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Before the Rain

Before the Rain

Prije kise

Awarded with the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, this film is a trilogy an all three stories focus on tragic and fated love affairs.

The stories take place on the brink of a civil war in the Macedonian mountains between the Macedonians and the Albanians. This is director Milcho Manchevski's feature film debut.

Awards

  • Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award, USA, 1995
  • Silver Condor, Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997
  • Best Foreign Film, Independent Spirit Awards, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
  • Best Foreign Film, Golden Bug Awards, Santa Monica, USA, 1996
  • Audience Award, SESC Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1996
  • Critics Award, SESC Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1996
  • Special David, David di Donatello Awards, Rome, Italy, 1995
  • Audience Award, Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 1995
  • Best Directorial debut, Stockholm Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 1994
  • ‘Cinem Avvenire’ Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • FIPRESCI Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • OCIC Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Best Actor, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Audience Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Kodak Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Catholic Cinema Clubs Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
  • Audience Award, Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1994
  • Nominated Best Foreign Director, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Rome, Italy, 1995
  • Nominated Best Foreign Language Film, Awards Circuit Community Awards, USA, 1994
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