TIRANA, October 28 /ATA/ The Albanian film “Open door” by director Florenc Papas will represent Albania at the “Oscar 2021”. The film will compete in the “International Feature Film Award”, edition 93.
The selection commission at the National Center of Cinematography consisted of Eduart Makri, Esat Musliu, Bujar Alimani, Ndriçim Xhepa, Agron Domi and Genc Përmeti.
According to the Center announcement, the commission voted online to select the Albanian film. There were three candidate feature films besides the “Open Door”, “Summer without Return” directed by Besnik Bisha and “Meeting in the Air” directed by Ardit Sadiku.
“Open door”, is the film directed by Florenc Papas, script by Florenc Papas and Ajola Daja, starring actors Luli Bitri, Jonida Vokshi, Sotiraq Bratko, etc.
The film has previously been part of the “Sarajevo Film Festival” where it had its world premiere. The film has also participated in many other important festivals where it has been highly praised for directing and acting by Luli Bitri and Jonida Vokshi.
For the first time, the Albanian public got acquainted with this film at the Tirana International Film Festival, where it had many positive reviews.
Director Papas stated that, “At last, I am pleased to see the fruits of a great work of four years”.
The film tells the story of two sisters who undertake a long journey to their father’s house and the concern they have for facing him and his patriarchal mentality.
The theme of the film is the confrontation of two worlds, the young generation who see life in a realistic way and that of their father which is a traditional and conservative world.
This film was made with the support of the National Center of Cinematography, with producer Eno Milkani; it is also a co-production between Albania, Kosovo, Italy and Macedonia. /a.a/p.s./
