Milcho Manchevski

Milcho Manchevski wrote and directed the feature films Before the Rain (1994), Dust (2001), Shadows (2007) and Mothers (2011), over 50 short forms, including Thursday (2013), the experimental film 1.73 (1984) and the music video Tennessee (1991) for Arrested Development. He has also been a director on HBO's The Wire (2002).

Dust (2001)

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  David Wenham  •  Adrian Lester  •  Nikolina Kujača

Two parallel tales of redemption, a century apart. In the New York storyline, Edge hunts for Angela's gold to pay back a debt, and gradually grows closer to her. In the Macedonian story, the brothers end up fighting for opposite sides of a revolution, with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Joseph Fiennes  •  David Wenham  •  Adrian Lester  •  Nikolina Kujača

Before the Rain (1994)

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Grégoire Colin  •  Labina Mitevska

The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during the war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Katrin Cartlidge  •  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Grégoire Colin  •  Labina Mitevska

Mothers (2011)

Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning women are found ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Ana Stojanovska  •  Vladimir Jacev  •  Dimitar Gjorgjievski  •  Ratka Radmanović

Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning women are found ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Ana Stojanovska  •  Vladimir Jacev  •  Dimitar Gjorgjievski  •  Ratka Radmanović

Shadows (2007)

A successful young doctor with a beautiful wife, a happy child, and a comfortable house finds his life suddenly changed in ways he never thought possible after being injured in a serious car accident. To the outside eye Lazar Perkov has everything -- indeed his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Borche Nacev  •  Vesna Stanojevska  •  Sabina Toziya  •  Salaetin Bilal

A successful young doctor with a beautiful wife, a happy child, and a comfortable house finds his life suddenly changed in ways he never thought possible after being injured in a serious car accident. To the outside eye Lazar Perkov has everything -- indeed his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Borche Nacev  •  Vesna Stanojevska  •  Sabina Toziya  •  Salaetin Bilal

Thursday (2013)

Masses moving across the sweltering concrete, to the glass towers and into the subway mouths, eyes glued to the little screens, inhaling the images from halfway around the globe, oblivious to the life at their own feet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Laura Lassy  •  Ewen Avery

Masses moving across the sweltering concrete, to the glass towers and into the subway mouths, eyes glued to the little screens, inhaling the images from halfway around the globe, oblivious to the life at their own feet.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Laura Lassy  •  Ewen Avery

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Franco  •  Tobias Lindholm  •  Franco Piavoli  •  Júlio Bressane  •  Tariq Teguia  •  Bernardo Bertolucci  •  Kim Ki-duk  •  Catherine Breillat  •  Paul Schrader  •  Atom Egoyan  •  Shekhar Kapur  •  Brillante MA Mendoza  •  Wang Bing  •  Amiel Courtin-Wilson  •  Amos Gitai  •  Edgar Reitz  •  Sion Sono  •  Jean-Marie Straub  •  Hong Sang-soo  •  Lav Diaz  •  Claire Denis  •  Peter Chan  •  Jia Zhangke  •  Isabel Coixet  •  Ulrich Seidl  •  Nicolás Pereda  •  Athina Rachel Tsangari  •  John Akomfrah  •  Shirin Neshat  •  Aleksey Fedorchenko  •  João Pedro Rodrigues  •  Michele Placido  •  Hala Alabdalla  •  Salvatore Mereu  •  Jazmín López  •  Frédéric Fonteyne  •  Rama Burshtein  •  Krzysztof Zanussi  •  Pablo Trapero  •  Walter Salles  •  Pablo Larraín  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Abbas Kiarostami  •  Celina Murga  •  Benoît Jacquot  •  Amit Dutta  •  Tusi Tamasese  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Pietro Marcello  •  Ermanno Olmi  •  Todd Solondz  •  Yorgos Lanthimos  •  Amir Naderi  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  Monte Hellman  •  Lluís Galter  •  Semih Kaplanoğlu  •  Antonio Capuano  •  Samuel Maoz  •  Yonfan  •  Giuseppe Piccioni  •  Davide Ferrario  •  Haile Gerima  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Teresa Villaverde  •  Jan Cvitkovič  •  Franco Maresco  •  Marlen Khutsiyev  •  Milcho Manchevski  •  Guido Lombardi  •  Andrew Wonder  •  Luca Severi
CAST:  Shota Sometani

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Franco  •  Tobias Lindholm  •  Franco Piavoli  •  Júlio Bressane  •  Tariq Teguia  •  Bernardo Bertolucci  •  Kim Ki-duk  •  Catherine Breillat  •  Paul Schrader  •  Atom Egoyan  •  Shekhar Kapur  •  Brillante MA Mendoza  •  Wang Bing  •  Amiel Courtin-Wilson  •  Amos Gitai  •  Edgar Reitz  •  Sion Sono  •  Jean-Marie Straub  •  Hong Sang-soo  •  Lav Diaz  •  Claire Denis  •  Peter Chan  •  Jia Zhangke  •  Isabel Coixet  •  Ulrich Seidl  •  Nicolás Pereda  •  Athina Rachel Tsangari  •  John Akomfrah  •  Shirin Neshat  •  Aleksey Fedorchenko  •  João Pedro Rodrigues  •  Michele Placido  •  Hala Alabdalla  •  Salvatore Mereu  •  Jazmín López  •  Frédéric Fonteyne  •  Rama Burshtein  •  Krzysztof Zanussi  •  Pablo Trapero  •  Walter Salles  •  Pablo Larraín  •  Apichatpong Weerasethakul  •  Abbas Kiarostami  •  Celina Murga  •  Benoît Jacquot  •  Amit Dutta  •  Tusi Tamasese  •  Shinya Tsukamoto  •  Pietro Marcello  •  Ermanno Olmi  •  Todd Solondz  •  Yorgos Lanthimos  •  Amir Naderi  •  Karim Aïnouz  •  Monte Hellman  •  Lluís Galter  •  Semih Kaplanoğlu  •  Antonio Capuano  •  Samuel Maoz  •  Yonfan  •  Giuseppe Piccioni  •  Davide Ferrario  •  Haile Gerima  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Teresa Villaverde  •  Jan Cvitkovič  •  Franco Maresco  •  Marlen Khutsiyev  •  Milcho Manchevski  •  Guido Lombardi  •  Andrew Wonder  •  Luca Severi
CAST:  Shota Sometani

