Logline

After a conservative police detective and a trans-woman team up to investigate a murder, they dig into their deepest secrets and life regrets.

Synopsis

After a homophobic police detective and a trans woman team up to investigate a murder, they dig into their deepest secrets and life regrets.

Director’s Statement

The point where the deepest human’s emotions meet the deepest problems of the society is where “ANTS” is born.
It’s not just a story, but a problem and a solution packed in a screenplay that will come to life as an imitation of reality.
Sadly, a very transparent imitation!
It would be nice if this was fiction, but many will recognize today’s society in this film.
That’s why “ANTS”!

To recognize!
To feel!
To think!
To act!
To change!

short bio of the director

Marjan Gavrilovski is born on October 9, 1983 in Skopje, Macedonia. After attending film school in Sofia, Bulgaria, he directed his first short documentary film Macedonian Pastorale (2010), followed by five more short titles: Homeless (2010), Life AfterLife (2011), Just an ordinary day (2012), Dream It (2013), and Elevation 404 (2015). In 2016 he made his first independent feature Horse Riders which saw great festival success. Horse Riders was officially selected at 40+ film festivals in Europe, the United States and Africa, and Asia. The film won its first best feature award at Fam Fest International Film Festival in North Carolina, USA. Horse Riders was also awarded as best film at Yala International Film Festival, Nepal, won the audience award at KinEst Fest in Italy and was screened at a few high schools in Sicily
afterward. Marjan’s second feature, Te dua, I swear, had its international premiere in Italy in 2021. Ants is Marjan’s third feature.