They also planned to follow the natural change of the river's flow that takes place every ten years. Gently placing it into Nazife's hands, the old woman's ruined face (one eye has been destroyed by a wound or infection . Nazife says she did not turn them down, but Hatidze's late father did. [34][35] The documentary includes numerous scenes of Hatide and her neighbors during the beekeeping process, including the handling of the apiaries where the bees are kept, the cutting of honeycombs and the collection of honey in jars. But when they met Hatidze a beekeeper who returned half of her honey to the bees who made it, and lived in an abandoned village caring for her ailing, blind mother - they found a dynamic. Hatidze lives with her mother, a half-blind 86-year-old who barely leaves their dwelling. "So, Hatidze's destiny was to stay and take care of her parents.". [10] The movie was originally intended as government-funded documentary short focusing on the Bregalnica river and the preservation of the surrounding region in Lozovo municipality, central North Macedonia. It really says something important about the world," he added. "Everything we've heard from Hatidze refers to bees. [49], David Sims of The Atlantic called Honeyland "a rare nature documentary that's deeply personal". [26], Honeyland was ranked as the third-best documentary and twelfth-best foreign film of 2019 in a survey of over 300 critics around the world conducted by IndieWire. Atanas Georgiev, left, the producer of Honeyland, and Tamara Kotevska, center left, one of the two co-directors, with Hussein Sam, his wife, Ljutvie, and their children inDorfulija, North Macedonia. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. We have no option but to cope with it somehow," said Georgiev, who also edited the film. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and . . Honeyland, an Oscar contender for both best documentary feature and best international feature, may first appear to be concerned with wild beekeeping in the small, landlocked Republic of North Macedonia. This is how we found our protagonist. It portrays the life of Hatide Muratova, a loner beekeeper of wild bees who lives in the remote mountain village of Bekirlija and follows her lifestyle before and after neighbors move in nearby. And thats very pleasing in editing because it can become very boring seeing the same stuff again.. "Ljubo Stefanov. We stuck to our promise and we followed them as unobtrusively as possible for 3 years. Guests Expected. [51] On Metacritic, it was ranked as the twenty-fourth-best film of 2019. This leads to Sam's colonies attacking Hatide's during the resource-scarce winter. But her quiet existence is fundamentally changed when the nomadic Sam family, consisting of parents with seven unruly children, a noisy vehicle and a large herd of cattle, moves into the village. But there was big pressure from the public in Macedonia" for her to go to the Oscars. Both the Sams and Hatidze's family are ethnic Turks and they speak in Turkish dialect throughout the film. Nominated for two Oscars, Honeyland charted the tensions between a hermitic beekeeper and her disorderly neighbors. Kotevska says they were struck by how similar Hatidze was to a worker bee and how her mother resembled the queen bee. Ms. Muratova, pouring some honey for her guests at her home in Bekirlija. This principle is based on the customs and traditions of her grandfather, who taught her bees need to use their own honey to obtain enough energy to fly and mate. [55], Honeyland received its first monetary award prize of 30,000 from the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation at the 2019 Sarajevo Film Festival in late August 2019. If Id had a son like you, she later tells one of the neighbor boys, things would be different.. And now, as Hollywood movie stars are tweeting their support for the artistic movie, pictures of her new house were released. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice. Honeyland contains elements of several documentary styles, including fly on the wall, direct cinema, and cinma vrit. She has been working with the bees all her life and everything she has learned, she learned from them.". The atmosphere in the village changes when the nomadic rancher Hussein Sam arrives with his wife Ljutvie, their seven children, and their imported domestic animals. But under pressure to produce more from a local merchant, he breaks Hatidze's golden rule of leaving half for the bees, with disastrous consequences for everyone. Her new neighbors dont share her philosophy of taking only whats needed from the bees. [25][26] The camerawork, which is steady during the first half of the movie, later becomes less steady with the arrival of the nomadic neighbors. Life is not an infinite process it has phases, he said. "Everyone has to do the same work to survive. Read full review. Hatidze especially feels the consequences. [66], Other languages spoken in the film include, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, San Francisco International Film Festival, American Society of Cinematographers Awards, DallasFort Worth Film Critics Association, International Documentary Association Awards, Washington D.C. 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" " Unofficial audio for Hatidze's song "Cekor Po Cekor" SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE . Mr. Georgiev and Ms. Muratova visiting her new house in Dorfulija, which is still under construction. It won three prizes at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for best documentary and best international feature at this years Academy Awards. He elaborated, "a sensitivity to both petty human concerns and striking natural beauty is what makes Honeyland a particularly enthralling documentary. