Babai
Visar Morina
Ten-year old Nori and his father Gezim earn their living by selling cigarettes in pre-war Kosovo of the nineties. Gezim is an expert at escaping the past and now he wants to flee Kosovo, without Nori. But the boy tries everything in his means to prevent his dad from leaving, without succes. Angry, yet determined Nori sets out on a perilous and clandestine journey to germany to find his father.
With : Val Maloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi, Enver Petrovci, Xhevdet Jashari, Alban Ukaj
Screenplay : Visar Morina
Image : Matteo Cocco
Sound : Igor popovski
Editing : Stefan Stabenow
Music : benedikt Schiefer
Screenplay : Visar Morina
Image : Matteo Cocco
Sound : Igor popovski
Editing : Stefan Stabenow
Music : benedikt Schiefer
Production : NiKo Film (GER)
Nicole Gerhards
Prinzessinnenstr. 16 // 10969 Berlin // GERMANY
+49 30 27 58 28 36 // n.gerhards@nikofilm.de // www.nikofilm.de
Produksioni Krusha (KS)
Skopje Film Studio (MK)
Eaux Vives Productions (F)
International sales: Heretic Outreach Contact – Ioanna Stais Promitheos 18 // 15234 Athens // GREECE +30 210 600 52 60 // ioanna@heretic.gr // www.heretic.gr
Nicole Gerhards
Prinzessinnenstr. 16 // 10969 Berlin // GERMANY
+49 30 27 58 28 36 // n.gerhards@nikofilm.de // www.nikofilm.de
Produksioni Krusha (KS)
Skopje Film Studio (MK)
Eaux Vives Productions (F)
International sales: Heretic Outreach Contact – Ioanna Stais Promitheos 18 // 15234 Athens // GREECE +30 210 600 52 60 // ioanna@heretic.gr // www.heretic.gr
Visar Morina was born in 1979 in Prishtina, Kosovo. In 2009, he graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, Germany, with the film DEATH BY SUFFOCATION. This award-winning short premiered at the Max Ophüls Prize and was broadcast by ARTE TV. His last short OF DOGS AND WALLPAPER had its premiere in International Competition at the Locarno Film Festival in 2013, and was nominated for the German Short Film Award 2014. BABAI is his first feature.