TIRANA, September 21/ATA/ “In Albanian Short” is one of the film categories of Tirana International Film Festival TIFF, part of the official competition of the festival.
There have been selected 7 Albanian short films. Among them, the name of Luli Bitri, a well-known film and theater actress, stands out. This time at TIFF she comes as an actress in Artur Gorishti’s film “Winter Sparkles”, but also as the director of a short, 19′ fiction film entitled “Black Pelicans”. The film deals with a very delicate topic such as autism. An unwanted pregnancy causes tension in a family, as its members fear the birth of another autistic child.
Another film of this category is “Clara with a Mustache”, a Kosovar production by Ilir Blakçori. The historian is with the main character of this film: a banknote of 100 German marks as well as the beautiful portrait of Clara Schumann. The banknote travels from person to person, revealing their stories and perspectives.
In the 18-minute “Sun” by Rain Nikolla, comes the story of a shy girl named Dielleza, who is forced to stay with her aunt who does not welcome her at all. The girl is tormented by nightmares and preoccupation with her sick grandmother while staying in this rural area.
While Xhegi Dyrmishi, with his fiction of 17 minutes, touches on the economic wound caused by the pandemic, which has devastated Stefan played by the actor Gëzim Rudi. Another fiction is that of Sokol Keraj, produced in Albania, Romania and Colombia, with the title “Happy New Year 1982”.
Meanwhile, the other two films competing in the same category are “Home”, an animated film by Flaka Kokolli and the experimental film “Spider’s Envy” by Genti Korini. /j.p/p.s./
