Manaki Brothers International Festival 2025, 46th edition

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The 46th edition of the International Cinematographers’ Film Festival (ICFF), better known as the “Manaki Brothers” Festival, will be held in Bitola (Republic of North Macedonia) from September 20 to 26, 2025. This year, the festival will honor Darius Khondji, AFC, ASC, with the Golden Camera 300 for his lifetime achievement in cinematography ; Wally Pfister, ASC, will receive the Special Golden Camera 300 for his outstanding contribution to world cinema.

Screenwriter, director, and producer Semih Kaplanoğlu will receive the Special 300 Camera Award for his outstanding contribution to the world of cinematographic art.
Chaired by Denis Lenoir, AFC, ASC, ASK, the jury will be composed of Cineuropa director Valerio Caruso, director of photography Astrid Heubrandtner, AAC, author and screenwriter Asja Krsmanović, director and screenwriter Mitko Panov.
For the second year, the ICFF will present a Creative Synergy Award, supported by Sumolight, which aims to celebrate the often overlooked collaboration between a director of photography (DoP) and their gaffer, recognizing the essential role this partnership plays in shaping a film’s visual storytelling. For the 2025 edition, the award will honor Bill Pope, ASC, and his gaffer, Jonathan Spencer, for their extraordinary work on How to Train Your Dragon, by Dean DeBlois.

Selection
Official Selection Camera 300
- Dj Ahmet, by Georgi M. Unkovski, photographed by Naum Doksevski, MSC (closing film)
- Dreams, by Dag Johan Haugerud, photographed by Cecilie Semec, FNF
- I’m Still Here, by Walter Salles, photographed by Adrian Teijido, ABC
- Mother, by Teona Strugar Mitevska, photographed by Virginie Saint-Martin, SBC (opening film)
- Nouvelle Vague, by Richard Linklater, photographed by David Chambille
- On Falling, by Laura Carreira, photographed by Karl Kürten
- Quiet Life, by Alexandro Avranas, photographed by Olympia Mytilinaiou, GSC
- Sirāt, by Oliver Laxe, photographed by Mauro Herce, AEC
- The Devil Smokes, by Ernesto Martinez Bucio, photographed by Odei Zabaletta
- The Visitor, directed and photographed by Vytautas Katkus, LAC
- Vindicta, by Dominik Sedlar, photographed by David Mc Farland.

Documentary Competition
- L’mina, by Randa Maroufi, photographed by Luca Coassin, CCS, Wiame Haddad
Complete selection.

Short Films Competition
- Because of (U), by Tohé Commaret, photographed by Nicolas Jardin
Complete selection.

Mak Point Program
See the selection.

Adriatic Audience Award
- Adam’s Sake, by Laura Wandel, photographed by Frédéric Noirhomme, SBC
- Malodor, by Fabrice du Welz, photographed by Manuel Dacosse, SBC
- Perla, by Alexandra Makarová, photographed by Georg Weiss, AAC
- Renovation, by Gabriele Urbonaite, photographed by Vytautas Katkus, LAC
Complete selection.

Student films
- Avalanche, by Lucie Millon, photographed by Lucie Millon and Léo Gatinot (La Fémis, Image Department 2024)
-The Scent of Flowers (Hana no Kaori), directed and photographed by Sarah Ackerer (La Fémis, Image Department 2024)
Complete selection.

Highlights of the program

Monday, September 22
- 10:30 a.m. : Manaki Cinema / AFC Master Class – “The Evolution of Filming Tools Since the French New Wave,” with Jean-Marie Dreujou, Denis Lenoir, and Pascale Marin, members of the AFC.

Tuesday, September 23
- 9:00 p.m. : Screening of Inception, by Christopher Nolan, photographed by Wally Pfister.

Wednesday, September 24
- 12:00 p.m. : Master Class with Darius Khondji
- 9:00 p.m. : Screening of Eddington, by Ari Aster, photographed by Darius Khondji.

Thursday, September 25
- 10 a.m. : Press conference with Darius Khondji, Silvio Gerber, and Frédérique Menant
- 10:30 a.m. : Imago Master Class
- 12 p.m. : Women in Cinematography / Women Behind the Camera round table.

Friday, September 26
- 12:00 p.m. : Master Class with Wally Pfister.

ICFF Manaki Brothers partners, Arri, Leitz Cine, Panavision, and Sony will give presentations.