Honeyland, a documentary about beekeepers in North Macedonia, is the first film to be nominated for both Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature (formerly the Best Foreign Language Film award). So yes, it deserves your attention.
In this documentary, cameras follow three years in the secret life of beekeeper Hatidze Muratova, her mom, a nomad family and a community that relies vividly on the ecosystem.
Like the recent doc The Biggest Little Farm, Honeyland explores climate change, seclusion, exploitation of natural resources and living in harmony with Mother Nature, but the similarities end there. This is a grittier view and situation than the Californians who quit their cinema job to farm and film, but when the cameras zoom in to show the honey-making process and the currency it creates, it’s just as beautiful.
And when the neighbors disturb the harmony between productive bee and beekeeper, it’s just as dramatic. (Now streaming on Hulu)
In a nutshell: Low on excitement, but quietly powerful. This beekeeping film gets an A+.
Award potential: Winner of multiple Sundance awards already, it is up for two Oscars.
However, Honeyland looks to be the number two against both awards season darling Parasite and the Obama’s American Factory documentary (Netflix).
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