Albania Movies

“Why so?” as the original title says, alluding to the almost cartoonish, anti-social behaviour depicted here. But we could also now ask...

Vlash Zaka is a poor villager who secures his living by capturing wild horses in the forest. His brother has killed an Italian spy, so Vlash is under...

Life of my grandfather, an elderly man living with dignity in post-communist Albania despite his troubled past. 

In 80s Albania, the head of a village is very near retirement. He has many accomplishments but feels somewhat spiritually "bureaucratized" so wants...

Short animated film about a girl who takes care of the geese.

The starting point is an excerpt from the Albanian feature film "Qyteti me i ri ne bote" (Xhanfise Keko 1974, EN: "The Youngest City in the World"),...

Documentary film from 1986.

How many times have we commented on the "problems" of modern couples with different characters? Events full of intrigue and controversy that in fact...

Documentary about the building of the Durres-Tirane railway.

Can heartbeats be “reactionary”? Yes, if they are the only sonic element on a montage-heavy documentary about the war dead. Made just...

Portrays the lives of families and other loved ones left behind when husbands, fathers, brothers and children, because of desperate economic...

Based on a real story that took place in Shkodër, a German captain who returns to Albania and is given his clock back from a local watchmaker...

In the Socialist Paradise (It Never Rains) is a reflection on how propaganda during Albania’s dictatorship infiltrated every aspect of life...

The two Albanian street performers and close friends, Besi and Rafael, have been traveling through Italy for years with their mime and acrobatics act...

The film is about time, and it explores, in parallel, the story of a mother who has lost her son. The story is told through a narrator. The film is...

Primary school student Lani knows the value of money, but he values education above all. As part of the Roma minority, he tries to follow his own...

Albanian LGBT community members appear for the first time with their non hidden faces and names and share their personal stories about how the LGBT...

Made during the violent civil unrest that rocked Albania in the 1990s, directors Nova and Faja have handcrafted a searing vision in which a demonic...

Congress for the unification of youth.