Awarded Films PFF 2019

The awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film on PFF 2019 have been announced at the Closing Ceremony of the 9. Philosophical Film Festival held on 16 May in the Cinematheque of N. Macedonia. In the Official Selection of Feature Films, the Jury Award for Best Feature Film on PFF 2019 goes in the hands of Osman Nail Doğan, director of THE PIGEON THIEVES (Turkey) and the Audience Award for Best Feature Film…

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PFF on the Film-Philosophy Conference in Sweden

PFF on the Film-Philosophy Conference in Sweden

The Philosophical Film Festival this year had the great pleasure to attend the international Film-Philosophy Conference taking place at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden (3-5 July 2018). More than 100 university professors, scholars and doctoral students attended the conference, some from the area of philosophy and the humanities, and others from film and visual studies. With six keynotes (Catherine Wheatley, King’s College London; Eugenie Brinkema,MIT; Aparna Sharma, UCLA; Maja Borg, Swedish filmmaker; Emma Wilson, University of Cambridge и…

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Special Screenings with the directors of the winning films 9 -13 May

Special Screenings with the directors of the winning films 9 -13 May

Traditionally in May, the Philosophical Film Festival organizes two Special projections of the winning feature films inviting the directors of the films in Skopje. A rare occasion to meet the winners of the “Golden Owl” award for best feature film on the 8. Philosophical Film Festival – Jury Awars for Best Feature Film on PFF 2018 & Audience Award for Best Feature Film on PFF 2018. On Wednesday (9 May) we will have the chance…

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“Golden Owls” of the 8. PFF awarded!

“Golden Owls” of the 8. PFF awarded!

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐍  by Roland Vranik – Jury Award for Best Feature Film Wilson is an African living in Budapest. He has arrived as a political refugee and wants to become a Hungarian citizen, but keeps failing the exams required for the application. The Citizen raises questions about the status of an individual – both as a citizen of a country (home or abroad) or as a citizen of the world. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏…

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Interview with David M. Larsson

Interview with David M. Larsson

WHAT IF THE WORLD WAS TRANSPARENT? Interview with David M. Larsson, a philosophy for children specialist from Denmark THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF MACEDONIA AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME OF THE 8. PHILOSOPHICAL FILM FESTIVAL (PFF), FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MACEDONIA OPENS UP A WINDOW TO THE AREA OF PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN. PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN IS A DISCIPLINE AND PRACTICE WHICH HAS BEEN RAPIDLY DEVELOPING IN THE PAST YEARS (IN LARGE PART WITH THE…

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Philosophy for Children – first time in Macedonia

Philosophy for Children – first time in Macedonia

PFF 2018: Educational Program- FIL(M)OSOPHY FOR CHILDREN 11-15 April 2018 Part 1: PHILOSOPHY FOR CHILDREN (P4C) Program: “WHAT IF THE WORLD WAS TRANSPARENT? – A SIMPLE GUIDE FOR SPREADING PHILOSOPHICAL WONDER IN THE CLASSROOM”   April 11 (Wednesday), 13.00 Faculty of Philosophy, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” – Skopje Intro: Philosophy for Children and the experience of introducing it in Denmark A more theoretical introductory lecture in P4C and sharing the experience of introducing the practice…

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Short films in competition on PFF 2018

Short films in competition on PFF 2018

𝐀𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐗𝐀𝐒 by Lior Nadjar 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 by Hanna Jalali 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐘𝐓 by Meerim Dogdurbekova 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 by Michał Biegański 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆’𝐒 𝐎𝐊 by Sebastião Salgado & Pedro Patrocínio 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 by Yenni Lee 𝐆𝐎𝐃 𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐃 by Johan Karrento 𝐅𝐈𝐅𝐎 by Sacha Ferbus & Jeremy Puffet 𝟗𝟎𝟐𝟑 by Sotiris Petridis & Tania Nanavraki 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐀 by Cam Thys 𝐌𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐄 𝐊𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐓 by Marko Šantić 𝐌𝐔𝐌, 𝐈’𝐌 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 by Dimitris Katsimiris 𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒 by Kristiina Tang 𝐏 by Marcus Hanisch 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍…

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Official Selection of Feature Films Announced!

Official Selection of Feature Films Announced!

We are proud to announce you the Official Selection of Feature Films of the 8. Philosophical Film Festival: 6 films from 6 different corners of the world (Hungary, Ukraine, Iran, Romania, Germany/Kosovo and Brazil) which will be presented for the first time to the Macedonian audience in the Cinematheque of Macedonia this April and will compete for the “Golden Owl” award from the jury and the audience. THE CITIZEN, a Hungarian film by director Roland…

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NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – PFF 2018

NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – PFF 2018

The NEW CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for the 8. Philosophical Film Festival is now open! Learn more about it & submit your feature or short film inspired by a philosophical idea or inspiring philosophical reflection by clicking here (deadline: December 15, 2017). Only films that fulfill both criteria, artistic quality and philosophical relevance, will be taken into consideration. If you have any further questions regarding the Call, please write us on: contact@philosophicalfilmfestival.mk. We are looking forward to receiving your…

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Thematic special issue “Philosophy & Film”

Thematic special issue “Philosophy & Film”

With great pleasure and honor we announce that the first publication in Macedonia from the area of film-philosophy is on its way – the thematic special issue “PHILOSOPHY AND FILM” of the national philosophy journal Philosophical debate (Filozofska tribina) issued by the Philosophical Society of Macedonia. The promotion is scheduled for July 6 (Thursday), starting at 20.00h in the GEM Club (2nd floor of Menada, Skopje’s Old Bazaar). Promoter of the journal will be Prof….

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