Then Mr. Sam wanted help with a grant application, and griped about the problem with the well. Hatidze spent her time caring for both her bees and her mother, and with no spouse or children of her own, took some of the neighbor kids under her wing. Honeyland received universal critical acclaim from film critics, who praised its attention to detail and applauded its conservationist message. Honeyland (Macedonian: , transliterated: Medena zemja) is a 2019 Macedonian documentary film that was directed by Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. In one scene of the film, Hatidze asks her mother why she turned down offers of marriage that were brought for Hatidze. "So, Hatidze's destiny was to stay and take care of her parents.". The home she lives in was purchased for her by the documentary filmmakers after they won their first award at the Sarajevo film festival. The film shows that to be true of the people living in the region too. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. The death of Hatidzes two sisters has tasked her with caring for her dying mother alone. We stuck to our promise and we followed them as unobtrusively as possible for 3 years. Hatidze makes a living using ancient beekeeping traditions. The filmmakers spent three years with Hatidze. And then she said that this is something she was thinking of a lot how to find a way to tell her story to the world. We noticed you have an ad blocker on. Hatidze Muratova Nazife Muratova Hussein Sam Ljutvie Sam . what happened to Hatidze might be easier to understand, because they . Hatidze Muratova's grandfather taught her to harvest honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. The untouched nature of Hatidze's home couldn't be further away from the glitz and glamour of film festivals. We have no option but to cope with it somehow," said Georgiev, who also edited the film. Honeyland began as a government-funded environmental short exploring conservation, biodiversity . Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. We dont understand Turkish. VideoChess gets a risqu makeover, The Nigerian influencers paid to manipulate your vote, How a baffling census delay is hurting Indians, How Mafia boss was caught at a clinic after 30 years. "Not understanding Turkish was a problem during the shooting, but we decided to let them speak as they naturally would," says Kotevska. Copyright 2023 Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. Its impossible! sighed Mr. Georgiev. [31] Rating it with three stars out of four, Michael O'Sullivan from The Washington Post said despite the worthwhile patience it requires from viewers, the film "sneaks up on you in a quiet yet powerful way". You can see this in our film - in both families, it doesn't make a difference what [gender] they are, they all doing the same things.". [62][34] It is also the second Macedonian film to earn an Oscar nomination after Before the Rain (1994). "When we came to editing, we spent a week or more just being completely stuck. Hatidze, star of the Oscar nominated Honeyland movie, gets a new house. . 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. Critic A.O. In one scene, one of the young sons is shown helping a cow give birth, while another boy attempts milking with his father nearby. Using prize money won by the film, he and his colleagues had found her a new house in Dorfulija, a larger and wealthier village about half an hours drive away. Honeyland is the first documentary to receive a nomination in both categories in the history of the Oscars. Audience ratings certified by ACPM/OJD. She now divides her time between the two villages. Hatidze lives in Bekirlija, an abandoned village with no electricity, running water or roads, where she looks after her ailing mother. Their avarice, and the events that soon unfold, haveled many critics to praise the film as an allegory for the modern worlds impact on our most fragile ecosystems. The content you requested does not exist or is not available anymore. Honeyland received its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 28 January and it has grossed $1,315,037. Hatidze Muratova, the star of the documentary Honeyland, was given a new house by the producers of the double Oscar nominated movie. As the nomadic family decides to move to another village, Hatide remains alone in Bekirlija. It won three prizes at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for best documentary and best international feature at this years Academy Awards. 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Film Critics Awards 2019", "Honeyland: Why you need to see this beautifully crafted and compelling human drama", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Honeyland&oldid=1125146488, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking, Atanas Georgiev & Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska & Ljubomir Stefanov & Atanas Georgiev, World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact for Change, World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Cinematography, This page was last edited on 2 December 2022, at 12:21. This is the first of many surprises in Honeyland (2019), a documentary set in a rugged, barely inhabited region of Macedonia where an extraordinary woman named Hatidze maintains ancient traditions of wild beekeeping. [19] Due to the remoteness of Bekirlija, the production team stayed there for three-to-four consecutive days before going to nearby towns for supplies and to recharge their filming equipment. 