Honeyland (2019)
93%RT Audience Score: 86%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars
37 wins & 54 nominations total
Honeyland uses life in a remote village to offer an eye-opening perspective on experiences that should resonate even for audiences halfway around the world.
Honeyland is the bee’s knees! This documentary about a Macedonian beekeeper named Hatidze is both visually stunning and emotionally moving. The filmmakers show incredible patience and care in telling Hatidze’s story, just like Hatidze shows in caring for her bees. It’s a cautionary tale about the delicate balance of life and traditions in rural Macedonia, but also a celebration of the joys and hardships of daily life. And let’s not forget the incredible cinematography – I was constantly asking myself “How did they get that shot?” Honeyland is a must-see for anyone who loves nature, culture, and a good story.
Production Company(ies)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
Distributor
Neon
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Bekirlija, North Macedonia
MPAA / Certificate
Unrated
Year of Release
2019
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:6-Track Stereo Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:1h 25m
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Language(s):Turkish, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
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Country of origin:Macedonia
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jul 26, 2019 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2019
Genre(s)
Documentary
Keyword(s)
documentary, beekeeping, North Macedonia, ancient traditions, tension, remote village, advice, wisdom, Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska, directed by, Atanas Georgiev, produced by, Neon, box office, gross USA, $808.5K, MPAA rating, not rated, reviewed by, Nell Minow, Bilge Ebiri, David Stratton, Paul Byrnes, Donald Clarke, Christy Lemire, Betsy Bozdech, MaryAnn Johanson, Nikki Baughan, Leslie Combemale, cinematographer, Fejmi Daut, Samir Ljuma, starring Hatidze Muratova, audience score, 86%, runtime, 1h 25m, genre, non-fiction, writer, not applicable, budget, not available, producer, Ljubo Stefanov, Atanas Georgiev
Worldwide gross: $5,321,053
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $6,148,235
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,112
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 670,473
US/Canada gross: $815,082
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $941,790
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,202
US/Canada opening weekend: $31,381
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $36,259
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,304
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Tamara Kotevska – Director
Ljubo Stefanov – Producer
Atanas Georgiev – Producer
Fejmi Daut – Cinematographer
Samir Ljuma – Cinematographer
Director(s)
Ljubo Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska
Writer(s)
NA
Producer(s)
Ljubo Stefanov, Atanas Georgiev
Film Festivals
Sundance
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
37 wins & 54 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (131) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (131)
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.
October 21, 2021
Nell Minow
AWFJ Women on Film
TOP CRITIC
This movie about Europe’s last wild beekeeper is complex, resonant, and visually magnificent.
March 20, 2020
Bilge Ebiri
Spirituality & Health
TOP CRITIC
As fly-on-the-wall documentaries go, Honeyland is a particularly fine example. There is no narration: the rather sad, but enveloping, story is told in purely visual terms, and the photography is outstanding.
March 6, 2020
David Stratton
The Australian
TOP CRITIC
Hatidze’s story is heartbreakingly moving, and needs no heavy editorialising. Her strength, dignity, resilience and humanity carry the film’s truth and weight.
March 4, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
TOP CRITIC
Terribly sweet. Terribly sad.
February 13, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Donald Clarke
Irish Times
TOP CRITIC
This is one of the best movies of the year… Over and over again while I was watching it, I was asking myself “How did they get that shot?”
October 2, 2019
Christy Lemire
FilmWeek (KPCC – NPR Los Angeles)
TOP CRITIC
Honeyland is a beautiful film – both physically (the cinematography is lush and lovely) and emotionally. Hatidze’s story is one of patience and care, diligence and love.
October 21, 2021
Betsy Bozdech
AWFJ Women on Film
Honeyland is an extraordinary film: beautiful and terrifying, cautionary and celebratory, wise and innocent.
October 21, 2021
MaryAnn Johanson
AWFJ Women on Film
An extraordinary documentary both in terms of subject and craft, Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov’s Honeyland is an immersive and deeply moving portrait of the delicate balance of life and traditions in rural Macedonia.
October 21, 2021
Nikki Baughan
AWFJ Women on Film
Honeyland is built on a foundation of an intimate connection between filmmakers and subject.
October 21, 2021
Leslie Combemale
AWFJ Women on Film
Honeyland is an extraordinary ethnographic observational documentary that shows us the joys and hardships in the daily life of Hatizde Muratove…
October 21, 2021
Jennifer Merin
AWFJ Women on Film
Episode 47: Doc Talk Part 3 / Hail Satan? / American Factory / Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese / Honeyland / The Image Book
October 18, 2021 | Rating: 74/100
Taylor Baker
Drink in the Movies…
Plot
The last female beehunter 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. This film which is filmed in Macedonia is an exploration of an observational Indigenous visual narrative that deeply impacts our behavior towards natural resources and the human condition.
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