Land im Fokus: Kosovo – New Voices

Kosovo ist ein junges Land, und dementsprechend ist es nur passend, auch den Jungen des Landes eine Stimme zu geben. New Voices tut genau das: Die Stimmen von fünf aufstrebenden kosovarischen RegisseurInnen geben einen Einblick in das vielseitige Filmschaffen im Land. Dabei behandeln sie nach wie vor präsente Probleme wie Armut, die ungleiche Stellung der Frau und die Nachwehen des Kosovokrieges, ohne jedoch ihren jugendlichen Optimismus zu verlieren.

Im Anschluss an das Screening findet ein Q&A statt.
«Anesthesia»
Noar Sahiti, Kosovo 2016, 23'1", Farbe, Albanisch / en UT, Fic
The end of the shift finds nurse Ajkuna conversing with a colleague. He's acquired the information she was looking for: a link to an organ trafficking circle. As she goes through various encounters with strangers and acquaintances, and wrestles with her daughter’s impending graduation, Ajkuna begins to see herself imploding.

«Stacioni» / «The Station»
Leart Rama, Albanien/Kosovo 2017, 11'55", Farbe, Albanisch / en UT, Doc
the high mountains on its two sides and between a small ship that breaks the quietness of this small part of the world. Some moves are visible.

«Lost Exile»
Fisnik Maxville, Kosovo/Schweiz 2016, 29'17", Farbe, Serbisch/Albanisch/Englisch / en UT, Fic
Emir, a family man, works for the local underworld and smuggles people from Serbia to Hungary. Hana, a young woman from Kosovo, wants to flee her country and an arranged mariage.

On the way, Emir's unscrupulous colleagues order him to stop at a motel next to the border. They see in Hana the opportunity to make
money by delivering her to a prostitution ring.

That night, Emir has to confront a moral dilemma and his own humanity while Hana faces her will to change her life and make it to Europe.

«Ajo» / «She»
More Raça, Kosovo 2018, 12'28", Farbe, Albanisch / en UT, Fic
To escape an early marriage arranged by her father, Zana has to make a courageous decision.

«Kiss Me, Now»
Norika Sefa, Kosovo 2020, 6', Farbe, Albanisch / en UT, Exp/Doc
Close-ups of people kissing. Versions of kissing and versions of being involved in a kiss. Does the kisser feel the same as the one who offers the cheek?

«I don’t know if it is because of the pandemic lockdown that the kisses and hugs gave me a very strange feeling. Like if it was a thing from the past. To touch each other. So the feeling is nostalgic and repulsive at the same time.»