Deniz Abdula
Three stories about the impact of three God's miracles in the medieval sense that happen to the film's heroes living in a post-communist society that, after half a century of atheism, re-learns about Christianity.
Second Chance interweaves three stories of three women living in the same block of flats, creating a kaleidoscopic observation of the experience of being a mother and the self-sacrifice involved in bringing another life into this world. At a time of absurdities as Macedonia teeters on the brink of civil war, each of these women struggle to find meaning in their existence, each facing their own demons while trying to preserve their humanity.
A story about Petar Maraš, a Belgrade criminal in his late twenties, whose one reckless move causes an avalanche of events that will greatly affect the lives of those around him.
A group of problematic, abandoned teenagers from a Juvenile Adoption Centre share their destiny on the margins of the society, holding only on the teachings of their caring educator about the true values of life. But a series of tragic events that culminate with the death of one of the youngsters by the hand of a police inspector, will crush their illusions for a normal future in a world that stigmatizes them as outcasts. Incited by the awakening words of the broken educator and the emerging, ferocious leader of the pack, the boys take the path of revenge, which soon escalates into a spiral of violence and takes them deep into the catacombs of the criminal underworld.
Birthday is a film about a group of teenagers who find a bizarre way for entertainment. One rainy evening, Marko and Kecko join in to celebrate Milan eighteenth birthday. It starts as a typical birthday party in which they indulge in hedonism and vices. Knowing that Milan is still a virgin and is desperately in love with their class teacher Nevena, Marko decides to make him an offer he can not refuse.
Fate unites two runaways, Vladimir a forty-year-old man who has lost all of his love and Lena, a sixteen-year-old girl who has never had one. They help each other to rediscover their love for life.
Six people are living in the wrong time and place for their own values. After making a deathbed promise to look after her friend’s son, Snezhana becomes ‘mother’ to Bobby, a brand new 20-year-old junkie ‘son’. Maya is a recluse, ‘a lone wolf’, and Igor, who has Asperger’s Syndrome, is ‘a fish out of water’. They are not supposed to meet, but they do and fall in love. Nikola, Gorazd and Deyan are childhood friends who struggle to adapt to this new world, dehumanized by virtual communication, relativization of morality and the aggressive encroachments of politics on their lives.
