General Gramophone

General Gramophone 1978

6.50

Halit Berati, a virtuoso clarinet player, is invited by the Italians to record his music, which is to be sold along Italian records.

1978

Magic Eye

Magic Eye 2005

1

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.

2005

Babai

Babai 2015

5.90

10-year-old Nori is obliged to grow up at a very young age after the early death of his mother and then being abandoned by his father Gezim in the Kosovo of the 1990s.After a dangerous and eventful journey, Nori finally arrives in Germany and is reunited with his father, but he cannot understand how Gezim could just have left him. And chances of them being able to stay in Germany look bleak when Gezim’s application for asylum is rejected.

2015

The Swelling River

The Swelling River 1981

1

In a mining plant in Kosovo, as occurs in many work organizations across the country, workers continue to win new positions in the self-management. The former miner and fighter - now general manager of the factory - is on the side of the workers, but has troubles in personal life.

1981

Phantom Youth

Phantom Youth 2024

7.41

Zoe and Volta, childhood friends from a remote village, move to Pristina to pursue their studies. Full of dreams and youthful idealism, they befriend a group of rebellious, anti-establishment activists determined to make their voices heard. Amidst the social and political tensions of Kosovo in 2007, on the brink of independence, they navigate a country in turmoil—one searching for its identity while its youth remain overlooked.

2024

reVirgination

reVirgination 2018

10.00

Somewhere in Albania, 2018. A couple decides to get married but clashes with tradition hard to die.

2018

Keepers of the Fog

Keepers of the Fog 1988

1

Images and reality intermingle in this account of the writer's own experiences under totalitarian regime.

1988

Shame and Money

Shame and Money 2026

1

After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.

2026

The Newest City in the World

The Newest City in the World 1974

1

Little Fatmir, whose parents have worked in a construction site, dreams of building himself a town. In his efforts to make his dream a reality, the kindergarten teacher and a workman who brings in working tools for all his friends, assist him. Within the courtyard of a kindergarten, the newest town in the world is thus erected, where children's dreams and characters are revealed.

1974

Whiteness

Whiteness 1986

1

Film inspired by the harsh winter of 1985. The film follows two storylines: the story of a young girl who studies to become a nurse and the story of some pilots who have to make a delivery.

1986

Our Land

Our Land 1964

1

After the agrarian reform, a dispute for the land starts between two families in north Albania.

1964

The Flying Circus

The Flying Circus 2019

10.00

Four actors travel illegally through Balkan borders in war times to a theatre festival. But their real mission is to find their idol Michael Palin.

2019

Alive!

Alive! 2009

6.70

A young college student from rural Albania leaves school to visit home, only to find himself embroiled in his family's deadly blood feud.

2009

Echo on the Seashore

Echo on the Seashore 1966

9.00

World War II. Patriot Jonuz Bruga has troubles with his young son, Selim, who leads an immoral lifestyle and does not support the anti-fascist war, while his brothers fight in the city's guerrilla units.

1966

Slogans

Slogans 2001

6.50

Andre starts as a teacher in a remote mountain village in Albania. His first task is to choose one of two communist slogans. He picks the shorter one, which is appreciated by his class, because they have to build the slogan on the hillside using whitewashed rocks. However, this means that the longer slogan goes to Diana, the French teacher to whom Andre is attracted. Andre gets on the wrong side of the communist party boss of the village, when he stands up for an unjustly accused goat herdsman, whom he had befriended. The boss is determined to take his revenge on Andre.

2001

Love: Dashuri

Love: Dashuri 2021

1

"Love" portraits a mid life crisis of a 40 year old man recently separated from his wife who goes back to his country in search of a change and of himself.

2021

Hive

Hive 2021

6.99

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.

2021

How to Die

How to Die 1972

1

Destinies of two friends-fighters during WW2.

1972

Friend

Friend 2015

7.34

The friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.

2015