Daniela Ivanoska

Lidija's busy double life as a food box seller and drug dealer takes a dangerous turn when a fatal mistake threatens her relationship with her drug lord, endangers her daughter's life and risks exposing her to Nikola, her policeman husband.

Three stories, three views on love and adultery in a comical way.

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.

A Macedonian military deserter and his Italian blood-brother are searching for a dead grandmother wrapped up in a stolen carpet, all over the Balkan's criminal underworld.

Short film

Vesna lives a calm, carefully ordered life in a Skopje apartment block where familiarity feels like safety. When Ivana, a single mother, moves in with her disabled son, Vesna’s unease disguises itself as concern. Small acts of “care” escalate into collective observation as neighbors quietly organize around the newcomers.

Teenage coming-of-age drama

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.