Olga's decision to live with her daughter Meli, who works as a doctor assistant, in a remote village turns into situations full of vicissitudes. After an entire trade fair of correspondence to find a groom from the city, Olga presents Koçi to Mili, who pretends to be a true artist. But Meli has fallen in love with Bujar, and doesn't seem to want move away from the village.
Images and reality intermingle in this account of the writer's own experiences under totalitarian regime.
In 1990, at the dawn of the political events that changed the map of Europe, a little girl, in the Eastern Block, waits impatiently for the return of her mother, from a secret space mission. Or, that's what her father tells her .
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.
The events of the film take place in a small town where a group of medical students have come for their teaching practice. Shpresa, the protagonist of the film, sees among these girls, her own daughter, Vjosana, who was bom after an unhappy love and was raised in an orphanage.
Somewhere in Kosovo, in an isolated village, three young women find their dreams and ambitions stifled, but nothing can stop them in their quest for independence.
Shoemaker is based on true events, taking place in the 90’s in the town of Gjakova, Kosovo, where political issues start getting worse and worse, in this way drastically affecting the life of the inhabitants. The story is told through the eyes of Edoni, whose mother dies leaving him at his age of 5 alone with his helpless father. The story passes over a decade and at his age of 15 he starts work at a shoemaker store to support him and his drunken father. His story narrates violence, child abuse, and overloaded work, yet also few beautiful moments he has with his lovely girlfriend, Riga.
During World War II, an Italian agent tries to infiltrate the Albanian guerrilla units under the identity of 'engineer Tosti'.
The film titled 'Plisi' elaborates on the story of an Albanian elder who lives in New York and who never drops the bill from the head. As he wakes up from a bad dream where he turns into a strange creature, as the wind removes the crack from his head, he decides to tell his nephews about the importance of the plis that he holds.
Spectacular film by successful director Dhimitër Anagnosti. Three people, Sergeant Rahmiu (Ndrek Luca), Islam (Reshat Arbana), and Bepini (Bujar Kapexhiu) hijack a military ship to emigrate to Italy. Along the way they encounter opposition in the sailor Skender Guri (Rikard Ljarja), who wants to turn the ship back to Albania. 4 people representing different layers of the postwar Albanian society merge and collide offshore, unfolding the political conflicts of that era.
Rejected by their family, school and society, three teenagers wind up defenseless on the mean streets of Tirana.
Three gangsters are forced to steal a diamond in exchange for their lives.
Luizi, a forgotten singer, suddenly becomes famous overnight and all of Albania goes crazy. In order to protect his fame and win the heart of Kiara, the girl he loves, he must keep a lie alive, one that drags them both into a chain of hilarious and chaotic situations.
Todri, a patriotic teacher, returns in his homeland to bring the Albanian letters.
Bekim Fehmiu was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War, and he was one of the internationally best-known actors.
Bota (Albanian for “the world”) is a cafe situated on the edge of a vast area of marshland in a remote part of Albania, and it is here that the lives of the protagonists intersect in this compelling debut by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci. The directors skilfully exploit the genius loci of the desolate landscape and, aided by a period score and beguiling long shots, they flawlessly evoke the atmosphere of a place where the past still encroaches upon people’s lives.
Kosovo, 1994. A family of 6 on their way to a picnic in the suburbs hears on the radio that the Serbian police are only allowing 3 passengers per vehicle. This is where it all begins: the panic, the discord, and the deep shock of this family.
World War II. Albania is under the Nazi occupation. The Germans capture two young girls and torture them to learn more about the communist movement.
During a political purge, the Albanian government orders the disbanding of a military unit whose horses are also considered traitors.
Two courtiers of king Zog are recruited by foreign agencies and come illegally in Albania. However, they get caught and interrogated, so the plans of the foreign agencies are thwarted.