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. And bees do fill the filmflitting in and out of the frame, stinging hapless neighbors, and alchemizing the harsh landscape into molten gold. He elaborated, "a sensitivity to both petty human concerns and striking natural beauty is what makes Honeyland a particularly enthralling documentary. Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. "They make you extremely creative, we thought of the solutions that turned out to be quite unique.". We see her climb to a beehive that is hidden behind a large rock. "She is sharp, very intelligent and speaks four languages from different language groups -- Turkish, Macedonian, Albanian and Vlach (Aromanian)," Georgiev said. They slept in tents and hammocks in front of Hatide's house. While working on a short video commissioned by a nature conservancy project, the filmmakers met Hatidze Muratova, a middle-aged woman who ekes out a hardscrabble and solitary existence harvesting honey with ancient, sustainable methods across the craggy mountainous landscape of the former Yugoslav republic while caring for her half-blind and bedridden mother in a modest home without . Macedonian directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov were researching in a remote mountainous area of the country for a short nature documentary. "And through that, even though her life is very harsh, Hatidze doesn't feel lonely.". Hatidze shares honey with one of the Sam boys, Hatidze with members of the Sam family, including Hussein (right), Honeyland directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov at an Oscar week event, North Macedonia mountains where Hatidze lives, Pictures can speak more loudly than words, Neon lights cannot match North Macedonia stars, Jeremy Renner TV show poster edited after accident, 15 minutes to defend yourself against the death penalty, Maximum two drinks a week, Canada guidance advises, Keep cake away from office, says food adviser, US porn star declared unfit for sex crimes trial, Iran man who beheaded wife jailed for eight years, Polar bear kills woman and boy in Alaska village, World's oldest person, Sister Andr, dies aged 118. When the Sam family arrives, she welcomes them with an open heart, and teaches them how to harvest the wild honey. Honeyland introduces us to Hatidze Muratova, a woman in her 50s who harvests honey from her own beehives in the mountains of Macedonia. The arrival of a nomadic familytrailer, shabby cattle, kittens, and a litter of children in towshatters Hatidzes serene world, and that tension sets the dramatic stakes of the film. Honeyland chronicles a period of Hatidze's life when her ancient methods of beekeeping came up against, and conflicted with, those of a newcomer to her remote home region. 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. Hatidze Muratova in Honeyland (2019) Close. The Salt Massive Loss Of Thousands Of Hives Afflicts Orchard Growers And Beekeepers It's a solitary, hardscrabble existence, and Hatidze doesn't enjoy being cut off from the world. Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently manoeuvres the honeycomb without netting or gloves. That scene where she's taking the honey, she's saying, "Half for me and half for you." That was . Read about our approach to external linking. Now the filmmakers find themselves unable to leave entirely serving as mediators to, and occasionally protagonists in, the local tensions to which they once only bore witness. "People love her. When he and the two directors visited in July, they were immediately overwhelmed by a new barrage of issues. Even if Im in a film, she said, Im still going to take care of my bees.. Inside the house, the taps were dry, so Mr. Georgiev called the mayor to reconnect the water. What happened to the mothers face in Honeyland? "The Sam family that comes later are the other group of bees who are attacking the previous group of bees, which is Hatidze and her family. Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. 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. [14] Kotevska and Stefanov stated they tried to reflect the traditions of the region, according to which the last daughter has to take care of her parents until they die, prohibiting the daughter from marrying and establishing her own family. "Half for me and half for you" is Hatidze's mantra, which she repeats as she tends to the bees on the mountain. She says that beekeeping has made Hatidze such a remarkable person. You havent been calling, Mr. Sam said. [53], Dina Iordanova, an academic of world cinema at the University of St. Andrews criticized the directors' claim that the movie was not scripted or re-enacted and questioned the authenticity of the documentary in her review published in Docalogue. 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