About Us
Darko Gorgieski
Born in Prilep in 1991, Darko Gorgieski finished the faculty of architecture in Skopje in the year of 2014. From that moment on he will be part of a lot of cultural activities in his hometown and in around the region, including Nashville jazz festival, Sarajevo jazz Fest both as a performer and as a music lover, sharing his passion for music, movies and basically any form of art. Currently working at the local museum and as a graphic designer, he is the cofounder of Winter Apricots – Prilep International Film Festival along side with the Italian cinematographer Elena Melloncelli.
Elena Melloncelli
Born in Milano in 1993 Elena Melloncelli attentended the Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti in Milano graduating in 2015 in Cinematograhy.
She took part in several independent movie projects, among them "La Cresta dell'Onda" and "/si/" awarded in national and international festival
After recently moving to Prilep, Macedonia, she conceived and organized, along with Darko Gorgieski, the first edition of Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival.