| Director: | Luàna Bajrami |
|---|---|
| Production: | Ten Cinema (Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Hervé Ruet), Quad + Ten Films (Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Hervé Ruet), Orëzanë Films (Val Rahmani) |
| Running Time: | 94’ |
| Language: | Albanian |
| Country: | Kosovo, France |
| Main Cast: | Elsa Mala, Albina Krasniqi, Don Shala, Aurora Ferati, Gani Rrahmani, Uratë Shaban |
| Screenplay: | Luàna Bajrami |
| Cinematographer: | Hugo Paturel |
| Editor: | Paul Frère, Julie Renault |
| Production Designer: | Luàna Bajrami |
| Costume Designer: | Léopold Bushsbaum |
| Music: | Céline Laumord |
| Sound: | Pëllumb Ballata, Eric Rey, Xavier Thibault, Gilles Bénardeau |
| Visual Effects: | Benjamin Laborde |
Cinema
Bota jonë (Phantom Youth)
Orizzonti Extra
Synopsis
Kosovo, 2007. Zoé and Volta leave their remote village to enter Pristina University. Amidst social and political tensions, the two women discover a country in turmoil, seeking its identity on the eve of independence and whose youth has been forgotten.
Director’s Statement
In 2007, eight years after the war, Kosovo is still under United Nations protectorate, awaiting independence. The youth of this country to be is torn between culture and status, tradition and globalisation, pain and resilience. A deliberate echo to the journey of our two heroines, Zoé and Volta. They flee from their village, dreaming of a better future. Searching for their place in this society, where ambitions collide with reality. This film as a chronicle tells a little about Kosovar youth, but it’s much more about the world’s youth. Its questions being universal. Everyone dreams, but the more time passes, the more those dreams dwindle, and hope with them. Don’t dream dreams, they said.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1: Val Rahmani - Orëzanë Films
Kosovo
Tel. +33 635427106
orezanefilms@gmail.com
PRODUCTION 2: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Hervé Ruet - Quad + Ten
41 rue de l’Échiquier
75010 – Paris, France
Tel. +33 689571454
margaux.pierrefiche@quad.fr
WORLD SALES: Alexis Cassanet – Gaumont
30, avenue Charles de Gaulle
92200 - Neuilly sur Seine, France
Tel. +33 146432035
alexis.cassanet@gaumont.com
PRESS OFFICE: Quentin Becker, Vana’a Edom – Gaumont
30, avenue Charles de Gaulle
92200 - Neuilly sur Seine, France
Tel. +33 146432306
Mob. +33 0671931179
presse@gaumont.com
