BEFORE THE RAIN

Awarded with the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, this film is a trilogy an all three stories focus on tragic and fated love affairs.

The stories take place on the brink of a civil war in the Macedonian mountains between the Macedonians and the Albanians. This is director Milcho Manchevski's feature film debut.

Director: Milcho Manchevski

• Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award, USA, 1995
• Silver Condor, Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1997
• Best Foreign Film, Independent Spirit Awards, Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
• Best Foreign Film, Golden Bug Awards, Santa Monica, USA, 1996
• Audience Award, SESC Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1996
• Critics Award, SESC Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1996
• Special David, David di Donatello Awards, Rome, Italy, 1995
• Audience Award, Warsaw Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland, 1995
• Best Directorial debut, Stockholm Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 1994
• ‘Cinem Avvenire’ Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• FIPRESCI Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Golden Lion, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• OCIC Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Best Actor, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Audience Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Kodak Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• UNESCO Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Catholic Cinema Clubs Award, Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy, 1994
• Audience Award, Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Sao Polo, Brazil, 1994
• Nominated Best Foreign Director, Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, Rome, Italy, 1995
• Nominated Best Foreign Language Film, Awards Circuit Community Awards, USA, 1994