On the heights of a mountain in North Macedonia, in the midst of a flock of 600 sheep being watched over by huge dogs, stands a refuge. Children's laughter escapes from the precarious shelter. They are a brotherhood, ranging from ages eight to twenty. When they are not hard at work, they are playing and discussing the meaning of life. Is their future really here?
A story about a mountain man and his struggle to save the forests of the Rugova Mountain from over-logging and environmental destruction. As we learn the stories of his youth, growing up in those mountains with his brother, we begin to understand the history behind Fatos’ frustration.
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.
War film written and directed by Rikard Ljarja.
The film is about Agu, a bear sanctuary guardian who sees his world overturned the night he visits his girlfriend. Lost and without a way out, he finds a resurgence of life when Tina, a young charming woman with many dreams, magically appears in the neighboring apartment.
A story about a little boy who lives in Tirana, the capital of Albania.
With a film to shoot in the near future, a director develops something more than a professional bond with his actor. When they go together to a rave party, things take an unexpected turn. Delusion or truth, the two end up with no answers.
A small village during World War II. Driven by misery some peasants smuggle goods across the mountain frontier. Thus an ever-greater gap opens between them and those who are fighting the invaders.
House With a Voice tells the story of six Burrneshas who, for different reasons, have decided to take on the social role of men. They have done this to circumvent patriarchal structures, to avoid misogynistic attacks, to support the family economically, to avoid compelled marriage and to be free. Our characters communicate with us intimately as they talk about their lives and bring us closely into their personal journey. They speak about freedom and oppression, about the promise of sacrificing their lives for the sake of their families’ survival. But also about the breaking of gender barriers and the power of the human mind to decide who we want to be.
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?
A tragicomedy in which an old man has two sons but neither of them, influenced by their wives, want to keep him. In the end, they decide to marry him off to an old woman, to free their houses of him.
Ermira, Sara, Besiana and Iliriana are teenage girls who play soccer for the female soccer club in Kaçanik called Kaçanikasja (Kaçanik girl), the first ever female soccer club that has been recently founded in town, making the girls the first ever players of the club. What is their reality, what are their dreams, how long are those dreams going to last in a poor country where female soccer is not a priority?!
The documentary consist a series of 7 shorts, illustrating each day of the week and features personal stories of ordinary Kosovo citizens about the positive impact of European Union in their everyday life.
three sparks is an intimate picture of village life in Albania, crafted in gratitude by a guest. Mexican/American artist Naomi Uman lived and documented life in rural Ukraine. Inspired by having seen her experimental non-fiction films portraying village life, she was invited to create a portrait of life in rural Albania. This took her to Rabdisht, a village perched high in the mountains, where people farm the rocky, vertiginous land.
Adelina, a quiet hotel waitress, develops a deep obsession with a mysterious guest who has been staying at the hotel for a long time. Drawn deeper into his world through sensitive observations and fleeting moments, her growing obsession drives her to make decisions that jeopardize her job.
In the 1960s after Albania's break with the Soviet Union, the country became an unlikely satellite of communist China (Newsweek referred to the alliance as ‘Mediterranean Maoists’). Enver Hoxha called the bond between the two countries the ‘coming together of the 702 million’, China being the 700 million, Albania representing the two. In exchange for its chrome exports and introducing the 1971 resolution that got China into the United Nations, Albania received sustaining economic and military support. This short documentary focuses on the Chinese table tennis team’s friendship visit, which soon began to sour after US president Richard Nixon visited Beijing.
The story of a young couple of tourists lurking in the Albanian Alps in search of adventure. In a tower in the north they find salvation or mystery...
Denis accidentally meets Dora’s mother. This meeting after 10 years will not be so good for two ex-lovers...
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.
