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Manakis brothers
The Manakis brothers, Yannis/Yannakis (Avdela, 1878–Thessaloniki, 1954) and Miltiadis (Avdela, 1882–Bitola, 1964) (Greek Γιάννης/Γιαννάκης and Μιλτιάδης Μανάκιας; Macedonian Đанаки and Милтон Манаки), were Aromanian photographers and filmmakers born in the small village of Avdela in the Ottoman vilayet of Monastir. They made the first motion pictures in the Balkans in the city of Monastir (now Bitola) in 1905.
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