Branko Ivanovski Gapo

In 1918, after the end of the Balkan Wars and the First World War, hundreds of Macedonians immigrated to Bulgaria. Among them there were pro-Bulgarian Macedonians who wanted to exploit the emigrants for their own political purposes. A number of decent freedom fighters were eliminated. The victim of one of the assassins in Sofia was Djorche Petrov. His assassin is a young boy who doesn't even know that he is shooting dead the man who is one of the last real fighters for the freedom of Macedonia. By discovering that he has been unknowingly involved in the pro-Bulgarian organization and has been used for an execution of this vile act, it means the death sentence for the young boy.

The arrival of the young teacher Damjan in one village in western Macedonia shakes the usual daily life of its inhabitants who belong to different religions.

A depiction of the 1961 ‘Marshal Tito Cup’ football match, which was played in Belgrade between the Skopje club Vardar and Varteks from Varaždin.

A documentary showing several aspects of the author's view of life in Skopje.

A feature-documentary story about the way of fishing on Lake Dojran, with the help of cormorant birds. It talks about the connection between people and birds that are the best workers and irreplaceable assistants to fishermen. When the birds are gone, the fishermen are sad, but when the birds come, the fishing can begin.

A documentary showing the wedding customs in the village of Miravci, near Gevgelija.

In the mountains of Macedonia, members of the Karakachani tribe still live today. They have been here for several centuries. And ever since they can remember, they have been herders. In fact, they are among the last nomadic herders in Europe. Many things have changed around them, and even today, seemingly, they continue the same life...

A short film about the life of the peasant Mitre, who, unable to complete his agricultural work on time because he has only one ox, asks for help from his fellow villager Kostadin. He, in turn, is carried away by envy and malice, and using the moment when Mitre is tired from the midday heat, spreads lies to the villagers in the middle of the village. Mitre restrainedly and consciously overcomes the lies and leaves along the village alley...

According to a pre-arranged day and place, the border between two countries, the People’s Republic of Macedonia and the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, opens for one day. This time, no travel documents or other documents are needed to see relatives and friends on both sides of the border. It is another opportunity to meet or another attempt to trace the separated. That day carries a lot of sadness in itself, for the elderly, it will perhaps be the last meeting, the mother will never find her son again. The day passes and the border is here again, with all its seriousness.

A documentary film about the great floods in Macedonia, filmed from 16 to 18.11.1962. The film shows the catastrophic floods in November 1962 that hit Macedonia, when the largest Macedonian rivers: Vardar, Treska and Crna overflowed their banks. The film shows footage during and after the floods and the efforts of the people in the fight against the raging water element and in saving the endangered lives and material wealth.

After the earthquake that happened in Skopje on 26-th of July 1963, a lot of problems appeared with the public services, which were nearly completely destroyed by it. The film shows the damages and their quantity.

Through footage of the furniture factory Treska is shown the progress and development of the wood industry as well as the production of furniture for mass consumption.

A film dedicated to life in Mariovo, one of the most passive areas of Macedonia, not only due to the scarcity of natural opportunities for existence but also due to the isolation of this area.

A Macedonian village has always struggled to find ways to bring water to its arid land - a struggle that may be won when a native son returns from America with the idea of setting up a watermill. Such an enterprise gets two villages in conflict over water rights, threatening to permanently turn people against each other. In the past, the territory had been occupied by the Italian armies, and a flashback shows a massacre in one village, a revelation that disaster has been a part of their history, in one way or another. No matter how he argues, the young man who advocated the watermill loses out to the builders of a dam - something that does not bode well for the low-lying village.

A documentary about the construction work on the Bratstvo-Edinstvo highway, the shifts of the work brigades, the successes on the route, new acquaintances and the joy of the foremen after a successfully completed shift.

In March 1903, amidst the crumbling Ottoman Empire, Macedonia remains unliberated, with its revolutionary movement burgeoning. In retaliation for supporting freedom fighters, the Turks besiege a wedding, capturing over two hundred villagers and sentencing them to lengthy prison terms. These prisoners are then transported to Asia Minor, enduring severe hardships and humiliation through the desert, with many perishing along the way before reaching their final destination in October 1908.

Youth, which courage is always without prejudice, in Skopje in time of Bulgarian occupation in WW2, desire freedom for the people, resolves to several actions, including the biggest, to assassinate the police chief Emanuel Machkov...