The project “Macedonian Animated Film 1971-1991” has started

Thursday, 17 December 2020 11:50
The project “Macedonian Animated Film 1971-1991” has started

The project “Macedonian animated film 1971-1991” started a few days ago in its online form by launching the website MACEDONIAN-ANIMATION.COM. It is a first project that elaborates and documents this significant subject from the Macedonian culture and is related to the jubilee 50 years of Macedonian animated film.

This project is part of the programme activities of the Macedonian Film Professional Association and its aim is to acquaint the public with the work of Macedonian pioneer animators of the 70s and 80s who in spite of the multitude of domestic and international awards have been forgotten and have no proper position in the Macedonian film and cultural heritage.

The story of the Macedonian animated film begins almost 50 years ago in 1971 with “Embrio No. M” by Petar Gligorovski. Gligorovski, together with Darko Markovik, Boro Pejchinov and Delcho Mihajlov are the generation that lay the foundations of the Macedonian animation. These authors reach their zenith in the late 70s and early 80s – creating outstanding films which have participated and received important awards at big film festivals. The films are mainly produced by Vardar Film, institution where authors’ creativity and enthusiasm, their unique expression and idea of animated film merge with film knowledge and experience. At that time other authors join them: Afrodita Markovik, Mice Jankulovski, Slavoljub Ignjatovich, Miroslav Grcev and others, altogether enriching the Macedonian cinematography with over 30 animated films. From today’s point of view, according to the quantity and quality of the films, this can be considered as golden age of the Macedonian animated film.

The project will include biographies, artefacts of the films, reviews, essays, original interviews and many other contents. Due to circumstances imposed by the pandemic a digital way of presentation and promotion has been chosen – beside the web site, the contents will be promoted and available on the social networks Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in the course of the whole 2021. In future when conditions will allow it, an exhibition, publication, as well as revue of animated films has been planned.

Authors of the project are the Macedonian animator and visual artist Ivan Ivanovski and the film promoter Slobodan Jakjoski in cooperation with the Macedonian Film Professional Association, the Cinematheque of North Macedonia and Vardar Film. The project is financially supported by the City of Skopje.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

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