ONCE THERE WAS A VILLAGE

Director: Živko Žika Ristić

Screenwriter: Jovan Popovski

Cinematografpher: Miroljub Dikosavljević

Music: Ruža Cvingl

Editor: Ruža Cvingl

Production:

Sutjeska film

Synopsis:

Film about Macedonian village Janče, located at the foothills of the Bistra Mountain in the valley of the River Radika. Once a village of gastarbeiters, Janače is now slowly dying out as only about 10 of its houses are still occupied. Young people from Janače have been moving to urban centers in pursuit of jobs in factories, hydropower plants and at construction sites. Only elderly people, who refuse to abandon their childhood homes and small farms, remain in Janače.