Nominated for two Academy Awards Honeyland tells the true story of an elemental struggle between ancient tradition and greed.

In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze, a 50-something woman, trudges up a hillside to check her bee colonies nestled in the rocks.  Serenading them with a secret chant, she gently manoeuvres the honeycomb without netting or gloves.  `Back at her homestead, Hatidze tends to her handmade bee hives and her bedridden mother, occasionally  heading to the capital to market her wares.  One day, an itinerant family installs itself next door and Hatzides peaceful kingdom gives way to roaring engines, seven shrieking children and 150 cows.  Yet Hatidze welcomes the camaraderie, and she holds nothing back - not her tried-and-true beekeeping advice, not her affection not her special brandy.  But soon Hussein, the itinerant famuily's patriarch, makes a series of decisions that could destroy Hatidze's way of life forever.

Run time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Macedonian with English subtitles

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