{"id":17992,"date":"2026-01-22T14:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/restarted.hr\/?p=17992"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:55:10","slug":"myth-legend-and-reality-the-tale-of-silyan-in-cinemas-from-late-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restarted.hr\/en\/news\/myth-legend-and-reality-the-tale-of-silyan-in-cinemas-from-late-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth, legend and reality \u2013 &#8220;The Tale of Silyan&#8221; in cinemas from late January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"591\"><a href=\"https:\/\/restarted.hr\/label\/prica-o-siljanu\/\"><strong data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"78\">\u201cThe Tale of Silyan\u201d<\/strong><\/a> is the new documentary film by director <strong data-start=\"119\" data-end=\"138\">Tamara Kotevska<\/strong> (<em data-start=\"140\" data-end=\"151\">Honeyland<\/em>). Through the relationship between a Macedonian farmer and an injured white stork, the film tells a powerful and intimate story about the bond between humans and nature, loss, resilience and compassion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pri\u010da o Siljanu (TRAILER)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1148646364?h=c787e9c9e6&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"847\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"54\" data-end=\"591\"><br data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"357\" \/>The film had its Croatian premiere at the <strong data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"429\">Human Rights Film Festival<\/strong> and will enter <strong data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"503\">theatrical distribution across Croatia from January 29<\/strong> as part of <strong data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"532\">Restart Label<\/strong>. The full screening schedule nationwide can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/restarted.hr\/label\/prica-o-siljanu\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"593\" data-end=\"772\">Poetic and visually rich, the film blends documentary reality with mythological motifs, creating a striking and emotional meditation on contemporary life in rural North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"774\" data-end=\"888\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The distribution is supported by the Cultural Information Center of the Republic of North Macedonia in Zagreb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Tale of Silyan\u201d is the new documentary film by director Tamara Kotevska (Honeyland). Through the relationship between a Macedonian farmer and an injured white stork, the film tells a powerful and intimate story about the bond between humans and nature, loss, resilience and compassion. 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