Movies by Janaki Manaki

Parade on the Occasion of the Hürriyet
Early Balkan footage.

The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Resen
Early Balkan footage.

The Celebration of St. Cyril and Methodius on the Main Street in Bitola
Early Balkan footage.

The Celebration of the Religious Festival Epiphany
Early Balkan footage.
The Visit of the Sultan Mehmed the Fifth Reshad to Salonika
Early Balkan footage.
Sheep Slaughter
A brief scene at a sheep slaughterhouse.

Village Wedding
The Manaki brothers document the elegant wedding of a presumably popular couple.

Wallachian Nomads
Early Balkan footage.

The Celebration with Slogans in Greek
Early Balkan footage.
Wallachian Dance
Early Balkan footage.
The Celebration of Saint George
Early Balkan footage.

The Romanian Minister Istrate Visits Bitola
Early Balkan footage.

Turkish Professor at the Agricultural School
Early Balkan footage.

Grandma Despina
This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot. For no apparent reason, the first shot made in Macedonia, in the Balkans in fact, made by these two cinematography pioneers, contains peculiar symbolics: at the moment when the grandmother Despina spins the weaving wheel, film starts rolling in our country.
The Funeral of Metropolitan Emilianos of Silyvria
A six minute film of the funeral of the murdered Metropolitan Emilianos of Grevena, of which all has been lost, save for 17 seconds. Emilianos was murdered on October 1st, 1911.
The Celebration on Hürriyet
Early Balkan footage.
A Funeral of a Metropolitan in Bitola
Balkan actuality.

Panorama of the City of Grevena
Early Balkan footage.

A Veterinary Station
Early Balkan footage.

Celebration of Epiphany in Bitola
Early Balkan footage.