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A SHORT HISTORY
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 The ANCC’s goal is to foster and advance
Albanian cinema, encouraging new visions
and emerging voices. As always, artistic merit
will continue to be the most important criterion
upon which these projects are selected.
Since its creation the ANCC has supported
production, distribution and promotion of 33+
feature films, 34+ shorts, 75 documentaries
and 48+ animations. The ANCC actively
encourages Albanian filmmakers in developing
feature film projects by financially supporting
international co-productions, as a strategy to
enhance distribution and reception of these
films beyond our borders. ANCC finances short
films made by up and coming directors along
with film students making their first productions
in order for them to see their efforts reach the
big screen.
The ANCC financially assists film festivals
along with presenting worldwide the ‘Days
of Albanian Cinema’ – as well as valuable
seminars, conferences and screenings meant
to introduce and improve the film industry in
Albania. The ANCC is also responsible for
The Albanian publishing many books on various Albanian
National Center of cinematographic subjects. The ANCC
Cinematography represents Albania in a number of international
(ANCC) was motion picture organizations such as
created in 1997. Eurimages, SEE Cinema
Network and the European Film Promotion.
The ANCC is the The ANCC is also responsible for organizing
only governmental pavilions and booths which promote Albanian
national institution cinema in international film festivals, such as
that finances, Cannes and Berlin.
encourages The films co-produced by the ANCC have
and promotes met with success, receiving nominations and
Albania’s film winning prizes in important festivals, both inside
production. and outside Albania.
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The story of In 1909, Kolë Idromeno was the first Albanian
Albanian cinema ever to screen a motion picture in Shkodra.
is related to Later on, foreign films were commonly shown
the ripple effect in the theaters of Albania’s main cities. In 1943,
generated by director Mihallaq Mone shot a 10-minute long
the birth of the motion picture for the first time in Albania, in
seventh art Pogradec. It was entitled “A Meeting at the
form itself. The Lake” and featured actors such as Merita
brothers Lumière Sokoli, the Xhaçka sisters and then-renowned
invention quickly Albanian actor from Romania.
echoed in the Kristaq Antoniu. At the start of the 20th
Balkans through century, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire
the pioneer work brought disarray into the Balkans, as nations
carried out by the scrambled to redefine their borders. As the
Manaki brothers, Albanian territory became a battleground for
of Albanian origin, the Balkan Wars during the First and Second
also known as the World Wars, foreign film operators embedded
Lumière brothers in their respective armies, were sent over by
of the Balkans. news agencies to document the mayhem in
the area and captured footage that stands out
as priceless evidence of those chaotic times.
Some of this rare footage can be found today in
Albania’s Central Film Archive. The earliest film
account goes back to 1911 and shows scenes
from the siege of Shkodra by the Montenegrin
army.
There is also documentary footage of Prince
Wied’s arrival in Albania and early scenes from
Tirana and Durrës. Albanian organized national
film production began in 1947, as the National
Filmmaking Enterprise was founded, which
promptly started producing
documentaries, newsreels and reports. As
the “New Albania” Film Studio was founded
in 1952, feature length motion pictures and
documentaries would soon be produced as
well. An entire generation of filmmakers from
Eastern European universities
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In the 1980s, laid the foundations of national filmmaking
Albania produced upon returning to Albania. The feature length
yearly as many “Scanderbeg” from 1953, was coproduced with
as 14 feature the Soviet “Mosfilm” studio. The first Albanian
length films, 30 short film, “Fëmijët e saj” (“Her Children”) was
documentaries produced in 1957, by director Hysen Hakani; a
and over 500 year later, in 1958, director Kristaq Dhamo shot
newsreels Albania’s first feature length film, “Tana.” These
- figures events marked the beginning of an energetic
comparable to process, which would create the conditions
those of other for the transmission, from one generation to
countries in the another, of a national filmmaking culture and
region and other tradition.
small countries in During the 1960-1980 period, filmmaking
Western Europe. served ideological purposes, but the very
systematic practice of the art created stability
and wasn’t devoid of excellence.
However, because the country was politically
and culturally isolated from the rest of the
world, Albanian filmmaking lost touch with
contemporary cinema, and became provincial
The last decade and impervious to avant-garde influences from
has brought about other countries. As feature films had to deal
international with topics and subjects dictated by politics,
success and all artistic alternatives were suppressed. After
a new spirit to the fall of communism in the early 1990s,
Albanian cinema, young and not so young authors, based on
with several the filmmaking experience gathered during
productions previous decades, started to make up for
being of the the time and opportunities Albanian cinema
Auteur category, had lost, with new motivation and ambition.
enriching the Today, the community of Albanian filmmakers
national film has to face new challenges, as it tries to
scene with new make Albanian filmmaking part of the global
individualities filmmaking industry.
eager to find
new forms of
expression.
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 European Film Promotion (EFP) is the
only existing international network of
organizations promoting and marketing
Eurimages is the cultural support fund European cinema worldwide. Founded
of the Council of Europe. Established in in 1997, the network comprises
1989, it currently numbers 36 of the 47 professional organizations from 36
member states of the Strasbourg-based European countries who are experts in
Organisation. Albania has been a part promoting and marketing their own
of Eurimages since 2009. Eurimages national cinema. With a strong presence
promotes the European audiovisual in most important Film Festivals and
industry by providing financial support markets, worldwide, the EFP’s strategies
to feature films, animations and span a broad spectrum and include
documentaries produced in Europe. In artistic and business-oriented platforms
doing so, it encourages co-operation which support the goal of increasing the
between professionals established in visibility and marketability of European
different European countries. films globally.

www.coe.int www.efp-online.com
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 Apulia Film Commission (AFC) was
born in 2007 and aims to attract
audiovisual production companies
by providing subsidies to lower the
costs of preparation, production and
The South Eastern Europe Cinema post-production of the projects shot
Network (SEE Cinema Network) was set in Puglia-Italy. Since 2014, Albania,
up in 2000. The goal is to support the represented by the Ministry of Culture
film industry of Southeast European and the Albanian National Center of
states (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cinematography has signed a co-
Bulgaria, Greece, the former Yugoslav operation agreement with the Apulia Film
Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Commission. The first project in which
Serbia, Slovenia, Cyprus) to financially Albania became eligible for the AFC
support the short and feature films co- funds was Project Memoria which
produced between at least two of the resulted in a co-production grant for
member countries. three Albanian producers.

www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al www.en.apuliafilmcommission.it
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No Title Category

1 Chromium Feature

2 The Internationals Feature

3 Broken Feature

4 Across the Sea Feature

5 Shadow of the Sun Indie Feature

6 No Country for Fairy Tales Indie Feature

7 Daybreak Debut Feature

8 An Unforgettable Spring Debut Feature

in a Forgotten Village

10 The Vanished Minority Co-production

11 The Marriage Minority Co-production

12 A Time Without Love Feature Development

13 The Box Feature Development

14 The Flying Circus Debut Feature Development

15 The Legend of the Cane Debut Feature Development

16 Heaven Has Been Fooled Short

17 The Carousel Short

18 Ana Short

19 Keno Short

20 The Dog Killers Indie Short

21 Some Coal, Sir? Indie Short

22 Shirt Sleeve Indie Short

23 The Bread Indie Short

23 The Waiting Documentary

23 Between Village and City Documentary Indie

23 Steel and Lord Documentary Indie

23 Two Days in the Factory Documentary Indie

23 The Little Branch Animation

23 Faraway Animation

23 Sarah Animation

23 TIFF Film Festival

23 B3F Film Festival

23 AniFest "Rozafa" Film Festival

23 Dea Open Air Film Festival

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 CHROMIUM
by Bujar Alimani

After having lost two husbands, a Genre: Drama

Produced by: Tefta Bejko
mute woman, a mother of two young Anita Elsani
boys must survive and support her Valon Jakupaj
family by sheer will. Her teenage Thanos Anastopoulos
Director: Bujar Alimani
son tries to come into his own while Screenplay: Bujar Alimani
attending school and illegally finding Photography: Ilias Adamis
Editor: Bonita Papastathi
work in a nearby chrome mine. When
Costumes: Stela Laknori
another man begins dating the mute Set Design: Emir Turkeshi
woman, the mother is confronted by Cast: Fredjon Ruci
Klodjana Keco
her adolescent son’s jealous tan- Mirela Naska
trums. A young female math teacher Kasem Hoxha
who loves rock music appears as a Denis Shira
Erjona Kaja
guardian angel helping and guiding Bledi Naska
the young fifteen year old boy in his
difficult journey towards manhood.

Producer Contact:

’90 Production
Bujar Alimani
Lgj. 29 Marsi, Patos, Fier
Tel.: 0035538122049
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 THE INTERNATIONALS
by Pluton Vasi
(Post-Production)

Genre: Black Comedy/Drama Based on Ylljet Aliçjka’s acclaimed

Produced by: Vjollca Dedei
Didier Couedic
novel,The Internationals is a dark satire
Director: Pluton Vasi which takes place in the Albanian
Screenplay: Ylljet Aliçka diplomatic environment following a
Photography: Ram Shani
Editor: Gjergji Pano group of international officials who, often
Costumes: Burim Musliu anonymous in their own country, arrive
Set Design: Adnant Kastrati
in Albania and face numerous cultural
Cast: Kastriot Caushi
Eni Shehu differences and difficulties. Alongside
Rovena Lule Kuka this drama, an Albanian diplomat
Alert Celoaliaj
experiences discrimination while falling
Karafil Shena
Genti Kame in love with a foreign official. Based on a
true story, The Internationals will make
you laugh and cry.

Producer Contact:

ARTFILM P&D
Ms. Vjollca Dedei
Beqir Luga, pall.3/1 apt.9, AL 1000, Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355 6920 70599
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 BROKEN
by Edmond Budina
(Completed)

After serving eighteen years in an Genre: Black Comedy/Drama

Produced by: Adele Budina
Italian prison for a crime he didn’t Director: Edmond Budina
commit, an uncompromising man Screenplay: Edmond Budina
returns to his village and discovers his Photography: Daniele Baldacci
Music: Oliver Josifovski
son’s profitable business has set the Editor: Barbara de Mori
community on a path of environmental Set Design: Leander Ljarja
Cast: Edmond Budina
destruction.
Nikolla Llambro
Gladiola Harizaj
Laert Vasili

Producer Contact:

A.B. FILM
M. Shyri, pall. 51/41,Tirana
Tel.: 00355673842938
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 ACROSS THE SEA
by Pierre Maillard

Genre: Drama Jean, a veteran Swiss war

Produced by: CAB PRODUCTIONS SA
ECLIPSE SA Film Production
photographer, snaps a single picture of
Director: Pierre Maillard a terrible crime in war torn Kosovo. After
Spartak Pecani this terrifying trauma, he decides to
Screenplay: Pierre Maillard
Music: Fatos Qerimi live an isolated life in the woods of Italy.
Photography: Aldo Mugnier Returning to the Balkans, Jean tries to
Editor: Jean Reusser
ease his painful memories and redeem
Costumes: Gerta Oparaku
Cast: Carlo Brandt himself by helping a young Albanian
Kristina Ago woman escape to Italy.
Micchele Venitucci
Tinka Kurti
Vasjan Lami

Producer Contact:

ECLIPSE SA Film Production

Spartak Pecani
M. Peza, Pall 220/4, Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355692081789
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 DAYBREAK
by Gentian Koçi
(Completed)

Leta finds herself in a desperate Genre: Drama

Produced by: Gentian Koçi
economic situation, unable to pay her Irini Vougioukalou
rent for several months. When she Daniel Burlac
and her one-year-old son are thrown Director: Gentian Koçi
Screenplay: Gentian Koçi
out of their apartment, they move in Photography: Ilias Adamis
with Sophie, an old, bedridden woman Editing: Christos Giannakopoulous
Bonita Papastathi
whose daughter has just employed
Set Design: Ilia Kolka
Leta as caretaker. In order to keep her Costume Design: Emir Turkeshi
job and a roof over their heads, Leta Cast: Ornela Kapetani
Suzana Prifti
must keep Sophie alive at any cost.
Kasem Hoxha

Producer Contact:

ARTALB Film
Gentian Koçi
Mustafa Mehidri, Njesia Nr 1, ND-64, Tirana.
Tel: 00355 69 23 21 352
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 BUNKER
by Kastriot Hasa
(Post-Production)

Genre: Black Comedy/Drama Communist Albania, 1983. Frida, the

Produced by: Kastriot Hasa
Director: Kastriot Hasa
daughter of a communist believer, is
Screenplay: Kastriot Hasa engaged to a secret police operative,
Photography: Andrew Parke an immoral man with tremendous
Editor: Roush Media
power and influence. Frida falls in love
with Artur, a handsome young man
who has been interned for political
crimes in her village. In no position
to refuse her parent’s choice, Frida is
unable to change her circumstances
until she catches the communist
agent in a despicable act. Wanting
out of her engagement, Frida faces
the secret policeman’s wrath since
he and the Party strongly oppose a
possible union between her and the
politically undesirable true love. The
operative does everything in his power
to separate the couple but the young
people have other plans.
Producer Contact:

Kastriot Hasa
Th. Ziko, Pall. 6/9, Tirana, Albania
Contact: Xhustin Pojani
Debut Feature

00355692942542, 00355689023410
E-mail: [email protected]

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AN UNFORGETTABLE SPRING
IN A FORGOTTEN VILLAGE
by Kushtrim Bekteshi
(Post-Production)

The quiet and ordinary life of a forgotten Genre: Comedy

Produced by: Sasho Pavlovski
village changes dramatically when Genc Përmeti
three prostitutes arrive at the local café. Mumin Jashari
Despite the best efforts of their wives to Director: Kushtrim Bekteshi
Screenplay: Kushtrim Bekteshi
stop them, the men spend all their time
at the bar. Chaos overcomes the local
school, religious devotees abandon the
mosque. Only two youngsters benefit
from all this mayhem, realizing a love
affair forbidden by their parents.

Producer Contact:

SKA-NDAL sh.p.k.
Genc Përmeti
Address, Bul, Zhan d’ Ark Pall i ri, ap, 34,
Tirana- Albania.
Tel: 00355697494868
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ska-ndal.com

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 HEAVEN HAS
BEEN FOOLED
by Odeta Çunaj

Genre: Drama After breaking up with her live-in

Produced by: Odeta Çunaj
Director: Odeta Çunaj
boyfriend, a young woman decides
Screenplay: Odeta Çunaj to take a quiet bath. But outside, a
Editor: Stefan Stabenow neighborhood protest over a noisy
Music: The Alicka Problems
Cast: Odeta Çunaj tennis court suddenly brings a magical
Alban Ukaj change into her life.
Erion Kruja

Producer Contact:

O Film
Odeta Çunaj
Vaso Pasha Shk 1, Ap 1 Tirana, Albania
Debut Feature

Tel: 00355697830711
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE CAROUSEL
by Elkjana Gjipali

They are different. They are friends. Genre: Drama

Produced by: Gent Prizreni
They tell us their story from a spinning Director: Elkjana Gjipali
carousel. Luiza travels back in time Screenplay: Elkjana Gjipali
while Viola leaves the past behind and Photography: Spartak Papadhimitri
Art Design: Oriana Kamberi
lives with expectations Cast: Kristjana Dodaj
of the future. They are iving proof Kristina Ismaili
Gent Baholli
of the phrase: ‘Sometime you’re up,
Enja Marku
sometimes you’re down and sometimes Grania Duka
you just go round and round’... Pierin Vlashi

Producer Contact:

KINOSTUDIO DAR DAN

Gent Prizreni
Rr. Sheh Ahmet Pazari,
Pallati Ambassador 3, Kati II, Apt. 13, Tirana
Tel.: 003556840035563005
E-mail: [email protected]
www.dardan.al
Short

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ANA
by Ajola Daja
(released)

Genre: Drama Ana, a university literature teacher

Produced by: Bunker Film +
Director: Ajola Daja
lives together with her boyfriend Beni,
Screenplay: Ajola Daja a successful businessman. When Ana
Photography: Erald Deda has an affair with one of her younger
Cast: Ina Gjonçi
Igli Zarka students, the energetic Ergi, the older
Enkel Gurakuqi Beni tries to get Ana back.

Producer Contact:

Bunker Film+
Eno Milkani
Mine Peza 2/3/20 Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355682070701
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

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 KENO
by Ergys Peqini
(released)

Keno comes from a mountain village to Genre: Drama

Produced by: Vladimir Prifti
the capital city of Tirana and finds a job Director: Ergys Peqini
as a warden in an apartment building. Screenplay: Vladimir Prifti
He is all alone, no home, no wife or Photography: Dritan Mesareja
Editor: Dritan Mesareja
children, since, many years before, on Music: Edison Picari
one gloomy winter afternoon, as he was Cast: Mehdi Malka
Aneta Male
chopping wood, everything he ever
Guljelm Radoja
loved was taken away by a
snowball. The events which
happened back in the village cause
Keno to talk to himself. Meri, a retired
teacher, gives Keno a bag full of used
clothes and a mobile phone so that
he can communicate with his missing
family.

