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''Skoplje '63'' is a 1964 Yugoslavian (Croatian and Macedonian)
documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
directed by
Veljko Bulajić Veljko Bulajić (22 March 1928 – 2 April 2024) was a Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. Bulajić spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing World War II-themed movies from ...
about the
1963 Skopje earthquake The 1963 Skopje earthquake () was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia), then part of the SFR Yugoslavia, on July 26, 1963, which killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 an ...
. The film documents and interprets the aftermath the earthquake, especially its social consequences. It is presented as a
film within a film A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a second story (within the first one). Multiple layers of stories within stories are sometimes ...
, with citizens of Skopje commenting on the documentary during its screening. Among the material is one of the first recorded concerts of
Esma Redžepova Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska (, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. She was nicknamed "the Queen of the Gypsies" per her contribution to Romani culture and music. She started t ...
, performing ''Chaje Shukarije''. The filming started three days after the earthquake and lasted for four months. After that, Bulajić spent 12 months
editing Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written language, written, Image editing, visual, Audio engineer, audible, or Film editing, cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing p ...
the footage at
Jadran Film Jadran Film is a film production studio and distribution company founded in 1946 in Zagreb, Croatia. In the period between the early 1960s and late 1980s Jadran Film was one of the biggest and most notable film studios in Central Europe, with som ...
studios. It was screened at the
1964 Cannes Film Festival The 17th Cannes Film Festival took place from 29 April to 14 May 1964. Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang served as jury president for the main competition. On this edition, the ''Palme d’Or'' was renamed "''Grand Prix du Festival International du ...
, but wasn't entered into the main competition. The film was awarded the
Golden Nymph The Golden Nymph Award(s) are the prizes awarded to the winners of the Official Competition of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. History Prince Rainier III of Monaco created the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo in 1961 to "encourag ...
award at the
Monte Carlo Television Festival The Monte-Carlo Television Festival is held every year in June in the Principality of Monaco at the Grimaldi Forum, under the Honorary Presidency of H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco. The opening ceremony inaugurates each new edition, introd ...
, and it was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards were held on April 5, 1965, to honor film achievements of 1964. The ceremony was produced by MGM's Joe Pasternak and hosted, for the 14th time, by Bob Hope. The Best Picture winner, George Cukor's ''My Fair Lady'', w ...
, but it was not accepted as a nominee. In 2020, a poll of Croatian film critics voted it the 10th best Croatian documentary film of all time.


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List of submissions to the 37th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 37th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films ...
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List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film This is the list of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien ...


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* 1964 films 1964 documentary films 1960s in Skopje Yugoslav documentary films Serbo-Croatian-language films Yugoslav black-and-white films Films directed by Veljko Bulajić Documentary films about earthquakes Jadran Film films Films set in 1963 Films set in North Macedonia Macedonian-language films {{hist-documentary-film-stub