LOOKING FOR VENERA

DIZALICA

LOOKING FOR VENERA

DIRECTOR: Norika Sefa

COUNTRY: Kosovo, North Macedonia

YEAR / DURATION: 2021 • 111’

GENRE: drama

Info

  • SCREENPLAY: Norika Sefa
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY: Luis Armando Arteaga
  • EDITOR: Stefan Stabenow, Norika Sefa
  • CAST: Kosovare Krasniqi, Rozafa Celaj, Tristan Halilaj, Erjona Kakeli, Basri Lushtaku
  • PRODUCER: Besnik Krapir
  • COMPANY: Circle Production
  • FESTIVALS AND AWARDS:Rotterdam IFF – Special Jury Award, Trieste FF – Cineuropa Prize, Sarajevo FF – Special Award (Gender Equality), Split IFF – Special Mention, Tarkovsky FF – Best Director, Basel – Best Film, Cinema Jove Valencia – Best Actor

Trailer

Synopsis

The quiet, taciturn teenager Venera lives in a small town in Kosovo and years to expand her horizons. At home, where three generations are crawling together in a small house, she has hardly any privacy. Everything changes when she meets open-minded Dorina.

About the director

Norika Sefa (Đakovica, ), director, screenwriter, and editor. She holds a master’s degree from FAMU in Prague. In her films, she often merges fiction and documentary, for example, Desde arriba (2020) is a hybrid documentary film made under the guidance of Werner Herzog in the Peruvian jungle. She is currently working on her next feature film, set in Kosovo.

Screening

  • AMBRELA – 22.07.2022

    21:30

FREE ENTRANCE

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