TO MARK World Bee Day. WE’LL BE WATCHING Twice Academy Award nominated HONEYLAND – direc

“Honeyland really is a miraculous feat, shot over three years as if by an invisible camera” .  The Guardian Twice Academy Award nominated film – HONEYLAND (2019), Directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. SYNOPSIS A woman utilises ancient beekeeping traditions to cultivate honey in the mountains of North Macedonia. When a neighbouring family tries to do the same, it becomes a source of tension as they disregard her wisdom and advice. In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently maneuvers the honeycomb without netting or gloves. Back at her homestead, Hatidze tends to her handmade hives and her bedridden mother, occasionally heading to the capital to market her wares. One day, an itinerant family installs itself next door, and Hatidze’s peaceful kingdom gives way to roaring engines, seven shrieking children, and 150 cows. Yet Hatidze welcomes the camaraderie, and she holds nothing back—not her tried-and-true beekeeping advice, not her affection, not her special brandy. But soon Hussein, the itinerant family’s patriarch, makes a series of decisions that could destroy Hatidze’s way of life forever.
Click HERE for where to watch It is filmed in an ancient Turkish vernacular with English subtitles