Bikini Moon (2017)

A charismatic vet with mental issues captures the attention of a documentary film crew who are ready to exploit her story for their own shot at independent movie fame in this very modern, urban fairy tale set amidst a fractured ideal of family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Dola Rashad  •  Sarah Goldberg  •  Sathya Sridharan  •  Will Janowitz

A charismatic vet with mental issues captures the attention of a documentary film crew who are ready to exploit her story for their own shot at independent movie fame in this very modern, urban fairy tale set amidst a fractured ideal of family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Dola Rashad  •  Sarah Goldberg  •  Sathya Sridharan  •  Will Janowitz

The End of Time (2017)

An experimental film about that one hypnotic moment on a regular, unassuming Tuesday when one realizes that time has stopped and the universe has been sucked into a single smile.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Maidolis Herrera Capote  •  Jairol Calderon  •  Dixan Vazquez  •  Maribel Capote

An experimental film about that one hypnotic moment on a regular, unassuming Tuesday when one realizes that time has stopped and the universe has been sucked into a single smile.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Maidolis Herrera Capote  •  Jairol Calderon  •  Dixan Vazquez  •  Maribel Capote

Willow (2019)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Sara Klimoska  •  Natalija Teodosieva  •  Kamka Tocinovski  •  Nenad Nacev

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Sara Klimoska  •  Natalija Teodosieva  •  Kamka Tocinovski  •  Nenad Nacev

Maklabas (1998)

The agent Ansarov is drawn into the strange, even weird investigation about a number of murders. The victims are agents of various foreign intelligence services. Thanks to his contacts, he finds out all these agents were involved in cruel games concentrated around ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandar Stankovski
CAST:  Ilija Daskalov  •  Mirče Donevski  •  Mitko Panov  •  Milcho Manchevski

The agent Ansarov is drawn into the strange, even weird investigation about a number of murders. The victims are agents of various foreign intelligence services. Thanks to his contacts, he finds out all these agents were involved in cruel games concentrated around ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandar Stankovski
CAST:  Ilija Daskalov  •  Mirče Donevski  •  Mitko Panov  •  Milcho Manchevski

Kaymak (2022)

Two couples are decent at the beginning and happy at the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Kamka Tocinovski  •  Sara Klimoska  •  Aleksandar Mikić  •  Ana Stojanovska

Two couples are decent at the beginning and happy at the end.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Kamka Tocinovski  •  Sara Klimoska  •  Aleksandar Mikić  •  Ana Stojanovska

Talking Heads 2021 (2021)

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan P. Matuszyński
CAST:  Irène Jacob  •  Pema Tseden  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Mirosław Baka

The film was inspired by one of the most important documentaries shot by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Talking Heads (1980). The director asked his interlocutors seemingly simple questions, such as “Who are you?” and “What do you want?”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jan P. Matuszyński
CAST:  Irène Jacob  •  Pema Tseden  •  Aleksey German Jr.  •  Mirosław Baka

Badass Grandmother (1985)

One night a grandmother accidentally stays locked in a department store. The path from fear to pleasure due to the new situation changes the grandmother as a person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Semka Sokolović-Bertok  •  Dragi Krstevski  •  Ljupčo Todorovski

One night a grandmother accidentally stays locked in a department store. The path from fear to pleasure due to the new situation changes the grandmother as a person.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Semka Sokolović-Bertok  •  Dragi Krstevski  •  Ljupčo Todorovski

The Tenant (1981)

A man moves to a new house and through the window notices two naked lovers in the house next door.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
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A man moves to a new house and through the window notices two naked lovers in the house next door.  (more)

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Arrested Development: Tennessee (1992)

Arrested Development rap and dance to their song "Tennessee".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Arrested Development  •  Rasa Don  •  Montsho Eshe  •  Dionne Farris

Arrested Development rap and dance to their song "Tennessee".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milcho Manchevski
CAST:  Arrested Development  •  Rasa Don  •  Montsho Eshe  •  Dionne Farris

Vanja - Born in Pain (2015)

A documentary about the life and career of Vanja Lazarova, the greatest female performer of Macedonian traditional songs, the first Macedonian singer to record phonograms for PHILIPS, and the only Macedonian singer to perform in front of Queen Elizabeth the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Siniša Evtimov
CAST:  Vanja Lazarova  •  Esma Redžepova  •  Vlatko Stefanovski  •  Milcho Manchevski

A documentary about the life and career of Vanja Lazarova, the greatest female performer of Macedonian traditional songs, the first Macedonian singer to record phonograms for PHILIPS, and the only Macedonian singer to perform in front of Queen Elizabeth the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Siniša Evtimov
CAST:  Vanja Lazarova  •  Esma Redžepova  •  Vlatko Stefanovski  •  Milcho Manchevski