Bajram Severdžan

Matko le gitan, qui vit au bord du Danube de petits trafics avec les Russes, a besoin d’argent pour réaliser un coup important. Il demande à Grga Pitic, parrain de la communauté gitane et vieil ami de la famille, de le financer. Grga accepte, mais Matko n’est pas à la hauteur et se fait doubler par le dangereux Dadan. Pour solder sa dette, Dadan lui propose de marier son fils Zare à Ladybird, sa minuscule sœur cadette. Mais Zane en aime une autre, la blonde Ida. Le mariage a lieu. La mariée profite d’un moment d’inattention et s’enfuit…

A documentary about bizarre residents of Shutka, a Macedonian village built on the former city dump area. Shutka, where everyone is the champion of something. This film is a celebration of the culture, humor, spirit, oddities and idiosyncrasies of the Roma, one of the world's poorest and most persecuted peoples. Ultimately we are instructed in the celebration of life despite any and all circumstances - everyone is of value here.

Macedonian TV comedy.

Sous le feu des balles, Kosta, un laitier, traverse la ligne de front chaque jour au péril de sa vie pour livrer ses précieux vivres aux soldats. Bientôt, cette routine est bouleversée par l’arrivée de Nevesta, une belle réfugiée italienne. Entre eux débute une histoire d’amour passionnée et interdite qui les entraînera dans une série d’aventures rocambolesques.

Life of Džej Ramadanovski, the popular Serbian folk singer.

In modern-day Macedonia, East Indian gypsy Taip (Miki Manojlovic) becomes friends with UN peacekeeper Riju and introduces him to his life of squalor. When Taip's mother dies, he collects government money for the funeral -- but then she comes back to life. Shown at the 1997 Montreal Film Festival.

A young Roma girl named Fati finds out about her grandmother’s illness—anemia due to iron-deficiency. Disappointed because of her lack of money to buy the necessary medicine, she sees a notice in a discarded newspaper: ‘Ecological Action: wagons for old iron arrive in train station for recycling’. She comes up with a creative plan and goes to see Andrej, the local mafia boss who often visits Grandmother Fatima for fortunetelling. The superstitious boss orders his bodyguards to rob the train and deliver the iron to the old lady. Amazed by the ironic story, the police officers release Perhan and help to obtain the necessary medication for Fatima.

A promising debut feature tells the story of a young woman returning from America to discover the realities of life in Macedonia, that looks as if it will explode with all the soldiers, corrupt crooks and terrorist idealists.