ONLY THE DEVIL HATES WATER
SAMO GJAVOLOT SE PLASHI OD VODA (orig. title)
minority co-production
short | fiction | coming of age | 2022 | 17’26’’
logline: 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.
director: Lidija Mojsovska
writers: Lidija Mojsovska, Jakov Poposki
production: List Production (MK)
producer: Marija Dimitrova
co-production: Antitalent (HR)
co-producers: Maja Pek-Brünjes, Katarina Prpić
director of photography: Branko Avramovski
editor: Mihail Dimitrov
costume designer: Roza Trajceska-Ristovska
production designer: Aleksandra Chevreska
makeup artist: Snezana Angelovska Zivkovska
sound designer: Martin Semenčić
original music: Alen Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
cast: Angel Ristoski, Anastasija Jovanoska
supported by: North Macedonian Film Agency, SEE Cinema Network, Croatian Audiovisual Centre
festivals and awards:
- IFFC Manaki Brothers (North Macedonia) 2022 – Short Films Competition
- PÖFF Shorts (Estonia) 2022 – International Short Live Action Competition
- Black Movie – Geneva International Independent Film Festival (Switzerland) 2023 – The Black Movie for Kids
- SEEfest The South East European Film Festival in Los Angeles (USA – LA) 2023
- 9th Balkan Panorama Film Festival (Turkey) 2023 – Official Selection of Short Film Screening (non-competition) Programme
- BEAST International Film Festival (Portugal) 2023 – Competition
- Festival International du film d’éducation (France) 2023 – Short and Medium-length Film Competition
- BEAST International Film Festival (Portugal) 2023 – East Wave Award
- Balkan Beyond Borders Short Films Festival (Montenegro – Greece) 2023 – BBB Best Film Award
- Kinenova (N. Macedonia) 2023
- Balkan Beyond Borders Short Films Festival (Montenegro – Greece) 2023
- Valjevski Filmski Susreti, 2023, Serbia
- Kustendorf, 2024, Serbia
- Festival International du Film de Fribourg, 2024, Switzerland
Date:
June 1, 2023