Tamara Kotevska was born in Prilep, North Macedonia, and fell in love
with filmmaking early on. At the age of twelve, Kotevska picked up a
VHS camera and began capturing childhood memories and neighborhood
stories. In 2010, she won a US exchange student scholarship and moved
to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she continued to study documentary
filmmaking..

Upon her return to North Macedonia, Kotevska began a 2-year
collaboration with director Ljubo Stefanov to co-direct LAKE OF APPLES
(2016), a short documentary that received over ten grand prizes in
international documentary festivals around the world. After this film,
Tamara co-directed her debut feature-length documentary HONEYLAND. The
film went on to win three awards at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
(Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary, Impact Award,
Cinematography Award) and two Academy Award nominations in 2020 for
Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature. At the time,
it was the only documentary film in history to be nominated in both
categories.

After HONEYLAND, Kotevska directed her second feature-length
documentary, THE WALK, produced by the Academy Award-winning British
production company Grain Media. THE WALK had its world premiere at DOC
NYC 2023 and its European Premiere at CPH:DOX 2024. She is currently
in post-production on her debut fiction film, MAN VS. FLOCK_,_ and is
developing a new documentary about the Dolgan mammoth tusk hunters,
which will shoot in the northernmost area of the Siberian tundra. In
her films, Kotevska aims to create new forms of filmmaking,
unforgettable stories, strong characters and perception-shifting
messages.
