ANOSMIA, directed by Igor Hristov, looks at the process of building a climbing route in Mavrovo National Park (Northern Macedonia), which is becoming increasingly popular among the world's climbing elite. This is evidenced by the “guest appearance” of Adam Ondra and some of the French youth climbing elite. The film was made on the initiative of the Macedonian and French Climbing Federations and will be shown at the Days for the first time.
Igor Hristov, born in 1982 in Skopje, is a film director and passionate photographer. As a teenager he completed a photography course at Narodna Technica. In 2003 he enrolled to study at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia, majoring in Film and Television Directing. As a student he had the opportunity to make 3 short films on 35 mm film, which participated in many film festivals. In 2010 he graduated with a Master's degree with the topic “The Aesthetics of Magical Realism in Cinema”. His short films have been awarded in Japan, China, Poland, Czech Republic, Spain, Turkey.
A group of climbers from the French Mountaineering Federation arrive at Mavrovo National Park in Macedonia to prepare and open a new climbing route on one of the crags. Their initial reaction when they see the wall live is that this is a serious project. The team sets about conquering it, but things look much more serious as a task than they imagined. The trail they end up calling ANOSMIA, which translated from Latin means losing the sense of smell.