Albania Movies

Follows rural GP Dr Ylli Hasani who risked imprisonment in totalitarian Albania by listening to the BBC World Service to keep up to date with world...

Made by the highly influential Russian cameraman Roman Karmen, this documentary vividly features Albanian life immediately after the communists came...

The film centers around a revolt in a fascist concentration camp in the year 1943.

In 1970s Albania, personal freedoms are suppressed by the dictatorship. A couple in love will turn against the status quo, yet their choices will...

In 1990, a mechanic in Albania named Alexander Gruda undertook one of the most daring feats in recent human history. After being fired by the navy...

Perhaps the most chilling testament to the ruthlessness of Albania’s communist regime, this documentary presents a public trial in a packed...

Far from his hometown, Beqir spends most of his time in front of the typewriter machine rather than with his wife. Nostalgic for his homeland and his...

The dream of a man whose old age has forced him to retreat to the life he once lived. He feels that society doesn't appreciate him for what he is, so...

A disaffected mechanic and his unemployed wife face a harrowing several days when their daughter suddenly disappears.

Northern Albania, 1911. Bali marries Bardha, who is betrothed to Sokol Dema, currently imprisoned by the Turks. Bardha tells this to Bali on the...

Albanian LGBT community members appear for the first time with their non hidden faces and names and share their personal stories about how the LGBT...

Based on a real story that took place in Shkodër, a German captain who returns to Albania and is given his clock back from a local watchmaker...

This shocking debut film engages from the crazy opening scene: a maze of masks, despair, disgrace, and colours. Decoding all clever meanings in this...

The story of Viktor Stratoberdha (1921-1991) mirrors many of Albania’s tragedies. Stradoberdha’s humorous, buoyant style led him to be...

A small village during World War II. Driven by misery some peasants smuggle goods across the mountain frontier. Thus an ever-greater gap opens...

Asim, one of the sons of an old engine driver, has gone astray: he does not like to work and is not happy with the modest place he has in life; he...

Within a short time, Namik disturbs the optimistic atmosphere of a group of welders, which is also reflected in his private life.

Can heartbeats be “reactionary”? Yes, if they are the only sonic element on a montage-heavy documentary about the war dead. Made just...

Two young people, Ardi and Rina, like each other. They are at the very first steps as adults in their lives. The film deals with social problems and...