Tamara Kotevska

Tamara Kotevska ( Macedonian Тамара Котевска ; born August 9, 1993 in Prilep ) is a North Macedonian filmmaker .

Life

Tamara Kotevska is a Macedonian filmmaker who primarily by their 2019 resulting documentary Land of Honey ( Honey country has become known). Together with Ljubomir Stefanov , Kotevska spent three years in North Macedonia to shoot the documentary about a wild beekeeper, Hatidze. The film was originally intended to be a short documentary film about the Bregalnica River region when they came across the beekeeper . Kotevska and Stefanov previously worked together on another documentary, Lake of Apples (2017).

Honeyland won three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and received two 2020 Academy Awards nominations : Best Documentary and Best International Feature Film . It is the second Macedonian film to receive an Oscar nomination after Before the Rain (1994).

Kotevska was born in Prilep , Republic of Macedonia, what is now North Macedonia . She received a scholarship to study abroad in Tennessee for her junior year of high school. She attended the national film school in Skopje , with a focus on documentary film.

Filmography

As a director:

2014: Games (short film) (co-director)
2015: Free hugs (short film)
2019: Land of Honey (Documentary)
2019: House on a Rocky Road (video short film)
2019: Paw Law (short film)

Web links

Tamara Kotevska in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Filmmaker Staff: “Living and Working with Each Other for Those Three Years in Almost Unbearable Life Conditions”: Directors Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska - Honeyland. In: filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020 (American English).
↑ ^a ^b Point of View Magazine • 392-401 Richmond Street West • Toronto, ON • M5V 3A8 • Canada • 639-0653 • Send us an email: Buzz-Worthy: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov Talk 'Honeyland' - Point of View Magazines. In: povmagazine.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
↑ Oscars: How 'Honeyland' and 'For Sama' Portray Battles on Different Fronts. In: hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter, accessed January 13, 2020 .
↑ Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska • Directors of Honey country. In: cineuropa.org. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).
^ Daniel Eagan: "It's a Choice: To Be a Filmmaker or a Human": Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska on Honeyland. In: filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020 (American English).
↑ Sunday, February 3rd, 2019: 2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced. In: sundance.org. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
↑ Emily Yahr: Oscar nominations 2020: 'Joker' leads with 11; Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director; complete list of nominees. In: washingtonpost.com. Washington Post, accessed January 13, 2020 .
↑ "Медена земја" со две номинации за "Оскар". In: republika.mk. 2020, accessed on January 13, 2020 (mk-MK).
↑ Pro-idea sro / www.pro-idea.cz: Tamara Kotevska - MIDPOINT - A Training and Networking Platform for Film and TV Development. In: midpoint-center.eu. www.midpoint-center.eu, accessed on January 13, 2020 .
↑ Interview: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov on Making the Most Out of an Environmentally Sticky Situation in “Honeyland”. In: moveablefest.com. The Moveable Fest, 2019, accessed January 13, 2020 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Kotevska, Tamara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Котевска, Тамара (Macedonian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	North Macedonian filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prilep

[filmmakermagazine_1-1] Filmmaker Staff: “Living and Working with Each Other for Those Three Years in Almost Unbearable Life Conditions”: Directors Ljubo Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska - Honeyland. In: filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020 (American English).

[povmagazine-2] Point of View Magazine • 392-401 Richmond Street West • Toronto, ON • M5V 3A8 • Canada • 639-0653 • Send us an email: Buzz-Worthy: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov Talk 'Honeyland' - Point of View Magazines. In: povmagazine.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .

[hollywoodreporter-3] Oscars: How 'Honeyland' and 'For Sama' Portray Battles on Different Fronts. In: hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter, accessed January 13, 2020 .

[cineuropa-4] Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara Kotevska • Directors of Honey country. In: cineuropa.org. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema, accessed on January 13, 2020 (English).

[filmmakermagazine_2-5] Daniel Eagan: "It's a Choice: To Be a Filmmaker or a Human": Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska on Honeyland. In: filmmakermagazine.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020 (American English).

[sundance-6] Sunday, February 3rd, 2019: 2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards Announced. In: sundance.org. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .

[washingtonpost-7] Emily Yahr: Oscar nominations 2020: 'Joker' leads with 11; Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director; complete list of nominees. In: washingtonpost.com. Washington Post, accessed January 13, 2020 .

[republika-8] "Медена земја" со две номинации за "Оскар". In: republika.mk. 2020, accessed on January 13, 2020 (mk-MK).

[midpoint-center-9] Pro-idea sro / www.pro-idea.cz: Tamara Kotevska - MIDPOINT - A Training and Networking Platform for Film and TV Development. In: midpoint-center.eu. www.midpoint-center.eu, accessed on January 13, 2020 .

[moveablefest-10] Interview: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov on Making the Most Out of an Environmentally Sticky Situation in “Honeyland”. In: moveablefest.com. The Moveable Fest, 2019, accessed January 13, 2020 (American English).