So this is her wish, in a way. [14][35], The world premiere of Honeyland took place at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 28 January 2019. " " Unofficial audio for Hatidze's song "Cekor Po Cekor" SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE . I think of an early shot of Hatidze sitting next to her mother in their dark, one-room home: she's gently lit, in her golden shirt . When we first meet Hatidze, she is ascending the path from the rustic homestead she shares with her dying mother and her dog, Jackie, in search of wild bees in the surrounding hills. At its heart, this film is a character study, a meditation on the life of a woman who has carved out a precarious existence in an unforgiving place. Its impossible! sighed Mr. Georgiev. This was the beginning of a "crazy adventure" of three years, filming through scorching summers and freezing winters. [58], Honeyland was the most awarded movie at the 2019 Sundance Movie Festival, winning awards in three categories, including the Grand Jury Prize, the Special Jury Award for Impact for Change, and the Special Jury Award for Cinematography, all in the World Cinema Documentary Competition category. We began Honeyland in the framework of a nature conservation project. Yet Mr. Georgiev has been anything but absent. [27], After the film, the filmmakers bought Hatide a house close to her brother's family, although she still spends bee season in her old village. The death of Hatidzes two sisters has tasked her with caring for her dying mother alone. Read full review. Ms. Muratova never married, while Mr. Sam and his wife, Ljutvie, have eight rambunctious children. After Hollywood, she will head there again in the spring and watch the stars from her little stone hut. The surprise hit at Sundance, where it won three awards, including the World Cinema Documentary Grand Prize, Honeyland is a visually stunning human portrait that has something sweet for everyone. [39] As of July 2021, Honeyland has grossed $815,082 in the US and Canada, and $499,955 in other territories, making a worldwide gross of $1,315,037. Hatidze Muratova Nazife Muratova Hussein Sam Ljutvie Sam . Hatidze Muratova, a 50-something woman, is . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Directors Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov Starring Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam Genres Drama, Documentary, Special Interest Subtitles None available Beekeeper Hatidze Muratova leads the filmmakers to the very . Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. But theres another dimension to Hatidzes story that, for me, elevates the film above a simple fable about human greed. Complicating matters: They didnt speak Turkish, the preferred language of the films main subjects both Hatidze and her new neighbors who moved in a few months into the shoot and disrupted her way of life. Stefanov says that in the traditional communities in that part of the world, regardless of the religion or ethnicity, "there is an unwritten rule that the last-born female child stays with the parents until their death". 99+ Photos Documentary Drama The last female bee-hunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. [14] Upon arriving at the location, the film crew was introduced to Hatide. She has become a star. Sam disregards Hatide's advice to always leave half of the honey for his bees and proceeds to sell the entire stock of honey. [22] Another theme covered in the movie is the motherdaughter relationship between Hatide and her bedridden mother, which cinematographer Ljuma and Kotevska described as resembling that between a queen bee and a worker bee. [30] Los Angeles Times journalist Justin Chang described it as one of the rare films that serve as an "intimately infuriating, methodically detailed allegory of the earth's wonders being ravaged by the consequences of human greed". Shot over three years, this elegant film . We dont understand Turkish. But Kotevska's main impression of Los Angeles is: "From the tall buildings, I cannot see the stars.". "Not understanding Turkish was a problem during the shooting, but we decided to let them speak as they naturally would," says Kotevska. WEB_1080P . (Her last name, Muratova, is seen in the end credits.) The IDA Documentary Screening Series brings some of the years most acclaimed documentary films to the IDA community and members of industry guilds and organizations. Squeezed between two rocky hills and circled by imperial eagles, the village was still reachable only in an off-road vehicle, via a steep, rutted track. [25] The New Yorker's Anthony Lane identified numerous topics covered in the movie, writing that it "swarms with difficult, ancient truths about parents, children, greed, respect, and the need for husbandry". The duo told the audience at the International Documentary Associations (IDA) annual screening series in Los Angeles they would sleep in tents in their protagonists backyard for three to four days at a time