Tirana International Film Festival

Short Films in Competition
STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying
Animation
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

1. Eisspin, the oh so Terrible by Adrian Doll | Germany | 2023 | 15’
2. Long Distance by Nadja Tanno | Switzerland | 2023 | 6’
3. Minus Plus Multiply by Chu-Chieh Lee | UK | 2023 | 5’
4. So I by Charlotte Sun | China | 2024 | 3’
5. The Eastern Rain by Milly Yencken | Estonia | 2023 | 10’
6. The Last Visit by Keawalee Warutkomain | Estonia | 2023 | 16’


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Short Films in Competition
ANIMATION OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

1. Ashen Sun by Camille Monnier | France, Belgium | 2024 | 13’
2. Flower Show by Elli Vuorinen | Finland | 2024 | 9’
3. Fracti by Lavinia Petrache | Switzerland | 2023 | 6’
4. Hooked on Illusions by Laura Isabel Schneider | Germany | 2023 | 5’
5. Matta and Matto by Bianca Caderas, Kerstin Zemp | Switzerland | 2023 | 11’
6. Nothing Special by Efrat Berger | France, Israel | 2024 | 15’
7. Outside by Izabela Plucinska | Poland | 2023 | 5’
8. The Cactus by Ricardo Kump | Brazil | 2023 | 11’
9. The Three Sisters by Timur Kognov | Cyprus | 2024 | 15’
10. Volcelest by Eric Briche | France | 2024 | 15’


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Short Films in Competition
STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying
Fiction
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

1. Our Own Shadow by Agustina Sánchez Gavier | Argentina | 2024 | 20’
2. Praeis by Dovydas Drakšas | Lithuania, UK | 2024 | 27’
3. Resort by Chanelle Eidenbenz | UK | 2024 | 20’
4. The Birthday Party by Francesco Sossai | Germany, France, Italy | 2023 | 17’
5. The Steak by Kiarash Dadgar | Iran, Canada | 2023 | 9’
6. Witnessing Her Last Fall by Ziyi Nan | China | 2024 | 15’


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Short Films in Competition
LIVE ACTION OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

1. A Summer's End Poem by Lam Can-Zhao | China, Switzerland, Malaysia | 2024 | 15’
2. Dancing in the Corner by Jan Bujnowski | Poland | 2024 | 14’
3. Delivery by Ben Lankester | UK | 2024 | 25’
4. Dreams Like Paper Boats by Samuel Suffren | Haiti | 2024 | 19’
5. Looking She Said I Forget by Naomi Pacifique | Netherlands, Switzerland | 2024 | 25’
6. Mother is a Natural Sinner by Hoda Taheri, Boris Hadžija | Germany, Iran | 2024 | 15’
7. My Mother is a Cow by Moara Passoni | Brazil | 2024 | 15’
8. On the Way by Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | 2024 | 15’
9. Tea by Blake Winston Rice | USA | 2024 | 13’
10. The Cascade by Pablo Delgado Sanchez | Mexico | 2024 | 21’
11. The Distance Between Us by Léo Fontaine | France | 2024 | 19’
12. The Masterpiece by Àlex Lora | Spain | 2024 | 20’
13. Three Keenings by Oliver McGoldrick | UK, USA | 2024 | 10’


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Distribution Award në SCREENPLAY ContesTIFF 🎬

SCREENPLAY ContesTIFF ka për qëllim të zgjedhë skenarin më premtues nga producentët dhe distributorët tanë partnerë, me potencialin më të madh për t’u realizuar dhe për t’u shpërndarë me sukses në festivalet ndërkombëtare të filmit 🌍.

10 skenarë janë nominuar për Pitching nga partnerët tanë dhe gjatë Ceremonisë së Ndarjes së Çmimeve, skenarët më të mirë do të shpërblehen me Distribution Award dhe mundësinë e një kontrate për prodhim ose shpërndarje! 🏆

📅 27 Shtator | ⏰ Ora 10:00
📍 AGIMI Art Center

Distribution Award at SCREENPLAY ContesTIFF 🎬

SCREENPLAY ContesTIFF aims to select the most promising screenplay, chosen by our partner producers and distributors, with the greatest potential for production and successful distribution at international film festivals 🌍.

