I have just returned from CINEDAYS in Skopje, Macedonia where they impressively screened 70 films in just 10 days! The film event is now 10 years old, but as of the last 2 years it has started to hold a competition section for Balkan films, as well as press conferences and Q and A series with competition film directors. So, it looks like Cinedays, Skopje is changing face. Might it become an important international event in the near future and put Skopje more into the light for strategic film festivals?

It has been 17 years since Milcho Manchevski's big hit film BEFORE THE RAIN (1994) which put Macedonia on the map for film. Ever since, Macedonia has been seen as a crucial member of international film production and art in the European film community. What is its future? Well, stay tuned for reports on Cinedays and a photo tour through this unique setting, the old and new (major construction work in the city is underway to make Skopje a new city by 2014) Skopje, Macedonia.

written by Vanessa McMahon, November 21, 2011.

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