Sales agency The Playmaker Munich has signed a deal with Elsani & Neary Media to handle the international sales for “The Albanian Virgin.” The film had its world premiere in the competition section of the Warsaw Intl. Film Festival on Friday, and The Playmaker Munich will present it to buyers at Mia Market in Rome, with a physical screening taking place on Thursday.
The film, which was written by Katja Kittendorf and directed by Bujar Alimani, is set in 1958 in Albania. An arranged marriage forces Luana to deny her love for Agim. To meet her father’s expectations, she almost sacrifices her love, but she soon realizes that the Kanun – the set of traditional laws governing Albanian society – only benefits men. So, she decides she has to become one of them: A man.
“ ‘The Albanian Virgin’ does not judge or raise a moral finger, but presents the events in real terms...
The film, which was written by Katja Kittendorf and directed by Bujar Alimani, is set in 1958 in Albania. An arranged marriage forces Luana to deny her love for Agim. To meet her father’s expectations, she almost sacrifices her love, but she soon realizes that the Kanun – the set of traditional laws governing Albanian society – only benefits men. So, she decides she has to become one of them: A man.
“ ‘The Albanian Virgin’ does not judge or raise a moral finger, but presents the events in real terms...
- 10/13/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Steiner’s And Tomorrow We Will Be Dead, a true-life hostage drama about a Swiss couple kidnapped by the Taliban, will open this year’s Zurich International Film Festival.
Morgane Ferru and Sven Schelker star as Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och who were traveling through Pakistan in 2011 when they were taken hostage by Taliban forces in the area. All of Switzerland followed the events as they were kept captive over eight months before they managed a spectacular escape.
And Tomorrow We Will be Dead will kick off the 17th Zurich Film Festival (Zff) on Sept. 23. This is the second ...
Morgane Ferru and Sven Schelker star as Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och who were traveling through Pakistan in 2011 when they were taken hostage by Taliban forces in the area. All of Switzerland followed the events as they were kept captive over eight months before they managed a spectacular escape.
And Tomorrow We Will be Dead will kick off the 17th Zurich Film Festival (Zff) on Sept. 23. This is the second ...
- 8/24/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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