Feature Film by Visar Morina, Drama, 104 min, Colour,
GER/KOS/MKD/FR 2015
©NiKo Film / Produksioni Krusha / Skopje Film Studio / Eaux Vives Productions / WDR / ARTE
funded by: Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Filmförderungsanstalt FFA, nordmedia, Kosova Cinematography Center, Macedonian Film Fund, Cinema du Monde
Ger. Distribution: missingFILMs
World Sales: Heretic Outreach
SYNOPSIS
Ten-year old Nori and his father Gesim earn their living by selling cigarettes in pre-war Kosovo of the nineties. Gesim will hear nothing of Nori’s mother. He is an expert at escaping the past and now he wants to flee Kosovo, without Nori. But the boy tries everything in his means to prevent his dad from leaving. An accident results. The shocked father takes Nori to the hospital. When Nori gets out, his father is simply gone. Angry, yet determined Nori sets out on a perilous journey to find his father and indeed finds him in Germany. With the persistence only a child can have, he confronts his father and can not forgive him for desertion.
CAST
Val Maloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi, Enver Petrovci, Xhevedet Jashari, Armend Ismajli, Arijeta Ajeti, Alban Ukaj
CREW
Producer | Nicole Gerhards |
Co-Producer | Visar Krusha, Tomi Salkovski, |
Associate Producer | Kathrin Schlösser |
Director&Script | Visar Morina |
Cinematographer | Matteo Cocco |
Production Design | Jutta Freyer |
Costume Design | Genoveva Kylburg |
Make-up Design | Astrid Weber |
Casting Director | Susanne Ritter, Blerta Basholli |
Music | Benedikt Schiefer |
Editing | Stefan Stabenow, Anne Fabini, |
Sound Design | Igor Popovski |
Supervising Sound Design | Malte Bieler |
Re-Recording Mix | Thierry Delor |
Line Producer | Katja Morgeneier |
Head of | Claudia Schurian |
Commissioning Editors | Andrea Hanke (WDR) |
Awards (Selection)
Filmfest München 2015, Best Director
Filmfest München 2015, Best Script
Filmfest München 2015, Best Actor (Astrit Kabashi & Val Maloku)
Filmfest München 2015, One Future Prize
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015, Best Director
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015, Europa Cinema Label
Avvantura Film Festival 2015, Zadar, Best Actor (Val Maloku)
CinEast 2015, Special Jury Prize
Tirana International Film Festival 2015, Best Feature Film
Tirana International Film Festival 2015, Media Jury Special Mention
Film Festival Cottbus 2015, Best Debute Film
Bosphorus International Film Festival, Best Feature Film
Bosphorus International Film Festival, Best Screenplay
28th Panorama of European Cinema Athens, Audience Prize
15th Festival Cinéma Méditerranéen, Brussels, Prix Cineuropa
15th Marakech International Film Festival (FIFM), Special Jury Prize
Premiers Plans- Angers Film Festival 2016, Best Male Actor Prize (Astrit Kabashi)
Festivals (Selection)
33rd International Film Festival Munich, New German Cinema
50th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary, Competition
59th BFI London International Film Festival, Dare
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2015, New Visions
Adelaide Film Festival 2105, Competition
30th Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück, Eröffnungsfilm
Reykjavik International Film Festival, Competition
17th Motovun Film Festival, Competition
20th Busan International Film Festival, Flash Forward
31st Haifa International Film Festival, The Carmel International Film Competition
Preselection European Filmpreis 2015
Preselection German Filmpreis 2016