Movies: Robert Budina

On 8 August 1991, an Albanian ship carrying 20,000 people reached the port of Bari. The ship was called the “Vlora”. Mooring was difficult, and some of the passengers jumped overboard to swim to land, while many others chanted “Italia, Italia”, makin...

Aida, 45 years old, city hall manager in a small Southern Albanian town by the shore of Ochrid Lake has to fight against the infernal machine of a corrupt system, of which she’s a herself a part of, when her teenage son Mark becomes involved in a rap...

Two people meet up in jail when they come for monthly visits of their spouses. They fall in love after becoming witnesses to a wedding in jail but their relationship has to end because both their spouses get amnesty from the government....

Besnik is a lonely shepherd and devoted Muslim, haunted by unfulfilled love. He is the son of a Catholic mother and formerly Communist father whom he takes care of in an Albanian village in the mountains. Up here, Christians and Muslims have found a ...

Two Albanian brothers migrate to Greece and try, each in his own way, to integrate into their host country by following two different lifestyles....

A divorced and unemployed middle-aged pianist, Oliver lives by himself in a small, modest studio, pushing through life even as he faces impossible financial challenges. On a day like any other, on his way to a job interview, Oliver witnesses a minute...