A Name Among People

A Name Among People 1983

1

Biopic about the patriot and political activist Avni Rustemi.

1983

Moonshine

Moonshine 2022

10.00

A group of friends decide to spend the night at a villa, but everything changes when they encounter an environmentalist.

2022

Her Children

Her Children 1957

1

Events take place in an isolated mountaineous village where a rabid dog bites the son of Fatime. The woman has to decide where to take her son, to the doctor or to Aunt Remja, an old woman who practices magic.

1957

Road of No Return

Road of No Return 1998

1

This film is a powerful drama that depicts the aftermath of war and its impact on the lives of individuals and society.

1998

Bitter Spring

Bitter Spring 1985

1

At the center of the film is a patriot photographer, who sees how the city moves on the eve of invasion by focusing his camera at the heroic resistance of the people.

1985

Traces in the Snow

Traces in the Snow 1984

1

Border guards discover footprints in the snow near the border and become suspicious.

1984

Brothers and Friends

Brothers and Friends 1980

1

The year is 1941, World War II is going on. Vaso returns to his village, helping the revolt of the villagers against the enemy. Marko, his brother, wants to get revenge against the people who took his fiancée. This revenge becomes part of the overall revolt.

1980

Looking for Venera

Looking for Venera 2022

7.00

Living in a crowded, multi-generational household in a small village in Kosovo, the quiet teenager Venera can rarely find privacy. However, when she befriends the rebellious Dorina, a new, liberating world opens up to her. Slowly, Venera begins to push against her conservative family’s expectations.

2022

Daybreak

Daybreak 2018

6.25

Leta has not been able to pay the rent for several months. When she and her one-year-old son are thrown out of their apartment, they move in with Sophie, an old woman confined to bed, whose daughter has just employed Leta as a caretaker. In order to keep her job and a roof over their head, Leta has to keep Sophie alive at any cost.

2018

My Lake

My Lake 2020

4.50

Young Kristo lives in a village at the edge of gorgeous Lake Prespa, a body of water divided on the borders of three Balkan countries Albania, Macedonia and Greece. In order to support his family, Kristo has become a small-time marijuana smuggler, using his boat and knowledge of the lake waters to transport drug packages from the Albanian to the Macedonian side.

2020

Fan Noli Street

Fan Noli Street 2020

9.50

In a peaceful neighborhood life is quiet, but a traumatic past promises to change lives of people that live there, forever.

2020

El olvido de la memoria

El olvido de la memoria 1999

7.00

Children learn what they see and feel what their elders teach them to feel. If they live surrounded by hate and thirst for revenge, they will learn to hate and take revenge. The documentary collects the stories of these children told by themselves; of the children who live today in the war and of those who, already old, reflect on the childhood they lived in another distant war.

1999

Strings for Violin

Strings for Violin 1987

9.00

Andon, a young violinist, is seriously studying for the admission competition at the Academy of Fine Arts. Cosmai, the father, thinks his son cannot win the competition without a bit of external help. He mobilizes all his friends and relatives so that his son can be sure to win. Muco, the chairman of the commission, is incapable of judging clearly and bored from all the interventions pours the anger on the young talented violinist.

1987

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

Kosovo: Desperate Search

Kosovo: Desperate Search 2006

10.00

The film "Kosova: Desperate Search" recounts the repercussions and effects of the Kosovar war on the Albanian population. Ethnic cleansings and other atrocities mentally and physically destroyed the people. The entwined destinies of individual persons and families from various geographic regions and social classes are the basis of a closely interconnected storyline. Families are not only looking for their missing children, but also for new hope and perspectives.

2006

Who Dies Standing

Who Dies Standing 1984

10.00

Film based on the life and patriotic activities of teacher Petro Nini Luarasi.

1984

Broken

Broken 2017

10.00

Jani Budi, 60s, after serving a sentence, was released from prison in Ancona and embarks on a ship to return to his country of origin, Albania. Arriving in Tirana he discovers the shocking truth: his wife died shortly after his arrest, and his son, Andi, has become politically corrupt. The film is a combination of drama and comedy that scans Albania today and human relations.

2017

In the 11th Festival of Song

In the 11th Festival of Song 1971

1

No one knows why for certain, but from 1968 to 1973 communist Albania enjoyed a brief liberalisation in the arts. Banned books and Beatles records changed hands. Albania’s Nobel-nominated novelist Ismail Kadare wrote two of his most famed masterpieces, Kështjella (The Castle) (1970) and Kronikë në gur (Chronicle in Stone) (1971) during this period. The rock'n'roll and jazz arrangements featured in this concert documentary were the pretext that brought about the end to the artistic thaw. Several performers seen in the festival were sent to prison or internal exile. The portly, smiling music conductor, Gasper Çurçia, was later accused of forging bus tickets and executed.

1971

Ndre Mjeda

Ndre Mjeda 1966

1

Documentary about the famous Albanian poet

1966