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FРIУLБMРИКА Gjorgji Janevski
Under the motto “We are all a story”, The author is
from August 20th to August 26th, the a cultural worker
seventh edition of Makedox – Festival of
creative documentary film was held
We are all a story
I n the first six years of Make- ences, the international networking,
dox, when the festival was held however first of all, they applied the
in the second half of June, for “do it yourself” ethos in terms of the
the author of these rows, it was collective labor required for the com-
a few-day holiday which marks plex organization of a film festival.
the beginning of the summer. If you From the very beginning, the identity
make things with all delights, then of the festival is inherently related to
you will eat kebabs or lahmacun, tril- the main location where it happens.
ece for desert, short optional walk In order to get there, you should walk
through the old bazaar, then one or through the entire Old Bazaar and, if
two Turkish teas to balance the inter- you wish, to always choose different
nal and the external temperature … lanes. The ultimate surrender to the
and you are perfectly prepared for the magic of Kursumli An which possess-
bosom of the naturally conditioned es a unique aura and magnetism is an
Kursumli An, with an interest and an ultimate satisfaction. Spontaneously
empathy to watch a movie about some and unobtrusively Makedox has grown
poignant human tragedy or about the in the spirit and the best traditions of
perfidious mechanisms of the totali- the Skopje’s Old Bazaar: multicultur-
tarian regime. When the organizers, alism, coexistence, respect and cel-
provoked by the unpredictable cli- ebration of diversity, solidarity, guild,
mate turbulences (this refers to rains) domesticity, hospitality, desire, hedo-
decided to shift the festival dates to nism, environmental awareness, art…
August, I felt as if suddenly I was de- The list can be further extended, and
prived of a week of paid annual leave. the overlap of synonyms in this case
They were not wrong. The seventh is not an obstacle. Values on the ba-
edition of Makedox was the most vis- sis of which, in some Utopian vision,
ited edition of the festival according the modern Macedonian society could
to many parameters. Still, habits are develop.
here in order to be changed and to be
recognized again. The foreign guests and film profes-
sionals immediately recognized the
After the first edition in 2010 it was authentic spirit of the festival, which
already possible to recognize the new does not imply only quality film pro-
solid concept and the clear vision. gram, but also everything which hap-
Makedox is founded by a small team pens in between workshops, relaxed
of authors (Brand Ferro, Petra Selis- conversations under a fig tree, cre-
kar, Kirjana Nikolovska) who work ative meetings, informal atmosphere
and live documentary film, and who and association. In the world of doc-
conveyed into film their personal hu- umentary film there are no hit titles
man values, the professional experi- and stars or they are only an excep-
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