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Completed - ALBANIAN - Drama - 22 minutes

Log Line

A family fleeing Kosovo in 1999 are stopped at a Serbian refugee checkpoint, where they are forced to make a terrible life or death decision.

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Ujkan HYSAJ
Writer(s) : Besian HYSAJ
Cast : Sunaj RACA, Vlado JOVANOVSKI, Arbresha NIXHA, Irena CAHANI, Don RACA, Enis KRAPI

Producer(s) : Ujkan HYSAJ (Ajo Pictures)

Synopsis

War. Kosovo 1999. During a refugee line is halted at a Serbian checkpoint where the Serb paramilitary take out off the car of Adem his son and his brother's son to shoot them down.
Adem attempts to buy out their lives, however since he is not able to pay for both of them, he finds himself in situation that he has to choose: to save his son or his nephew.

Production

Country(ies) : KOSOVO

Festivals and Awards

Cleveland Film Festival 2013 (Best Live Action Short)
Cyprus International Short Film Festival 2013 (Special Mention of the Jury)
San Diego International Film Fest 2013
Brussels Short Film Festival 2013


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