MY LAKE

MINORITY CROATIAN CO-PRODUCTION

MY LAKE (Liqeni Im)

DIRECTOR: Gjergj Xhuvani

COUNTRY: Albania, Croatia, Italy, Northern Macedonia, Kosovo

YEAR / DURATION: 2020 • 88’

GENRE: drama, coming-of-age

CROATIAN PREMIERE

Info

  • SCREENPLAY: Gjergj Xhuvani
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dimo Popov
  • ACTORS: Ariton Pollozhani, Tristan Halilaj, Vedran Živolić, Elia Zaharia Zogu, Birce Hasko, Goran Kristo, Luiza Xhuvani, Julia Emiri, Miriam Deti
  • EDITOR: Juan Gambino
  • SCORE: Juan Gambino
  • PRODUCER: Dritan Huqi
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY: On film
  • COPRODUCED BY: Corvus film (Croatia), Hermes film (Italy), Focus Pocus Films (Northern Macedonia), Added Value Films (Kosovo)
  • SALES AGENT: Wide
  • FESTIVALS: Tirana International Film Festival

Trailer

Synopsis

Growing up in the vicinity of beautiful lake Prespa, young boy Kristo is a free time boat skipper involved in drug smuggling

About the director

Gjergj Xhuvani (Tirana, 1963 – 2019), was an Albanian director. After writing several screenplays for animated films, Xhuvani directed short films Black and White (1991, Special Prize at Larissa Film Festival), The Last Sunday (1992, Special Jury Prize at Bastia Festival) and A Day in a Lifetime (1993), followed by his first feature film The Last Love (1995, Special Jury Prize at Bastia Festival). In 1998, his short film Funeral Business was screened at the Venice International Film Festival.

Screening

  • INK – 18.07

    18:30

  • Kino Valli – 19.07

    19:00

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