Kaltrina Krasniqi’s Vera Dreams of the Sea (Vera Andrron Detin, 2021)

Vol. 120 (December 2021) by Ana Grgić and Gjergj Mosko
A debut feature about female empowerment in a patriarchal society.

Robert Budina’s A Shelter Among the Clouds (2018)

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Colette de Castro
An Albanian director pines for (and over) religious reconciliation.

Robert Budina on A Shelter Among the Clouds

Vol. 96 (Summer 2019) by Colette de Castro
Robert Budina speaks about the story of his feature A Shelter Among the Clouds, and the difficult situation that inspired it.

Bujar Alimani’s The Delegation (Delegacioni, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Moritz Pfeifer
The impending regime change in Albania post-1989 provides Bujar Alimani with many opportunities for dry humor.

Ismet Sijarina’s Cold November (Nëntor i ftohtë, 2018)

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
What was life like in Kosovo in the years leading up to Yugoslavia's violent disintegration?

Ismet Sijarina on Cold November

Vol. 95 (May 2019) by Isabel Jacobs
Ismet Sijarina speaks about Cold November, which is based on his childhood recollections of growing up in Kosovo before the Yugoslav Wars.

Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci on Bota

Vol. 50 (February 2015) by Ana Grgić
Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci respond to EEFB's questions.

Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci’s Bota (2014)

Vol. 50 (February 2015) by Ana Grgić
Ana Grgić writes EEFB's first review of a majorly Albanian film, which portrays Albania in the dream-like microcosm of a remote bar.

Eno Milkani on Balkan Cinema

Vol. 45 (September 2014) by Ana Grgić
We talked with Eno Milkani whose debut "Abandoned Eden" (2002), a documentary, screened in competition at KVIFF in 2003 and won Best Film at the Kiev IFF.

A festival report from the Divan Film Festival and the Balkan Film and Food Festival

Vol. 45 (September 2014) by Ana Grgić
Ana Grgić reports from two culinary film festivals from the Balkans.