Cinema
Black Seed
Црно семе
Kiril Cenevski · 1971
Synopsis
Greece, in the early days of the civil war. Macedonians serving in the Greek army are accused by the monarchist government of disloyalty and of ties with the communists. They are sent to a concentration camp set up on an island in the Aegean Sea, where the Greek officers who run the camp subject them to humiliation and abuse, because they are suspected of being communists.
Context
The screenplay is by Taško Georgievski and the director, for whom this is the first feature film. The film runs eighty-two minutes; Darko Damevski, Aco Jovanovski, Risto Šiškov and Pavle Vuisić play the main roles. It was the first Macedonian film to compete and win prizes at international festivals, and Yugoslavia chose it to represent the country for the Oscar for foreign film, without it being retained among the nominees.
Who it is for
In Macedonian with subtitles, a film of about an hour and twenty minutes. Be aware that it shows the abuse inflicted on the prisoners without flinching.
Prizes and reception
Golden Arena for direction at Pula in 1971, Phoenix for best first film in Moscow the same year, and Laceno d'oro at Avellino in 1972.
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