eking out a living farming honey in small batches to be sold in the closest city. When an itinerant family arrives, Hatidze’s peaceful existence faces upheaval. Though she optimistically offers the family her beepkeeping advice, the family’s patriarch soon casts Hatidze’s advice aside in his hunt for profit – causing a breach in the natural order and threatening her means of survival.

The debut feature from documentarians Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, Honeyland is a portrait of the delicate balance between humankind and nature, a glimpse at a fast disappearing way of life, and a testament to one extraordinary woman’s resilience.”
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— TIFF

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“In Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska’s painstaking observational documentary, everything from the honey upwards is organic. Shot over three years, with no voiceover or interviews to lead the narrative, “Honeyland” begins as a calm, captured-in-amber character study, before stumbling upon another, more conflict-driven story altogether… As a plain environmental allegory blossoms without contrivance from the cracks, Stefanov and Kotevska’s ravishingly shot debut accrues a subtle power…”

​– Variety


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