In the film "Composition" the plot is not classically constructed but from a subjective emotional state of the filmmaker himself, a condition that includes memories and scenes of our everyday life that follow us in the form of a mix between poetry, humor and nostalgia. The Balkan atmosphere dominates but it all turns into a universal message of love where the man and everything dear around him merge into one.
The Albanian transition has obliged Loro Shestani to give up: his wife is dead, his daughter is a refugee in Italy and has forgotten her roots, the sea does not offer fish any more. Loro has passed over the middle of his life and he has understood that his life is in vain, he is not prepared to accept this new world. He shares his solitude with his pigeons.
Can heartbeats be “reactionary”? Yes, if they are the only sonic element on a montage-heavy documentary about the war dead. Made just before Enver Hoxha’s cultural purges in 1974, Dhimitër Anagnosti’s formalist, wonderfully edited affair will finally premiere in a restored version after its completion forty-two years ago.
Short animated film about a girl who takes care of the geese.
Documentary film from 1986.
Documentary about the building of the Durres-Tirane railway.
Documentary about the Albanian writer.
Documentary about the soprano Tefta Tashko Koço. It uses only photographs of her, as well as short interviews with various friends of her. Although the audio is not perfect, you can enjoy many fragments from her songs.
Intervista seeks to deal in microcosm with the issue of how Albanian communist-era elites have sought to justify their roles in the now-discredited regime that ruled the country for nearly half a century. This brief film offers some poignant vignettes of contemporary life in Albania... [and] also underscores the reluctance of Albania's former Communist elite to confront its past. Both the quality of its content and its length make Intervista a potentially valuable instructional resource
On the verge of Kosovo’s declaration of independence, MARIA, a teenage girl from a poor family in Northern Albania is sold off as a bride to MILAN, a 50-year-old Serb from a remote village in Kosovo. Maria must decide if she will accept this new life or fight back and choose her own fate.
A year has passed since Blin mysteriously vanished without a trace. His girlfriend Dea, urged by her best friend Rrita, decide to travel together for the first time in Berlin to party for one night, hoping to find closure amidst strangers. Their desire to blend in the rave scene quickly turns into a nightmarish encounter of haunting familiarity. As the lines between reality and illusion blur, Dea comes face-to-face with a drag queen who bears a striking resemblance to someone from her past. In the midst of this surreal encounter, Dea is facing a life altering decision to break free from the past or remain trapped in its shadows.
Din unfortunately, like many others, was sexually raped during the war, the truth had already begun to emerge and this condition was weighing on him emotionally, having difficulty facing his wife and the society regarding this tragic reality.
A story about life of Sureya Imami - the first Albanian music teacher in Macedonia.
A documentary about migration.
A documentary that deals with the topic of migration and migrant workers. This topic is explained through the people who are interviewed. Among the interviewees is muslim priest, a French researcher who talks about Albanian emigrants and migrant workers, and four migrant workers who are pensioners.
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 poetic short documentary that revives the history of the Antifascist Front of Women and its literary activism in Kosovo. Village women read and re-interpret archival feminist texts aloud, connecting past struggles and publications with contemporary experiences of gender, visibility and cultural memory in rural Kosovo. The film interrogates representation and the “female gaze” while giving voice to women who carry this history into the present.
This documentary shows high school students in the place where they poof their problems away, the place where they enjoy breaking the school rules.
“Six More Days of Bread” is a conceptual short film that revisits Albania’s centennial celebration in 2012, when a 500m² cake was placed in Skanderbeg Square, causing a surreal and chaotic public spectacle.
