GLAM/Newsletter/August 2025/Contents/Macedonia report
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Wiki Loves Film – Collaboration with MakeDox Film Festival
As part of the GLAM program of Wikimedia MKD, we joined the global initiative Wiki Loves Film by establishing a collaboration with the MakeDox Creative Documentary Film Festival in Skopje,Macedonia. This collaboration aimed to document an important cultural event in the field of film and to bring freely accessible knowledge about it to Wikimedia platforms. MakeDox is one of the most recognized and long-standing documentary film festivals in Macedonia, with international reach and an important role in promoting creative documentary filmmaking. This year the film festival was from 21 August till 28 August. Despite its relevance, information about the festival was either limited or missing on Wikimedia projects. Through this initiative, we aimed to address that gap and to enrich the coverage of contemporary cultural events from our country.
During the festival, Wikimedia Macedonia appointed a Wikipedian in Residence who actively participated in the initiative. As part of his activities:
- A new Wikipedia article dedicated to the MakeDox Film Festival was created and expanded on Macedonian Wikipedia, providing background information, historical context, and details about its cultural significance. This ensures that the festival is now documented in an encyclopedic and reliable way.
- A set of photographs from the festival was uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, capturing the atmosphere of the screenings, events, and guests. These images are now freely licensed and available for use in illustrating Wikipedia articles and other Wikimedia projects, as well as for the wider public.
- The collaboration served as an opportunity to raise awareness among festival organizers and participants about the mission of Wikimedia and the importance of free knowledge.
This activity proved to be a valuable step forward in strengthening our GLAM partnerships with cultural and artistic institutions. By participating in Wiki Loves Film, Wikimedia MKD not only contributed to the global documentation of film culture but also highlighted the richness of cultural life in Macedonia. We see this as a promising start and plan to continue expanding collaborations with cultural festivals in the future.
You can see some of the photographs of the MakeDox film festival bellow:
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The opening ceremony -
The film festival volunteers -
Photo exhibition of Kiro Urdin, Suli -
Make CoProDox Forum 2025, Presentation of awards -
Kurshumli An before the final festival screenings -
The team
