TIRANA, September 9/ATA/ “A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes on” was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
Albania’s representative at the “Oscar” awards will be the film of the young director Gentian Koçi.
The National Center of Cinematography gave the news saying that Albania’s official candidacy for the “Best Foreign Film” category, in the 95th edition of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the film “A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes on” written and directed by Gentian Koçi. The film is a production of the cinematographic house “ARTALB FILM PRODUCTIONS”.
This film is co-produced with Maria & Mayer (Portugal), Graal Films (Greece) and Added Value Films (Kosovo).
The selection committee consisted of Eduart Makri, Vladimir Prifti, Genc Përmeti, Diana Çuli, Mirela Oktrova and Alert Çeloaliaj, who voted electronically and secretly. The winning film received the votes of 4 members, while two other films were also in the competition, one by director Fatmir Koci and the other by director Ergys Meta.
The feature film “A cup of coffee and new shoes worn” was financed by the National Center of Cinematography, Albanian Public Radio-Television, Greek Film Center, Greek Public Television, Cinematographic Center of Kosovo, Portuguese Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual, Eurimages, Media -Creative Europe and the Municipality of Tirana. /j.p/p.s./