Producer Contact:

Eurofilm
Vladimir Prifti
Rr e Dibrës, Nr.178 Tirana
Tel: 00355682227702
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

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THE WAITING
by Roland Sejko

Produced by: “DIGITALB” On September 21, 2014, Pope

in colaboration with
“Istituto Luce Cinecittà”
Francis chose Albania for his first
Director: Roland Sejko European visit, arriving in “a country
Screenplay: Roland Sejko that has long suffered the ideologies
Photography: Erfort Kuke
Editor: Luca Onorati
of the past”. Director Sejko uses
the pontiff’s voyage from Rome to
Tirana to chronicle a half century
of Albania’s sometimes painful
religious experience. This doc uses
historical material juxtaposed against
footage from Francis trip to this
formerly atheist nation, by cutting
betweent wo narratives: a Franciscan
priest who spent most of his life in
prison and a cathedral that was turned
into a sports palace.

Producer Contact:

Digitalb Sh.A
Autostrada Tirana - Durrës, Rruga “Pavaresia”
Nr.39 Komuna Kashar, Tirana
Tel: 0035542388000
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

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 THE LITTLE BRANCH
by Bertrand Shijaku

The story of a little tree branch that Produced by: Genti Gjonaj
Director: Bertrand Shijaku
wants only to be free. One day, the Screenplay: Kujtim Gjonaj
limb asks for help from her friend, a Bertrand Shijaku
woodpecker, to help her separate from Photography: Spartak Papadhimitri
Editor: Dionis Papadhimitri
the mother tree. The woodpecker is Music: Miron Kotani
more than willing to help but an eagle
could bring a potential disaster.

Producer Contact:

Bota Shqiptare
Genti Gjonaj
Bulevardi “Gjergj Fishta’’ Kulla Nr.2 Tirana - Albania
Documentary

Tel: 00355682065280
E-mail: [email protected]

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 SARAH
by Artan Maku

Produced by: Artan Maku Resentment and a sudden,

Director: Artan Maku
Screenplay: Jani Duri
unexpected change drain and then
Photography: Milto Çarka ruin everything. But in our story, this
Editor: Megi Karaj fury and unpredictable shift somehow
Music: Fatos Qerimi
actually goes well.

Producer Contact:

Maku Sh.p.k.
Artan Maku
Animation Short

Lidhja e Prizrenit pall 4 ap28, Tirana, Albania.

Tel: 00355 (0)672070957
E-mail: [email protected]
[email protected]

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 FARAWAY
by Megi Karaj

A beautiful day. At a train station, a girl Produced by: Elida Pajovi

Director: Megi Karaj
is waiting for the next train to arrive. Lost Screenplay: Megi Karaj
in a daydream, she glimpses the figure Photography: Milto Çarka
of a long lost friend. Their meeting gives Editor: Megi Karaj
Music: Fatos Qerimi
her courage and hope for the future.

Producer Contact:

PROJEKT SXHJ
Elida Pajovi
Animation Short

Perlat Rexhepi pall “Unicon” nr.16 Tirana, Albania

Tel:00355 67 20 70 957
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE VANISHED
by Arben Tachi
(Production)

Genre: Drama A lonely life far from his homeland and

Produced by: Arben Tachi (Macedonia)
Besnik Bisha (Albania)
family confines old Beqir, a solitary
Director: Arben Tachi wanderer, to his own private world.
Screenplay: Arben Tachi Beqir doesn’t even communicate with
Photography: Vladimir Samoilovksi
Cast: Sotiraq Bratko
his only companion, his wife Margaret.
Adem Karaga Trying to understand her husband’s
past, Margaret begins to search for
answers. But as she does, Margaret
begins to wonder if her quest will push
their relationship deeper into despair.

Producer Contact:

B&G Film Production

Besnik Bisha
Animation Short

Gj. Kuqali, 2/5/22, Tirana, Albania

Tel: 00355692059993
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE MARRIAGE
by Blerta Zeqiri
(Post-Production)

With their wedding in only two weeks, Genre: Drama

Produced by: Keka - Kreshnik Berisha
Anita and Bekim are preparing the final Eno Milkani
touches to their big day. Expecting news Director: Blerta Zeqiri
of Anita’s parents, declared missing Screenplay: Blerta Zeqiri,
Keka - Kreshnik Berisha
since the 1999 Kosovar War and facing Photography: Sevdije Kastrati
the meddling of Bekim’s controlling Editing: Keka Kreshnik Berisha
Cast: Alban Ukaj
family, the couple manage somehow
Adriana Matoshi
to make their dream come together. Genc Salihu
But when Bekim’s secret gay ex-lover,
Nol, unexpectedly returns from abroad,
the situation becomes complicated,
especially when Bekim realizes that
Nol is still in love with him. Inevitably,
the wedding banquet becomes loaded
with tension as the unusual love triangle
starts to unravel.
Minority Co-Production Feature

Producer Contact:

Bunker Film+
Eno Milkani
Rr. Mine Peza 2/3/20 Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355682070701
E-mail: [email protected]

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THE DOG KILLERS
by Ergys Meta

Genre: Drama According to the law in Shkodër,

Produced by: Françesk Dushi
ARKAPIA shpk
Albania, stray dogs can be eliminated
Director: Ergys Meta in exchange for a small monetary
Screenplay: Ergys Meta reward. Two middle-aged Albanian
Photography: Royald Elezi
Editor: Ergys Meta
former hunters, Nikolin and Enver,
Music: Bled Boraku take a nocturnal animal killing journey
through the city, which is soon
interrupted by an unexpected turn of
events.

Minority Co-Production Feature

Producer Contact:

Arkapia
Françesk Dushi
Siri Kodra, Vila 23, k. 2, Tirana
Tel.: 00355674087126
E-mail: [email protected]

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 SOME COAL, SIR?
by Kristina Culaj

Adapted from a short story by the Genre: Social Drama

Produced by: Françesk Dushi
classic Albanian writer, Migjeni, a Director: Kristina Culaj
highland girl and her horse travel to Screenplay: Kristina CULAJ,
1920’s Shkodër in order to sell coal. But based on the story by Migjeni
Animator: Kristina Culaj
in order to make some real money, she Music: Mardit Lleshi
is also obliged to sell her body.

Producer Contact:

Arkapia
Independent Short

Françesk Dushi
Siri Kodra, Vila 23, k. 2, Tirana
Tel.: 00355674087126
E-mail: [email protected]

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 SHIRT SLEEVE
by Suela Bako

Genre: Drama Xhilda and Martin are spending a few

Produced by: Sabina Kodra
Robert Budina
days in a lakeside hotel. They are not
Gent Prizreni married. Xhilda is pregnant and does
Director: Suela Bako not want to keep the child. Martin tries
Screenplay: Suela Bako
Editor: Eliodor Markja
to convince her they should have a
Costumes: Stela Laknori family together. In the morning, Xhilda
Music: Andi Kongo stares through the window at a couple
Cast: Ina Gjonçi
Laert Vasili sitting in the bar below the hotel. Next
to them is a little girl who doesn’t
dare come closer ...

Producer Contact:

Era Film
Independent Short

Sabina Kodra
Myslym Shyri, P1, Sh 9, Ap.156: 1001 Tirana.
Tel: 00355692055550
E-mail: [email protected]

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 BETWEEN VILLAGE
AND CITY
by Françesk Dushi

A non-fiction portrait of people who have Produced by: ARKAPIA shpk

Françesk Dushi
moved from the villages into the big city Director: Françesk Dushi
of Shkodër. The doc also captures the Screenplay: Françesk Dushi
clash of two very differing lifestyles: that Photography: Françesk Dushi
Editor: Françesk Dushi
of the mountain highlander and the city
dweller.

Producer Contact:

Arkapia
Independent Short

Françesk Dushi
Siri Kodra, Vila 23, k. 2, Tirana
Tel.: 00355674087126
E-mail: [email protected]

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IRON AND GOD
by Vivian Rama

Produced by: Mihal Rama Artist Agim Rada is working on a

Director: Vivian Rama
Screenplay: Mihal Rama
new project, a sculpture monument
Photography: Xhoslin Rama of a martyred priest, a symbol of
Editor: Vivian Rama persecution by the communist regime
Music: Pierluigi Da Palestrina
in Albania. This documentary is a
requiem to all martyrs who suffered
through the oppression of the
Albanian dictatorship.

independent Documentary Short

Producer Contact:

ERËFILM
Mihal Rama
H. Hidi, nr. 67, Tirana
Tel: 0355682169171
E-mail: [email protected]

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 TWO DAYS AT THE FACTORY
by Lendis Shkalla

It has been many years since a Produced by: Niko Treni

Director: Lendis Shkalla
phosphate factory in Laç, Albania has Screenplay: Lendis Shkalla
been in working condition. Many people Photography: Redi Treni
come to collect scrap from the ruins Lendis Shkalla
Editor: Redi Treni
of the plant. The security of the factory Music: Gyorgy Ligeti
is paid by the government while the
land has private owners who let locals
come to collect and then sell the scrap.
Children must work here too, making a
life out of the toxic remains of the once
glorious factory.
Independent Documentary Short

Producer Contact:

Nilor Film
Niko Treni
M. Tutulani, P. 5, shk. 3, Ap. 12, Tirana
Tel: 00355692343119
E-mail: [email protected]

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 A TIME WITHOUT LOVE
by Kristaq Mitro
(In Development)

Genre: Drama Three stories of love and betrayal.

Produced by: MW Plan sh.p.k.
Director: Kristaq Mitro
The protagonists of these tales are
Screenplay: Kristaq Mitro people of different professions and
social status that for different reasons
experience all the emotions of living
with love and without it.

Independent Documentary Short

Producer Contact:

MW Plan Sh.P.K.
Enida Mitro
Maliq Muço, Nr.34, Tirana, Albania
E-mail: e [email protected]

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 THE DELEGATION
by Bujar Alimani
(Post-Production)

Autumn, 1990. A group of Western Genre: Black Comedy

Produced by: Emir Gramo
diplomats arrive in Albania in order to Director: Bujar Alimani
investigate human rights abuses by the Screenplay: Artan Minarolli
communist regime still in power. Set Design: Emira Turkeshi
Cast: Viktor Zhusti
A political prisoner, Leo, is secretly Ndriçim Xhepa
taken out of a prison in order to meet Xhevdet Feri
Richard Sammel
Loheren, head of the European
Kasem Hoxha
delegation, whom Leo met during his Rovena Lule
university years during the 1960s. But
nothing goes according to plan.
Feature in Development

Producer Contact:

ART FILM
Emir Gramo
Tel: 00355684016821
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 THE LEGEND
OF THE CANE
by Xhoslin Rama

Genre: Drama Çesk, an old and frail Albanian

Produced by: Mihal Rama
Director: Xhoslin Rama
Franciscan priest, has spent most
Screenplay: Mihal Rama of his life living under communist
Xhoslin Rama persecution. But he has not forgotten
Photography: Florian Haxhihyseni
Editor: Xhoslin Rama
what his master, Father Paul, told
Music: Arber Neziri him to do: he must throw father Paul’s
Costumes: Durim Neziri cane in the river. What happens next
Set Design: Durim Neziri
Cast: Ndriçim Xhepa makes Çesk understand that what
Elvira Dimanti father Paul asked him to do with the
Arben Derhemi
cane was no simple wish.
Julian Deda
Irgen Çela,
Gent Bejko
Suela Bako
Romir Zalla

Feature in Post -Production

Producer Contact:

ERËFILM
Mihal Rama
H. Hidi, nr. 67, Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355682169171
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE FLYING CIRCUS
by Fatos Berisha

Kosovo is on the verge of war. Four Genre: Black Comedy

Road Movie
actors decide to accept an invitation Produced by: Vjosa Berisha
and take a very dangerous trip across Igor A. Nola
the Balkans, travelling from Prishtina Director: Fatos Berisha
Screenplay: Fatos Berisha
(Kosovo) via Montenegro to Albania, Photography: Slobodan Trninic
where they are set to perform their play
at a theatre festival. But since they don’t
have passports, each border has to be
crossed illegally.
Debut Feature in Development

Producer Contact:

B2 Agency
Vjosa Berisha
Address: Str. Ibrahim Rugova, pall. Plus, kati 3,
no.14 Tirana, Albania
Tel: 00355694003556
E-mail: [email protected]

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APPROVED FOR
FINANCING IN 2016
No Title Category

1 Elvis Walks Home Feature

2 The Delegation Feature

3 Mother Lode Feature

4 A Shelter Among the Clouds Feature

5 Shadow Feature Indie

6 Stars of the Future Feature Indie

7 Don't Feature Indie

8 The Legend of the Cane Debut Feature

10 The Flying Circus Debut Feature

11 The Man of the House Debut Feature

12 7 Days Debut Feature

13 Cold November Minority Co-production

14 The House Minority Co-production

15 The Field of Black Birds Minority Co-production

16 They Short

17 Brother and Sister Short

18 Plastic Flowers Short

19 The Conversation Short Indie

20 Light Documentary

21 Happening without Motion Documentary

22 In the Time of the Film Stock, Xhanfize Keko Documentary

23 Extinguished Chimneys Documentary

24 The Dinej Brothers Saga Documentary

25 Between Village and City Documentary Indie

26 Kain Animation

27 Ritual in the Dark Animation

28 Bonboni Pelivoni Animation

29 A Story Animation

30 The Ritual of the City Animation Indie

31 Two Roses Animation Indie

32 The Kangaroo, the Swallow and the Crow Animation Indie

33 The Man Animation Indie

34 The Monkey and the Cat Animation Indie

35 The Eagle and the Crow Animation Indie

36 B3F
48 Film Festival

37 TIFF Film Festival

33 The Man Animation Indie

34 The Monkey and the Cat Animation Indie

35 The Eagle and the Crow Animation Indie

36 B3F Film Festival

37 TIFF Film Festival

38 AniFest "Rozafa" Film Festival

39 Dea Open Air Film Festival

40 Giffoni Albania Film Festival

41 IHRFFA Film Festival

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 ELVIS WALKS HOME
by Fatmir Koçi
(Post-Production)

Mickey Jones is an Albanian refugee Director: Fatmir Koçi

Screenplay: Jonathan Preece
and Elvis Presley impersonator Produced by: Fatmir Koçi
living in London. Mickey gets a job Photography: Marek Wesolovski
entertaining British peacekeeping Editing: Max Vonk
Music: Jonathan Preece
troops during the 1999 Balkan war Costumes: Gerta Oparaku
but is discovered to be an illegal
immigrant. So Mickey flees – straight
into the war zone. There he meets
a group of heavily-armed orphans
caught up in the merciless war. Lying,
Mickey tells the children he is a United
Nations doctor. The orphans then put
a gun to his head, ordering Mickey to
take them to the UN refugee camp
or else they’ll shoot him. When they
reach the camp, it turns out to be in
the midst of the warring factions.

Producer Contact:

KKOCI Production
Fatmir Koçi
Frosina Plaku, nr. 85, H4, ap. 8, Tirana
Tel: 0035542228077
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 THE DELEGATION
by Bujar Alimani
(Post-Production)

Genre: Black Comedy Autumn, 1990. A group of Western

Produced by: Emir Gramo
Director: Bujar Alimani
diplomats arrive in Albania in order to
Screenplay: Artan Minarolli investigate human rights abuses by
Photography: Ilias Adamis the communist regime still in power. A
Editing: Bonita Papastathi
Music: Fatos Qerimi political prisoner, Leo, is secretly taken
Costume: Stela Laknori out of a prison in order to meet Loheren,
Borana Gjyzeli
head of the European delegation, whom
Cast: Viktor Zhusti
Ndricim Xhepa Leo met during his university years
Xhevdet Ferri during the 1960s. But nothing goes
Kasem Hoxha
according to plan.
Rovena Lule

Producer Contact:

ART FILM
Emir Gramo
Tel: 00355684016821
E-mail.: [email protected]
Feature

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 MOTHER LODE
by Bujar Alimani

On an oil field in the south of Albania, Genre: Drama

Produced by: ’90 Production
a lonesome old man is waiting for his Director: Bujar Alimani
only daughter, to come visit him for Screenplay: Elsa Demo
the weekend. When she finally arrives, Bujar Alimani

the memories of their shared past

bring chaos as they spit out buried
truths they never had the courage to
tell each other before, just like the
industrial tools that pierce deep in the
ground to extract the precious black
gold…
In the meantime, an offer is made
to buy the old man’s house which is
built on ground rich in even more oil
reserves. Yet the lonesome man has
no wish to sell his property despite the
regrets, nightmares and crimes of the
past that linger around every corner.