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice. Several environmental topics are explored, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and exploitation of natural resources. [16] Hatide and the nomad family were camera-shy at first but became used to the process as filming progressed. Ms. Muratova had lost her new house key, so the producer had to find the workman with the spare. [14] They spent the better course of three years visiting the families of the film. [45], Grading Honeyland with four stars out of five, Ty Burr from The Boston Globe said the film's strongest point is that it serves as "both allegory and example, a symbolic tale about the importance of nature's balance and a specific story about these specific lives", and called Hatide "a figure for the ages". Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently manoeuvres the honeycomb without netting or gloves. The film depicts how Ms. Muratova and Hussein Sam, a seminomadic farmer tried to coexist in one of the poorest pockets of North Macedonia. Hatidze Muratova is a Macedonian beekeeper of Turkish ethnicity: Outside, she sings to the bees that she tends with an expert, traditional hand. Agence France-presse / February 6, 2020 Deep within the Balkans, Hatidze Muratova is the last in a long line of Macedonian wild beekeepers. In Hatidze's family, learning the skill skipped a generation - she learned it as a girl from her grandfather, rather than her parents. Georgiev puts much of the film's phenomenal success down to Hatidze's "wonderful heart". This was the most powerful sentence," he said. But Kotevska says that there was never any need for negotiation; from the first time she encountered the filmmakers, Hatidze wanted to get her story out to the world. Honeyland revolves around her work as a wild bee keeper, as she ekes out a living in the rugged parts of the Ovce Pole plateau. Stefanov says that in the traditional communities in that part of the world, regardless of the religion or ethnicity, "there is an unwritten rule that the last-born female child stays with the parents until their death". For more information about the series, and a complete schedule, visit IDA. [62][34] It is also the second Macedonian film to earn an Oscar nomination after Before the Rain (1994). [46] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Sheri Linden called it an "unforgettable vrit character study and an intimate look at an endangered tradition". As observers, should they ever help their subjects? "[50] Sheena Scott from Forbes shared Sims's sentiments, writing that "it is the moments of intimacy that make this film so unique and beautiful". Kotevska and Stefanov say that, like beekeeping, all the other jobs in this harsh environment have been done equally by men and women. She is one of the last keepers of wild bees in Europe. [43] Bob Verini of Variety deemed it a "rare film that would be a strong contender in either [Academy Awards] category, in any year" due to its "strong geopolitical resonance and visual splendor". Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. Scott from The New York Times praised the directors for "render[ing] the thick complexity of experience with poignant clarity" and called the film "quiet, intimate and intense, but touched with a breath of epic grandeur. Hatidze generously imparts her methods to him but, pressured by money-grubbing marketeers, he disregards the half-for-them-half-for-us rule and wreaks havoc on the region's beekeeping . 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Hatidze first appears on a dangerous cliff edge wearing no protective mask, a cloud of bees swarming as she removes honeycomb from a hive in rocks. Calm and gentle, Ms. Muratova has a deep and respectful relationship with nature, treating her bees almost as collaborators. She lives in the ruins of a farming village several hours from the capital city of Skopje, a 50 . Having lived 56 years quite happily without television, Hatidze wasn't all that aware of "Sex and the City", although she graciously told the star-struck actress's fortune "by reading the coffee grains in bottom of her cup.". That intense process ultimately shoved Ms. Muratova and Mr. Sam, vulnerable people who had never previously even been to a cinema, into the media glare. [30] Los Angeles Times journalist Justin Chang described it as one of the rare films that serve as an "intimately infuriating, methodically detailed allegory of the earth's wonders being ravaged by the consequences of human greed". Hatidze Muratova, the star of the two Oscar nominated documentary movie Honeyland, is preparing for her trip to Hollywood. And bees do fill the filmflitting in and out of the frame, stinging hapless neighbors, and alchemizing the harsh landscape into molten gold. