Shqipëria - Notes from Albania

Here Be Dragons

Filmmaker Mark Cousins goes to Albania for five days, and films what he sees. He discovers that the movie prints in the country's film archive are dec

2013

Kastriota

The Balkans 1443 . After a long successful military experience in the Turkish army, the reputation of the young Kastriota reached Albania and people b

2018

The Man Who Loves Gary Lineker

Follows rural GP Dr Ylli Hasani who risked imprisonment in totalitarian Albania by listening to the BBC World Service to keep up to date with world ev

1991

Inchiodato

2005

Anulloje Ligjin

A documentary that investigates the complexity of a nation, Albania, through the narration of the convoluted history of its monuments. What happens to

2023

Besa: The Promise

A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help

2012

Albánie – kráska se špatnou pověstí

2012

Gjama

“Gjama” is a rarely practiced mourning ritual that was performed by Albanian men throughout the centuries. By shouting specific phrases and acting out

2021

Fragments of Humanity

In the Kosovo War, human dignity was shattered by the terrors of the Serbian government and the Albanian liberation army. Truths about the victims’ fa

2022

The Albanian Challenge

Albania is the country in Europe that Europe probably knows the least about. Underdeveloped yesterday, Marxist today, breaking with the Kremlin, in fr

1971

Concert of 1936

In 1936, two female artists (a singer and a pianist) visit the city of Lushnja, which was very conservative.

1978

Albanian Heroic Women

Documentary about Congres VI of the Women's Union.

1967

A, B, C... Z

Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters.

1971

Dear Albania

Eliza Dushku takes on her homeland of Albania.

2015

Dear Enemy

Dear Enemy tells the true story of the director’s grandfather who became friends with a German officer during the WWII German occupation of Albania wh

2006

Stories of the Kosovo War

A documentary unraveling the untold stories and brutal experiences of the Kosovo War in the late 1990s.

2019

La conquista de Albania

King Carlos II of Spain (r. 1665-1700) once sent his brother Luis to lead a military expedition into Albania and conquer that land for the Spaniards.

1983

The Undamaged

The Balkans cradles Europe's last wild rivers and supports abundant wildlife and healthy, intact ecosystems. These rivers are "The Undamaged" – clean,

2018

KLLEZNA - PLACE OF THE TREE BRIDGES

A short documentary about a small village in the city of Ulcinj, that has 3 bridges.

Vendetta - Obliged to kill

A dramatic depiction of honor, family feuds and thousand-year-old traditions. In Albania, the tradition of avenging an injustice according to the mott

1996