Producer Contact:

’90 Production
Bujar Alimani
Lgj. 29 Marsi, Patos, Fier
Tel.: 0035538122049
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 A SHELTER AMONG
THE CLOUDS
by Robert Budina
(Post-Production)

Genre: Drama Besnik, a mentally ill shepherd, lives

Produced by: Sabina Kodra
Director: Robert Budina
with his elderly father in a north
Screenplay: Robert Budina Albanian village. His life is filled with
Photography: Marius Panduru nature, cattle, the figurines he carves
Editor: Walter Fasano
Costumes: Gerta Oparaku from wood and a God he believes he
Set Design: Leander Ljarja can speak to.
Cast: Arben Bajraktaraj
By chance, he discovers that the old
Bruno Shllaku
Ilire Vinca village mosque used to be a church
in the past. Even though the Mullah
and the Priest do not agree, Besnik
proposes that the local Muslim and
Catholic population share the space
within the mosque for their respective
prayer rites.
After Besnik’s father passes away, the
family home ends up being divided with
walls and new entrances. Disappointed,
Besnik decides to leave the village with
his cattle and erects his shelter on a
mountaintop surrounded by clouds,
Producer Contact: which looks as if it is floating in the sky.

Era Film
Sabina Kodra
M. Shyri, P. 1, Ap. 156, Tirana
Tel: 00355692055550
E-mail.: [email protected]
Feature

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 THE LEGEND
OF THE CANE
by Xhoslin Rama

Çesk, an old and frail Albanian Genre: Drama

Produced by: Mihal Rama
Franciscan priest, has spent most Director: Xhoslin Rama
of his life living under communist Screenplay: Mihal Rama
persecution. But he has not forgotten Xhoslin Rama
Photography: Florian Haxhihyseni
what his master, Father Paul, told Editor: Xhoslin Rama
him to do: he must throw father Paul’s Music: Arber Neziri
cane in the river. What happens next Costumes: Durim Neziri
Set Design: Durim Neziri
makes Çesk understand that what Cast: Ndriçim Xhepa
father Paul asked him to do with the Elvira Dimanti
Arben Derhemi
cane was no simple wish.
Julian Deda
Irgen Çela
Gent Bejko
Suela Bako
Romir Zalla

Producer Contact:

ERËFILM
Mihal Rama
H. Hidi, nr. 67, Tirana
Feature Debut

Tel: 00355682169171
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE FLYING CIRCUS
by Fatos Berisha
(Pending)

Genre: Black Comedy / Road Movie Kosovo is on the verge of war. Four
Produced by: Vjosa Berisha
(Albania & Kosovo)
actors decide to accept an invitation
Igor A.Nola (Croatia) and take a very dangerous trip across
Director: Fatos Berisha the Balkans, travelling from Prishtina
Screenplay: Fatos Berisha
Photography: Slobodan Trninic (Croatia) (Kosovo) via Montenegro to Albania,
where they are set to perform their play
at a theatre festival. But since they don’t
have passports, each border has to be
crossed illegally.

Producer Contact:

B2 Agency
Vjosa Berisha
I. Rugova, pall. Plus, kati 3, no.14 Tirana
Tel: 00355694003556
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 MAN OF THE HOUSE
by Andamion Murataj
(Pending)

In order to be a worthy mother to her Genre: Drama

Produced by: Lissus Media
orphaned niece, Fran Vata must make Director: Andamion Murataj
an important decision: continue to Screenplay: Andamion Murataj
live the life of a sworn virgin as she Photography: Raphael Beinder

pledged in her youth or change and

rediscover her long forgotten sense of
femininity and motherhood.
Feature in Development

Producer Contact:

Lissus Media
Andamion Murataj
M. Shyri, P. 44/3, Tirana
Tel: 00355683587786
Email: [email protected]

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 7 DAYS
by Erion Bubullima

Genre: Drama/Romance A young woman is abandoned by

Produced by: Genc Përmeti
Director: Erion Bubullima
her fiancée only seven days before
Screenplay: Genc Përmeti her parents are set to come visit from
Photography: Royald Elezaj Greece. During this one frantic week,
Music: Gent Lako
Set Design: Shpëtim Baca the young woman reconnects with her
Cast: Jonida Vokshi old boyfriends hoping to find a possible
Denard Xhillari
substitute. Along the way, she begins to
Niada Saliasi
Visjan Ukcena realize that no matter what you do, it is
Ervin Bejleri impossible to please everyone, much
less yourself.

Producer Contact:

SKA-NDAL
Genc Permeti
Zh. D’Ark, Pall. i ri përball DP, Tirana
Tel: 0035542232585
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 THEY
by Emiljo Leka

Two young first cousins, Adi and Genre: Drama

Produced by: Eno Milkani
Soni, go off every morning to take Director: Emiljo Leka
the cows to graze in the field outside Screenplay: Emiljo Leka
the village. Tensions rise when Soni’s Anis Leka
Set and Costumes: Orjana Kamberi
father decides to divide the land he Photography: Arianit Gjonbalaj
owns together with his brother, Adi’s Editor: Arianit Gjonbalaj
father. As the daily routine of life goes Music: Bashkim Rodoni
Big Basta
on, Soni’s father begins building a Cast: Kristi Ibra
fence, bringing him into deadly conflict Ergi Lule
Bashkim Rodoni
with Adi’s father. As the two children
Eralda Caushi
return home at the end of the day, the Krenar Zejno
confrontation between the two adult Roland Brahja

brothers threatens to change the lives

of their children forever.

Producer Contact:

AlbaSKY
Paskal Semini
Rr. E Kavajës, Pall KONDOR, Tirana
Tel: 00355684626416
E-mail.: [email protected]
Short

58
 BROTHER AND SISTER
by Ajola Daja

Genre: Drama Flori, a twelve year old boy, has a close

Produced by: Vladimir Prifti
Director: Ajola Daja
connection with his older sister, Edona,
Screenplay: Vladimir Prifti a bond which grows tighter after their
Photography: Erald Deda mother’s death. When Flori discovers
Editor: Paris Prifti
Cast: Sokol Angjeli Edona’s romantic relationship with a
Alesia Xhemalaj fellow ballet student, young Flori makes
Rene Lybesha
a fateful decision to confront his sister’s
Genti Deçka
new love.

Producer Contact:

EUROFILM
Vladimir Prifti
Rr. Dibrës, nr. 176, Tirana
Tel.: 00355682227702
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

59
 PLASTIC FLOWERS
by Ylljet Aliçka

This story takes twenty four hours Genre: Social Drama

Produced by: Gent Prizreni
from the life of an elderly couple who Director: Ylljet Aliçka
come from the quiet countryside to Screenplay: Ylljet Aliçka
attend a wedding in the busy Albanian Photography: Denald Grepcka
Editor: Jotti Ejlli
capital. Arriving in the big city, they Sound: Altin Mara
encounter the cold contempt of Cast: Robert Ndrenika
the urban metropolis but somehow Suzana Prifti
Elia Zaharia
rediscover a missing warmth they had Gentian Hazizi
lost on the way.

Producer Contact:

KINOSTUDIO DAR DAN

Gent Prizeni
Rr. Sheh Ahmet Pazari,
Pallati Ambassador 3, Kati II, Apt. 13, Tirana
Tel: 00355696090690
E-mail.: [email protected]
Short

www.dardan.al

60
 LIGHT
by Yllka Gjollesha
& Suela Bako

Genre: Documentary This documentary details the life and

Produced by: Ajola Daja
Director: Yllka Gjollesha
work of the world famous Albanian
Suela Bako photographer Gjon Mili. From his
Screenplay: Yllka Gjollesha beginnings as an immigrant coming
Suela Bako
Photography: Leander Ljarja to America, to the application of his
Editing: Elidor Markja innovative and pioneering techniques
Music: Fatos Qerimi
in photography, through his encounters
Cast: Iris Sojli
Flori Bako with statesman and celebrities,
Dora Veshi this exploration also examines his
Catalina Gubandru
celebrated stop action photograph of a
single drop of water as it falls and finally
splashes… the very essence of life.
The fascinating art of photography is
revealed through the artistic and human
dimension of Gjon Mili.

Producer Contact

Ajola Daja
Tel: 00355695203319
E-mail: [email protected]
Documentary

61
 HAPPENING
WITHOUT MOTION
by Ervin Çoba

This documentary tells the story of Produced by: Paskal Semini

Director: Ervin Coba
Albania’s illustrious Migjeni theatre Screenplay: Ervin Coba
in the northern city of Shkodra. Photography: Aldi Karaj
Since its birth, many famed actors, Editing: Ervin Coba
Costume Design: Ervin Coba
directors and writers established their Music: Cesk Zadeja
creative reputations here. But recently Pjeter Gaci
the theatre finds itself in trouble as Ermal Bardhi
Cast: Enver Hyseni
local audiences seek more modern
distractions. This doc tells the dramatic
story of the Migjeni theatre while
presenting a portrait of the daily life of
Shkodra’s characteristic inhabitants.

Producer Contact:

ALBASKY FILM
Paskal Semini
Rr. e Kavajës, Pall. Condor, Tirana
Documentary

Tel: 00355684626416
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 IN THE TIME OF FILM
STOCK, XHANFIZE KEKO
by Mevlan Shanaj

Produced by: Mevlan Shanaj Director Xhanfize Keko holds a special

Director: Mevlan Shanaj
Screenplay: Mevlan Shanaj
place in the art and craft of Albanian
moviemaking. For nearly a dozen years,
she directed twelve feature films and
twenty-five productions throughout her
creative life. As a director, she begins
work at the age of forty-four years old
and stopped at the age of fifty six. So
many meters of film stock have passed
through her hands.

Producer Contact:

Zig-Zag Film
Adresa : Rr.”Dibrës” 198/1, Tirana, Albania
E-mail.: [email protected]
Documentary

63
 EXTINGUISHED
CHIMNEYS
by Donika Muçi

A horrifying confession that Produced by: Gerta Qurku

Director: Donika Muçi
transcends the definition of truth and Screenplay: Enver Kushi
seems to have come from a surreal
reality. The story brings a message
of survival and human love that
overcomes evil and dictatorship.

Producer Contact:

Action Production
Gerta Qurku
Brigada VIII, Pall. Teknoprojekt, shk.1, Tirana
Documentary

Tel. 00355692039544
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE DINEJ
BROTHERS SAGA
by Kujtim Gjonaj

Produced by: Kujtim Gjonaj This is the saga of the great Albanian
Director: Kujtim Gjonaj
Screenplay: Luan Rama
Dinej family, a family that left its mark in
Enver Kushi politics, diplomacy, literature, painting
and cinema but mostly in the definition
of patriotism and the fight for freedom
and national independence.

Producer Contact:

Bota Shqiptare
Bul. Gjergj Fishta, Kulla nr. 2,
Tel: 00355682065280
Documentary

Mail: [email protected]

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 KAIN
by Shaqir Veseli

Two brothers wander the earth, their Produced by: Albert Malltezi
Director: Shaqir Veseli
voices resounding in all directions. Screenplay: Shaqir Veseli
One of them will be the disciple of Photography: Endrit Shkreta
good while the other will be evil. Editing: Arlind Repishti
Music: Fatos Qerimaj
Kindness and love for the people will
be spread by the first brother, the
whole world will honor him; he will
not covet jewellery or gold – he will
despise comfort and wealth.

Producer Contact:

PIKA PRO
Albert Malltezi
Short Animation

Tel: 00355 692086666

E-mail.: [email protected]

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 RITUAL IN THE DARK
by Elton Vogli

Produced by: Ermir Destani A dream of dark and troubling things.

Director: Elton Vogli
Screenplay: Elton Vogli
Photography: Elton Vogli
Editing: Elton Vogli
Music: Elton Vogli

Producer Contact:

CREATIVE BOX
Rr. Fortuzi
Short Animation

Tel: 00355 69 22 77 994

E-mail.: [email protected]
www.creativebox.al

67
 BONBONI PELIVONI
by Rikarda Nova

A group of artists go off to a small Produced by: Jaklid Gaçe

Director: Rikarda Nova
village for a very special show. During Screenplay: Arben Shaka
the performance something quite Painting: Endri Beqo
unexpected happens. Animation: Eno Gjoni
Music: Arben Berxholli
Cast: Vjoleta Luli
Agron Meculi

Producer Contact:

Cinemania Film
Jaklid Gaçe
Short Animation

Rr. E Kavajës, Pall. Orion, Tirana

Tel: 00355685098650
E-mail: [email protected]

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 A STORY
by Albana Shoshi

Genre: Animation A young woman leaves her home. On

Produced by: Elida Pajovi
Director: Albana Shoshi
the street, she meets three men with
Artur Dauti beards and mustaches sitting on a
Screenplay: Eridon Pashaj stone bench. The woman invites the
Animation: Artur Dauti
Editing: Besnik Shpata strangers to come inside and eat some
Costume Design: Emirion Kodhima bread. They are grateful but will not
enter if her husband is not at home. The
husband returns home and the woman
tells him all about the three men. The
husband accepts the guests and she
invites the three men inside once again.
But they have a curious condition, one
that has to do with their names.

Producer Contact:

PROJEKT SXHJ
Elida Pajovi
Short Animation

L. D. Matlia, Pall. Curri, kati 5, Shkodër

E-mail.: [email protected]

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 COLD NOVEMBER
by Ismet Sijarina
(Pre-Production)

The beginning of the 1990’s was Genre: Feature

Produced by: Thumbs Up
one of the worst times for Kosovo Buka
Albanians. With the implementation Albasky
of extraordinarily harsh measures by Film Ikone
Director: Ismet Sijarina
the Serbian authorities in all aspects Screenplay: Ismet Sijarina
of life, working Albanian citizens were Arian Krasniqi
forced to sign an oath by which they Photography: Sevdije Kastrati

officially accepted Serbia as their own

country. Instead, all those who signed
were deprived of their privileges, lost
their place of work, health insurance,
funds for their children, as well as
the real estate given to them by the
institutions they had once worked for.
Minority Co-Production Feature

Producer Contact:

AlbaSKY
Paskal Semini
Rr. E Kavajës, Pall KONDOR, Tirana
Tel: 00355684626416
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 THE HOUSE
by Lendita Zeqiri
(Post-Production)

Genre: Drama Kujtim, an 11-year-old boy, secretly

Produced by: Bujar Kabashi
Genc Përmeti
struggles to find his missing father,
Director: Lendita Zeqiri while living with five frantic women
Screenplay: Lendita Zeqiri in a house outside the city. Trying to
make money by selling cigarettes on
the street, he meets the arrogant and
abusive Cera, who has been served a
restraining order to stay away from the
house, owing to an attack he made on
a woman living there. But when one of
the women attempts suicide, Cera is the
only one to help Kujtim bring her to the
hospital. On the way to the emergency
room, Kujtim reveals his secret task to
find his father, while Cera tells about his
own abusive father. Minorty Co-Production Feature

Producer Contact:

SKA-NDAL sh.p.k.
Genc Përmeti
Bul, Zhan d’ Ark Pall i Ri, Ap, 34, Tirana, Albania
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ska-ndal.com

71
 THE FIELD OF
BLACK BIRDS
by Arzana Kraja
(Post-Production)

Syla, a former political prisoner from Genre: Feature

Produced by: Besnik Krapi
Kosovo, lives abroad, persecuted Gerta Qurku
in his past as well as in his present. Director: Arzana Kraja
Deprived of happiness and unable to Screenplay: Arzana Kraja
Cast: Shkumbin Istrefi
fit into his environment, Syla decides Luan Jaha
to rediscover himself by finding out Melihate Qena
who is guilty for his condition. Abdinaser Beka
Minority Co-Production Feature

Producer Contact

Action Production
Gerta Qurku
Brigada VIII, Pall. Teknoprojekt, shk.1, Tirana
Tel. 00355692039544
E-mail: [email protected]

72
 SHADOWS
by Jotti Ejlli

Genre: Thriller In the space of a single night, several

Produced by: Gent Prizreni
Director: Jotti Ejlli
gangland homicides rock a small
Screenplay: Jotti Ejlli Albanian town. A prosecutor begins to
Photography: Valerio Volpe investigate the case by interrogating
Editing: Giulio Fiorito
Music: Endrit Shani the only witness to the killings. Was it
Cast: Alfred Trebicka a simple crime of passion? Maybe the
Genti Kame
mystery will forever remain a secret.
Egla Ceno
Antonio Kowdrin
Sokol Angjeli
Kole Kunora
Kastriot Shehi

Producer Contact:
Independent Feature

KINOSTUDIO DAR DAN

Gent Prizreni
Rr. Sheh Ahmet Pazari,
Pallati Ambassador 3, Kati II, Apt. 13, Tirana
Tel: 00355696090690
E-mail.: [email protected]
www.dardan.al

73
 STARS OF THE FUTURE
by Edmond Topi
(Post-Production)

A fond dedication to the third Genre: Social Drama

Produced by: Edmond Topi
generation of Albanian artists who Director: Edmond Topi
were nearly forgotten in the past Screenplay: Edmond Topi
decades of social and economic Photography: Leonard Qendro
Music: Saimir Cili
transition. These creative talents, Cast: Margarita Xhepa
many of whom were our teachers, Tinka Kurti
continue to live in the margins, often Reshat Arbana
Luftar Paja
struggling to survive.