10 screenplays have been nominated for Pitching by our partners, and during the Award Ceremony, the best screenplays will be rewarded with the Distribution Award and the opportunity to sign a production or distribution deal! 🏆

📅 September 27 | ⏰ 10:00 AM
📍 AGIMI Art Center


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Documentary Jury 22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024


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Short Films in Competition
STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

1. Coming Back to Life by Mantra Watsa | Belgium, Hungary, Portugal | 2023 | 20’
2. Getty Abortions by Franzis Kabisch | Germany, Austria | 2023 | 22’
3. Goodnight, Mister Stalin by Benjamin Schildknecht Kodboel | UK | 2024 | 20’
4. Reading You by Angeline Teh | Malaysia, Belgium | 2023 | 14’
5. Tale of the Three Flames by Juliette Menthonnex | Portugal | 2023 | 20’


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Short Films in Competition
DOCUMENTARY European Film Awards qualifying
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

1. A Storm Inside by Clément Pérot | France | 2023 | 24’
2. Been There by Corina Schwingruber Ilić | Switzerland | 2023 | 10’
3. Between Delicate and Violent by Şirin Bahar Demirel | Turkey, Netherlands | 2023 | 15’
4. City of Poets by Sara Rajaei | Netherlands | 2024 | 22’
5. Eternal Father by Ömer Sami | Denmark | 2023 | 30’
6. Ever Since, I Have Been Flying by Aylin Gökmen | Switzerland | 2023 | 19’
7. Exit Through the Cuckoo's Nest by Nikola Ilić | Switzerland | 2024 | 20’
8. Know Your Stones by Katarina Jazbec | Slovenia | 2023 | 21’


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The Landscape and the Fury by Nicole Vögele | Switzerland | 2024 | 138'

Full Length Films
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

On the Bosnian-Croatian outer EU border the paths of migrants and locals cross. The scars of the 1990s war connect to the fate of today’s refugees. A deeply telluric film, a kaleidoscope of landscape and fury.


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Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev | USA | 2024 | 87'

Full Length Films
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Under roaring fighter jets and missile strikes, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind and fight, contending with the soldiers they have become. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to make people afraid, it’s hard to destroy their passion for living.


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Malqueridas by Tana Gilbert | Chile, Germany | 2023 | 74'

Full Length Films
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

They are women. They are mothers. They are prisoners serving long sentences in a correctional facility in Chile. Their children grow up far from them, but remain in their hearts. In prison, they find affection in other partners who share their situation. Mutual support among these women becomes a powerful form of resistance to a system that imprisons poverty. Malqueridas constructs their stories through images captured by them with banned cell phones inside the prison, recovering the collective memory of a forgotten community.


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Echo of You by Zara Zerny | Denmark | 2023 | 76'

Full Length Films
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

When 86-year-old Rene buys flowers, he always thinks about what color his wife would have chosen if she were alive. Like most people in this film, he spent more time with this partner than without. Through candid, revealing interviews, Echo of You presents a group of Danish men and women, all aged 80+. With poignant openness and honesty, they share their thoughts on their life partnerships; lost loves who, one way or another, are no longer with them. They discuss the heartbreak of losing a life partner, and the ways in which life goes on. Filmmaker Zara Zerny, tenderly brings their individual voices together like a choir, interweaving them with abstract, dreamy images, music and artistic interpretations of their inner lives. Together, they form a collection of diverse perspectives on love, life, loneliness and death, merging into a unique body of testimony. A sensuous, life-affirming portrait of a generation slowly saying goodbye.


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Balomania by Sissel Morell Dargis | Denmark | 2024 | 90'

Full Length Films
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

In BALOMANIA, a secret society of giant hot air balloon makers in Brazil's favelas risk everything to create and fly their illegal masterpieces. Dubbed as delinquents, these 'baloeiros' operate underground like street artists, bringing joy to their communities while evading government threats and bounty hunters. Director Sissel shares her initiation into the balloon brotherhood, where launching silk paper creations becomes an act of social redemption and collective dreaming.


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Amor by Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri | Italy, Lithuania | 2023 | 101'

Full Length Films
Documentary
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

“When I look at Rome, I see my mother. It's been the case since she died." It's a summer evening from many years ago: the city is empty, and the final of the soccer world championship is underway. A woman, Teresa, reaches the Tiber and lets herself go into the river. The abyss swallows her while Virginia, her daughter, in the dark of the night travels through Rome: she wants to find her and save her. Virginia must cross the depths of the waters, of history, the myths, the vital brightness and the disasters of a timeless Rome. Only then can she see her mother again, surfacing from the blackness of the Tiber, flying towards Amor, "the planet of care”. Surrounded by water, its streets, squares, and fountains are reminiscent of those of Rome and the animals roam freely.


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Feature Jury 22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024


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Xoftex by Noaz Deshe | Germany, France | 2024 | 99’

Full Length Films
PerspecTIFF
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Palestinian-Syrian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land. With nowhere to escape, boiling tensions in the camp push Nasser to another world.


