Yanaki and Milton Manaki

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The brothers Ianachia (Avdella, Ottoman Empire, 1878 – Thessaloniki, Greece, 1954) and Milton Manachia (Avdella, Ottoman Empire, 1882 – Bitola, SFR Yugoslavia, 1964) were pioneering photographers and the first filmmakers in the Balkans. In 1905 they filmed in Avdela the first motion pictures in the Ottoman Balkans - The Weavers.[2] In honor of their work, the International Cinematographers' Film Festival "Manaki Brothers"[3] is held every year in Bitola, the city where most of their activities were organized. In total, they took over 17,300 photographs in 120 localities.

Ienache Manakia (photo, 1917)
Milton Manakia (scene from the movie Camera 300)
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