Unlocking Time

MakeDox 2024 Celebrates Documentary Heritage

The 15th MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival, held from 15 to 22 August 2024 in Skopje, North Macedonia, will explore the theme «Digging Through Time,» emphasizing the significance of archival material in documentary storytelling. This year’s program features over 90 films, showcasing a mix of new and established voices in the documentary world. In addition to the diverse film screenings, the festival will host the MakeCoProDox Forum, which aims to foster co-productions within the Balkan region and offer masterclasses from industry experts.

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News

Makedox announces film programme for 2024 «Digging through Time» theme

Makedox set to kick off sixth MakeDox Forum industry activities

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Films

Architecton

Director: Victor Kossakovsky

Explore the grandeur and folly of humanity through Victor Kossakovsky's poetic lens, as his film connects ancient ruins with modern destruction and future hope.

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Cent’anni

Director: Maja Doroteja Prelog

Love, illness, and resilience on a transformative cycling journey through Italy.

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Forest

Director: Lidia Duda

One family's pursuit of a simple life in nature, as they confront harsh political realities and moral dilemmas.

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Hollywoodgate

Director: Ibrahim Nash'at

Ibrahim Nash'at's Hollywoodgate navigates the complex narrative of conquest and control in Taliban-led Afghanistan. A film where the spoils of war meet the spectre of governance.

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Photophobia

Director: Ivan Ostrochovsky, Pavol Pekarcik

The courage and community of Kharkiv's metro dwellers amidst ongoing attacks.

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Smiling Georgia

Director: Luka Beradze

Tricked by cynical populists' fake commitments for their own obscure ends, the elderly residents of an entire village in Georgia are left toothless, figuratively and literally.

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