Žarko Ivanov

A girl stands on top of a building looking down at the city. She jumps. She falls with her eyes closed and eventually finds herself in a pond surrounded by bizarre faces. The falling continues...

Hook explores the feeling of guilt which the main protagonist has after cheating at a fishing contest in his childhood. This feeling remains in his subconscious and haunts him throughout his life. Trying to compensate, not only for his childhood sin but for everything he has done that he now considers unjustified, he ends up becoming a conformist.

An unusual fairytale about a princess who is trying to complicate her parent’s wish to get married and a young and poor shepherd who wins her heart.

A short animated omnibus consisted of four films inspired by the poetry of great Macedonian poet Aco Šopov.

Round Trip: Mary is the second part of the Round Trip trilogy. A young cowgirl in a small village is rounding up her cattle and preparing herself for a trip to the town. On her way there she meets different people in different situations. In the town she is attracted by the cinema and the film posters and enters a cinema for the first time…

In a small monastery, hidden in the rocky mountains along a lake far from civilization, a lonesome young monk paints frescoes of saints on the walls. On a quiet sunny day, while fishing in his small rowboat in the middle of the lake, he suddenly hears female voices. Is he being tempted? Is his conscience being tested?

Set in a small theater at the end of the silent film era, a former movie star clings to the past by screening only silent films. His son grows up in this world, unaware of the changes beyond its walls, until a discovery unsettles his beliefs.

An older man in his sixties and a small child are walking on the Stone Bridge towards Macedonia Street. The man holds a small tree, which leafs are slowly growing. In opposite of his heavy steps and clear appearance, the kid is like a shadow, cheerfully running around. They arrive on a cemetery where the man plants the tree by an unknown grave...

A broken man disappointed by his wife, his friends and the whole world around him, decides to leave civilization and live in the wilderness. In the forest he makes an unexpected new friend – a snakelet.

Today is a special day. Alex has a photo session scheduled with Maria, the girl he loves. But an invisible man enters in his apartment and makes him nervous, thinking he has lost his mind. Alex can't stop thinking about it, and his relationship with Maria gets more tense. Who is the invisible man, and will Alex be able to win back Maria's affection?

A film about the members of the USKA-KAN trumpet orchestra from Berovo. Uskata is a middle-aged man who lives with his family in a Roma settlement. He talks about his love and talent for music. Together with his son, they play the trumpet and practice constantly. They find inspiration in world-famous jazz performers, such as Louis Armstrong. Together with their orchestra, they participate in festivals and are winners of awards for the best trumpet orchestra.

Inspired by the poem of the same name by the poet Atso Shopov, the director of the film confronts his father's terminal illness and the transience of life. The film is mainly composed of animatied MRI scans of the now late parent.