INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMS
Vera Dreams of the Sea | Vera Andrron Detin
Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania | 87' | 2021
Director: Kaltrina Krasniqi
Cast: Teuta Ajdini, Alketa Sylaj, Astrit Kabashi, Refet Abazi
Producers: Isstra Creative Factory (Kosovo) & Vera Films (Kosovo)
Synopsis:
Vera, a middle-aged woman, is forced to face the raw reality of the deeply-seated gender issues when, after her husband’s suicide, the tendrils of an underworld scheme begin to surface.
Biography:
Kaltrina Krasniqi is an award-winning Kosovo-based film director and researcher working in film, television and digital humanities since early 2000. She is a founding member of Kosovo Oral History Initiative – a digital archive, where personal histories of people from various paths of life are recorded and published, and a co-founder of Dit’ e Nat’; a non-formal setting for promotion of film, literature and music.
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WOMEN AT SEA | Grand Marin
France, Island, Belgum | 84' | 2022
Director: Dinara Drukarova
Cast: Dinara Drukarova, Sam Louwyck, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Hjörtur Jóhann Jóns-son, Dylan Robert, Antonythasan Jesusthasan, Magne Havard Brekke
Producers: Marianne Slot, Carine Leblanc - Slot machine
Synopsis:
Lili left everything behind to travel to the edge of the earth and accomplish her dream, fishing the Northern seas. She persuades Ian, the captain of a trawler by the name of Rebel, to give her a chance and let her join the crew. Lili will conquer her right to live differently, free.
Biography:
Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Dinara Drukarova made her acting debut at the age of 12 with Vitali Kanevski’s film «Freeze Die Come to Life». Dinara Drukarova began studying Human Sciences at the University of Saint Petersburg. In 2000, she decided to leave Russia and settle in France, where she pursued her career as an actress. In 2018 she made her debut as a director with the short film «My Branch So Thin» and in 2021 directed her first feature film «Grand Marin».
WOMEN ON THE ROOF
Poland | 97'| 2022
Director: Anna Jadowska
Cast: Dorota Pomykala, Bogdan Koca, Adam Bobik
Producer: Maria Blicharska Martin-Lacroix
Synopsis:
After trying to rob a bank with a kitchen knife, Mirka discovers her need for money is surpassed only by her need for love.
Biography:
Graduated from Łódź Film School and Wajda Masterschool of Directing, her feature Touch Me (Berlinale 2003 Forum section) wins the Grand Independent Cinema Prize in Poland in 2004. The same year, her short film Corridor is selected to the Cannes International Critics’ Week. In 2005, she wins the Best Polish Debut Award for her film Now, Me. Her last feature, Wild Roses (2017) wins again numerous awards among which the Impact Award Stockholm IFF, 5 Awards Cottbus IFF.
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