Secret Ingredient

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58th TIFF: World Premiere

Vele can’t afford to buy the expensive medications for his father, who has cancer. Desperate, he steals marijuana from some criminals, makes a cake with it and gives it to him, hoping it will reduce his pain. His father’s health miraculously improves, but Vele is suddenly confronted by their neighbors, who demand the recipe for the “remedial” cake, and by the criminals, who want their drugs back. The greatest challenge, however, is to persuade his father that his life is worth living for.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Gjorce Stavreski

Script: Gjorce Stavreski

Cinematography: Dejan Dimeski

Editing: Martin Ivanov

Sound: Igor Popovski

Music: Branislav Nikolov, Pece Trajkovski, Goce Jovanoski

Actors: Blagoj Veselinov, Anastas Tanovski, Aksel Mehmet

Production: Fragment Film

Producers: Gjorce Stavreski

Co-production: Graal SA

Art Direction: Simo Branov

Costumes: Rade Vasilev

Make Up: Mojca Gorogranc

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: FYROM, Greece

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 104΄

Contact: Wide Management

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Gjorce Stavreski

Gjorce Stavreski is an award-winning director, screenwriter, and producer from North Macedonia. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje at the department of film directing. He was part of the Berlinale Talents Campus (2007), the Eave Producers Workshop (2014), and the “Less is More” Workshop (2019). His shorts, documentaries, and feature films have won prestigious international awards. His debut feature film Secret Ingredient had over 90 film festival selections, was released at HBO Europe, and was the Macedonian submission for the 2019 Oscars.