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice. It took filmmakers Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov three years of filming in the remote countryside of Macedonia to capture the footage they used in their Sundance-winning documentary, Honeyland, about Hatidze Muratova, a rural Macedonian woman who has dedicated her life to beekeeping. This was the beginning of a "crazy adventure" of three years, filming through scorching summers and freezing winters. Its distributor Neon gave it a theatrical release in the United States, opening on 26 July 2019. WEB_1080P . She was born, she says, in 1964; she has, apparently, spent her entire life in this craggy farm region of the. Malika is the protagonist . Life was hard but peaceful in this forgotten corner of the Balkans. Neon. 7,8. Although initially reluctant to participate in the documentary, Hatide agreed to get involved to send a message of sustainable living to the world. We dont understand Turkish. And that change speaks to a wider ethical conundrum that Mr. Stefanov and his colleagues have grappled with since finishing filming one that has long troubled documentary filmmakers. They have since helped set Hatidze up in a new winter home close to her relatives in the "nearest village to civilisation". "Honeyland" introduces us to Hatidze Muratova, a great character and a natural-born movie star. Honeyland chronicles a period of Hatidze's life when her ancient methods of beekeeping came up against, and conflicted with, those of a newcomer to her remote home region. Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. We spotted Hatidze in the very beginning and just started shooting her. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Added Kotevska, That, for us, made it feel like we [were] watching a new film. [25], The film's score was composed and performed by the Macedonian band Foltin under the musical supervision of Rana Eid from the production company DB Studios in Beirut, Lebanon. Film Review: 'Honeyland' Macedonian docmakers Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska make a visually poetic debut with this stark, wistful portrait of a lone rural beekeeper. 9 of 216. She lives by that simple principle. But in relative terms, the period depicted in the film proved to be a rare period of calm in a conflict that had begun long before filming started, and which has escalated since it finished. As Kotevska put it, this was her way of liberation.. 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Honeyland is the story of Hatidze, a lone rural beekeeper in the spectacular, almost unpopulated Macedonian mountain countryside. Kotevska and Stefanov's camera captures the duo's nighttime bickering with remarkable intimacy, as. And Hatidze Muratova, one of the hamlet's last inhabitants and the star of " Honeyland ," was still waiting for the. Complicating matters: They didn't speak Turkish, the preferred language of the film's main subjects both Hatidze and her new neighbors who moved in a few months into the shoot and disrupted her. . But as often happens with the best documentaries, the filmmakers got lucky, because the movie they thought they were making a slice of life about a beekeeper became something more, a story about character and . Honeyland (directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov) is a documentary film that follows the life of a beekeeper, Hatidze Muratova, who lives with her elderly mother in an otherwise abandoned village in rural Macedonia. [22] David Fear writing for Rolling Stone viewed it as a documentary that portrays "rural regionalism and lost art forms", also saying the directors ensured viewers are immersed in Hatide's way of living during the first half of the movie so they realize what is being lost during the latter half. [13], Initially, the directors were planning to focus on the rotational farming practices of villagers inhabiting the area around Bregalnica. Hatidze Muratova, the star of the documentary Honeyland, was given a new house by the producers of the double Oscar nominated movie. The directors focused only on the visuals without making use of audio recordings or transcripts. [37] In the United Kingdom, Honeyland was released by Dogwoof on 13 September 2019,[38] which was followed by a wider release in most European countries the same month. [19] Due to the remoteness of Bekirlija, the production team stayed there for three-to-four consecutive days before going to nearby towns for supplies and to recharge their filming equipment. The most awarded film at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival . She herself lives in what amounts to a hole in the rock, a cave-like hut where she tends her ancient mother as gently and patiently as she tends her bees. crafted from more than 400 (!) In the film, relations between Ms. Muratova and Mr. Sam were bad; Mr. Sam ignored Ms. Muratovas advice about how to start his own bee colony, leading his bees to attack hers and ruining Ms. Muratovas entire livelihood. Beekeeper Hatidze Muratova leads the filmmakers to the very . The untouched nature of Hatidze's home couldn't be further away from the glitz and glamour of film festivals. Honeyland is the first film to compete for both the best documentary award and best international feature film. Watch out at the Oscars on Sunday for Hatidze Muratova. But theres another dimension to Hatidzes story that, for me, elevates the film above a simple fable about human greed. The film has already enabled Kotevska and Stefanov to buy Hatidze a house in another village, close to her brother's family. A.O. Ms.Kotevska withMs. Muratova in her new house. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. [7][8] Initially, Hatide maintains good relationships with the family and spends time playing with the children. Hatide earns a living by selling honey in the country's capital Skopje, which is four hours away from the village. When Hatidze went for a dress fitting for the Oscars in the North Macedonian capital Skopje, it took "20 minutes for her to walk 200 metres because so many people wanted to have a selfie with her," Georgiev revealed. The home she lives in was purchased for her by the documentary filmmakers after they won their first award at the Sarajevo film festival. Yet Mr. Georgiev has been anything but absent. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? John Sloss Is More Hopeful About the Sundance Film Market Than You Might Think, The Oscar Race for Best Picture Has Three Frontrunners as Voting Closes Tuesday, How RRR and Glass Onion Are Trying to Hack the Best Picture Oscar Race, Whered the Color Go? She now divides her time between the two villages. Culture 06.02.2020 / 14:39. (2019)/(),(),Honeyland. Campaigns to collect additional funds to support Hatidze are on-going. 2023 Copyright France 24 - All rights reserved. , One of Europe's Last Wild Beekeepers Fights Environmental and Economic Hardships. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. To lessen the pressure on himself in refereeing the relationship, Mr. Georgiev created a foundation that works with the families independently of the crew. In Honeyland, one of 15 feature documentaries still in contention for the Academy Awards, the indelible main character is Hatidze Muratova, a woman from a remote section of North Macedonia. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? One day, the Sam family, nomadic cattle farmers who speak the same archaic Turkish dialect as Haditze and her mother, install their caravan right next to the women's house. It's been exactly two years, and it's now time to say thank you and goodbye. It was never the main source of income for the villagers, but the families passed it down through generations. This approach was followed during the post-production stages and the first six months of the rough cut, which together lasted approximately 12 months. From the start, Georgiev said they were very aware about their responsibilities to their subjects and the eco-system -- both natural and human -- that they come from. And even with her newfound fame, Ms. Muratova said she still remained true to her vocation. The . For the film crew, said Ms. Muratova, it was more demanding to deal with us after the film than during the filming itself.. Help Mother Jones' reporters dig deep with a tax-deductible donation. [14][35], The world premiere of Honeyland took place at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 28 January 2019. The shoot lasted three years, with co-directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov camping in the village with their cameramen until their batteries would run out -- since there was no electricity for miles. You can't miss her. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Muratova told her story that begins in a poor rural village in North Macedonia, leading in Oscar nominees. You can see this in our film - in both families, it doesn't make a difference what [gender] they are, they all doing the same things.". [48] Rating it with four stars out of five, Helen O'Hara of Empire magazine, summed up the film as "[s]tunningly beautiful and quietly powerful, this is a portrait of a vanishing way of life and of a determined woman who's just trying to make her way in the world". Hatidze makes a living using ancient beekeeping traditions. When the Sam family arrives, she welcomes them with an open heart, and teaches them how to harvest the wild honey. [57] Kotevska and Stefanov also started a campaign titled Donate for the Honeyland Community that sends jars of natural honey to donors of a fund that benefits Hatide and her neighbors. So all the scenes with the dialogue, particularly, we didnt know whats going on there. Nevertheless she still spends the bee season in her old village. The woman is Hatidze Muratova, believed to be the last female . [citation needed] In Australia and New Zealand, Honeyland was released by the production company Umbrella Films on 5 March 2020. For more information about the series, and a complete schedule, visit IDA. [42] In a separate year-end review, Scott and Manohla Dargis of the same newspaper named Honeyland the best film of 2019, and called it "nothing less than a found epic". Honeyland (Macedonian: , transliterated: Medena zemja) is a 2019 Macedonian documentary film that was directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. Critics have viewed it as a film that also explores anthropological topics. First we spent three and a half months, four months, just watching the material, the whole material. At its heart, this film is a character study, a meditation on the life of a woman who has carved out a precarious existence in an unforgiving place. But they also contain poignant revelations of Hatidzes inner yearnings. And this is how we came to it. Anyone can read what you share. Hatidze, star of the Oscar nominated Honeyland movie, gets a new house. Informacje o filmie. It is well known that male and female bees fill very different roles, but the film shows everybody doing the same jobs. Honeyland follows the day-to-day life of Hatidze Muratova, one of the last "bee-hunters", as she cultivates honey from the mountains of Macedonia. Using prize money won by the film, he and his colleagues had found her a new house in Dorfulija, a larger and wealthier village about half an hours drive away. When they were asking for my hand?, Hatidze seems to wonder about the paths her life might have taken. July 26, 2019 11:07 pm. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. [40] According to the website's critical consensus, "Honeyland uses life in a remote village to offer an eye-opening perspective on experiences that should resonate even for audiences halfway around the world". 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