Cinema of North Macedonia

Cinema of North Macedonia
No. of screens	18 (2009)[1]
• Per capita	0.9 per 100,000 (2009)[1]
Produced feature films (2010)[2]
Fictional	4
Animated	-
Documentary	-
Number of admissions (2011)[3]
Total	119,575
National films	24,986 (20.9%)

Cinema of North Macedonia refers to film industry based in North Macedonia or any motion-picture made by Macedonians abroad. Janaki and Milton Manaki are considered the founding fathers. The first feature film produced by the country was Frosina (1952) and the most famous director is Milčo Mančevski. The first and only Macedonian movie theater chain is Kinoverzum.^[4]

Throughout the past century, the medium of film has depicted the history, culture and everyday life of the people of North Macedonia. Over the years many Macedonian films have been presented at film festivals around the world and several of these films have won prestigious awards. Two Macedonian films have been nominated for an Academy Award, namely Before the Rain (1994) and Honeyland (2019).