Sara, an actress, joins an Art Therapy program at a Women’s Rehabilitation Center in Kosovo, helping survivors transform their pain into art. As she immerses herself in these narratives, unexpected discoveries force her to confront her own suppressed wartime trauma tied to her father and her other identity, Hana.
Ujkan Hysaj (born 1984, Prishtina, Kosovo) is an award-winning filmmaker, director, producer, editor, and screenwriter whose work explores themes of memory, war, resilience, and human experience through a distinctive visual style.
He studied film at the University of Prishtina and the Institute for Film and Photography "Gjon Mili" before founding AJO Pictures in 2011. His breakthrough short film Kolona (2012) screened at more than 120 international festivals and won 17 awards, including Best Live Action Short at the Cleveland International Film Festival. His other notable works include The Given Word (2016), Private Collectors (2019), Mist (2022), and Searching for Burbuqe Rushiti (2023).
His feature debut, Hana (2025), premiered internationally and was nominated for the ICFT–UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the International Film Festival of Goa. Hysaj's films have been presented at major festivals worldwide, including Warsaw, Tampere, Melbourne, Cinequest, Huesca, Cleveland, and Abu Dhabi, establishing him as one of the leading contemporary voices in Kosovan cinema.
| Regie | Ujkan Hysaj |
| Dauer | 90 min |
| Sprache | OV Albanisch, Serbisch | Deutsch, Englisch |
| Genre | Drama |
| Besetzung | Sheqerie Buqaj, Ilire Vinca, Ermin Bravo, Refet Abazi |
| Land | Kosovo |
| Jahr | 2025 |
| Verleih | Ajo Pictures |