Alban Ukaj
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1980-07-25
Locus Natus: Pristina, Kosovo
Et ut:
Lorna's Silence
Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship,...
release : 2008.08.27popularis : 6.26
Frame for the Picture of My Homeland
Based on a true story, the film presents events similar to those in the Lukić indictment.
release : 2005.08.21popularis : 0.577
Magic Eye
During the riots of 1997 in Albania the retired photographer PETRO travels from his hometown Gjirokastra to the capital Tirana. He has taken pictures...
release : 2005.11.01popularis : 0.935
J.A.C.E.
Twice-orphaned Jace, a seven-year-old Albanian of Greek origin, witnesses a massacre that wipes out his entire foster family in Argyrokastron, and...
release : 2012.11.08popularis : 1.385
Birdy
Tica (Birdy) a war orphan arrives to Sarajevo with his newborn daughter urgently needing surgical procedure. Facing his new appalling reality, Tica...
release : 2019.08.13popularis : 0.65
Shopping
The director's fascination is the parallel world which exists behind the doors of big shopping malls. It is as if behind those doors everyday human...
release : 2008.08.11popularis : 1.404
Stane
On the day of an inauguration to head the family business Stane confronts marriage, love and patriarchy.
release : 2023.09.03popularis : 2.301
The Albanian Virgin
Albania, 1958. Luana, the daughter of a well respected man in the village, makes friends with Agim, who moved here after his family were banned from...
release : 2023.02.09popularis : 1.656
Radio Freedom
An idealistic ham radio operator is trapped in a besieged town and struggles to survive the madness around him.
release : 2021.09.28popularis : 0.615
Bota
Bota (Albanian for “the world”) is a cafe situated on the edge of a vast area of marshland in a remote part of Albania, and it is here...
release : 2014.07.05popularis : 2.306
Tori and Lokita
In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult...
release : 2022.10.05popularis : 8.177
Era
Set in Kosovo in 1990 at a time of political volatility as Yugoslavia is breaking apart, ERA tells the story of 17-year-old Era, a rebellious...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.639
One of Us
A former volunteer in the Kosovo war returns to Albania to pursue a career in the police force. In the country's chaotic and corrupt capital city,...
release : 2022.11.12popularis : 0.805
Nightguards
Mahir is married to Geraldine for three years and still they have no children. So Mahir becomes convinced that he is pregnant. From that moment, he...
release : 2008.09.01popularis : 0.635
The Battery
It is the third year of the war and Sarajevo people are tired and nervous. A ceasefire has been announced. In a building with six apartments, a young...
release : 2011.01.01popularis : 2.111
On the Path
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. After Amar's dramatic change in a...
release : 2010.08.10popularis : 4.134
Sabina K.
Sabina, a divorced mother of two small children, falls in love with an old friend from the Bosnian war. The two plan to marry, but things go terribly...
release : 2015.09.25popularis : 2.063
The Ship of Fools
Sarajevo in 1992. Vedran, a once famous musician, tries to shelter his family from the madness of war. He hides them in his old house and goes out of...
release : 2006.11.07popularis : 0.568
Paycheck
A man earns his first paycheck by driving his motorcycle, for the pleasure of rich people, through a mine field in Bosnia.
release : 2005.08.21popularis : 0.938
The Marriage
Bekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol. The Marriage charts the emotional...
release : 2017.11.28popularis : 1.588
Full Moon
A police officer Hamza has to work that night even though his wife has gone into labour, because the police are short-staffed. To make everything...
release : 2019.11.30popularis : 0.739
Sympathy for the Devil
In an urban war zone where everything that moves is a target, Paul tries to live, love and inform.
release : 2019.11.27popularis : 3.869
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among...
release : 2021.02.26popularis : 9.081
The White Fortress
What could be a beautiful fairy tale for some - boy meets girl - could also be the beginning of a horror film for Faruk. The young man is crushed...
release : 2022.04.22popularis : 1.898
Dreams
Suddenly a moment from the past, a shard of memory can surge, overwhelming the senses. Crystal snowflakes land precariously on pale birch trees,...
release : 2010.06.09popularis : 0.296
The Tower of Strength
A persecuted child finds shelter in the house of the enemy. The host faces an awestruck choice: to save the child's life and his own integrity - or...
release : 1970.01.01popularis : 0.852