Discofuneral 2021
A quiet routine unfolds in an absurd world, where a man drifts between dreams of dancing to disco hits with the love of his life and the reality of working as a gravedigger in a cemetery.
A quiet routine unfolds in an absurd world, where a man drifts between dreams of dancing to disco hits with the love of his life and the reality of working as a gravedigger in a cemetery.
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.
Arsa, a deaf little girl, and her mother Dodona, an ex-actress, want to be part of "Festival of Performance". Arsa is not on the list of participants but she and her mother are ready to do everything, only to show up on stage and present their unique story, which ends bloodily.
Termokiss Has No Borders is a short documentary exploring the power of community through the story of Termokiss, a once abandoned building in Prishtina transformed into a vibrant, inclusive space for activism, creativity, and collective action.
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.
Invited to a simultaneous chess game, Ilo Pinci, the specialist of fish and oysters, as well as a well known chess player, arrives at the small coastal town fully convinced to be better than the local chess players. But what makes his coming to this town even more interesting is his hidden desire to discover some technical and practical data on the oyster cultivation.
During the riots of 1997 in Albania the retired photographer PETRO travels from his hometown Gjirokastra to the capital Tirana. He has taken pictures of a killing with his Super-8-camera and wants to get the film developed. Petro doesn't know that he shot material that shows how a TV-camera causes the death of a man and his granddaughter in order to get a good story. Unfortunately Petro meets this cameraman - BERTI - on the trip to Tirana. When the film is finally developed Petro gets to know the truth - and he knows his life is in danger! After many adventures on the road he tries at last to present the film to the public. But he must realize that the material was stolen. So only Petro knows the truth while the media spread lies about the deaths of Girokastra.
After the death of Alban’s brothers in the fire that burnt down their home, the entire family suffers from a shock, mental disorder and extreme poverty. Of all the family members, Alban has been affected the most by this tragedy.
During WWII in Albania, partisans assassinate the collaborationist Colonel Makareci and destroy an enemy arsenal, but betrayal leads to guerrilla fighter Drita to be captured. When Pedro is ordered to execute her to prove loyalty, he reveals his identity and comrades mount a daring rescue, capturing the fascist police chief.
The movie brings closer the life of Albanian youth and the drug problem. It focuses on a relationship of teen girl from a well educated family and a heroin addict, mirroring of Albanian life after a very troubled decade.
The daily life of a teenage girl and her family in Pristina at the end of the 90s. Kosovo is on the brink of war with Serbia, and 13-year-old Dua has to choose between the injunctions of her classmates and her own desires. But ethnic tensions are rising and danger is closing in on her family.
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.
The committee led by Çerçiz Topulli, Mihal Grameno and Hajredin Tremishti return to their village and assassinate the Turkish officer of Gjirokastra. Afterwards, the Ottoman army starts a campaign against the province of Mashkullorë, which became a symbol of Albanian resistance and fight for freedom.
Made by the highly influential Russian cameraman Roman Karmen, this documentary vividly features Albanian life immediately after the communists came to power in 1944. The film is especially memorable since it’s missing much of the heavy socialist realism that marked Albanian doc making. Shortly after he completed the film, Karmen set off for Berlin to shoot the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.
The story of a couple trying to realize a honeymoon in the Caribbean, but a mistake in buying tickets makes them wander the streets of southern Albania experiencing many different vicissitudes.
Year 1995 During the Serbian occupation of Kosovo, in the absence of telephone lines for the Albanian population, a local mayor (chairman of the five Albanian villages) of one part of Kosovo, must give an interview to an English newspaper, but to do this he should move up to a telephone pole, and connect a camera phone just to realize the interview.
Hava's brothers decide to divide their paternal property. According to traditional customs, the right to inheritance belongs to male descendants only whereas Hava has no right to inherit. The eldest brother is obligated to find a husband for his sister. Hava must be married and live at her husband's house.
A translator at the conference of communist parties witnessed the biggest break between the two communist parties. The dramatic events in the military conflict take place on a naval base in Albania, which the Soviets did not dare to adopt. Based on a novel by Ismail Kadare.
Helmet, a young queer looking for intimacy is obsessed by a cruising spot located around the parking Rent a car Relax. He's hanging around there days and nights, but intimidated by his desire, he connects clumsiness and provocations towards the place's keeper: calling and hanging up on her, stealing from the lost and found box, spying... One night, a fight between two cruisers occurs in one of the cars and the guard intervenes. Helmet comes to help her.