Producer Contact:
Independent Feature

MMS Nositi
Edmond Topi
G. Heba, 12/17 Tirana
Tel: 00355692036190
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 DON’T
a triptych by Suela Bako,
Ergys Meta, Kreshnik Saraçi

Genre: Drama In a society where moral values are

Produced by: Sabina Kodra
Director: Suela Bako
bought and sold, all become hunters
Ergys Meta and victims of one another.
Kreshnik Saraçi

Producer Contact:
Independent Feature

Era Film
Sabina Kodra
M. Shyri, P. 1, Ap. 156, Tirana
Tel: 00355692055550
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 THE CONVERSATION
by Gledis Bica

On New Year’s Eve, Andrea is busy Genre: Social Drama

Produced by: Gledis Bica
making final holiday preparations. Director: Gledis Bica
However, on this night, an unexpected Screenplay: Gledis Bica
event will occur. Photography: Isak Duraku
Editor: Bledar Çili
Music: Mardit Lleshi
Cast: Lutfi Hoxha
Klodian Hoxha
Lutis Picori
Vivion Roboci

Producer Contact:
Independent Feature

D’ART PRODUCTION
Tel: 00355676013103
E-mail: [email protected]
www.firststepfilmfest.com

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 THE RITUAL OF THE CITY
by Bertrand Shijaku

Produced by: Genti Gjonaj Some people clean up the city, while
Director: Bertrand Shijaku
Screenplay: Kujtim Gjonaj
some other people earn their living by
Editing: Kevin Kuteli making it dirty all over again.
Music: Kevin Kuteli
Costumes: Bertrand Shijaku
Set Design: Bertrand Shijaku

Independent Animation Short

Producer Contact:

Bota Shqiptare
Genti Gjonaj
Blvd. Gj. Fishta, Kulla 2, Tirana
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 TWO ROSES
by Amelda Gjumi

One butterfly, two roses. One is Produced by: Artan Maku

Screenplay: Eridon Pashai
natural, one is made from plastic. Both Director: Amelda Gjumi
are placed differently in an one vase. Animations: Amelda Gjumi
Independent Animation Short

Producer Contact:

MAKU shpk.
Artan Maku
Lidhja e Prizrenit, Pall 4/28, Tirana
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE KANGAROO,
THE SWALLOW
AND THE SPARROW
by Pamela Bilali

Produced by: Artan Maku A simple tale about corruption.

Animations: Pamela Bilali
Director: Pamela Bilali
A swallow needs to enlarge her nest so
Screenplay: Eridon Pashai she needs to obtain a permit issued by
the Kangaroo administrator, impossible
to receive. One day the swallow meets a
sparrow who gives her special advice.
Some time later, the swallow enjoys her
new big nest.

Independent Animation Short

Producer Contact:

MAKU shpk.
Artan Maku
Lidhja e Prizrenit, Pall 4/28, Tirana
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE MAN
by Selma Bardhi

A man sits in front of the television. Produced by: Artan Maku

Animations: Selma Bardhi
Next to him on the coffee table, is a Director: Selma Bardhi
plate with olives and a fork. The man Screenplay: Eridon Pashai
is hungry but too lazy. So when he
wants to eat, the fork plunges into
the olive and brings it up to the man’s
mouth. But when the last olive resists
and tries to run away, the fork decides
to give chase.
Independent Animation Short

Producer Contact:

MAKU shpk.
Artan MAKU
Lidhja e Prizrenit, Pall 4/28, Tirana
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE MONKEY
AND THE TOMCAT
by Blerina Cufaj

Produced by: Artan Maku A man buys a monkey and brings

Animations: Blerina Cufaj
Director: Blerina Cufaj
it home to his wife who isn’t very
Screenplay: Eridon Pashai enthusiastic about the new member of
the family. The monkey sees itself for
the first time in a mirror, not recognizing
himself. The family tomcat tries to help,
trying to communicate with the monkey
in silence. The monkey scratches his
head not understanding, while the cat
mirrors each of his movements.

Independent Animation Short

Producer Contact:

MAKU shpk.
Artan MAKU
Lidhja e Prizrenit, Pall 4/28, Tirana
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE EAGLE
AND THE CROW
by Lindita Ukedaj

A flock of sheep are grazing in a Produced by: Artan Maku

Animations: Lindita Ukdedaj
beautiful meadow. A big eagle flies Director: Lindita Ukdedaj
close and lands itself on a rock nearby. Screenplay: Eridon Pashai
Scared by the bird’s shrieking cry, the
sheep scatter and hide, leaving behind
a little lamb. The eagle swoops down
and catches the helpless lamb with
its claws. A crow watches the entire
scene and tries to profit from the
situation by trying to snatch another
one of the sheep. Not only is the crow
unable to lift the animal, but now its
claws are stuck in the wool of the
sheep.
Independent Animation Short

Producer Contact:

MAKU shpk.
Artan MAKU
Lidhja e Prizrenit, Pall 4/28, Tirana
E-mail: [email protected]

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APPROVED
FOR FINANCING
IN 2017
No Title Category

1 Bolero in the Elder's Villa Feature

2 My Lake Feature

3 The Unfinished Portrait of Klara Bellini Feature

4 Inane Feature

5 Open Door Debut Feature

6 Nik Debut Feature

7 The Testament Debut Feature

8 3 Lions Heading To Venice Debut Feature

10 The Fireflies Debut Feature

11 Love Debut Feature

12 One of Us Debut Feature

13 The Tunnel Feature Post-Production

14 Coming From Dreams Short

15 A Promised Film Short

16 The Old House Short

17 The Old New Wind Short

18 Woman Without Time Short

19 Tirana, 100 km Short

20 The Diet Short

21 Missing Earring Short Post-Production

22 Water for the Roses Short Post-Production

23 3+1 Love Letters Documentary

24 The Last of Renaissance – Josif Bageri Documentary

25 The Dead Generals of Albania Documentary

26 Muntaz Dhrami, a Life Shaped in Bronze Documentary

27 The Signs Documentary

28 A Guide for the History Documentary

29 Carve Your Name With Destruction Documentary

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 BOLERO IN THE
ELDERS VILLA
by Spartak Pecani
(In Development)

Paraskevi, a nurse with a striking Genre: Drama

Produced by:
resemblance to Buster Keaton, is Director: Spartak Pecani
hired to look after an elderly couple. Screenplay: Linda Fejzaj
These two seniors have established Spartak Pecani
Editing: Jetmir Grezda
an ongoing secret letter exchange, Music: Endri Sina
the only witness being Paraskevi and Cast: Olta Daku
the Bolero sounds played on a violin. Margarita Xhepa
Robert Ndrenika
A clash of two worlds, the world of Olta Gixhari
an older generation who love each
other to their last breath and that of
their adult children who challenge
all morals and conventions, will lead
Parskevi to change her own world
view.

Producer Contact:

Eclipse SA Film Production

Spartak Pecani
Mine Peza, Pall 220/4, Tirana
Tel. 00355692081789
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 THE UNFINISHED
PORTRAIT OF KLARA BELLINI
by Namik Ajazi
(Pre-Production)

Genre: Drama Artur, a successful painter in Albania,

Produced by: Namik Ajazi
Director: Namik Ajazi
has an exhibit in Italy. The most praised
Screenplay: Ruzhdi Pulaha painting by the critics is his portrait of
Photography: Nino Celeste a young girl entitled ‘Light of Love’ that
captures a forbidden love from Albania’s
communist time. Back then, the talented
art student, Artur, and Klara, the
daughter of an Italian diplomat fought for
their love against the all powerful state.
Meeting after so many years in front of
the painting, Artur and Klara are forced
to confront their history and feelings for
each other.

Producer Contact:

Mediavision
Namik Ajazi
Hoxha Tahsim, 267/2, Tirana
Tel: 0035542362120
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 INANE
by Besnik Bisha
(In Development)

After a thirty year absence, Sana, Genre: Romantic Drama

Produced by: Besnik Bisha
now in her fifties, is surprised by the Director: Besnik Bisha
sudden return of her long lost love Screenplay: Besnik Bisha
Gori. Even though she has been Photography: Nino Celeste

waiting for this moment her entire life,

she can scarcely believe her eyes.

Producer Contact:

B&G Film Pro

Besnik Bisha
Gj. Kuqali, 2/5/22, Tirana
Tel: 00355692059993
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 MY LAKE
by Gjergj Xhuvani
(In Development)

Genre: Drama Young Kristo lives in a village near

Produced by: Dritan Huqi
Director: Gjergj Xhuvani
Lake Prespa, on the border of Albania,
Screenplay: Gjergj Xhuvani Macedonia and Greece. His parents
have gone off to work abroad, leaving
him to live with his grandparents. Their
modest existence depends on the little
money sent by Kristo’s parents. Kristo
is an intelligent teenager who knows all
there is to know about Prespa’s body
of water. The geographic position of the
lake easily allows dealers to delivery
drugs over the water so Kristo becomes
their delivery boy of choice.

Producer Contact:

On Film Production
Dritan Huqi
Sami Frashëri, sh.19/336, Tirana
Tel: 00355692056175
E-mail: [email protected]
Feature

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 OPEN DOOR
by Florenc Papas
(Pre-Production)

When the very pregnant Elma returns Genre: Drama

Produced by: Eno Milkani
to Albania from Italy, she and her Director: Florenc Papas
sister, Rudina, set off on a long Screenplay: Florenc Papas
auto journey to meet their strict and Ajola Daja
Photography: Sevdije Kastrati
traditional father, hoping, along the Cast: Luli Bitri
way, to find a man to play the part of Jonida Vokshi
Elma’s husband. Amos Zaharia

Producer Contact:

Bunker Film+
Eno Milkani
Mine Peza 2/3/20 Tirana, Albania
Feature Debut

Tel: 00355682070701
E-mail: [email protected]

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 NIK
by Jotti Ejlli
(In Development)

Genre: Drama Nik is born in a prison, conceived in a

Produced by: Gent Prizreni
Director: Jotti Ejlli
secret affair between two prisoners. His
Screenplay: Mrika Krasniqi mother, trying hard to keep her child
Costume Design: Stela Laknori happy and safe, tells Nik that life is safer
Music: Endrit Shani
inside the confined walls and that they
and their fellow prisoners and guards
are ‘the chosen ones’. On his fifth
birthday, he is moved to an orphanage,
but Nik finds it difficult to fit into his new
reality.

Producer Contact:

KINOSTUDIO DAR DAN

Gent Prizreni
Rr. Sheh Ahmet Pazari,
Feature Debut

Pallati Ambassador 3, Kati II, Apt. 13, Tirana

Tel.: 003556840035563005
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE TESTAMENT
by Paskal Semini
& Artur Muharremi
(Pre-Production)

Most of us have had some truly fun, Genre: Drama/Adventure

Produced by: Paskal Semini
epic experiences in our lives, which Director: Paskal Semini
we wish we could relive over and over. Artur Muharremi
For some, it may be the adventure of a Screenplay: Erand Sojli

road trip, for others maybe just a crazy

night out with your best friends. We
all love to relive those fun moments
and memories through slightly
exaggerated stories; we enjoy sharing
over and over again. This adventure
story is about human feelings, change
and how deeply funny life can be even
in its most serious moments. I ask
you to take this journey along with us
and choose your own adventure: “It’s
time to let go, feel young, free and
adventurous again”.

Producer Contact:

AlbaSKY
Paskal SEMINI
“E Kavajës”, Pall KONDOR, Tirana
Feature Debut

Tel: 00355684626416
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 THREE LIONS
HEADING TO VENICE
by Jonid Jorgji

Genre: Comedy Three Albanian filmmakers are going

Produced by: Elkjana Gjipali
Director: Jonid Jorgji
to attend the Venice film fest with their
Screenplay: Jonid Jorgji hit Albanian movie ‘The Pleasure of
Cast: Vasjan Lami Being Married’. The trio are happily
Ndricim Xhepa
Kastriot Caushi married themselves until their arrival in
Italy when they meet three porn stars.
This excursion to Venice becomes
a transgressive sexual journey with
comic and unexpected results. In love
with their new world, the movie makers
decide to direct a porn film in a single
week while on the road in Italy. But
hiding the porn stars from their Albanian
wives becomes a difficult but not
impossible challenge. So how did the
Venice festival go? Who can say?

Producer Contact:

EJF Production
A.Z. Çajupi, pall. 10/4 ap. 12 Tirana
Tel: 00355694063304
Feature Debut

E-mail: [email protected]
www.ejfproduction.com

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 FIREFLIES
by Artur Gorishti

As if he is cleansing his soul, a Genre: Drama

Produced by: Artur Gorishti
very old man is brought back to Director: Artur Gorishti
his memories, by a story from his Screenplay: Artur Gorishti
past, while begging forgiveness
from himself and the people he has
harmed.

Producer Contact:

Silver Dream Production

Artur Gorishti
Sulejman Delvina, pall. 61/2
Feature Debut

Tel: 00355674646099
E-mail: [email protected]

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 LOVE
by Dionis Papadhimitri

Genre: Drama Leli is a depressed forty year old man.

Produced by: Spartak Papadhimitri
Director: Dionis Papadhimitri
Tired of living in New York, he travels
Screenplay: Dionis Papadhimitri back to his birthplace, Tirana, Albania.
Unhappy in his marriage of ten years,
he decides to live without his wife in
the loud city of nightclubs and pubs.
A continuing voice accompanies him
every second of the day, that of his
wife, Ela, who he left behind back
in New York. The passion for sex
with a woman in her forties and his
relationship with a 25-year-old woman
pushes Leli to reduce the daily dose of
anti-depressants he takes. LOVE will
cinematically tell the story of each one
of us in a certain period of our life.

Producer Contact:

Papadhimitri Film Production

M. Shyri, P.55/1, Sh.1, Ap.3, Tiirana
Tel: 00355672060423
Feature Debut

E-mail: [email protected]

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 COMING FROM
DREAMS
by Vladimir Prifti

For Sadri and Hajrie, the opportunity Genre: Social Drama

Produced by: Vladimir Prifti
to get rich quick in a very short time is Director: Vladimir Prifti
something that happens only in their Screenplay: Vladimir Prifti
dreams. The reality in which they live Produced by: Euro Film sh.p.k.

is very disappointing.

Producer Contact:

Eurofilm
Vladimir Prifti
Rr e Dibres, Nr: 178 Tirana
Tel: 00355682227702
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

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 THE FOREIGNER
by Donard Hasani
(Post-Production)

Genre: Drama Owing to political and family violence, a

Produced by: Enxhi Mero
Director: Donard Hasani
mother escapes from Kosovo, trying to
Screenplay: Shaban Sinani find salvation in Albania; only to discover
Photography: Spartak Papadhimitri that while the language is the same so
Cast: Rozi Kostani
Marsel Greva are the border conditions.
Valdrin Hasani
Olta Cali

Producer Contact:

Partizani Production & Distribution sh.p.k.

Enxhi Mero
A. Z. Çajupi, pall. 11, kati 1, ap 13 Tirana
Tel: 00355699501722
[email protected]
Short

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 TIRANA, 100 KM
by Lorin Terezi

For Maria, the good life ends when Genre: Drama

Produced by: Artan Malaj
Stefan, a married businessman who Director: Lorin Terezi
took care of her, suddenly dies. After Screenplay: Lorin Terezi
his hostile family and her so-called
friends turn their back on her, Maria
decides to go back to her birthplace,
a small village in remote Prrenjas.
Back home, she quickly finds out that
nothing has changed in the miserable
place so far from her life ambitions.
Terrified, she decides to catch the bus
back to the capital, Tirana, 100 km
away.

Producer Contact:

Mov(i)e On
Artan Malaj
A. Visha, Pall. 4, ap. 14, Tirana
Tel: 00355666616026
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

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 THE DIET
by Vivian Rama

Genre: Comedy Overweight Ola, 30, decides to go on

Produced by: Mihal Rama
Director: Vivian Rama
a diet. Even though her new regimen
Screenplay: Vivian Rama is strict, she is surprised when she is
unable to lose even a single gram. Maria
starts to grow uneasy as she discovers
the food in her refrigerator seems to
disappear even though she barely eats
at all. At first she suspects her pet dog,
but after setting up a security camera,
Maria discovers an unexpected visitor in
her home who is the actual food thief.

Producer Contact:

Erë Film sh.p.k.

Mihal Rama
H. Hidi, nr. 67, Tirana
Tel: 00355682169171
E-mail: [email protected]
Short

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 3+1 LOVE LETTERS
by Blerina Goce

Emanuela is a mother. Soela is an Produced by: Andamion Murataj

Director: Blerina Goce
artist. Irma is a teenager. What do Screenplay: Blerina Goce
they have in common? Their lives are Andamion Murataj
tied to an everyday struggle: living
with Down syndrome. A documentary
journey by a woman filmmaker on the
lives of three females, fighting for a life
of dignity in a judgmental world.

Producer Contact:

Lissus Media
M. Shyri, P. 44/3, Tirana
Tel: 00355 683587786
Documentary

E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE LAST OF THE
RENAISSANCE:
JOSIF BAGERI
by Kujtim Gjonaj

Produced by: Kujtim Gjonaj A century ago, in the tragic year of

Director: Kujtim Gjonaj
Screenplay: Miradie Maliqi
1915, when a number of distinguished
Angjelina Xhara Albanian personalities disappeared or
were murdered, a man mysteriously
died. An author is interested to discover
and then write about the life of a patriot
in the former Albanian territory that is
located today in Macedonia. This man
is known as ‘The Last of the Albanian
Renaissance’. This is Josif Bajgeri.

