Diamonds 2018
Three gangsters are forced to steal a diamond in exchange for their lives.
Three gangsters are forced to steal a diamond in exchange for their lives.
In northern Albania, ancestral customs still exist, governing the laws of vendetta between families. Sometimes, for generations, an old feud has pitted two clans against each other, condemning them to take turns murdering a member of the opposing family. This blood code, known as the Kanoun, has painful consequences for many Albanians, who are condemned to live in seclusion to avoid being killed.
Bardhi works as a teacher in a remote area. When one of the students abandons the school, Bardhi tries to help him.
Destinies of two friends-fighters during WW2.
After years of exile, Remo, an orphan, returns to his childhood village in the Balkans. He must help his adoptive cousin, Una, with the exhumation of a mass grave that contains most of their family members buried there during the war. But the bodies reveal family secrets that will make Remo and Una question their past and their future. A film about the possibility of truth in a place that only knows survival.
While a mute and lonely mother lives a life that is far from easy, she nevertheless bares her lot with dignity and courage. Her 15-year-old son is trying to stand on his own two feet, but in so doing he only complicates the grim situation in the family.
An immersion into Nora's memory, where realities merge, the bad and beautiful intertwined until it’s all mingled and something else is formed. A tragedy foretold.
During the riots of 1997 in Albania the retired photographer PETRO travels from his hometown Gjirokastra to the capital Tirana. He has taken pictures of a killing with his Super-8-camera and wants to get the film developed. Petro doesn't know that he shot material that shows how a TV-camera causes the death of a man and his granddaughter in order to get a good story. Unfortunately Petro meets this cameraman - BERTI - on the trip to Tirana. When the film is finally developed Petro gets to know the truth - and he knows his life is in danger! After many adventures on the road he tries at last to present the film to the public. But he must realize that the material was stolen. So only Petro knows the truth while the media spread lies about the deaths of Girokastra.
After living in various European cities, militant Besim Pepa comes back in Albania during the years 1932-1936. Here, he is persecuted and imprisoned, so he has to emigrate again.
Tomka is a boy who likes playing football with his friends. When the German army captures his town, the German soldiers establish their camp in the town stadium. Tomka with help from his friends and their parents organizes sabotage actions against the soldiers.
In a weather of unexpected rains, work is suspended at the dam of an important hydropower station and the safety of the project is jeopardized. The situation weighs heavier on the chief designer, eng. Ilir, who together with his comrades does his best to come out of this difficult situation.
Story of Azem Bejta (1889–1924), commonly known as Azem Galica, who was an Albanian nationalist and rebel who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania.
During a political purge, the Albanian government orders the disbanding of a military unit whose horses are also considered traitors.
Koli, an honorable elderly man has just opened his business, a "Funeral Agency." Everything seems perfect, except for the fact that he unintentionally finds himself caught in the trap of a criminal gang. Together with his brother, whom he has employed in his agency, they will go through many trials, during which they meet Besi, believing him to be the right solution to their problem. However, in reality, this solution becomes a harm inflicted upon Besi, who, justifiably, will use them to rectify the wrongdoing committed against him. Friendship and enmity, danger and adventure, laughter and tears will accompany them on the crime-laden path of no return, in pursuit of the hope that the truth will prevail.
Blending archival footage, haunting melodies, and digital reconstructions, Hyjnesha në Fron traces the echo of loss across Kosovo's turbulent history. A musical, visual essay shaped by absence, which resurrects physical memory through 3D reconstruction, showing how history persists even when its material proof has vanished.
The events take place in the marsh of Nusekana, where a legend is also set. In this place, two students of agronomy, Eda and Bora come to carry out their learning practice. The passion for the profession makes the girls adapt with the new environment. Between Bora and Fani starts to grow the passion of love.
Uka is an old Albanian who lives in the mountains on the border of Kosovo and Albania. As an honorable man, he must deal with his son who befriended Italian fascists during WW2.
A simple car ride reveals the emotions and thoughts that arise when you're alone on the road.
Little Genti wants a puppy. He expresses his wish at the family gathering, after his Roma coeval Xeni shows at the door, with his stray dog friend Aaj. This brings up a fired up discussion among the grown ups. After a quick disapproval, discussion changes its path into a clash of generations, conflict between traditional beliefs and new contemporary way of life. Ignored by grownups and despite his mother's disapproval, Genti joins Xeni and Aja on the street, continuing to find his new puppy-friend.
Kosovo 1999. A line of refugees stops at a Serbian checkpoint. Serbian paramilitaries pull Adem and two boys, his son and his grandson, out of the car. Adem tries to pay for the children's lives, but he doesn't have enough money. They tell him that he can only save one child with this money. He must decide which one to save.