Phantom Youth (Bota Jonë)

Phantom Youth (Bota Jonë)

Sun 15 9 | 20:00 Turnhalle PROGR

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Kosovo, 2007. Zoe and Volta leave their remote village to enter Prishtina University. Amidst social and political tensions, the two women discover a country in turmoil, seeking its identity on the eve of independence and whose youth have been forgotten.

Luàna Bajrami grew up in Kosovo before returning to France and making her acting debut at the age of ten. With a dual Franco-Kosovar culture, she travels from one country to the other, following the rhythm of her projects and collaborations with different filmmakers. She made a name for herself in 2019 with roles in Sébastien Marnier's School’s Out and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on fire. Self-taught, she wrote and shot her first feature film at the age of eighteen. The Hill Where Lionesses Roar is about youth and highlights the little-known landscape of her homeland: Kosovo. The film premiered at the Directors' Fortnight in 2021. Bota Jonë is her second feature film.

Director

Luàna Bajrami

Duration

94 min

Language

OV Albanian | English

Genre

Drama

Cast:

Elsa Mala, Albina Krasniqi, Don Shala, Aurora Ferati, Gani Rrahmani, Uratë Shaban

Country

Kosovo

Year

2023

Distributor

Gaumont