Looking for Venera
— Feature, 2021, Kosovo, 1 hour 52 min
— Directed by Norika Sefa
“Looking for Venera” portrays life in a crowded, multi-generational household in a small village in Kosovo,where the quiet teenager Venera can rarely find privacy. However, when she befriends the rebellious Dorina, a new, liberating world opens up to her. Slowly, Venera begins to push against her conservative family’s expectations.
Greetings from an Elsewhere
— Documentary, Germany, 2019, 4 min
— Directed by Edona Kryeziu
Found footage, visual postcards written in the 1990s on VHS, fragments of a new life abroad passed on, sent by planes or buses to Kosovo, and pictures sent back from the country. Hugs on platforms, cars leaving, weddings and birthdays. Dancing and tears: lots of tears of joy and despair. Repeatable situations create chronicles of torn lives, uncertainty, and suspended existences. Kryeziu’s film was made from VHS materials found in family archives, and at the request of the Autostrada Biennale in 2021, the artist made a full-length version of the film.
Kurrizi
— Documentary, 2017, Kosovo, 15 min
— Directed by Orgesa Arifi
In “Kurrizi”, Orgesa Arifi explores how a residential and commercial complex in Prishtina’s Dardania neighborhood, built in the 1970s and 1980s, became a hub of quiet resistance by the 1990s. Under the Milosevic regime, Albanians were systematically excluded from public life, but Kurrizi, meaning “Spine”, emerged as the backbone of defiance. Its bars brought together youth, politicians, and activists, becoming a breeding ground for unity and resistance, where ideas and the unbreakable spirit of a silenced people thrived.
I Have Never Been on an Airplane
— Documentary, Kosovo, 2021, 09 min
— Directed by Redon Kika
On “I Have Never Been on an Airplane” three young people in their early twenties, living in Prishtina, Kosovo, reflect on what it means to live in isolation from the world due to Kosovo’s ongoing visa liberalization issues. None of them have ever been on an airplane or left the Balkans, highlighting the restrictions that shape their lives and futures.
SHPIJA
— 2D Animation, 2022, Kosovo, 7 min 40 sec
— Directed by Flaka Kokolli
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In “SHPIJA” a young girl, determined to leave her home, discovers that it’s not as easy as she thought. The house she grew up in follows her wherever she goes, wreaking havoc on her life. When she faces it, it seems harmless, but only for a moment. Finding the strength to confront it, she realizes the weight it has placed on her.
Routine
— Documentary, Kosovo, 2018, 14 min
— Directed by Bekim Guri
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After the death of Alban’s brothers in the fire that burnt down their home, the entire family suffers from a shock, mental disorder and extreme poverty. Of all the family members, Alban has been affected the most by this tragedy.
Wie lange bleibt ihr noch?
— Documentary, Germany, 2023, 8 min
— Directed by Arnit Likaj, Jasmin Rai
In their short, Arnit Likaj and Jasmin Rai explore their feelings and thoughts about what it is like to be caught in between two cultures. They have a migrant background and do not feel like they belong completely in either Germany or their parents’ home country. They work with self-written and self-spoken texts in their native languages, while the production process in a potato farm is shown.
Gardhi
— Fiction, 2017, Kosovo, France, Croatia, 15 min
— Directed by Lendita Zeqiraj
In ‘Gardhi’, despite Genti’s persistence to be heard, his mom doesn’t pay attention. Caught between his desire to adopt a puppy, his mother’s ignorance and an unpleasant family discussion, Genti jumps over the fence choosing his own path.
Në Mes
— Documentary, 2019, Kosovo, 15 min
— Directed by Samir Karahoda
Brothers and sons living abroad build identical houses to symbolise equality and unity within the family. This empathetic portrait captures families who, out of economic necessity, spend much of their lives apart, navigating cultures not their own.