Honeyland (2019)

The last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. This ... See full summary »

Directors:

Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov

Stars:

Hatidze Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam

15 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hatidze Muratova	...	Herself
Nazife Muratova	...	Herself
Hussein Sam	...	Himself
Ljutvie Sam	...	Herself

Storyline

The last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and return the natural balance in Honeyland, when a family of nomadic beekeepers invade her land and threaten her livelihood. This film is an exploration of an observational Indigenous visual narrative that deeply impacts our behavior towards natural resources and the human condition.

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Taglines:

The Most Awarded Film out of the 2019 Sundance FIlm Festival

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama

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Details

Country:

Republic of Macedonia

Language:

Turkish

Release Date:

26 July 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Honeyland - Le royaume des abeilles

Filming Locations:

North Macedonia

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$31,381, 28 July 2019

Gross USA:

$672,388

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$683,594

Company Credits

Production Co:

Apolo Media, Trice Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

6-Track Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The crew spent three years on location, for principal photography.

User Reviews

Don't Worry Bee Happy

Honeyland is about a woman who searches for beehives on cliffs and in hollowed-out areas of trees in the isolated Macedonian valley where she lives, collects the bees, takes them home, and eventually takes the train into Skopje - the capital of Macedonia - to try to sell the honey. She takes care of her elderly mother as well. One day a large family of nomads drive into the valley. They bring their cattle, and they also bring their bees. They settle down right by where the bee woman lives. As you can imagine, feathers are ruffled. But both parties are civil to each other despite voices being raised. In one scene, the father nomad decides to burn down a big old tree so he can plant some corn, which he needs to feed his cattle. The bee woman is livid about that as she watches the tree burn. Father nomad says something like, "OK, you take care of my children and I promise not to burn any more trees."

Two common scenes in the film are people biting into honeycombs, and people blowing smoke onto bees.

I loved the close-up scenes of the bees....for example, after a rain there's a close-up of bees struggling to get out of the water and onto a leaf.

Hope you get to bee it. I mean see it.

~ Leonard