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Kaymak

Two couples go down the rabbit hole of unconventional erotic relationships, respectable at the beginning, happy at the end. Underneath its exploration of the eternal search for love, KAYMAK tackles darker social issues – surrogate parenting, infidelity, woman’s role in family and society, human trafficking, sexual freedom…

  • Milcho Manchevski
    Director
    Before the Rain, Dust, Shadows, Mothers, Bikini Moon, Willow
  • Milcho Manchevski
    Writer
    Before the Rain, Dust, Shadows, Mothers, Bikini Moon, Willow
  • Jane Kortoshev
    Producer
    Willow
  • Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen
    Producer
    Antichrist, Melancholia
  • Mette Børch
    Producer
  • Ian Prior
    Producer
    Living, Willow, Love Me Do, Ladies in Lavender
  • Els Vandevorst
    Producer
    Quo vadis, Aida?, Manderlay, Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, It's All About Love, Francofonia, Father and Son, Domino
  • Isabella Depeweg
    Producer
  • Siniša Juričić
    Producer
  • Milcho Manchevski
    Producer
  • Sara Klimoska
    Key Cast
    "Dosta"
    Willow, You Won’t Be Alone
  • Kamka Tocinovski
    Key Cast
    "Eva"
    Willow, Punk’s Not Dead, You Won’t Be Alone, Angels Fallen
  • Aleksandar Mikic
    Key Cast
    "Caramba"
    Before the Rain, Secret Ingredient, The Great Water
  • Simona Spirovska
    Key Cast
    "Danche"
  • Ana Stojanovska
    Key Cast
    "Violetka"
    Mothers, Faith Love and Whiskey, #Just saying, Liberation of Skopje
  • Filip Trajkovikj
    Key Cast
    "Metodi"
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Black comedy, Drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 46 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 3, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    North Macedonia
  • Country of Filming:
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
  • Language:
    Macedonian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1,85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Tokyo International Film Festival
    Tokyo
    Japan
    October 26, 2022
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
    Taipei
    Taiwan
    November 2, 2022
    Taiwanese Premiere
    Master Class
Distribution Information
  • LevelK
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Milcho Manchevski

The New York Times included Milcho Manchevski’s Before the Rain on its list of the best 1,000 films ever made; Rolling Stone magazine included his video for Arrested Development’s Tennessee on its list of the best 100 music videos of all time.

He has directed seven features (Before the Rain, Dust, Shadows, Mothers, Bikini Moon, Willow and Kaymak), 50 short forms and an episode of The Wire, winning over 50 international awards (Golden Lion in Venice, an Academy Award nomination, Independent Spirit, FIPRESCI, Silver Palm in Valencia, Raindance, film of the year in several countries, and awards for experimental films, music videos, commercials, etc).

His films are part of the curricula at scores of universities.

In addition to his performance and conceptual art work, he has also published fiction, essays and three books of photographs.

www.manchevski.com

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Director Statement

Knowing that every film is a political film, I wanted to tell a love story for grown-ups.

Life is too rich, too full of possibilities, people love in too many different ways for us to accept the hypocritical fairy tale of boy meeting girl, boy losing girl, boy getting girl, then living happily ever after in a missionary position.

Who gets to decide what is right and what is wrong? What is normal?

Is it society, the family, the individual? The “progressive” West or the “primitive” East?