Elizabeta Konevska

Mergüzel is a traditional but strong woman who wants and tries to emancipate herself. In a constant search for a better life, together with her family members, she has been changing her/their place of residence for 10 years. But how successful is the search and how do they face the challenges?

The film "Macedonians in Istanbul" is a film about the citizens of Istanbul, who are the fifth generation born in this city. As foreign workers, their ancestors from Macedonia moved to Istanbul in the 19th or early 20th century. Orthodox by religion, they celebrate their holidays in several sacred buildings that are still used in this city for that purpose. The members of this colony, mainly from the Aegean part of Macedonia, belong to a small community of rare, real, long-term citizens of the former metropolis of the Ottoman Empire, the great city of Istanbul.

Comparative perception of the historical path of lokum - the delicacy sweet and its contemporary state and application in the context of global development. The main emphasis will be given to lokum in Macedonia, where this product represents a significant segment of the cultural heritage, as well as to the masters who make lokum.

Filmed in the old Skopje bazaar, where old jackets, trousers, shirts and other types of fabrics are still dyed, it shows the three generations of the Neziri family who practice this craft and run the shop they took over from the Bojachiev family. This is a film about the heritage of crafts and traditions in multiethnic Skopje.