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That Afternoon by Nafiss Nia | Netherlands | 2023 | 76’

Full Length Films
PerspecTIFF
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Two people marked by their past as refugees are looking for a way out. They meet through a closed door, revealing two life stories with one combined fate. That Afternoon is the story of a battle between hope and despair.


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Silence of Sirens by Gazmend Nela | Kosova, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania | 2023 | 93’

Full Length Films
PerspecTIFF
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Avni is a traffic police officer in a small town in Kosovo, an ordinary policeman and family man, neither very honest nor very brave. Together with his partner Gezim, they accept petty bribes from the drivers they arrest for speeding. One night, thinking they are doing the right thing, they es**rt to the station an international court prosecutor who was driving drunk with a bag full of cash in the back of the car. The two of them then will quickly find themselves entangled in a corruption case that goes way beyond them.


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Goodbye Julia by Mohamed Kordofani | Sudan | 2023 | 120’

Full Length Films
PerspecTIFF
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Wracked by guilt after covering up a murder, Mona — a northern Sudanese retired singer in a tense marriage — tries to make amends by taking in the deceased’s southern Sudanese widow, Julia, and her son, Daniel, into her home. Unable to confess her transgressions to Julia, Mona decides to leave the past behind and adjust to a new status quo, unaware that the country’s turmoil may find its way into her home and put her face to face with her sins.


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Árni by Dorka Vermes | Hungary | 2023 | 100’

Full Length Films
PerspecTIFF
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Sensitive and bird-like Árni works as a handyman at a small and dingy traveling circus touring in rural areas. The troupe is made up from a family that runs the circus, where Árni is the only non-family member. He lives like a monk, his days revolve around feeding the animals and doing various works for the circus. The circus gets a new python, and the creature piques Árni’s curiosity. As he starts taming it, the process gradually makes an impact on him.


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The Stork by Isa Qosja | Montenegro, Kosova, North Macedonia, Albania | 2023 | 97’

Full Length Films
Feature
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

A sleepy Montenegrin village, where most of the natives have emigrated to the US, is the setting for a bitter-sweet tale of three women fighting for autonomy. Suta resists pressure to marry her late husband's autistic twin, Vezire and Drane must learn to coexist as their mutual husband plans to leave, Fize tries to find a bride for her son. A stork's arrival troubles the superstitious villagers.


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The Legends of Eternal Snow by Alexei Romanov | Russia, Sakha Republic | 2024 | 80’

Full Length Films
Feature
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

In the vast snowy expanses of Yakutia, a drama unfolds. An older man, Khabyy, along with two companions, must deliver the young Kiluk as a bride for an old prince. Taken from her parents' yurt in exchange for a rich dowry, she longs to escape back home, but Khabyy is harsh and unrelenting. Only the young Nyukus tries to ease her plight. As they travel, feelings develop between them.


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Paradise is Burning by Mika Gustafson | Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy | 2023 | 108’

Full Length Films
Feature
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

A working-class area in Sweden. Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), live alone, as their mother is often gone. When social services demand a meeting, Laura must find someone to play their mom, to avoid foster care and the three sisters being separated. Laura keeps this a secret, as not to worry her younger sisters, but frictions arise with the meeting inching closer, hanging them on a thin line between the euphoria of freedom and the depths of discomfort.


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Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World by Radu Jude | Romania, Luxemburg, France, Croatia | 2023 | 163’

Full Length Films
Feature
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Part One: We follow Angela, an overworked production assistant who must drive around the city of Bucharest in order to film the casting for a “safety at work” video commissioned by a multinational company, ostensibly to raise awareness among its own employees on the various dangers that lead to work related accidents. Soon she encounters Marian, a half paralysed worker, who gets the part.

Part Two: When Marian reveals on camera that his work related accident is due to the company’s negligence, his statement ignites a scandal, which forces him to re-invent his story to suit the company’s narrative.


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Bang Bang by Vincent Grashaw | USA | 2024 | 104’

Full Length Films
Feature
22nd edition TIFF 2024- Tirana International Film Festival 2024

Retired pugilist Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski is inspired to try his hand at training after seeing his estranged grandson, Justin, choke out his community service supervisor in an act of valor. Justin is a reluctant pupil, seemingly pressured into the ring by his reckless grandpa, but eventually warms to the brutality as he and Bang Bang grow closer. While their training brings Bang Bang out of the hole he’s been living in, everyone questions his motivations, including his ex-girlfriend Sharon who was privy to Bang Bang’s meteoric rise in the sport as well as the rivalry with his former opponent, her cousin and Detroit's Mayoral candidate Darnell Washington. As Bang Bang and Justin approach fight day, the question remains: is Bang Bang merely passing down inherited rage, or is there true altruism behind his tutelage?


