Paper short abstract:

There are several issues and problems the authors making ethnological films are facing. Most of the authors-ethnologists work at institutions such as museums, faculties, and companies that do not possess production and post-production resources. The largest number of the films make the authors with their team, or at least with a cameraman.

Paper long abstract:

The contemporary output of the authors of ethnological films in Macedonia started in the first half of the 90's of the 20th century; again, it is more widely practiced at the beginning of the new millennium. The emergence of such trends is not random, and there are several reasons thereof.

Despite such successful development of the ethnographic film in the country, an organized professional treatment of this field, such as education, production, and presentation, has been missing, as well as information and popularization of the created works of art.

With the exception of the film as the final product, treated as an ethnological exhibit, the entire footage has no special treatment as something that should be preserved and stored safely. The funding, that usually plays an important part in the entire endeavor, that is, the realization and the final product, varies from movie to movie and can come from very the institution the authors works at, the Ministry of Culture, the radio and TV license, or foreign and domestic foundations and donations. The education the authors gain for making this kind of film is entirely individual, by way of personal experience or through following festivals and other places where ethnological films are projected.