HONEYLAND

Ljubo Stefanov | Tamara Kotevska | Atanas Georgiev

Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping.

POSSIBLE

“American Factory” is currently the odds on favorite among the pundits, but showing up in both the Documentary and International Feature categories does get more eyes on this one. “Honeyland” also holds an edge over “American Factory” in the style department.

Ljubo Stefanov | Tamara Kotevska | Atanas Georgiev

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North Macedonia

UNLIKELY

This category belongs to “Parasite.” If that weren’t the case, the fact that “Honeyland” was nominated in both the Best International Feature and Best Documentary Feature categories would give it a leg up, but then it would still likely be battling “Pain and Glory.”

North Macedonia

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Viewed on January 14, 2020
Streamed from Hulu on MacBook Pro