HONEYLAND

Honeyland, a miraculous feat, shot over three years, began life as a nature conservation video.  It follows the life of Hatidze, an amazing middle-aged woman, who lives with her ailing mother in an otherwise abandoned village in the mountains of North Macedonia and harvests honey in the traditional way from wild hives.  Serendipitously for the directors, a large itinerant family moves in next door mid-shoot and the film becomes a parable about sustainability versus the unthinking exploitation of natural resources.

A beekeeper’s life with a sting in the tale.