16-05-2018

GRANTS: Macedonian Film Agency Funds 24 Projects

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    SKOPJE: The Macedonian Film Agency will distribute nearly 2.5 M EUR to 24 projects, including 1,904,878 EUR / 117,150,000 MKD for the first round of 2018 production grants for feature, short, animation films and documentaries.

    Two majority feature films, six minority feature films, two majority long-length documentaries and 11 short films received grants. The two majority feature films include Igor Ivanov`s third feature film Homo produced by Skopje Film Studio and the debut The Hidden One by Arsim Fazlija. The six minority feature films include From Heaven / Nebesa by Srdjan Dragojevic, Half Sister by Damjan Kozole, Hana by Ujkan Hysaj, God in a Shoe by Ognjen Svilicic, Everyone Against Everyone by Andrej Koshak and My Lake / Liqeni im by Gjergj Xhuvani.

    The Macedonian Film Agency also recently announced the winners of its 2018 funding competition for TV series. It will split 525,203 EUR / 32.3 M MKD for one fiction and two documentary TV series. Kino Oko Production will receive 308,943 EUR for the TV adaptation of the popular children’s novel Zoki Poki directed by Aleksandar Popovski.

    The grants were awarded on 11 May 2018.

    Click HERE for the full grants chart.