for three years, amassing hundreds of hours of footage they would then spend several months sorting through. Then Mr. Sam wanted help with a grant application, and griped about the problem with the well. That intense process ultimately shoved Ms. Muratova and Mr. Sam, vulnerable people who had never previously even been to a cinema, into the media glare. Hatidze, star of the Oscar nominated Honeyland movie, gets a new house. But the similarities between people and bees do not stop there. And even with her newfound fame, Ms. Muratova said she still remained true to her vocation. But we decided to break that rule, said Atanas Georgiev, the films producer. [11] The directors decided to collaborate with Foltin on the movie's score because they deemed Foltin original and capable of creating music specifically tailored for the documentary. We spent hours just thinking what to do with this material. When Hatidze went for a dress fitting for the Oscars in the North Macedonian capital Skopje, it took "20 minutes for her to walk 200 metres because so many people wanted to have a selfie with her," Georgiev revealed. [51] On Metacritic, it was ranked as the twenty-fourth-best film of 2019. All pictures from Honeyland (directors: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov) are NEON copyright, unless otherwise stated, From World of Warcraft to conducting the Oscars, Ukrainian ministers killed in helicopter crash, Zelensky addresses world leaders after deadly helicopter crash, 15 minutes to defend yourself against death penalty. "I think she put a spell on us all, so that we would look after her daughter when she was gone," he said. But under pressure to produce more from a local merchant, he breaks Hatidze's golden rule of leaving half for the bees, with disastrous consequences for everyone. The film depicts how Ms. Muratova and Hussein Sam, a seminomadic farmer tried to coexist in one of the poorest pockets of North Macedonia. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. Honeyland received universal critical acclaim from film critics, who praised its attention to detail and applauded its conservationist message. Back at her homestead, Hatidze tends to her handmade hives and her bedridden mother, occasionally heading to the capital to market her wares. All Rights Reserved. A "Honeyland" foundation for her, the Sam family and the wider community, is up and running, with internet donors getting some of their wild "bio honey" in the post. Today, about 78,000 ethnic Turks still live in North Macedonia, making up just under 4% of the country's population of 2.1 million. The situation depicted in Honeyland is one in which the inept neighbours arriving with their cattle soon add beekeeping to their livelihood but do so in ways that put profits first and come to threaten Hatidze's bees. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice. Gently placing it into Nazife's hands, the old woman's ruined face (one eye has been destroyed by a wound or infection . Guests Expected. Terms of Service apply. Nell Minow: Directors Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska show the same infinite patience and care in telling the story of their subject, a Macedonian beekeeper named Hatidze, that Hatidze shows in caring for her bees. Hatidze Muratova, the protagonist of "Honeyland. Honeyland's central character, Hatidze Muratowa, a traditional beekeeper in rural Macedonia is one such. [23], Set in the context of global warming and the rise of contemporary environmental awareness, numerous critics emphasized the message of sustainability. Most of the houses were still in ruins, slowly sliding into the undergrowth. Description. "Marriage . [32] The documentary's producer Atanas Georgiev said the production team was "very eager" to send the message of sustainability to the citizens and the government of North Macedonia, and to prompt action to improve the country's air quality and reduce pollution.[33]. [66], Other languages spoken in the film include, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, San Francisco International Film Festival, American Society of Cinematographers Awards, DallasFort Worth Film Critics Association, International Documentary Association Awards, Washington D.C. 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[55], Honeyland received its first monetary award prize of 30,000 from the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation at the 2019 Sarajevo Film Festival in late August 2019. honeyland.2019.1080p.web.h264-w4f.mkv. Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. Its distributor Neon gave it a theatrical release in the United States, opening on 26 July 2019. Hatide instructs him on collecting honey and provides him with several bees so Sam can start his own colony. It really says something important about the world," he added. Hatidze Muratova is a Macedonian beekeeper of Turkish ethnicity: Outside, she sings to the bees that she tends with an expert, traditional hand. Hatidze Muratova, the star of the two Oscar nominated documentary movie Honeyland, is preparing for her trip to Hollywood. Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. [20] She elaborated that Sam's initial hesitation to sell more honey than he could produce comes from the conflict between his moral values and "the pressures of society". The images in Honeyland are stunning.The film opens with images of a wide mountainous landscape, through which a tiny figure navigates. The place is the Republic of North Macedonia, known simply as "Macedonia" until last year when the name was changed to resolve a long-running dispute with the Greeks. Production with obstacles. . The filmmakers spent three years with Hatidze. A woman walks alone through the untamed mountains and hills of Macedonia. The story that unfolds in "Honeyland" is such a perfect parable of our times as we fret over the planet, that the New York Times declared it "the best movie of the year". This principle is based on the customs and traditions of her grandfather, who taught her bees need to use their own honey to obtain enough energy to fly and mate. 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She lives with her mother and is her care-taker, although . [64] Jake Coyle writing for the Associated Press deemed the documentary a "quietly revolutionary Oscar nominee" and said it "speaks to the increasingly boundless nature of [the] documentary [genre]". [9], Honeyland is Tamara Kotevska's and Ljubomir Stefanov's second collaboration on a documentary movie after Lake of Apples (2017). Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living . ", join us with a tax-deductible donation today. But Kotevska says that there was never any need for negotiation; from the first time she encountered the filmmakers, Hatidze wanted to get her story out to the world. But when they met Hatidze a beekeeper who returned half of her honey to the bees who made it, and lived in an abandoned village caring for her ailing, blind mother - they found a dynamic. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Kotevska says that the directors do not want to portray the Sam family as symbols of destruction, but merely as "the mirror to all of us who make bad decisions", based on the need to survive and provide. When they were asking for my hand?, Hatidze seems to wonder about the paths her life might have taken. The home she lives in was purchased for her by the documentary filmmakers after they won their first award at the Sarajevo film festival. [17] Stefanov said, "The point is to take as much as you need, not to take everything, and leave [something] for tomorrow and those who are providing for you". A.O. The documentary Honeyland premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, where it was the most awarded film, winning the Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Award for Impact for Change, and the Special Jury Award for Cinematography in the World Cinema Documentary competition. It portrays the life of Hatide Muratova, a loner beekeeper of wild bees who lives in the remote mountain village of Bekirlija and follows her lifestyle before and after neighbors move in nearby. what happened to Hatidze might be easier to understand, because they . Gender shouldn't be the topic of discussion. We are now very trained to see the stories that are created visually.". Complicating matters: They didn't speak Turkish, the preferred language of the film's main subjects both Hatidze and her new neighbors who moved in a few months into the shoot and disrupted her. Honeyland received its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 28 January and it has grossed $1,315,037. [17][18], Starting in 2015, the documentary was filmed over three years and the final version was condensed from more than 400 hours of footage. It is well known that male and female bees fill very different roles, but the film shows everybody doing the same jobs. "Ljubo Stefanov. [7][8] Initially, Hatide maintains good relationships with the family and spends time playing with the children. At her old home in Bekirlija, she proudly unveiled her latest bowl of liquid honey. So we can probably say that the bees brought us to her.. We stuck to our promise and we followed them as unobtrusively as possible for 3 years. In one scene, one of the young sons is shown helping a cow give birth, while another boy attempts milking with his father nearby. Honeyland revolves around her work as a wild bee keeper, as she ekes out a living in the rugged parts of the Ovce Pole plateau. Hatide attended the event and performed two songs after receiving the award. Mr. Georgiev and Ms. Muratova visiting her new house in Dorfulija, which is still under construction. [47] Ed Potton of The Times, who gave the film four stars out of five, said "[a]lthough it starts as a meditation on the hardship and rhythms of rural life, [the film] becomes something more intimate". 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