Producer Contact:

Bota Shqiptare
Genti Gjonaj
Bulevardi “Gjergj Fishta’’ Kulla Nr.2 Tirana - Albania
Documentary

Tel: 00355682065280
E-mail: [email protected]

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 ALBANIA’S DEAD GENERALS
by Eno Milkani

This documentary relates the Produced by: Eno Milkani

Director: Eno Milkani
fascinating true story of how an Screenplay: Admirina Peci
Italian-French film co-production made
a failed attempt to shoot an adaptation
of Ismail Kadare’s famed novel inside
communist Albania. The film also
presents a decade of attempts to bring
Kadare’s book to the big screen in the
face of many obstacles and difficulties.

Producer Contact:

Bunker Film+
Eno Milkani
Mine Peza 2/3/20 Tirana, Albania
Documentary

Tel: 00355682070701
E-mail: [email protected]

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 MUMTAZ DHRAMI,
A LIFE IN BRONZE
by Petrit Ruka

Produced by: Jaklid Gaçe Albania has a lot of maps - geographic,

Director: Petrit Ruka
Screenplay: Petrit Ruka
political, historical, touristic etc. But if
we were to create a map of Albanian
sculpture art, the territory occupied
by Mumtaz Dhrami’s work would
certainly be the largest. This journey
begins in Tirana at the ‘Mother Albania’
monument, then down to Vlora to see
the Monument of Independence, then
over to Gjirokastër to view the Education
Obelisk and then on to almost every
city in Albania. Lastly, there is a stop in
Kosovo, in the divided city of Mitrovica,
to get a look at the scultpture of the hero
Adem Jashari.
This is a portrait of the work and life of
an incredible artist, presented just in
time to celebrate Dharmi’s 80th birthday.

Producer Contact:

Cinemania
Rr. E Kavajës, Pall. Orion, Tirana
Tel: 00355685098650
Documentary

E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE SIGNS
by Xhoslin Rama

Just like people, countries have their Produced by: Dritan Huqi
Director: Xhoslin Rama
own lives too. Screenplay: Fatos Baxhaku
They have ups and downs, failures,
successes, things to be proud of and
stories to tell.
In today’s deeply globalized and
politicized times, the tendency to
ignore one’s own roots is palpable, in
all of us.
Countries just like ours have their own
signs.

Producer Contact:

On Film Production
Dritan Huqi
S. Frashëri, sh.19/336, Tirana
Documentary

Tel: 00355692056175
E-mail: [email protected]

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 A CICERO FOR HISTORY
by Saimir Kumbaro

Produced by: Paskal Semini A documentary portrait of Albania’s

Director: Saimir Kumbaro
Screenplay: Roland Gjoza
post-communist period of transition.
Using rare footage from public televison
sources and the national film archive
along with unseen material from the
veteran director’s personal collection,
this non-fiction essay will present the
key moments in Albania’s sometimes
painful switch from dictatorship to
democracy.

Producer Contact:

AlbaSky Film
Paskal SEMINI
Rr. E Kavajës, Pall. KONDOR, Tirana
Documentary

Tel: 00355684626416
E-mail.: [email protected]

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 CARVE YOUR
NAME WITH DESTRUCTION
by Parid Andoni

Layered into three sections, this film Produced by:

Director: Parid Andoni
exploration will display the damage Screenplay: Ervin Lera
that has occurred to precious cultural
objects at the destructive hands
of man. Each part of this expose
will feature experts, community
represntatives and sociologists to
discuss and analyze this troubling
phenomenon.

Producer Contact:

FilterFilm
Parid Andoni
Naim Frashëri nr 9, Tirana
Documentary

Tel:00355692030309
E-mail: [email protected]

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 THE TUNNEL
by Ilir Harxhi

Genre: Political Drama Vahit, the personal chauffeur of the

Produced by: Ilir Harxhi
Director: Ilir Harxhi
Prime Minister, is goaded by two of his
Screenplay: Ilir Harxhi hometown friends, one a Member of
Photography: Leonard Qendro Parliament and the other, the head of
Editing: Gjergj Pano
Music: Miron Kotani the municipality, to secure funds for a
Costumes: Oriana Kamberi road and tunnel construction project.
Cast: Robert Ndrenika
Coming up with a careful plan, the two
Enver Petrovci
Sokol Angjeli men plot to get rich without Vahit being
Arben Derhemi part of the scam.
Naum Shundi
Natasha Sela
Egla Harxhi

Feature in Post-Production

Producer Contact:

Idea shpk.
Ilir Harxhi
Blvd. Zogu I, 62/3, Tirana
Tel: 00355672000060
E-Mail: [email protected]

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 MISSING EARRING
by Bujar Alimani

After her husband’s death, a wife Genre: Drama

Produced by: Bujar Alimani
invites his mistress to dinner to go Director: Bujar Alimani
over the details of the will. Although Screenplay: Bujar Alimani
the wife is furious about her spouse’s Photography: Spiro Nino
Set Design: Klodian Dedja
disloyalty, she promises not to Editing: Sabir Kanaqi
contest the will if the mistress is Costume Design: Stela Laknori
willing to tell everything about their Music: Fatrin Krajka
Cast: Ema Andrea
affair. The evening meal turns into Adele Gjoka
a psychological battlefield where
it becomes difficult to distinguish
between victim and aggressor.
Short in Post-Production

Producer Contact:

‘90 Production
Bujar Alimani
X. Andoni”, pall.46, Fier
Tel.: 00355692735691
E-mail: [email protected]

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 WATER FOR ROSES
by Luli Bitri

Director: Luli Bitri Two days in the life of a fragile family,

Screenplay: Luli Bitri
Photography: Ilias Adamis
who try to survive a dramatic period
Editing: Christo Gianacopoulos when their country is threatened by
Music: Erdem Helvacioglu violence.
Cast: Amelia Ndoni
Gora Bardhi
Produced by: LeArt Production

Short in Post-Production

Producer Contact:

LeArt Production
Luli Bitri

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FILMOGRAPHY
 Edmond BUDINA 1989 - The Big Manoeuvres of Happiness Ajola DAJA
2017 - Broken (Feature) 1988 - Censures 2016 - Brother and Sister (Short)
2011 - Balkan Bazaar (Feature) Shorts 2015 - Ana (Short)
2003 - Lettere al vento - Letters in the Wind 1985 - Personal Journey 2015 - Piano Lessons (Documentary)
(Feature) 1984 - The Miracle of Screaming 2013 - Matilda (Documentary)
1998 - Domenica dalle Palme - Palm Sunday
(Short) Gentian KOÇI Erion BUBULLIMA
1994 - Guardando al ritorno - Looking to 2017 - Daybreak (Debut Feature) 2016 - 7 Days (Feature)
Throwback (Documentary) 2014 - AJASO (Documentary) 2015- No Country for Fairy Tales (Feature)
2012 - Not a Carwash (Documentary)
Bujar ALIMANI 2011 - Revenge (Short Documentary) Elkjana GJIPALI
2017- Missing Earing (Feature) 2009 - Jinx in a Jiffy, (Short) 2016 - Wedding Day (Short)
2016 - Dom (Documentary) 2008 - Antenna (Short) 2015 - Life on a Carousel (Short)
2015 - Zois (Documentary) 2007 - The Mirror (Short) 2010 - Horoscope (Short)
2015 - Chromium (Feature) 2008 - There is no time (Short)
2011 - Amnesty (Feature) Ervin ÇOBA
2009 - One Love Story (Short) 2016 - Happening without Motion Ylljet ALIÇKA
2007 - The Compass (Short) (Documentary) 2016 - Plastic Flowers (Short)

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2006 - Gas (Short) 2012 - Otherwise Tomorrow (Short)
2002 - The Kennel (Short) 2011 - Freedom (Short) Ergys PEQINI
2010 - Mireli (Short) 2015 - Keno (Short)
Pierre MAILLARD 2010 - “...Unfinished” (Short Documentary) 2011 - The Stain (Short)
Features 2009 - I’m Sorry (Short)
2015 - On the Other Side of the Sea 2009 - A Party Like It (Short) Odeta ÇUNAJ
2004 - A Man without History 2015 - Heaven Has Been Fooled (Short)
2001 - Potlatch Roland SEJKO 2010 - A Night of Clear Weather (Short)
1997 - Chronic 2015 - The Waiting (Documentary) 2009 - Signs
1997 - The Fugitives 2014 - Into the war (Short)
1987 - Poisons 2012 - The ship (Documentary) Bertrand SHIJAKU
1984 - Campo Europa Award 2016 - The Ritual of the City (Animation)
Documentaries David di Donatello Awards 2013 (Best long 2015 - The Little Branch (Animation)
2008 - 2010 - The Inner Landscape Documentary) 2014 - The Head (Animation)
2007 - Alain Tanner, Pas Comme Si, Comme 2008 - Albania, a history in pictures 2010 - The Willow and Pumpkin (Animation)
1990 - Architecture, the Daily Exception (Documentary) 2008 - Tattoo (Animation, Co-Director)
 2007 - THE LAST DAY(Experimental Film, Co- Suela BAKO 2014 - The Last Wish (Debut Feature)
Director) 2015 - Short Sleeve (Short) Documentaries
2006 - The Nightingale and the King 2014 - The Dinner (short) 2015 - He came with the Orchestra- Gasper
(Animation) 2014 - Breeze Çurçia
2004 - The Princess and the Moon (Animation, 2013 - Meditation with Shakespeare 2009 - Light in the Abyss
Co-Director) 2013 - The Director 2008 - When the Poets Were Shot
2002 - The Love Time of Scorpions (Animation, 2012 - Sea 2007 - KujtimSpahivogli, Return to the Sacred
Co-Director) Temple
Ergys META 2005 - The Other Wedding
Rikarda NOVA 2015 - The Dog Killers (Short) 2004 - Paçrami’s Drama
2016 - Bonboni Pelivoni (Animation) 2013 - Paragliding (Short Documentary) 2003 - The Birthday of the Segregated
2009 - Lakmia (Animation) 2013 - KëmbëdhenjëKapele (Short 2003 - The Great Aleksandër of the Albanians
2005 - Ishulli (Animation) Mockumentary) 2003 - The Great Deceit
2000 - Loja e djallit (Animation) 2013 - Come Inside Me (Short) 2002 - A Confession from the Country of Modest
1997 - Balada e druvarit (Animation) 2012 - This Must (Short) People
1995 - Ringjallja (Animation) 2012 - GrushtnëGjoks (Short) 2002 - Petro Marko, A Stone in his Place
2012 - Çelësi (Short) 2002 - Dignified to be Albanians
Kastriot EJLLI 2011 - Let me Free (Short) 2001 - One Million Dollar Business

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2016 - Shadows (Feature) 2003 - Ciak Movie (Short) 2000 - Life Sold out on the Sidewalk
2012 - Rosso Fuoco (short) 2003 - Green Traffic (Short Documentary) 2000 - Prostitution, Slavery of 2000
1999 - A Film is Missing
Gledis BICA Vivian RAMA 1998 - Without Beginning, Without End
2016 - The Conversation 2016 - Poçeria (Documentary) 1997 - Chronicle of Escaping the War
2011 - Father 2016 - Lundrat (Documentary) 1997 - Between Life and Death
2009 - The Last Cigarette 2015 - Hekurdhe Zot (Documentary) 1996 - Running Away
2008 - Family Portrait 2011 - The passion of Ernest Koman (Short)
2007 - Drowned Dreams 2010 - Varësja e gjyshes (Short) Spartak PECANI
2007 - Rac-Ism 2009 - Hasan Nallbani (Documentary) 2017 - Bolero in the Elder’s Villa
2006 - Saint Anthony 2009 - Adagio (Documentary) 2013 - ADA (Feature)
2008 - Respect (Short) 2008 - Secrets (Feature)
Blerta KELMENDI 2008 - AllaTurka (Short) 2004 - The old raft (TV Series)
2016 - The Bread (Short) 1994 - Continue with Beethoven (Short)
2014- Four Seasons (Short) Namik AJAZI 1992 - The rapists (Feature)
2013 - Santa Claus (Short) 2017 - The Unfinished Portrait of Clara Bellini 1991 - Combed (Short)
 1991 - Life after death (Documentary) Awards 1987 - Në emër të lirisë
1990 - Oh, these gossips (Feature) Cannes Film Festival 2001(Award of the 1986 - Kronikë e atyre netëve
1989 - Autumn rain (Feature) Youth) Cottbus Film Festival of Young East 1985- Tre njerëz me guna
1987 - Loneliness (Feature) European Cinema 2001 (Grand Prize) Tokyo 1984 - Militanti
1985 - The train leaves at 7 to 5 (Feature) International Film Festival 2001 (Best Actress 1984 - Nxënsit e klasës sime
1984 - Speak up (Feature) Award - Luiza Xhuvani Best Director Award, 1983 - Dora e ngrohtë
1982 - Ancient times (Feature) Tokyo Grand Prix)
1981 - Like everybody else (Feature) 1998 - Funeral Business (Short) Dionis PAPADHIMITRI
1980 - A general is kept hostage (Feature) 1996 - Tirana 96 (Documentary) 2017 - Love (Debut Feature)
1978 - We came from the war (Feature) 1994 - The Last Love (Feature) 2011-2012 - The Sun Shore (6 Documentary
1977 - The new shelter (Feature) 1993 - A Day of a Life (TV) Films)
1992 - The Last Sunday (Short) 2008 - The First Day of School (Short)
Besnik BISHA 1991 - Black and White (Short) 2005 - Katerina’s Birthday (Short)
2017 - Waiting for the summer (Feature) 2007 - Grey Life (Documentary)
2016 - Children of the Dictatorship Florenc PAPAS
(Documentary) 2017 - Open Door (Debut Feature) Benard LAZE
2015 - Corrupted Blood (Feature) 2013 - If… (Short) Winner of the Tirana 48 hour film project
2014 - Millennium (Feature- 5 episodes) 2012 - Without Words (Short) with the short movie “ALONE”

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2007 - Mao Ce Dun (Feature) 2011 - I Saw Her Wish My Eyes (Short)
1997 - Bolero (Feature) Petrit RUKA
1995 - Independence Day Artur GORISHTI
1993 - The Mother Heart (Feature) 2017 - Fireflies (Debut Feature) 2017 - A Promised Film (Short)
1990 - Njerëz ne rryme (Feature) 2016 - Breath (Short) 2012 - 100 Years with the ‘Hymn to the Flag’
1989 - Mundi per tekskena (Documentary) Actor (Documentary)
1989 - Love Signal (Short) 2014 - Bota 2011 - The Manaki Brothers (Documentary)
Gjergj XHUVANI 2006 - Father and Godfather 2009 - Viktor Gjika – Poet of the Screen
2017 - My Lake (Feature) 2005 - Letra Fatale (Documentary)
2015 - Angels Are Far (Feature) 2005 - Yllka 2009 - Aulona Folk International Festival I
2010 - In Search of Whom (TV) 2001 - Tirana Year Zero (Documentary)
2009 - East West East - The Final Sprint 2001 - Slogans 2006 - With an Open Coffin (Documentary)
(Feature) 1991 - Unë ti dhe Kasandra 2005 - Captain of the Great Song (Documentary)
2004 - Dear Enemy (Feature) 1990 - Vitet e pritjes 2001 - The Great Apostasy (Documentary)
2001 - Slogans (Feature) 1987 - Eja! 1999 - In the Past is Ademi (Documentary)
1987 - Këmishët me dyllë 1998 - Butrint is Alive (Documentary)
1995 - Clay Bullet (Medium length)
 Genti KAME Lorin TEREZI 2006 - The Land of the Eagles (Documentary)
Actor 2017 - Tirana, 100 Km (Short) 2001 - Tirana Year Zero (Feature)
2016 - Shadows 2012-2013 - Montessori Albania (10 series of 1999 - Golden Ice Cream(Documentary)
2015 - No country for fairytales documentary) 1998 - Super Balkan (Documentary)
2012 - Les hommes de l’ombre 2013-2016- Active Media (15 series of 1995 - Alternative Head (Documentary)
2011 - Maya documentary) 1994 - Necrology(debut feature)
2010 - Engrenages 2015 - Mungesë -(Short Documentary) 1989 - Ballade through the Bullets (Short)
2007/2010 - Crimini 2015 - Mrs. Rita - (Short Docu-portrait) 1988 - Sculpture (Short)
2010 - Sur le fil 2016 - ‘24 hours from the city of Pogradec’
2008 - Ci sta un francese, un inglese e un (Short) Mevlan SHANAJ
napoletano 2017 - Koha e pelikulës, XhanfizeKeko
2008 - Cinq Soeurs Ilir HARXHI (Documentary)
2007 - Roulette 2017 - The Tunnel (Feature) 2003 - Lule të kuqe, lule të zeza
2006 - Io e Mamma 2015 - Diptik (Feature) 1990 - Fletë të bardha
2006 - Les bronzés 3: amis pour la vie 2014 - The uncle (Medium length) 1986 - Të shoh në sy
2005 - Passo a due 2013 - Two ages (Documentary) 1984 - I paharruari
2005 - Longue peine 2012 - Bitter coffee (Short) 1982 - Një telegram një këngë
2002 - Soldati di pace 2008 - The stairs (Short) 1980 - Plumba per andorit

