Ainslie IGA Presents

Honeyland

Sunday 18th August

4:00 PM

Winner, World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize and Special Jury Award for Cinematography, Sundance Film Festival 2019

In remotest North Macedonia, Hatidze’s closest confidantes are her bees. She serenades them with a secret chant, gathering their honey without netting or gloves. Aside from her bed-ridden mother, Hatidze’s only social contact is a visit to the local market to sell the rich, red wild honey.

Hatidze’s quiet, gentle life bursts into a flurry of noise when a farming family with seven children move next door. While she is initially thrilled to have new company, it soon becomes clear that their more modern - and less nature conscious - farming methods are threatening Hatidze’s livelihood.

Every frame of Honeyland pulses with the cycles of life and glows with Hatidze’s magical vitality and optimism

- Sundance Institute

DIRECTOR: Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov COUNTRY: North Macedonia LANGUAGE: Turkish with English subtitles YEAR: 2019 RUN TIME: 87 min AUDIENCE: General

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