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A JOKE – Festival Journey

 🎬 A JOKE – Festival Journey 🌍
Since its world premiere at the Odense International Film Festival, A Joke has been on a roll, collecting awards, recognitions, and genuine reactions along the way.
Selected by 18 festivals in Macedonia and abroad, the film has traveled across continents and earned 5 awards for its bold storytelling and performance.
🏆 AWARD HIGHLIGHTS
✨ Dzirni, Skopje, Macedonia – Audience Best Film & Special Mention for Jana Nikodinovska
✨ Filmski Front, Novi Sad, Serbia – Best Movie
✨ Unica Korea, Korea – Gold Award & Best Acting for Jana Nikodinovska
🌟 In addition to Odense, A Joke was selected by renowned festivals such as:
Hobnobben Film Festival (USA), Bardi Film Festival (Italy), MANAKI BROTHERS (Macedonia), Pori Film Festival (Finland), Pearl of the Silk Road (Uzbekistan), Mladinski Filmski Festival Spoznavanje (Macedonia), Zuma Film Festival (Nigeria), Janjira International Film Festival (India), Winter Apricots (Macedonia), Fescilmar (Poland and Venezuela), Red Line International Film Festival (Italy), Pupila Film Festival (Brazil), Mediterranean Film Festival (Croatia), Filmski Front (Serbia), Dzirni (Macedonia), Unica Korea (Korea), Peshawar International Film Festival (Pakistan), and Drim Short Film Festival (Macedonia).
A heartfelt thank you to every festival, jury, and viewer who’s laughed, reflected, and resonated with A Joke. The journey continues.
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New gallery BTS from “A Joke”

We just added a gallery BTS from “A Joke”, to remember our Journeys 🙂

Pictures in the link – > https://dnf.mk/about-us/

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Huge successes of “A Joke”

The film “A Joke” continues to achieve remarkable success following its premiere at the Odense Festival in Denmark. It has garnered multiple awards across various international festivals, including Best Film at the Filmski Front Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia (2024), and UNICA Korea (2024). Additionally, it won the Audience Award at the Dzirni Festival in Skopje, Macedonia.

Jana Nikodinovska, the lead actress in “A Joke” has also been recognized for her outstanding performance, winning Best Actress awards at both the Dzirni Festival and UNICA Korea.

Beyond the accolades, the film has sparked significant audience engagement, with lively discussions following every screening, making it a standout at every festival it attends.

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“А Јоке” in new festival roles

After the world premiere in Odense, Denmark. “Mala Shega” had a festival screening at more than 10 festivals. It had its Macedonian premiere at The International Cinematographers’ Film Festival “MANAKI BROTHERS”, Bitola Macedonia, which continued the Macedonian festival screening at Dzirni, Skopje, as well as Winter Apricots, Prilep,

The festival life of “Mala Shega” continues with the official, international competition at the following festivals:

Filmski Front, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2024
Hobnobben Film Festival, Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, 2024
Bardi Film Festival, Bardi, Italy, 2024
Pori Film Festival, Pori Finland 2024
International Film Festival “Pearl of the Silk Road”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2024
Mladinski Filmski Festival Spoznavanje, Bitola, Macedonia 2024
Zuma Film Festival, Abuja, Nigeria 2024
Janjira International Film Festival. Murud, India, 2025

Many more festival screenings are expected.

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The Macedonian short film “А ЈОКЕ” premiered at the Odense International Film Festival (OFF Festival) in Denmark

🎬The Macedonian short film “А ЈОКЕ” by the director Trifun Sitnikovski premiered at the Odense International Film Festival (OFF Festival) in Denmark along with 147 films from 39 different countries.

 

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“А Joke” in the official selection of a prestigious Odense International Film Festival

 🎞️ The Macedonian short film “A Joke”, which was in competition with 4140 short films from around the world, entered the official selection of the prestigious film festival in Odense, Denmark.
🎥The official selection included 149 films from 39 countries, including the film “A Joke” by director Trifun Sitnikovski, produced by DNF Films and co-produced by IRL from Macedonia and Izvan Fokusa from Croatia.

 

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🎉New movie on horizont…. Loading “A Joke”! 🎞

In Zagreb, in the Eclecita studio, the Color Grading of “Mala Shega”, Trifun Sitnikovski’s film, was being done. The film will premiere soon at a major short film festival.

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DNF Films partner with Vardar Film in three short films

 

Vardar Film partner in three short films of DNF Films

Today, in the premises of NUFC “Vardar Film-Skopje”, to our great satisfaction, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between NI Film Center “Vardar Film – Skopje”, represented by the director Mr. Sani Saidi and the Film Production Company, DNF FILMS, represented by the producer Goce Kralevski.

⏭️ This memorandum offers mutual cooperation and partnership of film projects, with working titles “Birth” directed by Milena Whitman, “A Joke” by Trifun Sitnikovski, “Walk” directed by Eleonora Veninova, in collaboration with “TRI TOCKI”, supported by the Film Agency of the Republic of Macedonia.

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“A Joke” funded also from HAVC

“A Joke” by Trifun Sitnikovski has received minority support from HAVC, through our co-producers I”Izvan Fokusa” from Croatia. The film is also funded from  Macedonia Film Agency.
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“Birthing” and “A Joke” part of SPLIT SCRIPT

photo Jakov Prkic/Cropix

 

Two short films “Birthing” by Milena Whitman and “А Joke” by Trifun Sitnikovski were presented at the workshop SPLIT SCRIPT. The program was led by script doctor Razvan Radulescu and the scripts received quite interesting versions.

The film “Birthing” has already received support from the Macedonian Film Agency, and “А Joke” is under development. The films are produced by DNF Films with Goce Kralevski as the main producer.

More info at Split Script – Slobodna Dalmacija

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