Private Project

Freedom

In the bar Freedom, three friends unsuccessfully try to come to an agreement, another two lifelong friends decide to express their sincere feelings to each other the same night, where the selling of a significant artifact takes place.

  • Zlatko Geleski
    Director
  • Zlatko Geleski
    Writer
  • Branko Stojanoski
    Producer
  • Tamara Ristoska
    Key Cast
    "Jana"
  • Ivica Dimitrijevikj
    Key Cast
    "Glok"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    35 minutes 50 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 30, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    4,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
  • Language:
    Macedonian
  • Shooting Format:
    35mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Zlatko Geleski

Zlatko Geleski (February 9, 1986, Bitola) – Macedonian director, writer, film, music and literary critic. He graduated from the department of general and comparative literature at the "Blaze Koneski" faculty in Skopje in 2010. He is the author of three collections of short stories and three collections of film reviews interviews and essays.

He directed the short films From the Other Side in 2013 and Memoirs in 2015, he is an assistant in post-production on the short film Centroid in 2022. In 2023, he wrote the script and directed the third short feature film Freedom.

He won the Best Film Critic Award at the 12th edition of the Cinedays Film Festival in 2013, and in July 2023, he became a member of the National Section of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).

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Director Statement

The film Freedom is an attempt to present undesirable and problematic phenomena in today's living in a small town, between characters who want the place to be better for living, but are not ready to do something about it. They are slaves to their own decisions, trying to reach for their own elusive freedom. A harsh look in the mirror. The film was shot in one location, simulating a long continuous shot.