Makedox: Peeling the Onion
A week of creative docs and conversations from Skopje’s most atmospheric venues.
MakeDox 2025 returns to Skopje 21–28 August with a bold programme of 75 creative documentaries, masterclasses, Doc Talks, workshops and more, unfolding across atmospheric venues. This year’s theme—“Who cares about reality?”—frames the 16th edition’s screenings and conversations, alongside the MakeCoProDox Forum (25–27 August). We’re also delighted to share that our Editor-in-Chief, Truls Lie, will serve on the Young Onion jury (Achievement by a First or Second-Time Filmmaker), spotlighting debut and sophomore talent.
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News
Makedox announces film programme for 2025 «Who cares about reality?» theme
Films
9-Month Contract
Director: Ketevan Vashagashvili
It's not just Georgia where are women trying to find a way out of social misery through surrogacy.
Coexistence, My Ass!
Director: Amber Fares
Noam Shuster Eliassi’s path from UN hopeful to fearless comedian, testing taboos and hope between Jews and Palestinians in Israel.
Matter Out of Place
Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Following waste across the planet and the endless struggle of people to gain control over it.
No Other Land
Director: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Receiving both awards and death threats, No Other Land is a poignant exploration of resistance, solidarity, and the quest for justice in a land marked by conflict.
Only on Earth
Director: Robin Petré
Robin Petré’s cinematically sprawling Only on Earth journeys deep into southern Galicia as wildfires rage on.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Director: Johan Grimonprez
How jazz music played a role in political manoeuvres during the Cold War.
Tata
Director: Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc
An intimate story of family trauma and exploitation, tackling patriarchal structures and the complex life of migrant labourers.
The Helsinki Effect
Director: Arthur Franck
With a gently satirical outer wrapping and a deadly serious inner core, Arthur Franck's account of the seminal Helsinki Agreement of 1975—The Helsinki Effect—demonstrates just how historic a diplomatic process that was at the time seen as tedious and irrelevant really was.
The Mountain Won’t Move
Director: Petra Seliškar
The poetic rhythms of shepherding life in North Macedonia amidst breathtaking mountain landscapes and modern encroachments.
The Propagandist
Director: Luuk Bouwman
The rise and fall of a filmmaker who reshaped Dutch cinema by serving Nazi propaganda during World War II.
Viktor
Director: Olivier Sarbil
A deaf photographer’s inner world redefines war cinema.
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