Regional Competition

Avec l'amour

Ilija Cvetkovski
Screening time  
26.02. / Monday, 11:00 - 13:00 Theatre 5  
02.03. / Friday, 20:00 - 22:00 Theatre 4  
02.03. / Friday, 22:00 - 00:00 Theatre 4  
"Avec l’amour" is a simple story, but also a larger than life portrayal of the universal human saga represented through one old man, his love and his life.

Dionis is a retiring biology teacher with a passion and a dream. He owns over a hundred rusty old cars, most of which do not work, and every night he sleeps by their side, dreaming of turning this unusual collection into a large museum. Yet, his passion and his dreams come at a price. Every night his younger wife sleeps alone and by day, she makes ends meet by making wedding and birthday cakes. While dreaming of his project, surrounded by decaying cars, it is exactly in these piles of rust that Dionis finds the joy of existence. 

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Ilija Cvetkovski

Ilija Cvetkovski was born in 1990 in Negotin, Macedonia. He is a film director and photographer, a member of the European Young Film Academy. In 2010, he suspended his education at ENSAM, in Montpellier, where he studied architecture, to pursue a career in film. He subsequently relocated to Skopje and enrolled in the European Film Academy ESRA, where he made his first short film Dushan (2012). Avec l’amour (2017) is his latest film, premiered at Toronto’s Hot Docs.

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Avec l'amour

Macedonia
2017, 66'

Directed by:
Ilija Cvetkovski

Screenplay by:
Atanas Georgiev, Ilija Cvetkovski

Cinematography:
Dragan Pakovski, Samir Ljuma, Ilija Cvetkovski, Sotir Ivanovski, Dimo Popov, Jane Jankov

Edited by:
Atanas Georgiev

Music:
Foltin

Producer:
Atanas Georgiev

Produced by:
Trice Films

Festivals & Awards:

Hot Docs 2017; DOK.fest Munich 2017; Sarajevo Film Festival 2017; MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival 2017; Minsk International Film Festival Listapad 2017;  Eastern Neighbours Film Festival 2017; LET‘S CEE Film Festival 2018