Jakov Poposki

When Vera, an elderly widow, is wrongly pronounced dead by the city administration, she must prove her own existence so she can organize the traditional family dinner for Easter.

On a cold April morning in a small village beneath the mountains, Milena hurriedly packs what remains of her family’s life as distant echoes of war creep into her home. With her young son Jovche, she leaves behind a house filled with memories, children’s toys, and a fragile sense of normality. Walking through narrow streets crowded with silence, the encounter with the neighbors who look like shadows to her and Jovche’s friend Arben becomes a wordless goodbye to the life they once knew. At the bus station, marked by the scars of violence where bullet holes spell out the word “death”, Milena hesitates between the safety of the past and the uncertainty of what lies ahead. When the bus finally arrives, mother and son step into the unknown, carrying only what they could save — and the quiet hope that survival might still lead them to something better.

During a total solar eclipse in 1999, the young Albanian wife of the middle aged Macedonian shepherd vanishes from the village, leaving behind a life that is eventually rebranded as a local legend for tourists.

Boris and Kira’s friendship is put to a test, when Boris, influenced by his grandmother, starts suspecting that his friend is a representation of the Devil. This will make him doubt her goodness, until Kira reveals to him the sorrowful truth about her life.

Vedran thinks bringing a ton of ice cream to a mother and her daughter will relieve him of his guilt, but the treat melts along with his hope for redemption.

When Vera, an elderly widow, is wrongly pronounced dead by the city administration, she must prove her own existence so she can organize the traditional family dinner for Easter.

On a cold April morning in a small village beneath the mountains, Milena hurriedly packs what remains of her family’s life as distant echoes of war creep into her home. With her young son Jovche, she leaves behind a house filled with memories, children’s toys, and a fragile sense of normality. Walking through narrow streets crowded with silence, the encounter with the neighbors who look like shadows to her and Jovche’s friend Arben becomes a wordless goodbye to the life they once knew. At the bus station, marked by the scars of violence where bullet holes spell out the word “death”, Milena hesitates between the safety of the past and the uncertainty of what lies ahead. When the bus finally arrives, mother and son step into the unknown, carrying only what they could save — and the quiet hope that survival might still lead them to something better.

During a total solar eclipse in 1999, the young Albanian wife of the middle aged Macedonian shepherd vanishes from the village, leaving behind a life that is eventually rebranded as a local legend for tourists.

Boris and Kira’s friendship is put to a test, when Boris, influenced by his grandmother, starts suspecting that his friend is a representation of the Devil. This will make him doubt her goodness, until Kira reveals to him the sorrowful truth about her life.

Vedran thinks bringing a ton of ice cream to a mother and her daughter will relieve him of his guilt, but the treat melts along with his hope for redemption.