Festivals

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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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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Festival updates for “Things Unsaid”

Through October, there are new festivals for Things Unsaid. We are starting with the Swiss premiere at the Festival Everybody’s Perfect in Geneva, running this year from October 6 to 15. Also, we will be part of the upcoming CinEast Festival in Luxemburg, which will run from October 5 to 22. Last but not least, from October 13 to 18, Kinenova in Skopje will also be screening Thing Unsaid.

more info at:

Everybody’s Perfect  CinEast  Kinenova

See you at the cinema

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THINGS UNSAID at the European Film Festival Palić

A lot of interest for THINGS UNSAID at the European Film Festival Palić ! The premiere was attended by the director Eleonora Veninova and the producer Goce Kralevski. We also had a Q&A session.

photo by Damir Vujković

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Things Unsaid opens the Beach Film Festival Ohrid

The opening ceremony of the 6th edition of the BFF will be opened by a Macedonian-produced film that was filmed in Ohrid – THINGS UNSAID

 

 

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Special Mention for Things Unsaid at the Catania KinEst Fest

Special Mention for Things Unsaid at the Catania KinEst Fest, with the following motivation:

“Is an intelligent, actual and relevant Kammerspiel (chamber play). By using black-and-white still to rhythmically organize the film’s poetic, it meanwhile empowers its emotional tone, adds layers to the actor’s performance and echoes their emotions. The psychological drama, taking place at one main location with three characters, works in its interior tension throughout the whole film without the need of adding any spectacular dramatic scene. Thus, the film keeps its premise and promise of having “things unsaid” until the very end. As for the direction’s craftsmanship to keep the tension in this one house among three characters, the jury decides upon this Special Mention“. 📽

 

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THINGS UNSAID at Dolina Miru KinEst Fest

We are happy to announce that THINGS UNSAID will be in official competition at the upcoming Dolina Miru KinEst Fest in Catania.
The festival is dedicated to the Central and Eastern European cinema.

This is the third edition of the festival, which is focused on Eastern and European cinema, and will last from April 5 to May 30. In addition to film premieres, the festival also holds numerous special events, workshops, live events, retrospectives and masterclasses dedicated to the cinematography of our region.

The premiere of “THINGS UNSAID” at this festival will be held on May 7 and 8, director Eleonora Veninova will also hold a workshop.

 

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