Twice Checkmate

Twice Checkmate 1986

6.00

Invited to a simultaneous chess game, Ilo Pinci, the specialist of fish and oysters, as well as a well known chess player, arrives at the small coastal town fully convinced to be better than the local chess players. But what makes his coming to this town even more interesting is his hidden desire to discover some technical and practical data on the oyster cultivation.

1986

El olvido de la memoria

El olvido de la memoria 1999

7.00

Children learn what they see and feel what their elders teach them to feel. If they live surrounded by hate and thirst for revenge, they will learn to hate and take revenge. The documentary collects the stories of these children told by themselves; of the children who live today in the war and of those who, already old, reflect on the childhood they lived in another distant war.

1999

Lumë drite

Lumë drite 1975

1

Bardhi works as a teacher in a remote area. When one of the students abandons the school, Bardhi tries to help him.

1975

On the Track

On the Track 1978

6.00

Film set after World War II. A group of kids notice a shady new resident in their neighborhood.

1978

Like a Sick Yellow

Like a Sick Yellow 2024

1

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.

2024

The Stones of my House

The Stones of my House 1983

1

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

1983

Chromium

Chromium 2015

7.00

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.

2015

Why Are the Drums Rumbling?

Why Are the Drums Rumbling? 1969

1

Katrina and Xhavit, two young volunteers working on the construction of a railroad, fall in love and decide to marry. However, the girl's father does not approve this marriage.

1969

The Last Supper

The Last Supper 2020

9.00

An Albanian boy accidentally releases a turkey and must get it back in time for New Year's Eve dinner.

2020

The Man with the Cannon

The Man with the Cannon 1977

7.00

After Mato Gruda, a man living in a remote village in the mountains of Albania, steals a cannon abandoned by the German invaders he has to decide whether to use the weapon to support the Partisan resistance or to avenge his family.

1977

We Came from the War

We Came from the War 1979

1

Early years after the war. The bourgeoisie is falling, and they are being taxed for their profits during WWII. Abdyl is an accountt who helps the bourgeoisie and fascist collaborators by hiding their gold in his home and manipulating documents.

1979

The Kites

The Kites 1979

1

World War II. Even children contribute to the anti-fascist resistance. They write slogans on kites, so that the fascists cannot remove them.

1979

The First Navigation

The First Navigation 1984

1

In the crew of the ship "Eagle" the debate about the zones of fish hunting continues. Petrit, a new marine officer, supports captain Borak, who insists on introducing new fishing methods.

1984

Driver

Driver 2021

1

The driver of two human traffickers ends up unknowingly helping his clients drive his kidnapped daughter outside the country.

2021

Invisible World

Invisible World 1987

1

The story of workers from the Institute of Public Health who in the mid-1980s have developed a globally unseen or unheard invention: the Auto-Immune-Vaccine.

1987

Kosovo: Desperate Search

Kosovo: Desperate Search 2006

10.00

The film "Kosova: Desperate Search" recounts the repercussions and effects of the Kosovar war on the Albanian population. Ethnic cleansings and other atrocities mentally and physically destroyed the people. The entwined destinies of individual persons and families from various geographic regions and social classes are the basis of a closely interconnected storyline. Families are not only looking for their missing children, but also for new hope and perspectives.

2006

Ti Mund Të Më Quash Xhon

Ti Mund Të Më Quash Xhon 2017

1

In the loud city of Tirana, a poor boy from the suburbs falls in love with a problematic girl who comes from a very rich family. A passionate story interwined with the collision of two different social classes.

2017

The Man of Earth

The Man of Earth 1984

7.70

Sokol is a middle-aged Kosovar Albanian who, together with his family, emigrates from Kosovo to Turkey, and faces the foreign and unknown world. After some time he becomes homesick, eventually leaving his last will he gave to his son that when he dies, his bones will be returned to his native country. He dies near of a cliff at the Black Sea coast. In his native village, the news that Sokol has been returned from emigration are being spread.

1984