Nominated for two Academy Awards Honeyland tells the true story of an elemental struggle between ancient tradition and greed. It is a 2019 Macedonian documentary film that was directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. The documentary received numerous awards and nominations at film festivals, including three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and two nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards in the categories for Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature. Honeyland is the first documentary to receive a nomination in both categories in the history of the Oscars.

In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks.  Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently manoeuvres the honeycomb without netting or gloves.  `Back at her homestead, Hatidze tends to her handmade bee hives and her bedridden mother, occasionally  heading to the capital to market her wares.  One day, an itinerant family installs itself next door and Hatzides peaceful kingdom gives way to roaring engines, seven shrieking children and 150 cows.  Yet Hatidze welcomes the camaraderie, and she holds nothing back - not her tried-and-true beekeeping advice, not her affection not her special brandy.  But soon Hussein, the itinerant family's patriarch, makes a series of decisions that could destroy Hatidze's way of life forever.

Run time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Macedonian with English subtitles

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