Macedonian Film Fund

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 the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.

A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure the Queen attends. But with corrupt staff, criminal gangs operating out of the kitchen, falling in love with a stripper and a little misunderstanding with a PR firm that provides look-alike royalties - his simple task turns into a chaotic nightmare.

Shepherd Isa must obey his father's strict order to bring back the lost lamb. On top of the mountain, his little brother and companion, Hamid, is wounded and Isa must decide whether he should do as told or follow his own instinct.

This is a feature about one discontinued and one started love, with passion and betrayal floating between them. Kata and Djidji live their own life, escaping the absurd sins of the past. But then Alavantie discovers some new clues that lead to the case in which a group of students is liquidated. One of those 5 innocent boys had a relationship with Kata. The long kept secret is finally here. The end of damnation is approaching.

Vetka is a 40-year-old woman, a single mother of two, without permanent employment. Her husband died, and she, along with her 15-year-old son Simcho and 3-year-old Bube, live in a deliberately hidden hut. They wash cars, collect old things from containers, barely eat. A new complex of buildings will be built on the land where their hut is located. Everything is destroyed, they remain on the street.

The film refers to the institution of "marriage counselor". She was used by those families from the Balkans who could not have children.

Velika, a young teacher, is sent to a remote village in the mountains to teach the children who live there.

Road trip through the periphery of the EU shows present-day Europe through the eyes of a much-travelled six-year-old, wise beyond his years. A fresh look at this old continent: shooting from the hip and free from sentimentality, young Terra questions the usefulness and purpose of borders.

Agron disappeared for years during the war, missing in action and presumed dead. When he suddenly re- turns home one night, his family are shocked: How will they tell the others about his return? Many projects have been undertaken in the village in the name of Agron’s ‘heroic death’. If he shows up alive it will create many problems for the beneficiaries of the project: his family is receiving financial help as the family of a martyr and has raised loans on the basis of this income. Now Agron has two choices: either to show up in public or to wait for the projects to end. A month passes and Agron is at home while a statue is being erected in the local schoolyard. He has made his decision...