Vardar Film

Credits

Descriptions by
Logoarto

Background

Vardar Film (Macedonian: Вардар Филм) is a film production and distribution company based in Skopje, North Macedonia. It began its operations in 1947, during the time when North Macedonia was part of the former Yugoslavia.

The company was responsible for the creation of several noteworthy films, including Tattoo (1991), Happy New Year '49 (1986), Haj Faj (1987), Tri Ani (1959), and The Mountain of Anger (1968). Additionally, Vardar Film produced approximately 700 documentary, short, and animated films between 1947 and 1991.

In 2013, the Macedonian government decided to change the company's name from Vardar Film Skopje to Vardar Film Macedonia.

1st Logo (1948)

Logo: Superimposed over the opening scene, we see the following:

ВАРДАР
ФИЛМ
СКОПЈЕ

"ВАРДАР ФИЛМ" is in a three-dimensional font.

Technique: None.

Audio: The opening theme.

Availability: Seen on the short Niz pirinska Makedonija.

2nd Logo (1950-1953?)

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Logo: On a black background, we see a pentagon, stylized to resemble the front of a ship, with a water line below. On top of the pentagon is a star. Within the pentagon is the text "ВАРДАР". Below, on the base of the "ship", is the text "ФИЛМ". Underneath the water line is "Скопје" in a script font.

Variants:

• Most of the time, the logo is in-credit.
• An early version can be spotted on the 1950 documentary film Narodna tehnika. Here, the star is smaller, "ВАРДАР" is bigger and overlaps the pentagon, "ФИЛМ" is over the water line, and "СКОПЈЕ" is written in uppercase and in a serif font.

Technique: None.

3rd Logo (1953-19??)

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