Critics Week · 43rd Edition
Vera Dreams of The Sea
Director
Kaltrina Krasniqi
Country
Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia
Runtime
1 h 27 min
Language
Albanian
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Vera, a middle-aged woman, is forced to face the raw reality of the deeply-seated gender issues when, after her husband’s suicide, the tendrils of an underworld scheme begin to surface.
Cast
Refet Abazi, Astrit Kabash, Alketa Sylaj, Teuta Ajdini Jegeni
Screenplay
Doruntina Basha
Producers
Shkumbin Istrefi
About the Director
An award-winning Kosovo-based film director working in film, television and digital humanities since early 2000. She graduated in Film Directing from the University of Prishtina in 2004. Her last film Sarabande (2018) premiered in ZagrebDox, won the Best Documentary award in Cinalfama Film Festival and was a nominee in short documentary competition at Camerimage Festival 2018.
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