Bon appétit

Bon appétit 2017

9.00

A man hungry for power finds a new way to satisfy his appetite.

2017

Traces in the blue sky

Traces in the blue sky 1981

1

The film follows Astrit, a young pilot who has just finished the aviation school.

1981

Mirela

Mirela 1978

1

Mirela is an animated short educational film for children produced by ‘New Albania’ film studio complex (Kinostudio).

1978

The Councillors

The Councillors 1979

1

Year 1943. All the members of an anti-fascist council are arrested by the Nazis during a wedding, along with the husband. They are pressured into signing a document against the council, but they refuse, and instead plan to help the husband escape in case of an execution.

1979

Tomka and His Friends

Tomka and His Friends 1977

7.70

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.

1977

The Commissar of Light

The Commissar of Light 1966

7.00

After World War II, more than 85% of the Albanian people were illiterate. Partisan soldier Dritan Shkaba is tasked with opening new schools in north Albania to enlighten the population.

1966

The Land Within

The Land Within 2022

4.33

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.

2022

Once at Dawn

Once at Dawn 1971

1

A driver is tasked with sending weapons illegally to the partisan soldiers.

1971

The Key Issue

The Key Issue 2011

1

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

2011

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

Golden Brothers

Golden Brothers 2024

10.00

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.

2024

A Palace Uprising

A Palace Uprising 1972

1

The two brothers Qetsor and Erlet often break their friends' toys. One night, Qetsor watches a dream in which the toys rebel against him.

1972

Out of Love

Out of Love 2009

4.00

Fusing documentary and fiction, the film depicts the lives of children trying to survive the aftermath of war in Kosovo by selling cigarettes on the street. Through monologues performed by the children against the eerie backdrops of Pristina, the film tells their gripping and sad story of memory, loss and fear.

2009

Taulant Wants a Sister

Taulant Wants a Sister 1984

8.00

Taulant is a 4 year old only child, who is lonesome and wants a sister. However, despite his request, his parents keep ignoring him. Slowly, his parents start listening to him more and decide to consider his request more seriously.

1984

Two Lions to Venice

Two Lions to Venice 2020

6.50

The two Albanian filmmakers Vani and Kaçi are invited to attend the Venice International Film Festival. They have been close friends since childhood until now on their 60's. At the beginning of the trip from Bari to Venice, they meet two actresses who working in the adult movies industry. From this moment on, the four of them continue the trip to Venice together wich brings a lot of turmoil for the unequal travel company of two conservative Albanians and two open-minded ladies with such different views of life.

2020

Bekim Fehmiu Visits Albania

Bekim Fehmiu Visits Albania 1972

1

Albania and neighboring Yugoslavia officially broke ties in 1948. But in 1971, the Hoxha regime was honored to welcome the ethnic Albanian actor Bekim Fehmiu (1936-2010), at the time an international star in Yugoslav theater and film. Before his trip to Albania, Fehmiu had appeared in the popular Italian television smash The Odyssey (1968) and the Cannes-winning I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967). Dokufest will also feature a photo exhibit of recently-discovered still images taken during Bekim Fehmiu’s Albanian visit.

1972

Adnan Kafazi

Adnan Kafazi 2023

1

As their city is occupied by a new organized crime boss, three local gangsters decide to return from Mexico and fight him in a mouse and cat game.

2023

The Beauty of the Donkey

The Beauty of the Donkey 2025

1

After her father Asllan has lived in exile for sixty years, Dea returns with him to Makermal. This Kosovar village that was once his home was destroyed in the war, leaving only the stories of the survivors. Together with the remaining villagers, Swiss-Kosovar director Dea Gjinovci and her father embark on a search for traces of the past and are confronted with the collective scars of a community.

2025

Vera Dreams of the Sea

Vera Dreams of the Sea 2025

10.00

Vera is a middle-aged sign language interpreter, whose life is disrupted by her husband's suicide who has to face the raw reality of going against the deep-seated gender issues of our times.

2025

The Fall of Idols

The Fall of Idols 1977

1

A teacher in a remote village gets hindered by zealot members of the community who still believe in old superstitions.

1977