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2002 - A wonderful Day 2006 - One weekend out of season (Short) 1976 - Korrierët
2005 - Break up (Short) 1986 - Pallati 176
Vladimir PRIFTI
2017 - Coming from Dreams (Short) Luli BITRI Jonid JORGJI
2005 - Egnatia Street (Documentary) 2017 - Water for the Rosses (Feature)
2003 - Legjenda e Baltës (Documentary) -Actress- 2017 - Three Lions Heading Venice
2002 - Butrinti (Documentary) 2012- My destiny (Feature) (Debut Feature)
2000 - Të bekuarit (Documentary) 2011 - Amnesty (Feature) 2011 - Lost Days (Short)
1998 - Dasma e Sakos (Feature) 2008 - Alive (Feature) 2008 – Everyone cries (Short)
1988 - Fluturanëkabinën time (Feature) 2006 - Father and Godfather (Feature)
1987 - Dhevjennjëditë (Feature)
1985 - Kush vdesnëkëmbë (Feature) Fatmir KOÇI
1982 - Era e ngrohtë e thellësive (Feature) 2017 - Elvis walks home (Feature)
1978 - Kur hidheshinthemelet (Feature) 2014 - Amsterdam Express (Feature)
1978 - Udha e shkronjave (Feature) 2009 - Time of the Comet (Feature)
1976 - Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur (Feature) 2006 - Via Mare Adriatico( Documentary)
 ALBANIAN PRESENCE – “Short Film Corner – Festival de Cannes”
Marche du Film, Albanian National Center of Cinematography, Palais 25.03

ALBANIAN NATIONAL
CENTER OF www.cannescourtmetrage.com

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Albanian Minority Co-Productions Fund: General rules for funding

Albanian Minority Co-Production Projects
are film projects realized in co-production, 1. Projects submitted in this category,
in which an Albanian production company will be funded based on the
is in the minority on a film production. As evaluation of financial expertise of
such, these are considered projects which the ANCC, up to ALL 6,000,000
guarantee at least one of the following criteria: (six million Albanian Lek), 47,500
ANCC offers minority co-production support USD (estimated).
to Albanian producers to participate in high-
quality feature films by talented lmmakers 2. At least 80% of the ANCC funds
from all over the world. granted to these projects must be
spent within the territory of the
1. Albanian author film projects (from Republic of Albania. These funds
Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro) should be used to meet the
production expenses, or to include
2. Foreign film projects that Albanian cast and crew in the film.
guarantee at least one of the
following criteria: 3. Projects applying for this category
a. Film has an Albanian subject. should guarantee the following
b. Part of film is located in Albania. criteria:
c. At least 50% of the dialogue must a. Production companies that will
be in Albanian. apply must be Albanian legal
d. Master copy in Albanian. entities.
b. A minimum of 70% of the whole
3. Foreign film projects, of particular film budget must have been provided
interest, who spend a considerable before applying at ANCC.
amount of their budget in Albania c. The project must be recipient of a
(while shooting or in other film financial support from public
production processes). institutions in the coutry of origin
(valid for the region and Europe).
d. The director should have realized
at least one film before applying.
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Mëngë Këmishe Biseda
Shirt Sleeves The Conversation

by Suela BAKO by Gledis BICA

Financed by ANCC Financed by ANCC

Xhilda and Martin are spending On New Year’s Eve, Andrea

a few days in a lakeside hotel. is busy making final holiday
They are not married. Xhilda preparations. However, on this
is pregnant and does not want night, an unexpected event will
to keep her child. Martin tries occur.
to convince her have a family
together.

Karusel Buka
Life on a Carousel The Bread

by Elkjana GJIPALI by Blerta KELMENDI

Financed by ANCC Financed by ANCC

They are different They are Saturday. An old couple. Only

friends. They tell us their story one piece of bread remains in
from a carousel. Luiza travels the house till Monday when the
back in time while Viola leaves pension payment arrives.
the past behind and lives with
expectations of the future.
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FILM FESTIVALS
ANDWORKSHOPS
IN ALBANIA
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 The 8th Edition of the International Festival of Film for
Children, Teenagers, and Students (AniFestROZAFA2017)
will take place from 20 – 27, September 2017 in the city of
Shkodra, ALBANIA.
The goal of this festival is:
- To add values to the lives of children and young
people in Albania.
- To revive the love for film, cinema, and boost the
curiosity of the youth for culture through the film
medium.

AniFestROZAFAbelieves that children are anessential

audience and have the right to watch quality films, portraying
their life, just as European children and youth have.
- Through film, children and teenagers will get to
know THEIR RIGHTS.
- From the films, parents will learn about the
psychology and the rights of children and
teenagers.
- The main goal of screening first films to children is
to help audiences for children’s films in the future.
- Competing films for children, teenagers and youth
will be evaluated based on the criteria specified in
the regulation of the festival:
- Long animated film and feature films for children.
Age 3 to 6 years old
Age 7 to 9 years old
Age 10 to 11 years old
- Short animated film and short feature films for
children.
Age 3 to 6 years old
Age 7 to 9 years old
Age 10 to 11 years old
- Short animated film and short feature films for
teenagers.
Age 12 to 14 years old
Age 15 to 16 years old
- Short animated film and short feature film on
children’s rights.
- Short animated film and short feature film made by
students for children and teenagers.
- Short animated film and short feature film made by
children. In the special session, there will be
Contact: presentation of films from partner festivals.

Mr. Artur Dauti Organizers of the festival are Mr. Artan MAKU and
+355 (0) 682147062 Mr. Artur DAUTI.
www.anifestrozafa.al They have 40 years of experience in the field as directors,
[email protected] animators and script writers.
[email protected]
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 Why the Balkan Food and Film Festival?
There are a lot of international festivals in the world and
in our region as well. There are also a number of festivals
in the Balkans but somehow our task seems a little more
necessary. In our Balkan region, we need first to better know
our neighbors than our distant friends.

This Balkan festival is a great chance to get acquainted with

the best cinema achievements of recent times. There are
60 million of us in the Balkans and still we don’t know one
another well enough. An exchange of experiences arepart
of the meetings and debates that occur among filmmakers
during our festival days. Through culture and movies, this
festival aims to offer the notion of a peaceful Balkans as an
example of our ability to live and work together.

Cuisine is a big part of this event and it is the perfect way to

provide close contact among the participants.

Why in Pogradec?
The lakeside town of Pogradec is the setting for a number of
Albanian feature films.

It is also a town of rich art-loving traditions and meets the

requirements and infrastructure that such a festival needs.
The summer period of the festival coincides with the end of
the tourist season, so the presence of the visitors from the
Balkans and beyond will increase the attention of public. This
is a suitable time for outdoor evening screenings as a magic
part of movie life.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, it will add to the

cultural and artistic life and events in the town.

Director of the Festival

Eno Milkani
+355682070701
[email protected]
www. filmfreeway.com/
festival/B3F
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 Dea Film Festival is a product of the “Nositi” MultiMedia
Center. The festival takes place in the coastal city of
Saranda and in the historic city of Gjirokastra, Albania which
is on the list of UNESCO heritage sites. Festival guests
are offered tours of the area attractions such as Ksamil
andButrint. The fourth edition will take place from the July 4th
through July 10th, 2017.

The founder and the director of Dea Film Festival is

Mr. Edmond Topi.

The festival is conceived as the festival of the long fiction

film. The first edition of the festival took place June of
2014. The festival is mostly outdoor and open air. The daily
competitions and the other activities take place in the main
cinema hall.

The structure of the festival is divided in sessions, including:

- Full length feature film competition

- Cross-border film competition
- Short film competition
- Tourist Documentary film competition
- Film Academy competition

Mr. Edmond Topi

The founder and the director
of Dea Film Festival.

Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Tel: +355 69 20 36 90
facebook: deafilmfestival
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 The Summerfest International Film Festival is the main
activity of the summer in Durres, Albania. This event focuses
its efforts to establish strong ties between Albania, its
neighboring countries and the rest of Europe.

This activity will promote cinema in all its forms and

support the circulation of the visual culture of Europe and
the Balkans. The festival also supports this mission to the
professional growth of relations in all spheres of production.

Our sections are the opening and closing gala in which

two of the best films, regardless of national origin, will be
presented out of competition. The Contemporary Visions
Competition is a section dedicated to the European narrative
feature-length movie.

The Balkan World Competition is a section dedicated to

narrative feature-length films from the Balkans, including
Turkey.

The Albanian Student Short Film is a section dedicated to

young Albanian talents and to their regional and international
promotion, focusing on short feature films produced
by Albanian students. The retrospective section will be
dedicated to the work of well-known actors or directors.

The Close Encounters section will focus on a European

country that will bring attention to the best films of the last
three yearsfrom this selected nation. The aim will be to
enable the audience to attain a deeper knowledge about
the culture of that particular country and its productions.
The Golden Gladiator Award will present the Lifetime
Achievement Award to an annual honoree and dedicate
a special program to their work. Master classes will be
presented by renowned figures from the international film
community offering a chance to go deeper into the work and
creative process of the filmmaker.

The International Documentary Film section is an out of

competition selection of feature documentaries from all over
the world.
Contact
Sheshi “Iliria” Pallati i Kulturës
‘’A.Moisiu’’ Seksioni i Filmit
Durres - Albania

[email protected]
+ 355 52 234 888
+ 355 52 234 888
www.ifsdurres.al
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 The idea of organizing the International Human Rights
Film Festival in Albania (IHRFFA) began in the year 2006
by the Albanian film director Mr. KujtimÇashku, (rector of
the Academy of Film and Multimedia Marubi) and Prof.
Theodore S. Orlin (Honorary President of IHRFFA and Clark
Professor of Human Rights Scholarship and Advocacy
2005-10, Professor of Public Law - Utica College). In the first
edition of the festival, several human rights organizations
operating in Albania such as UNICEF, the U.S. Embassy,
the Albanian Media Institute and the Albanian Helsinki
Committee took part in the successful event.

Since then, IHRFFA has organized each year by the

Academy of Film and Multimedia MARUBI in a strong
collaboration and support from domestic and international
organizations and institutions network such as:
UNICEF, the European Delegation in Albania, the Albanian
Media Institute, the German Embassy, Friedrich Ebert
Stifftung, the Austrian Development Cooperation and the
Austrian Embassy, the OSCE Presence, the Italian Institute
of Culture, the French Embassy, the British Council and
the UK Embassy, the USA Embassy, the Embassy of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Swiss Embassy, the
Goethe Institute and Deutsche Centrum in Albania, etc.

Each edition of IHRFFA dedicates one day to a specific

topic estimated a sensitive timely topic. Previous editions
of IHRFFA have focused on topics such as disabled
rights,environmental policy and domestic violence, a digital
world without borders and social media and so on.

For those who are not familiar with IHRFFA, they need to be
aware that its activities go well beyond the showing of quality
films. It has truly become a celebration of human rights in a
much fuller context. Many of the films are introduced by the
actual filmmakers who, in many instances, have traveled
long distances to explain the filmmaking process and the
issues surrounding the subject of the film. Further, many
international and local human rights advocates and experts
participate in discussions that follow the films and provide
a more in-depth understanding of the human rights issues
Contact portrayed on the screen. This contribution engages the
Rruga Aleksandër Moisiu audience in a meaningful discussion as to the problems
nr.78, Kinostudio associated with the implementation and realization of human
Tirana, Albania, 1005 rights.

+35542365188 The Festival has become an annual forum for the celebration
+35542365157 and discussion of the human rights agenda and its
www.ihrffa.net importance for Albania and its peoples.
[email protected]
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 The Giffoni-Albania project was conceived byNamikAjazi, an
Albanian journalist and director, who since 1995, has also
directed and presented the Giffoni Festival. The purpose
was to re-establish the historical relationships that the Giffoni
Festival had with the Albanian cinema. Nineteen years ago,
the Giffoni Festival was the first of these events in the world
that presented a retrospective of Albanian cinema. From
that time, contacts with Albania were never interrupted, even
during times of tremendous change and transition that have
accompanied the history of our country.

The co-operation between Albania and Italy is of a special

importance, because the purpose of the cultural exchange
is the promotion of co-operation and understanding between
nations, through direct contact of different social and cultural
realities.

The selection of young participants from these cities, as part

of the juries for the same festivals taking place in Italy and
in Hollywood, is another opportunity to open communication
windows for youngsters interested in the seventh art.

One of the main objectives of Giffoni-Albania is to offer

positive images for the young generation in order to provide
the existence of a mutual vision to create a fair society, not
only divided in oppressed-oppressor, exploited-exploiter,
good and bad, but in a mutual effort to respect the rights and
obligations of the citizens in the world. This kind of mentality
certainly brings evolution in the mentality of young people.
The ones to benefit from this activity are:

- Youngsters, especially those who appreciate

cinema and follow artistic events.
- The families of these youngsters invited to take
place in the evenings’ activities.
- Students in search of new cultural and formative
perspectives.
- Professionals, that in spite of difficulties, seek to try
and support the culture and cinema in
their country.

Namik Ajazi
GIFFONI Albania Drector

Rr.Dervish Hima, P. Al-G,

Kati 11, Tirana
[email protected]
+355424+8484
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 The TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF) is
the first and only international cinema festival of its kind in
Albania. This extraordinary cultural event created in 2003 is
the most important cinematic events in Albania.

TIFF aims to create in Albania, as well as in the Balkans,

a cultural center of worldwide alternative and independent
cinema. Albania is an enthusiastic and friendly country
and besides a “strong competition” program, TIFF aims at
the same time to be a meeting point of cultures, where the
people of Tirana, the guests and all those who love films will
have a positive week of movie watching.

Above all, it is the aim of the TIRANA INTERNATIONAL

FILM FESTIVAL to create a meeting point for film artists
and cinema enthusiasts from Albania, Europe and the entire
world to come together and share their linked passion and
knowledge of the motion picture art form.

The intention of TIFF is to bring filmmakers, producers and

distributors from all around the world to Tirana, in hopes of
fostering future co-operation in this extraordinarily scenic
area.

By bringing together these distinct voices along with their

work, the TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
commits itself to introducing audiences to alternative visions
of extraordinary diversity.

“Think Different, See Alike” is the slogan as well as the motto

of TIFF. Since its inception, TIFF receives over 15,000 short
films and 4,000 feature films from over 112 countries around
the world. Out of all these applications more than hundred
films can be chosen each year for the competition program.

The Festival receives thousands of submissions yearly

from filmmakers submitting online on our website and
other online platforms such as: FilmFreeway, WithoutaBox,
Reel Port, Festhome, Click4Festivals, FilmFestivalLife from
around 120 countries around the world which apply for
being selection. The TIFF Festival is a national cinema event
Contact whose main objective is to enlarge the number of venues
and screening time of European and non-European films of
all genres and durations in Albania. TIFF is also considered
Njësia 5, Pall.1 Maji,
to be an event which develops new audiences around the
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country, combining film screenings with public and thematic
Tirana-ALBANIA debates in order to develop an audience while focusing and
+355672088771 promoting film literacy.
[email protected]
www.tiranafilmfest.com
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 Now in its fourth edition, Albania’s First Step Film Festival
is a cultural showcase for national and international student
short films that continues to be free of charge, exhibiting
competing work in two venues in the capital city of Tirana.
In 2017, the FSFF intends to expand its scope to screening
venues and schools in Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia.
The First Step Film Fest is a five day event that brings
hundreds of student short films not only in our capital Tirana,
Albania but also to cities in neighboring Kosovo, cities
without any film education much less working cinemas.

For the past four years, the First Step Film Fest has fulfilled a
vital need presenting international and national student work
for Albanian audiences, especially young cineastes many of
whom have the intention of becoming filmmakers.

The student fiction, animation and documentary films we

screen are an inspiring and necessary example; providing
proof that smaller budget films are possible with compelling
stories, vivid characters and a strong directorial vision.

In our very first edition of the FSSF, we had close to a dozen

film professionals from Hungary, Italy along with the dean
of the Czech Republic’s prestigious FAMU film academy,
PavelJech. These guests not only attended the festival but
gave a series of very informative workshops and lectures for
students in one of our two film academies. The workshops
extended for four days and covered pre-production,
production, and the editing phase of movie-making. From
these four days, the student participants completed two
short fiction films that premiered on the closing night of the
festival.

The program structure involves four nights of screenings in

two separate venues of eighty-four student fiction, animation
and documentary short films efforts from thirty-six countries,
including five works from the Albanian-speaking region of
Kosovo and three from Albania.

During the last night of the festival, awards are given Best
Fiction Film, Best Documentary and Best Animation and
Best Documentary, Best National Film, Public Award and the
Staff Award.
Contact

First Step Film Festival

d’ART Administrator
Mob.:+355676013103
www.firststepfilmfest.com
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 ALBASCRIPT
SCRIPT DEVEL OPME NT WORKSHOP
FOR ALB ANIAN FILM PR OFESSIONA LS
Workshops

POGRADEC - ALB ANIA

1-3 AUGUST 2016
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 In the three-day course, between 1-3 August in Pogradec
(phase 1) the authors of the selected scripts, will work
individually with the CINEUROPA experts. In the six-
month follow-up period (phase 2), the scriptwriters will
work continuously their scripts, until their final drafts are
completed by December 2016.

