Albania Movies

Short film about an older man that's out and talking to people.

A short video by Tzena Saliou

Katërmbëdhjetë vjeç dhëndër (English: A Bridegroom at Fourteen) is an Albanian play by Andon Zako Çajupi. The...

Can one have a private space in public? This question would put up for discussion the meaning that private space takes in a public sphere. In...

Life of my grandfather, an elderly man living with dignity in post-communist Albania despite his troubled past. 

a film by Sara Xhengo

Eve's Gate is the road to illusory happiness, on which two young Albanian girls run across the sea, so that there, even at the cost of body and soul,...

Follows two Albanian coal miners: Rakip, reluctant to retire, and Ben, freshly graduated from high school and uncertain of his path in life.

A shy girl moves to a small town to stay with her cold aunt. She gets taken care of by a rebellious teenager who also doesn't want anything to do...

Patriarchal times in northern Albania gave birth to a phenomenon - the replacement of the man at the head of the household by a woman. These are...

Found footage compilation of Albania’s turbulent 20th century history is also a bitter and telling essay on the nation’s worship of...

By 1980, Albania had broken with all the world’s superpowers. The isolation pushed the country into a corner. Industrial production slowed to a...

Perhaps the most chilling testament to the ruthlessness of Albania’s communist regime, this documentary presents a public trial in a packed...

In the 1960s after Albania's break with the Soviet Union, the country became an unlikely satellite of communist China (Newsweek referred to the...

This newsreel presents the one and only visit to Albania by Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev. But behind the bear hugs and airport kisses, Enver...

The story of Viktor Stratoberdha (1921-1991) mirrors many of Albania’s tragedies. Stradoberdha’s humorous, buoyant style led him to be...