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MAKEDOX EDUCATION

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MakeDox in Classroom introduced the documentary film into formal education. With the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), we have published two toolkits consisting of 19 creative documentary films for high school teachers in Macedonia. Today, this program is implemented by 140 trained Sociology and Civic Education teachers in 80 high schools throughout Macedonia, reaching at least 30,000 students every year since 2013!

We are Visual! Education and Audio-Visualization of Human Rights (WAVE) is a two-volume story. In the first volume we were looking for ways to bring closer documentary stories to teachers and students aged 12-16. Supported by the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), we have published a set of 12 documentary films and a handbook for their use within the formal and informal education. Last year we closed the second volume: training of 139 educators and NGO representatives who implement this program in 56 cities and villages across the country. We reached the end of this story in December 2017 when we organized the international conference “Audiovisual Education – future or present” which gathered around one hundred of participants from Macedonia and abroad, including 80 teachers and students, eager to share their experiences and talk about the need of introducing audiovisual content in today’s education system.

Youth Film Clubs is a story we began telling together with the Youth Educational Forum. The media clubs in Skopje, Bitola, Resen, Debar, Gevgelija, Kumanovo, Veles, Kichevo, Negotino, Struga, Tetovo and Kratovo were the first to host small temporary cinemas and vast discussion forums. Nowadays, young people’s horizons widen and strong opinions soften as a chopped onion in a heated pan in a few more youth associations and organizations in Macedonia. ACTive is a regional creative documentary film school open to young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia. This fantastic story that we’ve told twice so far, together with “Pravo Ljudski” from Bosnia and Herzegovina and “DokuFest” from Kosovo, inspired 11 short doc stories, signed by 30 ACTive participants.

Last year, we planted the DocuSprouts seeds for the fourth time. DocuSprouts is a project aiming to provide education and film literacy to young people, namely high school students aged 15-19 years. It seeks to offer a program - in an informal way, outside of the schools - to young people through which they will not only get acquainted with the basic stages of documentary filmmaking but also get hands-on experience. Driven by the idea of active youth participation in the creation of new cultural values, DocuSprouts recognizes and brings together the weak points in terms of culture availability among young people allowing for new cultural initiatives to emerge. Over the four sessions that take place during MakeDox Traveling Cinema, the film festival and during the autumn and winter months, the future young filmmakers acquire knowledge and develop skills in the field of documentary filmmaking mentored by MakeDox creative team members and acknowledged docuprofessionals from abroad. So far, three short documentaries have been produced by young people for young people, conveying their messages to a wider audience and at the same time motivating the young audience to proactively contribute to the development of the cultural scene.

So far, through MakeDox in Cinema, we have shared 75 exceptional documentary stories with nearly 15,000 primary school pupils in Skopje.

Pilot project “Using Documentary Film as a Teaching Tool in Secondary Education” In November 2021, MakeDox implemented the pilot project “Using Documentary Film as a Teaching Tool in Secondary Education,” as part of the “Building Bridges” fund of the OSCE mission in Skopje. The teachers, in collaboration with the MakeDox team, worked on creating model lessons for two documentaries which can be used as teaching tools. In this phase of implementation, 11 professors from secondary schools who teach in Macedonian and Albanian participated.

MAKEDOX DISTRIBUTION

MOVING DOCS BDDN

In 2017, MakeDox became a partner in the Moving Docs – a partnership founded for the purpose of joint distribution of documentaries across Europe. As a new EDN initiative supported by Creative Europe, Moving Docs aims to create innovative outreach strategies and to provide opportunities for urban and rural European audiences to enjoy regular screenings of documentary films through a wide variety of media and platforms.

APART FROM MAKEDOX, MOVING DOCS PARTNERS ARE:

Against Gravity – Poland ARTE – France Autlook Film Sales – Austria Berlin Documentary Film Club – Germany CineDoc – Greece Demiurg Distribucija – Slovenia Doc Lounge – Sweden DocPoppies, Docs Barcelona – Spain Doc.Fest Munich – Germany DOXBiO – Denmark European Documentary Network – Denmark Five Stars Film Distribution – Serbia Lemesos International Documentary Festival – Cyprus Film and Campaign и New Notions Cinema from the United Kingdom One World Human Rights Film Festival – Czech Republic Rise and Shine Cinema – Germany Take One Action Film Festivals – United Kingdom Taskovki Films – Bosnia and Herzegovina The most beautiful stories deserve to travel and the docu-audiences deserve to hear them. This is why we have founded the Balkan Documentary Distribution Network (BDDN), together with Restart (Croatia), Free Zone and Delta Video (Serbia), DokuFest (Kosovo), UnderhillFest (Montenegro), Demiurg and Petra Pan (Slovenia).

