Nikolina Kujaca

Two inter-cut tales of redemption, a century apart.

Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed author Zhivko Chingo, The Great Water is a story of emotional dislocation and childhood resilience, of friendship and betrayal. The story follows the childhood of Lem Nikodinoski. Now a high-ranking political figure in the communist government and elderly Lem is rushed to a hospital fighting for his life. As he nears death, his only memories are of his life when he was twelve. (Picture This! Entertainment)

Described by its director as "a highly emotional story, a tragedy right from its start that aims to get right to the stomach of the spectator, I Am from Titov Veles is set in contemporary Macedonia, where three sisters, the man-crazy Sapho, her twin, the reticent Afrodita, and the ex-addict Slavica, fight against the norms but also long to be a part of them, struggling to find their places as women... (iksv.org)