"A film director with a style and vision!!"
-Ron Holloway
The Film Director
Stole Popov was born 1950 in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Graduated film directing at the Academy of Theatre, Film & Television in Belgrade.
From 1978 to 1988 he worked as a film director in “Vardar Film”, and from 1985 to 1986 he performed the duty manager of this production company. Currently a film directing professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje and chief of Film Directing Studies.
One of the founders of the first private producing company “Triangle”, in 1988.
Member of European Film Academy since 1997.
Stole Popov has won over 50 high European and World Awards and significant recognitions, particularly stand out 8 Grand Prix’s at different International festivals and two nominations, for “Oscar” (American Film Academy) and “Felix” (European Film Academy)

Films
FIRE (film)
(documentary) – 1974
Gold Medal – Yugoslav Film Festival, Belgrade; Grand Prix – Tuzla, Bosnia
Yugoslav candidate for Oscar Nomination
Australia, Australia
(documentary feature film) – 1976
Grand Prix – Gold Medal – Yugoslav Film Festival, Belgrade
Yugoslav candidate for Oscar Nomination
Dae (film)
(documentary) – 1979
OSCAR Nomination in 1979, American Film Academy
Grand Prix – World Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Grand Prix – Balkan Film Festival- Ljubljana,Slovenia
Silver Boomerang – Melbourne, Australia
Gold Medal – Yugoslav Film Festival, Belgrade
Special Diploma – London, England
Vienna, Farewell Yugoslavia – Viennale ‘93, Anthology of 33 films
The Red Horse
(feature film) 1980
Macedonian National Award, Skopje; International Film Guide ’83 – Best World Selection – London
Film on the Balkans – Anthology of 24 films, Dina Jordanova, London
Farewell Yugoslavia – Viennale ’93, Anthology of 33 films, Vienna
Happy New ’49
(feature film) – 1986
Grand Prix – Golden Arena at the Yugoslav Film Festival – Pula, Croatia
Grand Prix – Porto Alegre, Brasil; Milton Manaki – Critics Award
Golden Gladiator – Award of the Yugoslav Film Academy
Yugoslav candidate for Oscar Nomination
Anthology of Middle European Film – Sasa Petrovic, FEST Belgrade
Farewell Yugoslavia – Viennale ’93, Anthology of 33 films, Vienna
Grand Prix – Yugoslav Actors Film Festival – Nis
1986 San Sebastian film international film festival- Nomination for Golden Shell
Tattoo
(feature film) – 1992
FELIX Nomination in 1992 – European Film Academy
Grand Prix – Yugoslav Film Festival, Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Grand Prix – Yugoslav Actors Film Festival, Nis
Macedonian candidate for Oscar Nomination
Farewell Yugoslavia – Viennale, 93 Anthology of 33 films, Vienna
Gypsy Magic
(feature film) – 1997
Grand Prix – Antigone d’Or- Mediterranean Film Festival, Montpellier, France;
Jury Award – International Film Festival, Izmir, Turkey
Best Selection 1997 – European Film Academy, Berlin
To The Hilt
(feature film) – 2014
Public award for the best film on the Balkan New Film Festival (Stockholm, Malmo, Sweden 2016)
Best Actress – Inti Sraj(LIFFE, Serbia)
Macedonian Nominee for Oscar 2014
Videos
Skopje
Skopje, Leb i sol – music video, 1988
Grand Prix – Yugoslav Video Festival, Belgrade
Gipsy song
Gipsy song Vlatko Stefanovski – music video, 1998
Best Macedonian Music Video – Skopje[title size=”2″]International Film Festivals[/title]
San Sabastian, Montreal, Montpellier, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Madrid, Munich, Cairo, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Oberhausen, Belgrade, Melbourne, Porto Alegre, Izmir, Puerto Rico, Moscow, Valensia, Brussel, Pula, Malme, Hong Kong, Budapest, London, Berlin, Herceg Novi, Vienna, Lille, Stuttgart,
Vancouver, Uppsala …
International Film Festivals
San Sabastian, Montreal, Montpellier, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Madrid, Munich, Cairo, Rio de Janeiro, Stockholm, Oberhausen, Belgrade, Melbourne, Porto Alegre, Izmir, Puerto Rico, Moscow, Valensia, Brussel, Pula, Malme, Hong Kong, Budapest, London, Berlin, Herceg Novi, Vienna, Lille, Stuttgart,
Vancouver, Uppsala …

A Short film about Stole Popov
2020 “Golden Ladybug
- Life Achievement Award