In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before...
Three Macedonian women have to contend with control over their bodies, tradition, loyalty, pregnancy and adoption. They have not set out to change the world or society, but their struggle to become mothers makes them unlikely heroines. The three bittersweet stories, one medieval, two contemporary,...
In a society where almost everybody farts backwards, six stubborn, proper-farting citizens pay a harsh price for being resolute to staying true to their own values.
In the aftermath of their patriarch's sudden demise, a multi-generational Macedonian family grapples with shadows of uncertainty, burdened by an outdated cybercafé and a house desperately in need of renovation. The family's dysfunction and struggle to cope with intergenerational gaps is laid bare...
