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Honeyland

2019

FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia)

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov

Documentary, Self: Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie Sam

7.4

1,340

Documentary The last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. Hatidze is a woman in her fifties that rears bee colonies in handmade baskets that she leaves hidden among rocks. Without protection or help, she is able to tame them to extract then honey and sell it in the capital. Everything is idyllic until, suddenly, new ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"An unforgettable vérité character study and an intimate look at an endangered tradition."	POS
United Kingdom	Stephen Whitty Screendaily	"[A] careful chronicle that, while staying true to its observational ethos, nonetheless, leaves plenty of questions – and, occasionally, its audience – behind.	NEU
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Kotevska make a visually poetic debut with this stark, wistful portrait of a lone rural beekeeper."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"A bitter and mesmerically beautiful documentary that focuses on a single beekeeper as though our collective future hinges on the fragile relationship between she and her hives."	POS
	Vladan Petkovic Cineuropa	"An extraordinary journey from a personal to a local to a global level (...) The cinematography by Fejmi Daut and Samir Ljuma is nothing short of spectacular"	POS
United States	Gary Garrison The Playlist	"A haunting portrait of a dying way of life"	POS
Canada	Peter Howell Toronto Star	"This amazing doc (...) makes for the most primal of environmental allegories (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Canada	Andrew Parker The Gate	"[It] turns brutal, not just in terms of the overall toll on human and animal life, but emotionally, as well (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS

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