On the 3rd of April the manifestation Golden Wheel began and lasted 7 days –until the 11th of April 2017. The event took place at the Cinematheque of Macedonia.
There were workshops and movie projections everyday by several participants from different states and cities.
The National Roma Centrum participated in the festival with their movie. The competition included several movies by countries in the region (Bulgaria, Hungary, Macedonia, Austria etc.)
The Roma Film Festival Golden Wheel with BTR Production awarded NRC “grand prix” award for best movie script for “Life Stories Shadows” of 15minute duration.
The movie is a product of a Roma girl camp BUVERO, a group named Shadow Ladies. The movie accentuates the discrimination in four life stories.
Participants in the movie were young Roma girls from Macedonia and the script was made by Irfan Martez.
The documentary about the well-known lately diseased singer Roma singer Esma Redzepova was touching. The BTR production director Zoran Dimov thanked everyone that attended and the participants at the festival (ambassadors, actors, political representatives and civilians).