The workshop’s topics include:

- The fundamental laws of dramaturgy.

- Developing a project, line-up, skills and talent.
- When and how to collaborate with a co-writer,
script consultant or story editor, when a producer
is on board or not?
- Pitching and promoting. How best to market your
project?

Tutors:
Isabelle Fauvel (Head of Studies)
Giovanni Robbiano (Scriptwriter)
Izer Aliu (Director, Scriptwriter, Producer)
Andamion Murataj (Director, Scriptwriter, Producer)

Selected participants:

Feature Film

Ylljet Aliçka - The Nobles

Erenik Beqiri - Dajna
Fatos Berisha - The Flying Circus
Robert Budina - A Shelter Among the Clouds
Iris Elezi - Return to the Pirates Cave
Artur Gorishti - The Path of Fireflies
Dhimitri Ismailaj - Just a Baby
Jonid Jorgji - The Bright Future
Paskal Semini - Albanian Style

Short Film

Gledis Bica - Shadow

Anxhela Cikopano - The Coca-Cola
Blerina Goce - Popcorn
Albana Kozeli - The Funeral Crasher
Florenc Papas - Nobody
CINEUROPA with the support Enxhi Rista - The Morning After
of Albanian National Center Viron Roboçi - A True Story
of Cinematography organizes Kreshnik Saraçi - Aquarium
ALBASCRIPT, a script Nerta Veliu - Meeting the Uknown
development workshop for
Albanian film professionals.
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 Isabelle Fauvel, Giovanni Robbiano,
Head of Studies. Scriptwriter.

Isabelle Fauvel founded Initiative Film in 1993, Giovanni Robbiano is a scriptwriter, director
drawing on her background as a producer – and film trainer. HIs script Figurine received the
having spent six years working at Flach Film, prestigious Italian award Solinas.
where she co-produced several films, including Giovanni started his career in New York as
Jean-Claude Lauzon’s Leolo, which played in assistant to Emir Kusturica, worked for Marcia
competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. Nasatir and Hector Babenco.
Initiative Film is a company specialized in After returning in Italy he worked as a
development of audiovisual projects: script screenwriter, writing many features for both films
consulting, talent scouting, development of and television.
concepts, tailor-made research, searching of He directed various films: Figurine (1997), 500!
key European partners. Additionally, she is (2001), Hermano (2004), among others.
active as a tutor and course leader, attending He has been working as creative producer on
conferences, and building connections between other feature films and at the same time as story
audiovisual professionals. She has contributed editor and script consultant.
to the following programs as script doctor and Since the early 90s he has been teaching at
development expert: Thessaloniki’s Crossroads, private and public institutions as well as at the
Sofia’s Meeting, Istanbul’s Meetings on the Universities of Bologna, Milano IULM, Genova
Bridge, Namur Coproduction Forum… She and Mediterranean Film Institute, among others.
is a regular trainer at the Sorbonne and has He has published a scriptwriting manual as well
acted as a consultant for the Mediterranean as other books, essays and articles, in Italy and
Film Institute and ACE as well as an advisor elsewhere.
for publishing companies. She was recently Giovanni Robiano is the curent Head of FAMU
involved in the Shoot The Book! event at International
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the Cannes Film Festival. With Cineuropa,

Isabelle created several scriptwriting and
script doctoring training courses: Socrates, a
coaching programme for South Mediterranean
script doctors, Aristote, a scriptwriting course
for European and Mediterranean authors,
Mediscript, a course on literary adaptation
to the screen. She scouts for the Jerusalem
International Film Lab and is also a partner of
the Torino Film Lab for the Adapt Film Lab.

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Izer Aliu, Director, Andamion Murataj, Director,
Scriptwriter, Producer. Scriptwriter, Producer.

Izer Aliu is a filmmaker, who lives and works Andamion Murataj is a scriptwriter, director and
for years in Norway and is known for his producer who works between United States and
internationally awarded short films To Guard a Albania.
Mountain and The Good Life Over There. His screenplay The Forgiveness of Blood
His graduation work, the short film To Guard received the Silver Bear at Berlinale 2011
a Mountain, was nominated for a Student (shared with director Joshua Marston)
Academy Award and won The Best Short at He holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree
the Amanda Awards (Norwegian Oscars). The in Film and Electronic Media from American
film was awarded at numerous international University in Washington DC.
film forums such as Angers European First Film Andamion also co-produced The Forgiveness of
Festival and Chicago International Children’s Blood and has produced many documentaries
Film Festival. and shorts.
In 2014, the short film The Good Life Over Andamion Murataj is working in the
There, won The Best Film Award at the development of the feature films Man of the
Norwegian Short Film Festival and the Jury House and Bride on the Bridge.
Award at the Palm Springs International
ShortFest.
Izer Aliu holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Directing from the Norwegian Film School.
He recently completed his feature film debut,
Hunting Flies and he is currently in post-
production with his second feature film, 12
Dares.
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 After the Winter Mountain Eyes
Montenegro Serbia
Producer: Ivan Djurovic Producer:
Writer/Director: Tatjana Zezelj Gojkovic
Ivan Bakrac Writer: Pavle Vuckovic
Director: Pavle Vuckovic
Albanian Romance
Albania Stars Go Blind
Producer: Saimir Bajo Albania
Director: Saimir Bajo Producer: Iris Elezi
Writers: Iris Elezi & Thomas
Entwined Logoreci
Greece Directors: Iris Elezi & Thomas
Producer: Logoreci
MInos Nikolakakis
Writers: Minos Nikolakakis & Still Life
John de Holland Macedonia
Director: Minos Nikolakakis Producer: Ognen Antov
Writer: Vladimir Mitrevski
Haunted by City Lights Director: Vladimir Mitrevski
Greece
Producer: Giannis Sotiropoulos Stuffed Life
Writers: Stratis Macedonia
Chatzielenoudas, Producer: Irina Lazarova
Syni Pappa Writer: Tamara Kotevska
Director: Stratis Director: Tamara Kotevska
Chatzielenoudas
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 unexpected meetings moderated by the trainer/group leader,
depending on the specific needs of each script of the group,
at any given time.
Participants will be expected to live up to the challenge
of engaging in a professional dialogue with experienced
trainers as per the needs of their particular stories. They
will be required to make the most out of the feedback they
will receive. Produce results. Discover the originality in
their projects as well as a strategy to build upon it, and fully
develop their stories’ dramatic potential.
Coinciding with the Tirana International Film Festival 2016,
the workshop will also produce training and networking
synergies.
Best Pitch Award
After 3-day script development, the projects will work on their
pitch with a trainer in the following 2 days. On the last day
every participant will pitch his project and compete for the
Best Pitch Award.
TIFForum will be a 3-day intensive workshop for the script
development of 8 first or second feature film projects,
consisting of individual consultations, practical writing
exercises, and lectures.
It will be a crash course in collaboration between trainers &
participants. The process will be intensive and demanding for
all involved. It aims to be a unique, high value professional
experience for the participating filmmakers.
During the 3 days of the workshop, each of the 2 trainers in
script development will guide, and collaborate with, a group
of 4 projects/filmmakers, forming a sort of creative family.

Trainers and trainees will be

working together in planned
meetings (individual and
group ones), but they will also
be expected to be constantly
“on call”, available to offer
feedback to each other, each
single day, from breakfast
through dinner, through a
series of additional
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 Who We Are:
The 48 Hour Film Project is a wild and sleepless weekend in
which you and your creative, filmmaking team have a blast
making a movie.
All writing, shooting, editing and scoring must be completed
in 48 hours. On Friday night, you are assigned a character, a
prop, a line of dialogue and a genre that must be included in
your movie. 48 hours later, you must submit your film. What
next? Your masterpiece will be shown on the big screen.
In 2017, the 48HFP will visit more than 120 cities where
more than 60,000 people will make short films. The
Project has truly spread to the four corners of the globe as
filmmakers from Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East,
Africa and the Americas will compete to see who can make
the best short film in a weekend.

Our Mission:
The 48 Hour Film Project’s mission is to advance filmmaking
and promote filmmakers. Through its festival competition,
the Project encourages filmmakers and would-be filmmakers
to get out there and make movies. The tight deadline of
48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers -
emphasizing creativity and teamwork skills.
While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the
filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on
“doing” instead of “talking.”

Contact

Robert Aliaj Dragot

www.48hourfilm.com
www.dragot.be
[email protected]
00355693683714
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 VISUAL
ART IN
MOTION
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 The event “Integration, Education through Culture”
during the 8th edition of the International Film Festival,
AniFestROZAFA2017 in Shkodra,Gjirokaster as well as other
cities in Albania, will be accompanied by the creative event
VISUAL ART IN MOTION. This creative event is marked by.

1. Seminars, training, workshops and the realization

of “VISUAL ART IN MOTION” to be attended
bychildren and teenagers.
2. The introduction and training of the contemporary
computer programs 2D & 3D.
3. Seminars and lectures that aid in the
understanding of the psychology of film
and creativity, the formation of ethics, aesthetics,
the development and understanding of the
fantasy genre and its place in European
and world culture.
4. To avoid education methods which hinder the
development of creativity among children and
teenagers, in order to set the individual
free from egoism, rigid norms of behavior, clichés
and stereotypes.
5. To minimize the causes which inhibit adults from
expressing themselves freely.

Through seminars, training, workshops and film screenings,

the event will base itself on the well-known method of
generating ideas, especially regarding creativity in groups.
This will be accomplished using the brainstorming method, a
catalogue of creative ideas that involves accepting the ideas
of others, as a way to get a lot in a short time.

Contact:

Mr. Artur Dauti

+355 (0) 682147062
www.anifestrozafa.al
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Academy
of Film
Workshops

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 Since 2014, within the framework of the annual DEA Film
Fest, there has developed a summer film academy titled
DEA.

Film professors and professionals from Germany, Sweden,

England, Italy, Switzerland, and Kosovo develop lectures
and practical classes with Albanian and regional students.
Those students then present their films at the end of that,
or the following year. At that time, the order of presenting at
the film festival is developed. Each year the school presents
its best films, and professors develop intensive lectures with
Albanian students of the film academy based on those films.
Workshops and roundtables are made available for students
of the academy, as well as the public interested in the topic
of the development of the film and cinema industry.

Mr. Edmond Topi

Founder and Director
of Dea Film Festival.

Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Tel: +355 69 20 36 90
facebook: deafilmfestival
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VIDEOGAMES
LABS
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 Taking place within the Giffoni Festival, these workshops
in videogames and new games for mobile devices, place
a focus on the importance of new technologies in lives of
children and young adults. The workshop is divided into two
parts: the first dedicated to the theory and the “behind the
scenes” industry of videogames; the second one dedicated
to practical examples of character creation with computer
graphic and animation in videogames.

The workshop in Giffoni is dedicated to the potential of

Giffoni in the global creative industry. These workshops focus
on the global startup ecosystem in the new media and digital
economy, the Dream Team Community, the Next Generation
format and the opportunities of crowdfunding for developing
and supporting creative, cultural and artistic projects.

Namik Ajazi
GIFFONI Albania Drector

Rr.Dervish Hima, P. Al-G,

Kati 11, Tirana
[email protected]
+355424+8484
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“MISH – MASH”
Film Production
Workshops

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 This artists’ residency “Balkans Film Creators” takes place
during the time of the Balkan Film and Food Festival. The
residency aims to celebrate trans-boundary cooperation in
South Eastern Europe through collaboration between young
filmmakers from the Balkan region, while focusing on producing
a short film each around the 2030 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG), using the surroundings of the city of Pogradec,
and more specifically the Lake Ohrid region as settings for their
production.

For this latest edition of the residency, with the support of the
UNESCO Venice Office and in close partnership with the joint
EU-UNESCO project “Towards strengthened governance of
the shared trans-boundary natural and cultural heritage of the
Lake Ohrid region”, the selected participants will be asked to
focus on the protection of the natural and cultural heritage of
the Lake Ohrid region, in parallel of the following Sustainable
Development Goals:

* Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all

women and girls
* Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate
change and its impacts
* Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat
desertification, halt and reverse land degradation,
halt bio-diversity loss

Sustainable Development Goals are an integrated version of

what our humanity ought to be. The 17 goals and their 169
associated targets (http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/
sustainable-development-goals/) are closely interlinked with
each other, as it is only in addressing each and every one of
these goals that our humanity will thrive to become a fairer one.

To be selected, participants will need to submit an application

by email to: [email protected], no later than 15 July 2017,
along with their completed application information, a short
film proposal to be shot during the residency and at least one
sample of previous original work produced either in a group or
independently.

Selected participants will benefit from:

- Free meals and accommodation for the entire

duration of the Balkan Film and Food Festival.
Director of the Festival
- A possibility of screening their residency’s production
Eno Milkani
at the closing ceremony of the festival.
+355682070701
- Meeting Albanian, Greek, Serbian, Slovenian,
[email protected]
Bulgarian, Romanian and international artists.
www. filmfreeway.com
- Collaborations with other young filmmakers from the
/festival/B3F
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Balkans.
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DRAFT
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 Workshop – SECOND DRAFT

During the festival, there will be a script development

workshop about script development in which participating
local students and young cineasteswho are already working
on their new projects, need help to develop it further. The
tutors will be from the European Short Pitch, a platform
for script development held annually by NISIMASA, the
European Network of Young Cinema, in which we are
members for 6 years. The workshop will be open to all young
cineastes from Albania and Kosovo, without any fee for
selected members.

Contact

First Step Film Festival

d’ART Administrator
Mob.:+355676013103
www.firststepfilmfest.com
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COMPANIES
 S.A.E.TRIMEX Lgj. 29 Marsi, Patos, Fier
Agim HALILI Niko Treni Tel.: 038122049
Rr.S. Frashëri, P. 20/1, Tirane Niko TRENI E-mail: [email protected]
Cel.: 0692039028 Rr. M. Tutulani, P. 5, shk. 3, Ap. 12, Tirane
E-mail: Cel.: 0692343119 ARTALB Film
E-mail: [email protected] Gentian Koçi
Papadhimitri Film Production Rr. M. Mehidri,pall. 64, Tiranë
Spartak PAPADHIMITRI ERËFILM Cel.: 0692321352
Rr. M. Shyri, P.55/1, Sh.1, Ap.3, Tiranë Vivian Rama E-mail: [email protected]
Cel.: 0672060423 Rr. H. Hidi, nr. 67, Tiranë
E-mail: [email protected] Cel.: 0682169171 Ora Film
E-mail: [email protected] Kujtim ÇASHKU
On Film Production Rr. A. Moisiu, nr.76, TIranë
Dritan HUQI Teatër TV Studio Tel.: 04 2365157
Rr. S. Frashëri, sh.19/336, Tiranë Gëzim SULAJ E-mal: [email protected]
Cel.: 0692056175 Rr. B. Imami, nr. 78, Tiranë
E-mail: [email protected] Cel.: 0684025195 Maku

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E-mail: [email protected] Artan MAKU
Era Film Rr. “Lidhja e Prizrenit”,Pall 4/28, Tiranë
Sabina KODRA SKA-NDAL Cel.: 0672021634
Rr. M. Shyri, P. 1, Ap. 156, Tiranë Genc PËRMETI E-mail: [email protected]
Cel.: 0692055550 Rr. Zh. D’Ark, Pall. i ri përball DP, Tiranë
E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: 04 2232585 Cinemania
E-mail: [email protected] Jaklid GAÇE
Propaganda Rr. Kavajës, Pall. Orion, Tiranë
Lekë SOKOLI MEDIAVISION Cel.: 0685098650
Rr. A. Frashëri, Pall 3/3, Tirane Namik AJAZI
Cel.: 0694067082 Rr. H. Tahsim, 267/2, Tiranë Eclipse SA Film Production
Tel.: 04 2362120 Spartak PECANI
Act Triangle Production E-mail: [email protected] Rr. “M. Peza”, Pall 220/4, Tiranë
Rozeta FERI Cel.: 0692081789
Rr. Hoxha Tahsim, nr. 179, Tiranë ’90 Production E-mail: [email protected]
Cel.: 0692094472 Bujar ALIMANI
E-Mail.: [email protected]
 AA Idea Mob.: 0692318142
Aida KASEMI Ilir HARXHI E-mail: [email protected]
Rr. A. Moisiu, Atelie e re, Tiranë Blvd. Zogu I, 62/3, Tiranë
Cel.: 0682048417 Cel.: 0672000060 Mov(ie) On
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Artan MALAJ
Rr. “A. Visha”, Pall. 4, ap. 14, Tiranë
PROJEKT SXHJ EUROFILM Mob.:0692184338
Elida PAJOVI Vladimir PRIFTI E-mail: [email protected]
L. D. Matlia, Pall. Curri, kati5, Shkodër Rr. Dibrës, nr. 176, Tiranë
Cel.: 0684047067 Cel.: 0682227702 ALBARTIST
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Genti BEJKO
Sheshi “J. Martin”, P. 4, Ap. 23, Tiranë
DigitAlb Tirana Film Institute Mob.: 0682031322
Alban JAHO Agron DOMI E-mail: [email protected]
Kashar Mëzez, Rruga “Pavarësia”, nr.39 Tiranë Pall. 1 Maji, shk. 18/54, Tiranë
Tel.: 042388000 Cel.: 0672088771 A.B. FILM
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Edmond BUDINA

