Category: Culture
Culture 25.02.19 | 18:11

‘Green Book’ puts controversy behind it to score a surprise best picture win

The Oscar for best picture on Sunday went to Green Book, which depicts the real-life relationship between African-American jazz musician Don Shirley and his white chauffeur. The film beat out seven other nominees to win Hollywood’s flagship award amid controversy over its depiction of Shirley and...
Culture 21.02.19 | 16:28

Observance of International Mother Language Day

International Mother Language Day, declared by UNESCO in 1999, is observed worldwide on Thursday. Macedonian language institute ‘Krste Misirkov’ hosts today an event on occasion of the International Mother Language Day. About 6,000 languages are spoken across the globe, with half threatened by extinction....
Culture 21.02.19 | 11:05

Culture Minister Ademi continues talks with angry cultural – political activists

Culture Minister Asaf Ademi continued his rounds of meetings with cultural organizations angry at him after he cut public funding for established projects to boost money for promotion of Albanian culture. With this Ademi, who comes from the small ethnic Albanian Alternative/BESA party, got into a fight...
Culture 20.02.19 | 15:36

Culture Ministry gives “stay of execution” to events it rejected for public funding

Culture Minister Asaf Ademi met with some of the artists whose projects were refused in the latest annual plan for distribution of public funding and promised to allow them to re-apply. Ademi faced fierce criticism within the ruling coalition after he cut funding for some of the best known cultural events...
Culture 19.02.19 | 16:01

Shooting of films from second generation of MakeDox DocuSprouts starts

The shooting of documentary films from the second generation of MakeDox DocuSprouts starts these days on several locations in Skopje. The films’ premieres are taking place from 21 to 28 August 2019 in Skopje, during the 10th edition of the Creative Documentary Film Festival. “The themes were selected...
Culture 19.02.19 | 11:41

Premiere of film This is Her Story

Premiere of film This is Her Story will be screened in Kultura cinema on Tuesday. “The film tells the story of three female athletes from the Balkans, their passion for climbing and living with nature. We follow their ups and downs, interwoven through art and extreme sports,” says Ilina Arsova,...
Culture 18.02.19 | 20:37

Makedox to screen Sundance award winner Honeyland in August

Honeyland, Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska’s documentary that won three awards at this year’s Sundance, is hosting two closed screenings at the Millennium cinema theater on March 12 and 13. The film will be released in Macedonia in August as part of the upcoming Makedox Creative Documentary...
Culture 15.02.19 | 16:31

Netflix, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network hear about ‘Bibi’s World’

Bibi’s World, a Macedonian entertainment project for children, was presented at this year’s Kidscreen Summit held in Miami, Florida, from Feb. 11 to 14. Sarita Castillo, head of Lynx Animation Studios, the region’s largest 2D animation and video games production company, presented Bibi’s World at the...
Culture 13.02.19 | 19:48

Culture Ministry Secretary acknowledges funding redistribution was meant to favor Albanian artists

Valmir Aziri, State Secretary in the Culture Ministry, defended the decision of Minister Asaf Ademi to radically redistribute funding for cultural programs, saying that in the past Albanians were discriminated by the Ministry. Aziri, who like Ademi is Albanian, with this seemingly confirmed that the...
Culture 12.02.19 | 20:25

Avalon: In the interest of the state, let’s make it right!

I respect Minister Asaf. I know him, he’s an urban guy and he cannot cover all the holes. But, the commission to make Avalon defective for “not providing a statement about the venue” for concerts that are already for three – five months in sales, for which over 20,000 tickets...
Culture 12.02.19 | 14:03

Culture Ministry will give money to the “Zlatno Slavejce” festival, but not to the other events that were cut from its program

The Culture Ministry acknowledged its error in cutting public funding for the “Zlatno Slavejce” festival of children’s music, but remains in its decision to reject requests from the Skopje Jazz Festival, Off Fest, Avalon production concerts and the Pece Atanasovski festival of folk...
Culture 11.02.19 | 22:20

Buzalkovska on the culture program review: The Ministry wants to throw a few hundreds our way to shut us up

Director Zoja Buzalkovska dismissed the announcement that the scandal plagued annual program proposed by the Culture Ministry will be reviewed. The review was announced after it was determined that Culture Minister Asaf Ademi and the commissions who operate under him slashed funding for some of the best...
Culture 11.02.19 | 21:28

Plans underway to unite the five golden masks of Ohrid for a joint exhibition

A museum exhibition of the four golden masks of Trebeniste, unearthed in 1918 and then split between Serbia and Bulgaria, is planned later this year. The masks would be reunited with the fifth one, found by archaeologist Pasko Kuzman in 2011. The golden funeral masks used by nobles date back to the 6th...
Culture 11.02.19 | 14:05

Ministry of Culture to reconsider rejections in its annual call

The Ministry of Culture on Monday will be reviewing the submissions rejected in its 2019 annual open call for funding cultural projects of national interest. Minister of Culture Asaf Ademi said on Sunday all entries the public has raised questions about will be reopened and reconsidered. Should any of...
Culture 10.02.19 | 16:32

Latest Mitevski sisters film receives warm welcome at the Berlinale

Latest film by Teona Strugar Mitevska, “God exists her name is Petrunya” received a warm welcome at the Berlin Film Festival, where it was screened on Sunday morning. The press conference following the screening was well attended and there was also a solid buzz on social media following the...
Culture 10.02.19 | 11:34

Ademi’s adviser Vishka says Culture Ministry broke the “dictatorship” which distributed public funds

Actor Visar Vishka, who advises Culture Minister Asaf Ademi, welcomed the decision of the Ministry to cut funding for some of the most established cultural events and to boost funding for Albanian cultural projects. Ademi, who comes from the ethnic Albanian BESA party, faced strong criticism from a number...
Culture 09.02.19 | 18:21

Minister Ademi, caught in culture funds redistribution scandal, also had his sister hired in a comfy public sector position

Hard pressed Culture Minister Asad Ademi, who faces calls to resign after he cut public funding for some of the best regarded cultural events to fund nationalist Albanian pet projects, was revealed to have had his sister employed in the public energy producing company ELEM. Ademi, who comes from the...
Culture 09.02.19 | 10:36

Zaev says he will redistribute culture funding after major shift toward Albanian projects

Following public outrage, Zoran Zaev went on TV on Friday evening to promise that parts of the Culture Ministry program for 2019 will be withdrawn and funding priorities re-assessed. The Ministry, led by Asaf Ademi from the ethnic Albanian BESA party, cut funding for some of the best known cultural events...
Culture 08.02.19 | 20:25

Culture Minister Ademi will fund a grand opera about Albanian national hero Skenderbeg, while cutting Macedonian cultural projects

Along with the scandalous move to slash funding of Macedonian cultural events but boost it for Albanian events, the Culture Ministry plans to spend 6.5 million denars on a nationalist pet project by Minister Asaf Ademi. The Skenderbeg play opera will celebrate Albanian national hero Georg Kastrioti Skendebeg,...
Culture 08.02.19 | 16:36

Culture Ministry cuts funding for some of the best known events, diverts money to Albanian cultural projects

The Culture Ministry decided to cut its financial support for some of the best known cultural events such as the Skopje Jazz Festival and its spin-off, the Off Fest festival. This decision caused outrage in the public, and even some of the Government appointed culture committee members voiced their condemnation. We...
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