Stunning Trailer for ‘The Tale of Silyan’ Doc Film from North Macedonia

“You poor bird. From today on, we will live together.” National Geographic has unveiled the official trailer for one of the best documentaries of 2025 – a film titled The Tale of Silyan, from acclaimed Macedonian filmmaker Tamara Kotevska, best know for her doc Honeyland from 2019. She filmed a farmer for years in a town in North Macedonia following him and his friendship with one of the local white storks. The story follows Nikola, who is unable to sell his land & crops. His family abandons him to look for a future abroad. Nikola gets a job at a landfill, where he comes across an injured white stork, Sylian. Nikola saves the bird, with the two forming a bond. Through folklore, striking images and intimate observation, Kotevska crafts a story about absence and resilience, and about the delicate thread that ties human survival to the natural world. It’s a beautiful, stunning, amazing film about our connection with nature. My rave review from the Venice Film Festival is quoted in it: “a spectacularly cinematic creation it’s almost completely unbelievable that it’s actually a documentary and these are all real people and this is a real story.” A must watch new doc. // Continue Reading ›