Oblíbený Z Albania

Kosovo in the spring of 2000. Winter is over but in a meteorological sense only. Ruins and pain. The marks of devastation in the sunny landscape. Wounds that never heal, the hesitating , vague gestures of a new beginning. Paradoxes. In black and white, with the broken images of memory imprints in color. Two words: deca and fëmijët , they mean children in Serb and Albanian. These expressions have no place in the irrational dictionary of war. It is the children though who are the most defenseless victims of this war governed by mad hatred. Their suffering has become an indelible chapter of the chronicle at the end of the century, the dawn of the new millennium. Besarta, Violeta, Edmond and Valdrin, Miljana and Jelena are Albanian and Serb children, the film tells their story in black and white with color Super 8 images shot by the children themselves.

The film deals with themes of life through the eyes of a gravedigger who is tested when he comes across some property when opening the grave of a pauper.

Irena, a young physicist, along with two of her colleagues, undertakes an important study far from home. She goes for a health check-up at the city hospital and learns that she suffers from leukemia. After recovering from her spiritual depression, she begins to come to terms with reality, appreciating every second of her life and the love she tries to avoid.

Lake Fierza, high mountains on both sides and a small boat that breaks the silence of this small part of the world. Some movements can be seen. From a distance, the boat looks at people coming down from the top of the mountains and patiently waiting for the only transport that connects them with the rest of the world, almost unknown to them.

Two young directors, Ilir and Sandri, are working on a new film, which deals with events from World War II.

Çaku has lost his parents during a bombardment. He gets acquainted with a partisan during the war. Caku, together with a friend of his, who imitated Chaplin and dreamed of becoming an artist, looks for the partisan till they find him. This meeting and the love and care for the war children, changes everything in his wandering life.

A story of three Albanians who meet on the Albania-Kosovo-Macedonia border. Each of them wants to flee their country, but where will they go?

Vlora, an acting student, is chosen for the lead role in Sophocles’ play Antigona. The premiere receives significant attention, but less for Vlora’s portrayal of her character as for her undressing on stage. Vlora’s father is ashamed and forbids her from continuing with the play. Living in a conservative society the only person who supports Vlora is her younger brother. Vlora finds herself caught between her career and her family, and as she fights to defend her acting role, she learns she is fighting for her future.

In a small village in Kosovo, Flora and Venera are two inseparable friends who spend their days playing. Their lives change when Venera receives the news that her father has decided on her marriage. Flora, who dreams of a different future, sees this as a threat to her life of freedom and the special bond with her friend. While Venera faces pressure from family and tradition, Flora tries to dissuade her from the decision, while preserving the friendship and dreams they share.

A film about one of the most famous Albanian writers, Ismail Kadare. "Literature is born and develops in every time, in every regime, regardless of its sharpness." Kadare's life path is depicted, from his native Gjirokastra to the streets of Paris, where he lives today.

The film depicts major political events in the former Yugoslavia, starting in 1968 and continuing until the end of the war in 1998, seen through the eyes of the main protagonist, Lili, who is a witness of these events.

Primary school student Lani knows the value of money, but he values education above all. As part of the Roma minority, he tries to follow his own path, apart from the community around him. When the petty gangster Balja refuses to pay him and his friend Keno for their labour at his scrapyard, they take matters into their own hands, forcing Lani to confront his morals and choices.

Fahrije, an elderly Albanian woman in Kosovo, shares her life story through a conversation with her granddaughter, the director. She recalls her childhood, the abrupt end of her schooling, and her arranged marriage.

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?

A young artist and her mother share a candid conversation in their studio, a space where art, memories and unspoken emotions come to life. Through their dialogue, they explore the bond that unites them, the peace they find in creativity and the moments that shape them.

Behind a news site screen, Lola, a journalist driven by clicks, hunts for sensational footage. Empathy is absent; reality is edited and shared fast. In the streets, tension brews—an old debt turns into a threat, a car defies a “NO PARKING” sign, teens rap for social media, and a man breaks down. All collide.

Five boys in Prishtina waste away their evenings away doing things only to fill up the space of time.

Ajshe is the same age as my grandmother. Ajshe’s story is nearly identical to the story of most women her age. In the past, the present and the future, one has many choices but when it comes to marriage, there can be only one.

When a twenty-three year old Kosovar man attempts to illegally migrate to the European Union, an Albanian filmmaker decides to follow him on his journey. On the way, the doc maker reflects on his own past and the intentions behind the film he is making.

A pianist infected with HIV, falls in love with a young ballerina with whom he wants to have a serious relationship. They decide to spend the night together, but with the girl insisting to have non protected sexual relations the pianist has doubts about the right choice…