Honeyland (with audio description)

dir. Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska / 2018 / North Macedonia / 87min.
In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently maneuvers the honeycomb without netting or gloves.


In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently maneuvers the honeycomb without netting or gloves. Back at her homestead, Hatidze tends to her handmade hives and her bedridden mother, occasionally heading to the capital to market her wares. One day, an itinerant family installs itself next door, and Hatidze’s peaceful kingdom gives way to roaring engines, seven shrieking children, and 150 cows. Yet Hatidze welcomes the camaraderie, and she holds nothing back—not her tried-and-true beekeeping advice, nor her affection, nor her special brandy. But soon Hussein, the itinerant family’s patriarch, makes a series of decisions that could destroy Hatidze’s way of life forever.

duration:
87 min
country / year of production:
North Macedonia / 2018
director:
Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska
cinematography:
Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma
producer:
Atanas Georgiew
selected festivals and awards:
2019 – Sundance FF: World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography, 2019 – Hong Kong IFF, 2019 – New Direction/New Films New York, 2020 - Millennium Docs Against Gravity IFF: Grand Prix - Bank Millennium Award, 2020 - Oscar® Nominations
sections:
Intimate Stories We Can Be Heroes Films with audio description
tags:
ecology

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