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After our succesful collaboration with Goethe-Institut Skopje last year (Wim Wenders Retrospective), this year Goethe has initiated the platform “Kulturama” aimed at freelance artists or artist groups from all disciplines, cultural institutions such as museums, theatres, opera and concert halls, radio stations, and film broadcasters, those who want to give their online cultural event international reach and visibility, and cultural connoisseurs worldwide. We sincerely thank Goethe-Institut for continuing out succesful collaboration and promoting the events of PFF Spring Online…

The 10. anniversary hybrid edition of the Philosophical Film Festival is dedicated to our beloved professor, member of the Organizational board of the Festival until last year and a friend of the Festival from its beginnings, Prof. Stefan Sidovski. The man who is at the source of thе synergy between philosophy and film in Macedonia and whose work we believe will inspire other young authors in the future, both from the areas of philosophy and…

The Jury comprised of Stefan Palitov, Stanisław Liguziński and Stefan Vidikov has decided upon a long and careful deliberation: Best Shorts for 2020 on PFF are……   ⚜️ OSLO by dir. Shady Srour Jury Award for Best Short Film on PFF 2020 (receiving the “Golden Owl” and a symbolic financial award) SEE THE FILM HERE (until 31 May, geoblocked for MK): https://cinesquare.net/#/movie/1510/_oslo “OSLO is a patient multilayered meditation on existentialism, crafted with a masterful command of a…

22/05 Friday 1st Short FIlms Evening & encounter with Milcho Manchevski 19h00, films / 21h30, encounter with Manchevski www.cinesquare.net/pff Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91678007392 [the conversation with Manchevski will be in Macedonian, but questions can also be posed and answered in English] An evening with the 1st part of the Official Selection of Short Films (selector: Dr. Dejan Zdravkov) and a screening of the short experimental film “Thursday” by Milcho Manchevski. After the screening of the film,…

#ideasworlds Which is the first film you remember now, and that has literally changed your world? 🙃 IDEAS.WORDLS, this is the maxim of the 10. anniversary edition of the Philosophical Film Festival and its cultural action of solidarity PFF SPRING ONLINE MIGRATIONAS taking place from 21-31 May. In this “brave new world”, we also need creative and alternative models in the area of culture. The PFF SPRING ONLINE MIGRATIONS, in collaboration with our old friends Кинотека на Северна…

The awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film on PFF 2019 have been announced at the Closing Ceremony of the 9. Philosophical Film Festival held on 16 May in the Cinematheque of N. Macedonia. In the Official Selection of Feature Films, the Jury Award for Best Feature Film on PFF 2019 goes in the hands of Osman Nail Doğan, director of THE PIGEON THIEVES (Turkey) and the Audience Award for Best Feature Film…

Traditionally in May, the Philosophical Film Festival organizes two Special projections of the winning feature films inviting the directors of the films in Skopje. A rare occasion to meet the winners of the “Golden Owl” award for best feature film on the 8. Philosophical Film Festival – Jury Awars for Best Feature Film on PFF 2018 & Audience Award for Best Feature Film on PFF 2018. On Wednesday (9 May) we will have the chance…

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐍  by Roland Vranik – Jury Award for Best Feature Film Wilson is an African living in Budapest. He has arrived as a political refugee and wants to become a Hungarian citizen, but keeps failing the exams required for the application. The Citizen raises questions about the status of an individual – both as a citizen of a country (home or abroad) or as a citizen of the world. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏…

WHAT IF THE WORLD WAS TRANSPARENT? Interview with David M. Larsson, a philosophy for children specialist from Denmark THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF MACEDONIA AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME OF THE 8. PHILOSOPHICAL FILM FESTIVAL (PFF), FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MACEDONIA OPENS UP A WINDOW TO THE AREA OF PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN. PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN IS A DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE WHICH HAS BEEN RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN THE PAST YEARS (IN LARGE PART WITH THE…