Popov Stole

(Skopje, 20.8.1950 - )
He is a film director.
In 1973 he graduated in directing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in the class of Professor Radosh Novakovic. During his studies he made 10 short feature films.
In the period from 1974 to 1978 he had the status of a free-lance film worker. From 1978 to 1988 he worked as a director in "Vardar Film" and from 1985 to 1986 he was its director. From 1989 he worked as a professor of film directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Skopje. The same year together with the actor Dancho Chevreski and the director Stevo Crvenkovski, he founded the private film production company "Triangle". In 1999 he became a member of the European Film Academy.
He began his career with the documentary "Fire" and was awarded the first prize at the Festival of Documentary and Short Films in Belgrade (1974). The documentary films "Australia, Australia" (1976) and "Dae" (1979) were awarded prizes at the same festival in Belgrade, while for the latter "Dae" he won prizes at the festivals in Oberhausen, Melbourne and an Oscar nomination as well.

1973 YFDSF, Belgrade, Special Diploma / "99"
1973 Belgrade University Prize / "99"
1974 YFDSF, Belgrade, Golden Medal Belgrade for directing / "Fire"
1974 TV Belgrade Award for best film / "Fire"
1974 FF, Tuzla, Grand Prix prize "Husin's Miner", for directing / "Fire"
1974 FF, Tuzla, Award by the audience, for directing / "Fire"
1974 Yugoslav Youth League of Communists Award / "Fire"
1974 Yugoslav nominee for "Oscar" / "Fire"
1975 YFDSF, Belgrade, Silver Medal Belgrade, for directing / "Alkaloid"
1976 YFDSF, Belgrade, Grand Prix / "Australia, Australia"
1976 YFDSF, Belgrade, Golden Medal Belgrade, for directing / "Australia, Australia"
1976 FF, Tuzla, Special award, from the audience / "Australia, Australia"
1976 Annual award of the newspaper "Mlad Borec" / "Australia, Australia"
1976 Yugoslav nominee for "Oscar" / "Australia, Australia"
1979 YFDSF, Belgrade, Golden Medal Belgrade, for directing / "Dae"
1979 IFF, Oberhausen, Grand Prix / "Dae"
1979 IFF, Melbourne, Special Jury award "Silver Boomerang" / "Dae"
1979 IFF, Leipcig, Special Jury award / "Dae"
1980 IFF, London, Special Jury award / "Dae"
1980 Balkan film Festival Ljubljana, Grand Prix / "Dae"
1980 Yugoslav nominee for "Oscar" / "Dae"
1980 IFF, Otawa, "Dae" is selected among three best world films
1980 IFF, Los Angeles, Recognition of the American Film Academy / "Dae"
1981 11th October Award / "The Red Horse"
1982 FEST, Belgrade, Diploma Fest 82 / "The Red Horse"
1982 IFF, Los Angeles, Diploma FILMEX / "The Red Horse"
1982 IFF, San Francisco, Diploma / "The Red Horse"
1986 FYFF, Pula, Grand Prix - Big Golden Arena for best film / "Happy New Year '49"
1986 FYFF, Pula, The Award from Yugoslav critics - "Milton Manaki / "Happy New Year '49"
1986 "Golden Gladijator" Aword, from the Yugoslav Film Academy for the author / "Happy New Year '49"
1986 "Plaque for Culture" from the Culture Department of the Government of Socialists Republic of Macedonia
1986 IFF, Jerusalem, Special diploma / "Happy New Year '49"
1986 IFF, Munchen, Special diploma / "Happy New Year '49"
1986 Yugoslav nominee for "Oscar" / "Happy New Year '49"
1986 13th November Award / "Happy New Year '49"
1987 Yugoslav Radio-TV Festival, Belgrade, First Award for best music video / "Skopje" performed by "Leb I Sol"
1991 IFF, Porto Allegre, Brazil, First Prize, awarded by the audience / "Happy New Year '49"
1991 FF, Herceg Novi, "Golden Mimosa" - First Award for best directing / "Tattoo"
1992 Macedonian nominee for "Felix" / "Tattoo"
1991 Macedonian nominee for "Oscar" / "Tattoo"
1997 IFF, Montpellier, Grand Prix / "Gypsy Magic"
1998 Macedonian nominee for "Oscar" / "Gypsy Magic"
1998 IFF, Izmir, Special Jury Award / " Gypsy Magic"
1998 Best Macedonian music video / "Gypsy Song" performed by Vlatko Stefanovski
1998 Macedonian nominee for "Felix" / "Gypsy Magic"

Other movies:
1973 FACTORY TRESKA, screenwriter, director, documentary, Filmske novosti Belgrade
1974 RACIN, text, documentary, Vardar Film
1974 ALKALOID, screenwriter, director, documentary, Filmske Novost Belgrade
1993 LIGHT GRAY, mentor, feature, TFRZ Pegasus Skopje, FDU Skopje, Vardar Film