Critics Week · 46th Edition
The Odyssey of Joy
Odiseja e Gëzimit
Director
Zgjim Terziqi
Country
Kosovo, France
Runtime
1 h 39 min
Language
Albanian, French, English
Premiere
World Premiere
Synopsis
The beginning of the new millennium finds Lis, an 11-year-old boy whose father is missing from the Kosovo war, expelled from his home and living with his family in a small apartment. Trying to forget a secret only he knows, Lis joins a French clown trio performing in Kosovo for children. Soon, he learns that no one can escape the truth, and that everyone must face their repressed emotions.
Cast
Diar Sadiku, Lucie Fagedet, Frédéric Radepont, Iñaki Lartigue
Screenplay
Zgjim Terziqi
Producers
Valmira Hyseni, Marie Ballon
About the Director
Zgjim Terziqi’s short films have been screened at over 70 festivals, including Cairo IFF, Atlanta FF, Torino FF, Busan ISFF, TIFF, and HollyShorts, winning more than 20 awards. He also co-wrote Samir Karahoda’s Displaced, which competed for the Short Film Palme d’Or at Cannes and won prizes at Sundance and Toronto. His project The Odyssey of Joy was developed through the Berlinale Script Station, Torino Film Lab, Valletta Film Lab, and Budapest Film Forum.
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