Women Make Waves International Film Festival

Program

Vera Dreams of the Sea

Kaltrina KRASNIQI 2021 Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania color 87min Albanian DCP
After the unexpected suicide of her husband, Vera's serenity is disrupted followed by a menacing parade of relatives who claim to have ownership of their property. Fear and mistrust force Vera to take the family’s fate into her own hands. Steeped into an ominous atmosphere, the film portraits women's situation facing deeply-seated gender issues that prevail in our times, meanwhile disclosing the social problems in post-war Kosovo.

Director

Kaltrina KRASNIQI

An award-winning Kosovo-based director and researcher working in film, television and digital humanities. She is a founding member of Kosovo Oral History Initiative—a digital archive where people's stories are recorded and published. Vera Dreams of the Sea is her first feature film.

Kaltrina KRASNIQI

2013 Sex
2014 The Canaries Know
2018 Sarabande
2021 Vera Dreams Of The Sea 

Director: Kaltrina KRASNIQI
Screenwriter: Doruntina BASHA
Producer: Shkumbin ISTREFI
Co-producer: Ognen ANTOV, Klajdi PAPADHIMITRI, Kaltrina KRASNIQI
Cinematographer: Sevdije KASTRATI
Editor: Vladimir PAVLOVSKI, Kaltrina KRASNIQI
Production Designer: Burim ARIFI, Blendina XHEMA
Costume Designer: Albulena BOROVCI
Make-up: Fiona ABDULLAHU
Music: Petrit ÇEKU, Genc SALIHU
Sound: Igor POPOVSKI, Darko SPASOVSKI
1st Assistant Director: Mjellma ISTREFI
Production Manager: Fis CAHANI

 

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