The short "The pain remains", directed by Vladimir Talevski, a co-production between France and Macedonia, which was shot in Bitola, Mariovo and in France (2016) was supported in the first call for funding (deadline 15th of February 2016). The project was chosen out of 7 submitted feature films, one documentary film and 4 shorts.

Director: Vladimir Taleski

Writer: Vladimir Taleski

Cast: Kole Angelovski as Jean Batiste Valerie, Dimitar Gjorgjievski as young Jean Batiste Valerie

Producer: Dimitar Nikolov

Production: CutAway

Co-producers: Quasar, ARS Digital studio

Music: Marjan Necak

Director of photography: Robert Jankuloski

Assistant Editor: Biljana Micevska

Screen Writer: Vladimir Taleski

Costume Designer: Eli Hristovska

Make up: Dilbera Atanasova

Production Managers: Vladimir Stojcevski, Goran Stoiljkovic, Nikola Matoski

First Director Assistant: Vesna Ristovska

Sound Designer: Darko Spasovski

Sound Engineer: Braco Zafirovski

Visual Effects: Krste Gospodinovski

Extra's: Viktor Stojovski, Simon Sekulovski, Filip Nikolovski, Zlatko Markovski, Daniel Velevski, Miroslav Boshevski

Set Engineer: Petar Trajchevski

Photographer: Kosta Dupcinov

Photographers’ Assistants: Toni Stojanovski, Aleksandar Jonacic, Vlatko Dzikoski, Filip Jordanov

Set Dresser: Kiril Vicorovski, Josif Janev

Equipment: Boshko Stolic

Account: Kiril Gjozev