# Milcho Manchevski Talks ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’, His Second Feature Of 2026 & Exposing Corruption At Macedonia’s Film Agency — Tokyo

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/milcho-manchevski-talks-sister-brother-manhole-cover-his-second-feature-of-2026-exposing-corruption-at-macedonias-film-agency-tokyo/
- Published: 2026-10-27T00:48:10+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T01:12:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/milcho-manchevski-sister-brother-manhole-cover-tokyo-1237202859/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- Manchevski’s ninth feature is competing at the Tokyo Film Festival.
- The story follows siblings who steal bronze and become entangled with a corrupt doctor.
- His corruption allegations against Macedonia’s Film Agency were upheld after an investigation.

## Summary

Milcho Manchevski’s film *Sister Brother Manhole Cover* is screening in competition at the Tokyo Film Festival, marking his ninth feature and second film released this year. Its story follows two siblings who steal bronze busts and manhole covers in post-Communist Macedonia; after one theft leaves Viktor badly injured, his sister Malina makes a deal with a corrupt doctor, drawing them into the criminal underworld.

Manchevski says the film grew from an interest in sibling love and inequality, and uses humour and defiance to portray characters who see themselves as having agency despite their limited choices. He says monuments were widely installed in Macedonia in the early 2010s and that the bronze can be sold for about three euros per kilo. The filmmaker also discusses being blacklisted and having projects halted after reporting corruption at Macedonia’s Film Agency; the country’s Anti-Corruption Commission later upheld his accusations after an investigation.

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