www.restartlabel.net www.freezonebelgrade.org www.dokufest.com www.makedox.mk www.underhillfest.me www.deltavideo.rs www.demiurg.si www.petrapan.com

COFFEE AND ONION

We often stretch our film canvas at the most unexpected places - in the middle of a meadow, in a library, at a playground and sometimes even in some old or new cinema, garden or backyard. Last year, we launched a collaboration with the multimedia venue “Film and Coffee Kotur”, whose menu also offers “Coffee and Onion”. So far, we have screened 10 documentary films but we are looking forward to see you at many more screenings and “Coffee and Onion” hang outs soon.

INDEX

A A House Made of Splinters All That Breathes Arctic Utopias Awaker

B Babajanja Babushka Balcony Concert Bato Nebo, Chants to the Gods Bosnian Broadway Brotherhood Brotherhood Burning Memories

C Chickens, Virus and Us Children of the Mist Cloudy

D Daughter Dida Disturbed Earth Divas Dodek Doggy Love

E End of the Road

F Five Dreamers and a Horse Fruits of Clouds

G Geamana H Herd Hide ‘N Seek Hopus

I I Am Michelle I Am Trying to Remember In Between In Flow of Words Invisible Demons

K Kapr Code Kuku

L Ladies of the Wood Land that Rises and Descends Leaf Life Living Water Love, Dad

M Memory Mist My Home My Uncle Tudor My Unknown Soldier

N Near and Dear Nelly and Nadine Nuisance Bear

O Overboard! P Paradise Polaris

R René René - The Prisoner Of Freedom

S Sculpting Vibration Shabu Splinters Summer Fling Summer Nights

T The Dreamer From Zorzor The Eclipse The Floating World The Kite The Pawn Shop The Same Dream The Secret of Doctor Grinberg The Territory Tolyatti Adrift Tomorrow Is a Water Palace Turkish Riviera

V Vedette

W Water Has No Borders Way of Sylvie When We Were Bullies

Z Zuhur’s Daughters

MAKEDOX FAMILY 2022 IMPRESSUM

Alicia Ferro, Aleksandra Stojanovska, Anastasija Jurukovska, Anastasija Popovska, Angela Stojanovska, Andrijana Papić Mancheva, Brand Ferro, Branko Avramovski, Darko Nabakov, Dimitar Shopov, Dorijan Milovanovik, Dorian Krivičič Popovski, Dragan Mishevski, Erik Omeragikj, Ena Alushevska, Galina Strachkova, Gorjan Atanasov, Gracija Atanasovska, Ilindenka Petrusheva, Jelena Belic, Kiril Donev, Kira Gjorgjieska, Kiro Shopov, Kirijana A. Nikoloska, Kiril Shentevski, Kosta Nechovski, Lea Dimitrova, Lena Mancheva, Magda Origjanska, Marija Angelovska, Martin Ivanov, Malik Krivičič Popovski, Mia Ferro, Nada Nikoloska, Natasha Shopova, Nil Ferro Selishkar, Ognen Stojanoski, Oliver Mileski, Pavle Ignovski, Petar Krstevki, Petra Selishkar, Petrula Veljanovska, Ramona Kochishka, Ruse Arsov, Samir Karahasan, Sara Ferro, Sasho N. Alushevski, Sirma Shopova, Stela Popovska, Terra Ferro Selishkar, Teodor Jurukovski, Toni Dimkov, Valentino Apostolovski, Vasil Manchev, Vladan Carichich-Tzar, Vladimir Vladimirov

And all our wonderful volunteers... Publisher: MakeDox For the Publisher: Pavle Ignovski Editor: Magda Origjanska Editor assistant: Gracija Atanasovska Collaborators: Darko Nabakov, Petrula Veljanovska Translation: Gracija Atanasovska, Magda Origjanska Proofreading: Suzana V. Spasovska Editorial design: Natasha Shopova Art Direction and Photographies: Samir Karahasan Print: ProMedia Circulation: 400

ISBN - 978-608-66051-5-5