Only Human (aka Homo)
Year: 2021 / Countries: North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Slovenia / Runtime: 95 min. / Language: Macedonian, Albanian, Bulgarian
What is Man? HOMO shows six faces, six phases in cleverly-connected, blackly comic episodes as desperate characters meet unwittingly in a modern metropole in the eternal search for the means to survive, and find some kind of love. The jobless graduate becomes a grave-digger, the grieving widow a nun, the priests gamble and gangsters rule the courts. Only the lonely child may find some affection when hope springs eternal.
Production company: Skopje Film Studio MKD
Co-production Companies: Art and Popcorn SRB, Gala Film BGR, Trigger KOS, Iridium Film SVN
Producer: Tomi SALKOVSKI
Co-produccrs: Miroslav MOGOROVIC, Galina TONEVA, Lumbardh KUKAJ, Bojan MASTILOVIC
Directed by Igor IVANOV; Screenplay by Igor IVANOV and Sasho KOKALANOV; Cinematography by: Maja RADOSEVIC; Edited by Martin IVANOV; Sound Engineer Boris TRAYANOV, Art Director Kiril SPASESKI; Costume Design by Polonca VALENTINCIC; Make-up by Alenka NAHTIGAL
CAST: Aleksandar MATOVSKI CAKO, Natasha PETROVIKJ, Igor ANGELOV, Jordan SIMONOV, Maylinda KOSUMOVIC, Sashko KOCEV, Oliver MITKOVSKI, Sergej DIMOVSKI
International Sales: SOUL FOOD Serbia
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Festival Agent: Bruno CHATELIN
Festivals and Awards
2021 - 51. International Film Festival of India, Goa / World Panorama - International Premiere; 25. Sofia International Film Festival, Bulgaria / Balkan Competition; 7. Gbeck Future Film Festival, Canada - Best Film Award; IndieFest Film Awards, USA - Award of Excellence Special Mention; 54. WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, USA - Bronze Remi Award; 4. Kalakari Film Fest, India, 5. Ramsgate International Film and TV Festival, UK; 28. European Film Festival Palic Serbia / Official Selection; Waterfront Festival Lavasa, India - Best Director Award; ANONIMUL IFF, Romania / Official competition; International Film Festival Nancy, France; Bozeman Film Celebration, Montana USA; 5. Festival of Cinema NYC, USA; 36. Mostra de Valencia / Informative Section; 22. Festival del Cinema Europeo Lecce, Italy / Golden Olive Tree Competition - Audience Award, Cineuropa Award; 14. Panorama of European Film Cairo, Egypt; Byron Bay International Film Festival, Australia; Crossing The Screen, Eastburn UK