2026

dzirni 8th edition
film & Music FESTIVAL

Dzirni ('peep in') is a film and music festival happening once a year for a period of ten days. The festival has been held for seven years and its eighth edition will take place in October 2026. This festival takes place in the multimedia space of the bar and movie theatre named Kotur, located in the former offices and internal movie theatre of Macedonia Film. Being deeply connected with the domestic cinema, it represents a culturally significant site for the film history of Macedonia. The festival also plays an important role in reviving several public spaces such as Forum Park, Plochnik Square etc.

DZIRNI FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL 2026 PROGRAMME

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FILM PROGRAMME

1.Official Short Film Selection, Dancho Chevreski Best Short Film Award;
2.Kafe i Kromid documentary program in collaboration with the MakeDox creative documentary festival ;
3.Children’s programme in collaboration with the Association of Film Distributors of Macedonia and the private Green House Kindergarten;
4.Student programme of short films;
5.Izvor: Screening of feature Macedonian films of great cultural and historical significance.

*Location of film programme screening: Forum Park, Kotur movie theatre, Plochnik and other public places in the centre of Skopje with the aim of revitalizing neglected public areas and showing their value, as well as demonstrating how they can be used by citizens, especially the young residents of our city.

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MUSIC PROGRAMME

Concerts

Some of the concerts will be held in the Kotur movie theatre, but the main concert, as in previous editions of Dzirni, will happen at Plochnik Square and will be free and open to the public.

Much the same as with the film programme happening in public spaces, our goal here is to allow young people to enjoy listening to their favourite bands in a public space for free, thus leaving a lasting mark for the public space and their experience in it.
By doing this, we want to enable young people to create an emotional connection with the public spaces in their city, with the ultimate goal of contributing as much as possible to make these public spaces feel like their own and to treat them as such, which is indeed the intended purpose of a public space in a city.

DZIRNI theatre program

Venue: Kotur movie theatre

The aim of staging a theatre performance at every edition of Dzirni festival is to support independent theatre production and to provide young theatre artists with a space to express themselves outside the conventional theatres and in front of a different type of audience, in a more intimate atmosphere, while being completely free in their artistic expression.

INTERVIEWS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS

Moderated interviews and conversations with the audience featuring all authors of the submitted short films from the official selection, as well as guests from the accompanying film programmes.
Video recordings of interviews with the film authors and musicians performing at the festival.

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48H FILM CHALLENGE

Are you ready for a new film challenge? The 48h Film Challenge is a platform organised in more than 50 cities worldwide, and for the third time it comes to Skopje, hosted at the Kotur cafe and movie theatre during Dzirni's 8th edition. Professional directors and film lovers alike form teams and get 48 hours to shoot, edit and submit a short film built around three words revealed at the opening briefing. A three-member jury of film professionals then picks the three best films, which are awarded prizes and screened to the public.

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Contact Us

KOTUR Kafe i film
Nikola Vapcarov br. 7
1000, Skopje
Telephone: +38975760497
Email: koturkafeifilm@gmail.com