The last in a line of beekeepers, Hatidze Muratova has embraced a life of simplicity and devotion, working on her isolated farm in a Macedonian village. She walks four hours to the nearest town to sell her honey and four hours back, where she cares for her bedridden mother. But her tranquil life and ecologically conscious methods are disrupted when a nomadic family — with their seven children and a herd of cattle — parks their camper on the next-door plot. Ever courteous, Muratova welcomes them, even assisting the father when he decides to encroach on her honey enterprise. Soon, his greed threatens to destroy a way of life that’s lasted for centuries. Shot over three years, directors Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov’s stirring meditation on nature and humanity is jaw-droppingly gorgeous from the first scene to the last.

Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Special Jury Award for Cinematography, Special Jury Award for Impact for Change — World Cinema Documentary, Sundance; Best Documentary — New Directors, Best International Film, São Paulo

In competition for the FIPRESCI Prize and the Best Documentary Award