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Macedonian director Tamara Kotevska won the prestigious Grand Prix award for best cinema documentary for “The Tale of Silyan” at this year’s Grierson British Documentary Awards in London, which are regarded in the world of cinema as the British Oscar for documentary films. The film is a production of National Geographic Documentary Films and Dogwoof.
With this victory at the ceremony in London, the Macedonian film triumphed in the strongest cinema category, once again confirming the world-class quality of domestic auteur cinema and cementing the documentary “The Tale of Silyan” as the most successful documentary film of 2026.
The value of “The Tale of Silyan” continues to be affirmed even after a full year filled with awards, and we expect many more recognitions in the period ahead. Honestly, I don’t know what more I can say in words, except that this film carries my heart and all my passion for the seventh art, said Kotevska, who in her career has two Oscar nominations for “Honeyland” and two Emmy nominations.