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Rr. “M. Shyri”, pall. 51/41,Tiranë
Ilia TËRPINI Bunker Film + Mob.: 0673842938
Ilia TËRPINI Piro MILKANI E-mail: [email protected]
Rr. “M. Shyri”, Pall 56/2/12, Tiranë Rr. M. Peza, Tiranë
Cel.: 0692207337 Cel.: 0682080356 KKOCI Production
E-mail: [email protected] Fatmir KOÇI
O Film Rr. “F. Plaku”, nr. 85, H4, ap. 8, Tiranë
Odeta ÇUNAJ B2 Agency Tel.: 042228077
Rr. “V. Pasha”, P2, shk. 1, Tiranë Vjosa BERISHA E-mail: [email protected]
Cel.: 0697830711 Rr. “I. Rugova”, Pall. Plus, nr. 7,Tiranë
E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 042226299 ArtFILM P&D
E-mail: [email protected] Vjollca DEDEI
Arkapia Rr. “B. Luga”, Pall. 3/1, Tiranë
Françesk DUSHI Element Studios Mob.: 0692070599
Rr. “s. Kodra”, Vila 23, k. 2, Tiranë Regis CANAMERI E-mail: [email protected]
Cel.: 0674087126 Rr. “M. Gjollesha”, Pall. 1/1,Tiranë
E-mail: [email protected]
 MMS NOSITI Cover Media Agency
Edmond TOPI Avni DANI KastHasa
Rr. “G. Heba”, 12/17 Tiranë Rr. “A. Visha”, pall. 69/2, Tiranë Kastriot HASA
Tel.: 042245889 Mob.: 0692088632 Rr. “Th. Ziko”, Pall. 6/9
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mob.: 0682061105
E-mail: [email protected]
Lissus Media I’s continuum
Andamion MURATAJ Iris ELEZI EJF Production
Rr. M. Shyri, P. 44/3, Tiranë Rr. Irfan Tomini, vila nr. 2, Tiranë Elkjana Gjipali
Mob.: 0683587786 Mob.: 0693223007 Email: [email protected],
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Mob: +355 694063304
AlbaSKY Anima Pictures
Paskal SEMINI Amantia PEZA Silver Dream Production
Rr. E Kavajës, Pall KONDOR, Tiranë Rr. Budi, P. Rogerd, Kati2, Tiranë Artur Gorishti
Mob.: 0684626416 Mob.: 0694011491 Email: [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

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Grishaj Film Production Geo Consulting Tel (Canada): (1) 514 941 1260
Anton GRISHAJ Edmond LEKAJ Tel (Albania): 00 355 67 46 46 099
Rr. D. Bosko, Pall Hawai/16, Tiranë Rr. “R. Collaku”, P. 23/1, Ap.3, Tiranë
Mob.: 0692400407 Mob.: 0672221651 LeArt Production
E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] LuliBitri
Email: [email protected]
B&G Film Production Kinostudio Dar Dan Mob: +355674646098
Sadush YLLI Armand MYRTAJ
Rr. Gj. Kuqali, 2/5/22, Tiranë Kashar, Domje, Tiranë Tunnelfilmshpk
Mob.: 0684063005 Florenc Papas
BotaShqiptare E-mail: [email protected] Rr. MuhametGjollesha 71/2/31
Genti GJONAJ Tirana 1001 – Albania
Blvd. Gj. Fishta, Kulla 2, Tiranë Casion Film Studio Mob. +355699337607
Mob.: 0682065280 Nils LANGU Email. [email protected]
E-mail: [email protected] Rr. “L. Gurakuqi”, pall. 89/1, Tiranë [email protected]
Mob. 0696002225
 Gentius Films Mob: +355 68 2022373 Cukali Film
Genti Kame Koloreto Cukali
Email: [email protected] Mokth Production Rr.Nikolla Lena, P.124, Ap.30, Tiranë
Mob: +355 69 40 30 120 AstritHyakaj Email: [email protected]
Rr.HiqmetBuzi, Tiranë Mob: +355 69 7568672
Mov(i)e On Email: [email protected]
Artan Malaj Mob: +355 69 4267045 Kube Studios
Email: [email protected] ErfortKuke
Mob: +355 666616026 Teo Film Rr.MihalDuri, Nr.123/3, Tiranë
Atina Laço Email: [email protected]
Skype: artan-malaj1
Rr.Sheh Ahmet Pazari, Pall.Klan 1, Ap.8, Mob: +355 67 2050031
Tiranë
Shows and Publicity
Email: [email protected] Eurofilm
Production
Mob: +355 69 75 74968 Vladimir Prifti
Marco Truppa
Rr.Dibrës, Nr.176, Tiranë
Umberto Orazi
DMYC Email: [email protected]
Rr.Mihal Grameno ErgysPeqini Mob: +355 68 2227702
Email: [email protected] Rr.SiriKodra, Nr.85, Tiranë

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Mob: +355 69 3070200 Email: [email protected] Albatross Media Company
Mob: +355 67 3791333 Omid Karimi
Eggra Albania Rr.Reshit Çollaku, Pall.Shallvare, Ap., Tiranë
Gentian Skenderaj Partizani Production Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected] & Distribution Mob: +355 69 600 2000
Mob: +355 69 2038010 Enxhi Mero
Rr.AndonZakoÇajupi, Pall.11, Ap.13,Tiranë A.R Production
Arkitema Email: [email protected] Ajola Daja
Elona Vladi Mob: +355 69 95 01722 Rr.Tish Dahia, Kompleksi Kika,Tiranë
Rr.Margarita Tutulani, Pall.T.I.D. Sh.1, Ap.50 Email: [email protected]
Email:[email protected] Screen AD Mob: +355 69 5203319
Mob: +355 67 2070949 EptanLohja
Rr.XhanfizeKeko 168, Tiranë Gulf Production Sh.P.K
Metronomi Email: [email protected] Omid Karimi
Thanas Gega Mob: +355 69 2020361 Str. Bilal Sina, farkë, Tiranë
Rr.Siri Kodra, Vila 191/1, Tiranë Email: [email protected]
Mob: +355 69 600 2000
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SERVICES
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IN
ALBANIA
 KUBE Studios is a production company based in Tirana
offering professional audio-visual services since 2008.
We are involved in both commercial and non-commercial
projects either in local or international markets.

“One Stop Shop” is what defines us. We are able to cover all
services, from creative to production, post-production,
editing, color correction and finishing.

Through our sister company Kube Rentals, we are able to

provide technical assistance with professional audio and
video equipment of cinematographic standards.

Services:
Copy and Script Writing, Location & Casting Database.
Scouting, Wardrobe, Atelier and Production Studio,
Equipment Rental, Video/Audio Editing, Post-Production and
Coloring Rooms, Audio Recording Studio, etc.

Crew:
Directors and DPs, Scripwriters, Art Directors, Casting
Directors, Location and Production Managers,
Production Assistants, Camera Assistants, Grip, Costume
Designers, Video and Audio Editors, 3D/VFX Artists,
Contact: Designers.

Rr. Mihal Duri

No. 123/3
Zip. 1000
Tirana, Albania
+ 355 67 20 21 649
www.kubestudios.com
[email protected] 164
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 “The First Video/Audio Equipment Rental Company in
Albania, dedicated to excellence in technology and quality of
service”

Digital Cinema Cameras:

Arri Alexa, Red Epic Dragon, Red One M-X

Lenses: 35mm Prime Lenses, 35mm Zoom Lenses,

HDSLR Lenses, Vintage Lenses,

Lens accessories:
Filters
Follow focus (optional wireless),

Matteboxes
Motion control,
Mark Roberts Motion Control, Remote Head

Tripods & stabilizers

Tripods, Car Mount, Action Product Steadycam, Marsupial
CineSaddle

HD monitors
Dollies & Cranes / JIBS,
Super Panther 3 Dolly, Spider Dolly, Light Panther Track
Dolly, ABC Crane 120 (9m), Jib-Arm & Sliders

Much more on our website

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 Who We Are
Kinostudio Dardan is a rental and production company.
We offer the latest word of the technology such as 4K
cameras and monitors.

Our Vision
At Kinostudio Dardan, we work as a team to fulfill the clients
expectations finding the best solutions and offering
high performance.

What We Do
- Production of Features & Short Movies (Theatrical)
- Production of TV Features & Shorts Movies
- Production of TV Fiction Series
- Production of TV Commercials, TV Shows and
Documentaries
- Equipment Rentals

We are looking forward to cooperate with other production

companies abroad offering them our equipment,
experienced staff and extraordinary locations for shooting in
Albania.

Contacts:

Kinostudio Dardan
Autostrada Tr-Dr, Km 7
Tirana, Albania
+355 696090690
+355 672221657
[email protected]
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 “Papadhimitri Film Production” is a creative and dynamic film
production company. Located in Albania, Papadhimitri Film
Production has produced short films, documentaries and
commercials since 2006.

We also offer an extensive selection of professional

equipment to rent for your next shoot and professional
editing studio. We also maintain strong relationships with
specialized crews from Albania. Our permanent staff
of production, casting, location and technical personnel offer
efficient, professional service for all your projects.

Services
- Film Production
- 4K Video Editing
- Video&Photo Shooting
- Motion Graphic
- Equipment & Studio Rental
- Location Managment
- Casting

In Albania, you will find yourself not only in the most pleasant
and beautiful surroundings but also in a very practical place
Contacts: to work!

Str Myslym Shyri,

P. 55/1 Shk1 Ap 3
Tirana, Albania
+355672060422,
+355672060420
papadhimitrifilmproduction@
gmail.com
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pro... video

Our company was born initially as a small film lighting

rental company but now after 10 years PRO... VIDEO has
grown.Our staff is qualified to work at the European level,
as we have proven by the numerous experiences we had
in collaboration with productions from around the world and
their extremely positive reactions afterward.

We have a long experience in visual productions such as

musical clip production, confirmed in Albania as one of
the most successful companies dealing with the design,
production, post-production and transmission of music
video clips. Currently, our company nowadays offers full
service rental with two generator light trucks, customs office,
cinematographic cameras and lenses.

PRO… VIDEO rental has a specialized film rental wing

that offers a complete range of services to both domestic &
foreign film makers looking to shoot in Albania.

We at PRO…VIDEO, adhere to international standards

and quality as a number of our clients comprise foreign
production houses. We are a one stop solution to all film
production needs whether its camera or light rental.
We live and breathe lighting, it’s what Pro…Video built its
reputation on and we supply a wide range of productions.
Our lighting products include items from ARRI, KinoFlo,
Contact: Dedolight. Give our knowledgeable and helpful team a call,
they’ll be very happy to help you select the best lights for the
Spiro Nino job and if you’re not sure how to use them, we can set up a
Tel:+355 69 20 22903 demo for you too.
Mail: [email protected]
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 AA Film Company is the biggest full service private film
production vompany in Albania and one of the most
important in the Balkans and Europe.
It was established in 2005 and provides professional
expertise in the film industry, music, photography, fashion
and art.

With over 20 years of experience, this company has realized

a large number of productions bringing innovation to the
audiovisual market. For 10 years now, we have supplied 2
(two) channels of the “Digitalb” digital with entirely dubbed
films in Albanian.

AA has dubbed 6000 serials and films along with production,

post-production and film services. Our company produces
television serials including two editions of Albania’s “Next
Top Model”. We produce commercials, provide marketing
consultancy as well as produce clips and different programs
for children and adolescents.

In our premises, you will find a complete scenography

departments, interior and exterior sets, green box studio,
black box photography studio and nine personalized
workshops for specialized audiovisual recordings, an indoor
pool studio, wardrobe and professional staff for filming.

Contact: AA offers maximal quality and competitive prices for music

composition, orchestration, mastered songs and voice-over.
Aida Kasemi AA also offers transport service, catering and hotel.
+355 68 20 48 417 The ultimate vision of AA Film Company is the expansion of
[email protected] the technical capacity and training of human resources.
[email protected] Our company slogan is: “Never be satisfied with the product,
this is art”.
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OTHER
CINEMATOGRAPHIC
INSTITUTIONS
 Founded in 1947 after the nationalization of the private
cinemas by the Albanian government, The Central State
Film Archive of Albania (AQSHF) is now the legal custodian
of the Albanian cinematographic production from1947 and
onwards, largely consisting of the productions from one
single state-owned entity, the “Kinostudio-New Albania”,
which started its activity in 1952. After many years being a
department of the “Kinostudio”, the AQSHF was established
in 1997 by the Ministry of Culture, as a cultural institution
with the mission to preserve and promote the national film
heritage.
AQSHF stores and preserves several film collections of
Albanian and foreign production, of all genres, such as
features, short and animations, documentaries, newsreels,
as well as a collection of unedited footage, all in 35mm
original elements of picture and sound.
In addition to the film collection AQSHF stores and
preserves other material that is of relevance to the history
of Albanian productions, such as film scripts and
technical scripts, director’s notes, editing lists, original still
photographs, promotional materials, music score sheets,
original posters etc. This original documentation also entails
bibliographic and reference information, press materials,
publications related to the films, photos from the history of
Albanian cinematography, biographical data on Albanian film
directors, technical documentation; anything and everything
that’s related to Albanian film history.
AQSHF is member of FIAF, the International Federation of
Contact: Film Archives since 1963.

Rr .Aleksandër Moisiu, No.76/1,

Tirana, Albania
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 The Albanian Film Commission (AFC) is a nonprofit
organization which was created 2001 that aims to attract
audiovisual production companies by providing subsidies
to lower the costs of preparation, production and post-
production for the projects shot in the Albanian territory.
AFC provides a variety of free services to solve logistical
problems. It’s headquarters is in Tirana, Albania.
AFC is one of the co-organizers the Tirana International Film
Festival.

Some of AFC’s sctivities include:

Honeymoons by Goran Paskalevic, 2009, 95 min. (35 mm)
(feature)

The Forgiveness of Blood, 2011, US-Albanian production by

Joshua Marston,winner Silver Bear, Berlinale 2011, (Best
Script, feature film)

TIFF: MAIA Workshop (November 2012) with Andrea Rocco,

director of Italia Film Commission

Contact Here Be Dragons, essay documentary directed by Mark

Cousins, 2013 - premiered at London Film Festival
Agron Domi
AFC Co-Founder Participation in EUFCN – European Film Commission
& Executive Director Network during Berlinale 2014

Addr: Rr. Abdyl Frasheri, Documentary on Albania: TBS Channel, Tokyo, Japoni,
P. Pegaso, February, 2014, Participation in EUFCN during Cannes Film
Shk.1, Ap.35, Festival 2014
Tirana, ALBANIA
+355 672088771 To Clothe The Naked by Anatoly Vasiliev, Trikita Production
2014 (feature)
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 Under the near half-century regime of dictator Enver Hoxha,
Albania remained cut off from the rest of the world
until 1990. Most Albanian films made under the communist
regime before 1991 were seldom subtitled into other
languages and rarely screened outside Albania.
The Albanian Cinema Project’s preservation initiative aims to
change this fact, bringing a ‘new’ national cinema to
international screens while attempting to preserve these
endangered treasures.
Begun by filmmakers Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci and
California archivist Regina Longo, the Albanian Cinema
Project was born after dangerous mold growth and vinegar
syndrome, two elements that destroy film quickly, were
discovered in the Central State Film Archive of Albania. In
the last few years, the archive has faced considerable
difficulty in maintaining proper conditions of temperature and
humidity within the vaults where these precious
films are stored.
The Albanian film archive is the custodian of all the East
European country’s motion picture productions. Begun
in 1947, the facility consists mostly of material from the “New
Albania” film studio, started in 1952 and closed in
1992. Currently the archive film collection includes 6,422
films, 4.329 being Albanian titles and 2,093 productions
from around the world: a total of 44,000 film cans.
Working with the support of the Albanian Ministry of Culture,
the US Embassy in Tirana, the Albanian National
Center of Cinematography, the Albanian Film Commission,
Contact: the Association of Moving Image Archivists and
concerned members of the international film and film
thealbaniancinemaproject.org archives community, the ACP is dedicated to preserving,
Facebook restoring and promoting Albanian film heritage.
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Albanian National Center of Cinematography, 2017

Supervisor
Ilir Butka (ANCC)

Data Collection and Editing

Kozeta Kullakshi, Majlinda Tafa (ANCC)

Editing
Thomas Logoreci

Design and Layout

Kavalo Studio

Printing house:
Pegi

Contact:
Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë,
Rr. “Aleksandër Moisiu”, nr.77, 1012,
Tiranë, Albania

+355 4 2378 004

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al

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