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Congratulations dear Bogdan!
I watched your New film and the great Award came finally to you, very well-deserved. Hope to see you again in Tirana.

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🎬✨ Jemi të lumtur të njoftojmë se Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare (ATSH), Radio Kombëtare Club FM dhe Business Magazine janë Partnerët Mediatikë për edicionin e 22-të të Tirana International Film Festival!

Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare (ATSH), e vetmja agjenci shqiptare e lajmeve që prej vitit 1913, do të mbulojë ngjarjet e TIFF me lajme dhe imazhe si një partner mediatik prej vitesh. 📰

Club FM, një nga radiot më të suksesshme në Shqipëri që prej vitit 1998, vazhdon traditën e saj të veçantë me transmetime në mbarë vendin dhe Kosovë, duke qenë një lider në industrinë e radios. 📻

Business Magazine, media e parë shqiptare e dedikuar sipërmarrjes, teknologjisë dhe inovacionit, do të mbulojë të rejat më të fundit nga TIFF përmes artikujve të saj të përditësuar dhe botimeve mujore. 📚

Na ndiqni për t’u njoftuar rreth përditësimeve më të fundit!

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🎬✨ We are excited to announce that Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare (ATSH), Radio Kombëtare Club FM, and Business Magazine are the Media Partners for the 22nd edition of the Tirana International Film Festival!

Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare (ATSH), the only Albanian news agency since 1913, will cover TIFF events with news and images as a long-standing media partner.

Club FM, one of the most successful radio stations in Albania since 1998, continues its unique tradition with broadcasts across the country and Kosovo, remaining a leader in the radio industry. 📻

Business Magazine, the first Albanian media dedicated to entrepreneurship, technology, and innovation, will provide the latest updates from TIFF through its articles and monthly publications. 📚

Stay tuned for the latest updates!


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Masterclass: “Filmmaking Eksperimental dhe Personal” me Rouzbeh Rashidi 🎬

Zhytuni në botën e filmit dhe videos alternative me Rouzbeh Rashidi, themelues i Experimental Film School (Iran-Irlandë). Zbuloni praktikat artistike të ndryshme dhe metoda inovative për të nisur praktikën tuaj unike eksperimentale! 🌟🎥

📅 Data: 26 Shtator
⏰ Ora: 11:00
📍 Vendndodhja: Agimi Art Center

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Masterclass: “Experimental and Personal Filmmaking” by Rouzbeh Rashidi 🎬

Explore the world of alternative film and video with Rouzbeh Rashidi, founder of Experimental Film School (Iran-Ireland). Discover diverse artistic practices and innovative methods to ignite your own unique experimental film journey! 🌟🎥

📅 Date: September 26
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Agimi Art Center


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Lajme të jashtëzakonshme nga TIFF!
Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting vjen në Tiranë! 🏆
Pjesë e iniciativës së ICDA për të vlerësuar ndikimin e casting në industrinë kinematografike. Ky çmim do të akordohet në Ceremoninë e Hapjes të edicionit të 22-të të Tirana International Film Festival më 22 Shtator.

Ky është një moment historik për TIFF, festivali më i vjetër dhe më i rëndësishëm i filmit në Shqipëri, tashmë i akredituar si festival kualifikues për Academy Awards®️ dhe European Film Awards. 🌟

Falë mbështetjes së Filmmakers Europe dhe Spotlight, mbi 40 regjisorë ndërkombëtarë të casting do të jenë pjesë e kësaj ceremonie, duke nderuar artin e casting dhe duke rritur ndikimin e industrisë së filmit të Shqipërisë në skenën botërore! 🌍

TIFF vazhdon të jetë një qendër kulturore për kineastët dhe dashamirësit e kinemasë, duke promovuar bashkëpunimin dhe duke i dhënë zë industrisë kinematografike në Shqipëri dhe botë.

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Exciting News from TIFF!
The Semiramis Award for Excellence in Casting is coming to Tirana! 🏆
As part of the ICDA’s initiative to highlight the impact of casting in the film industry, this award will be celebrated at the Opening Ceremony 22nd edition of the Tirana International Film Festival on September 22.

This is a historic moment for TIFF, Albania’s oldest and most significant film festival, now accredited as a qualifying film festival for the Academy Awards®️ and the European Film Awards. 🌟

Thanks to the support of Filmmakers Europe and Spotlight, over 40 international casting directors will be part of this ceremony, honoring the art of casting and enhancing the global impact of Albania’s film industry! 🌍

TIFF continues to be a cultural hub for filmmakers and cinema enthusiasts, promoting collaboration and giving voice to the film industry in Albania and beyond.