Zlatko Mitreski

A young porn star returns to her hometown after ten years absence, to say goodbye to her dying father. Simultaneously, the otherwise quiet life of the locals is disrupted by a series of ghastly murders. A hard-boiled detective with a troubled history and his new partner arrives from the capital to investigate the killings. However, the mayor and the local police try to conceal the cases as unrelated accidents, afraid that this might affect the tourists’ attendance to the upcoming carnival, an important economic asset for the entire region. The detectives find their own moral beliefs challenged as they unravel a long-buried secret, confronted with an enemy that hides behind the mask of innocence.

When Marco and his mother arrive at a refugee center full of children, women and old people, the boy meets two friends who explain that it is only a matter of time before the soldiers bring a shoe box full of the belongings of one of their fathers who died in the war. Once they settle in the center, one of the children reveals to Marco that the classroom they are in is cursed: death will visit those whose last name is on the door, and they will likely receive a box. Marco becomes obsessed with the sound of a military jeep carrying the dreaded box and devises a plan to outwit Death.

Should Nadia stay in her hometown amongst the familiar and her old friends? Or should she go abroad and study? One boy makes this decision especially hard to make. When are feelings just friendship and when are they something more?

A gang of small-time criminals dream of glamor like in an American movies and plan their biggest heist - the secret room of CIA.

Second Chance interweaves three stories of three women living in the same block of flats, creating a kaleidoscopic observation of the experience of being a mother and the self-sacrifice involved in bringing another life into this world. At a time of absurdities as Macedonia teeters on the brink of civil war, each of these women struggle to find meaning in their existence, each facing their own demons while trying to preserve their humanity.