Yllka Gashi

Lena and Ardi have to get married. As immigrants in America they agree to an arranged marriage by their old fashioned parents, who desperately want to keep the traditions. The comic and lovely moments between them start when they make another arrangement. Living for them selves too. Until it lasts. Based on true story.

Story happens in the first days after NATO troops enter Kosova. After the signing of the military agreement in Kumanovo, in the house of the retarded, the guards and employees leave their places and flee. Inmates are all retarded but they have a special philosophy of life, they have their wishes and their dreams. Being free gives them a chance to make dreams come true, but they are confronted with a reality and environment, which in one way or another is very different. From the moment of getting out the fences, they are conflicted with people that call themselves free. Gradually this conflict roughens and with it degenerates the meaning of freedom. There are three main characters, Kukum, Mara and Hasan.

Fisnik is about to embark on a absurd journey in creating a fake weeding video, to get the German visa. He has to succeed in convincing his family, friends, and his ex to join him in this crazy journey.

Le mari de Fahrije est porté disparu depuis la guerre du Kosovo. Outre ce deuil, sa famille est également confrontée à d’importantes difficultés financières. Pour pouvoir subvenir à leurs besoins, Fahrije a lancé une petite entreprise agricole. Mais, dans le village traditionnel patriarcal où elle habite, son ambition et ses initiatives pour évoluer avec d’autres femmes ne sont pas vues d’un bon œil. Fahrije lutte non seulement pour faire vivre sa famille mais également contre une communauté hostile, qui cherche à la faire échouer.

The post-war everyday life of the Gashi-Hoxha family, during the 2000s Kosovo.