Events Archive
 Theo AngelopoulosTheo Angelopoulos was born in Athens in 1935. After studying law, he attended courses at (the French school of cinema) "L'IDHEC" and then grew close to Jean Rouch. Back in Greece, he was hired as film critic for the daily Allagi, which was closed dow... Read more |
 PETER SELLERSTREASURES FROM THE ALBANIAN FILM ARCHIVEDespite the rigid Marxist isolation of dictator Enver Hoxha, many foreign (and some Western) films were seen by Albanian audiences during the nearly half-century of communist rule. Imported to serve as propaga... Read more |
 Special Programme TIFF 2008The 6th annual Tirana International Film Festival (TIFF) is honored to announce the first special program set to kick the festival off on December 1, 2008. TIFF is most pleased to welcome to the Albanian capital American indie legend, Alexandre Roc... Read more |
 KEN LOACHKen Loach has been invited in the third edition of TIFF to present his film Tickets, conducted together with the directors Ermano Olmi and Abbas Kierostami. Read more |
 MONTXO ARMENDARIZMontxo Armendáriz One of Spain's hottest directors of the 1990s, Montxo Armendáriz directed the internationally acclaimed Secretos del Corazon, Silencio rotto, Obaba. Born in Navarra on 1949, before becoming a filmmaker, Armendáriz studied electronic... Read more |
MARY JORDANThe American award winning director in Tribeca Film Festival 2007 for her documentary ” Jack Smiths” and the destruction of Atlantis” Mary Jordan will be present for the Albanian Audience during the days of the festival in Tirana. Highly intelligent ... Read more |
 ALEXANDER MANICTHE SHUTKA BOOK OF RECORDSAfter studying at the Philosophical Faculty of the Cologne University, he moved to Prague to attend FAMU, the renowned film and TV academy. There he directed a short called Astropolitan, which premiered at the International ... Read more |
 FRANCO NEROFranco NeroWith the same look like in “The Last Gunman” Franco Nero has calmly shown up in the hall of Rogner Hotel, where the present journalists expected with curiosity the man who has done 145 films.This is the first time that Nero comes in Alba... Read more |
 CAVEH ZAHEDICaveh Zahedi was born in 1960 in Washington D.C. Zahedi is the director of the American independent features A LITTLE STIFF and I DON'T HATE LAS VEGAS ANYMORE . Zahedi appears in all of his own films, and has also acted in other directors' films. He ... Read more |
 GORAN PASKALJEVICGoran Paskaljevic studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (FAMU). He has made 30 documentaries and 14 feature films, shown and acclaimed at the most prestigious international film festivals (Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and San Sebastian... Read more |
 PHIL PARMETPhill ParmetThe 5th edition of the Tirana International Film Festival is very pleased have as a guest in-person Phill Parmet as a director of photography in many masterpieces including the last collaboration Tarantino- Rodrigues in ” Grindhouse”, in ... Read more |
 SAM GREENThe 5th edition of Tirana International Film Festival is honoured to have as a part of the International jury, the OSCAR nominee American documentary director Sam Green.Sam Green’s documentary films have been featured in a number of festivals, among ... Read more |
 ANGELIKI ANTONIOUThe Greek director Angeliki Antoniou is going to be present for the Albanian audience with her many award winning film “Eduart”. Based upon true events Eduart, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the d... Read more |
 DUSAN MAKAVEJEVDusan MakavejevThe 5th edition of the Tirana International Film Festival is very pleased to honor master filmmaker Dusan Makavejev. The director will appear in-person to introduce prints of his highly controversial 'WR: Mysteries of the Organism' (19... Read more |
 MIGUEL HERMOSOMiguel HermosoIn cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Tirana at TIFF07 will be present the well known Spanish director Miguel Hermoso. With his film “La Luz Prodigiosa (Marvellous Light)” examines what might have happened if famed Spanish writer... Read more |
