Albanian (official selection

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Sunday, 15 September 2019

Albanian (official selection - TIFF 2015)

5 Euro

Don RAÇA

Fiction | Kosova | 2015 | 4’23

Edon is forced by his drug-addicted father to ﬁnd 5 Euros. Edon has no option; he gets out on the streets and terrorizes his fellow. A shocking story about violence.

Capsule

Irdit KASO

Fiction | Albania | 2015 | 18’54

Keli works as welder. He has not got his salary since nine months ago. He has to pay his credit and if not the bank will take his house. Keli tries to ﬁnd a place feelling like home.

Dreamland

Xhulio JOKA

Experimental | Albania | 2014 | 18’07’’

The story revolves around a young bullied boy who could not ﬁt in the real world. One usual day, Alex discovers something. Something that would change his life forever. Between a land of dreams and reality, the movie revolves around a love story and an enternal sacriﬁce.

Pandora

Arlinda MORINA

Experimental | Kosova | 2014 | 25’37’’

A couple is trying to save what is leﬅ from their relationship. Even though this is senseless, anylonger. And when the untolds’ are said, the relationship vanishes.

The Innocent

Amir VITIJA

Fiction | Kosova | 2015 | 14’50’’

A yong taxi dispatcher recieves an ordinary call that turn into a extraordinary situation...

Think Twice

Naser SHILLOVA

Animation | UK | 2015 | 7’42’’

In the world of only land and sky three Happyballs sing, roll and play together. Their happiness is brought to a halt by the appearance of a single white chair in the horizon. Two of the Happyballs slide happily on it but a third Happyball wants it all for himself.

Lorena HIDA

Experimental | Albania | 2015 | 8’

The dream begins in the living room.

Chasing the Sun

Natasha BEGA

Fiction | Albania | 2015 | 30’

A ﬁlm about love of two lesbians.

It Has no Title

Elirë XHEMAILI, Benet NELKU

Experimental | Albania | 2015 | 24’44’’

This is the story of two ﬁlm students trying to get their diploma ﬁlm done. Reconstructing memories and moments in their quest to do so, they are hunted by whatislefiout.

Retirement Day

Fisnik MUJI

Fiction | Kosova | 2015 | 14’07’’

Agim Kryeziu, a 65 year- old, physics professor in gymnasium high school, is in his last day of teaching. His students and the school staﬀ is preparing a farewell party for him. Everything is going perfectly well, when a night before his retirement, he experiences one of the technology tricks from his students, so we ﬁnd him in the hospital “ﬁghting for life”.

THE LITTLE BRANCH

Bertrand SHIJAKU

Animation | Albania | 2015 | 10’20’’

This is the story of the little branch that wants to be free. One day she asks for help from her friend, the wood pecker, because she wants to separate from the mother tree. He gives the aid , she desires to see the world but one eagle could bring a potential disaster.

Three

Arian DALLADAKU

Fiction | Albania | 2015 | 14’16’’

A party leader is going to a meeting. During the way he is rehearsing his speech. Suddenly he sees a couple in another car having an argument. He stops his speech.

Building on Sand

Kejd KUQO

Documentary | Canada | 2014 | 8’21’’

An old tradition forces a man to leave his family in Albania. He is ultimately caught in a complex deportation bind.

Cheers

Norika SEFA

Fiction | Kosova | 2015 | 27’38’’

The ﬁrst payment Lisi (13) decides to share among friends from work, as

a real man. Friends want rakia. Lisi will drink rakia, he already knows it is not easy to be an adult. But how can it become immediately so unstable? The one who can be very sweet with him behaves so mean to the friend next to him. They are still laughing, some are frowning. There is also a shout. Friends are drunk, they behave as children, so Lis has the time to show how grown up is he.

Liberation

Burim HALITI

Fiction | Albania | 2015 | 30’

During the war, a teacher and a student, remain trapped in a primary school, they will survive inside the school for a few months, suddenly at the end something will happen to them!

SHOK

Jamie DONOUGHUE

Fiction | Kosova | 2015 | 21’05’’

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

The Very Same

Armand VELLAHU

Fiction | Albania | 2014 | 25’

The ﬁlm is focused on the nowadays Albanian youth. A guy must work, attend school, activities and rent a house at the same time. Being under pressure for lack of time, he starts lying. In a certain moment, everything in his mind start to be confused, and he is not more sure, what time, situation and chatacters, he is attending.

Where is Don

More RAÇA

Fiction | Kosova | 2015 | 10’09’’

An episode in the life of a journalist living unprotected under the nightmare of threats.

Festival Events

SCANDINAVIAN SHORT PANORAMA
SHORTS ATTACK - BY INTERFILM BERLIN
APULIAN CINEMA DAYS
ISTITUTO LUCE, with the best directors of short film
"KOSOVA FILM" the retrospective of best feature films from Kosova
"TIME OF GYPSIES" - feature & documentary films from balkan filmmakers
"ACADEMY OF ARTS" film school works from: denmark, israel, kosova and finland
SUPINFOCOM - jury's special mention for the animation, tiff 2003
"REFLECTING ALBANIA" documentary films made in albania by the different foreign filmmakers