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The money that people had collected to finance the war were entrusted to Kiço. After the liberation, nobody remembers the treasure, but Kiço reminds everyone, delivering the treasure without taking anything for himself.

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.

"Sons of Cain" is set in a small village in northern Albania. In this place time is suspended and the severe rules of an old code (Kanun) still dictate the life and death of the inhabitants. A group of seven children obliged to live under this code meet and discuss the story of Cain and Abel. Creating their own dream space, partially consciously and partially not, they create an analogy between their own stories and Bible stories. Stuck on the fine line between reality and forgetfulness, this is one of the few chances they have to come to grips with their traumas and emotions.

Tingëllimë is a conceptual film focused on the idea of what makes a home. It raises questions about something we experience every day but rarely stop to reflect on deeply. Is it the people, the walls, or something else that truly makes a house a home?

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.

A mockumentary about four people and their idiosyncratic ways of saving the planet.

Young Kristo lives in a village at the edge of gorgeous Lake Prespa, a body of water divided on the borders of three Balkan countries Albania, Macedonia and Greece. In order to support his family, Kristo has become a small-time marijuana smuggler, using his boat and knowledge of the lake waters to transport drug packages from the Albanian to the Macedonian side.

Is it possible to grasp the meaning of the future by accepting only the present and leaving the past behind? A delicate medley of these notions, regarding the historical and cultural background of Albania. Does the youth dare to be disturbed?

Six alternative rock bands discuss life in UN-administered Kosovo five years after the NATO intervention, reflecting on issues from ethnic tension in the region to the popularity of turbo-folk.

In 80s Albania, the head of a village is very near retirement. He has many accomplishments but feels somewhat spiritually "bureaucratized" so wants his successor to be similar to him in character and principles. But in the assembly gathering another proposal is put forth, foiling the village head's plans entirely.

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.

World War II. Italians accuse the residents of a village in South Albania of giving signals to the Greeks during the Greek-Italian War.

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.

This movie is set at the start of World War II, with little shepherds on the green slopes of an Albanian mountain range featured as intrigued, distant observers of the Italian army and their prey, the partisan fighters who are hiding in the homes of the villagers. Even the Albanian police who are supposed to be helping the Italians do not betray the resistance fighters when they see them. The children watch as the hunter and hunted play out their drama below, not understanding that the scenes are more real than their own hunt for the five-legged rabbit that is supposed to be living in these hills. As the tragedies of war mount, the children start to become more involved - at one point they steal the weapons from some drunken Italian soldiers, nearly leading to a disaster on their part. Time and events rapidly unfold, and it soon becomes apparent that their innocence will not last for long because their own existence is threatened in a way they are just beginning to understand.

An Albanian man partners with smugglers to reach Canada using a fake passport. He must pose as husband to unknown woman Vlera as part of a criminal arrangement.

Syla, a tortured former political prisoner from Kosova, realizes that his political idealism destroyed his life. After twenty years of mundane life in London, he returns home to confront his troubled past.

Rikard, after being swindled out of his home by his own son, relies on the kindness of his daughter, Ema, and her husband, Lorenc who offer him a cabin dwelling in the 'Accursed Mountains.'

Set during World War I. An Austro-Hungarian expedition sets an archaeological site in the ancient city of Apollonia. The experts of this expedition want to steal ancient monuments, but the villagers of the area oppose them.

Set during 1980-1999 events in Gjakova, the most war torn town from the last war in Kosovo, the film is a drama told by Vigani, a 12 year old boy from Gjakova, who's voice over describes his and his family's life during these years.

Lisimaku is constantly assigned to replace the women of the enterprise during their maternity leave. Lisimak's growth in character is achieved through unexpected situations where comics intertwine with drama.