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Tirana Film Institute ushtron aktivitetin e vet në produksionin dhe distribucionin filmik, organizim festivalesh ndërkombëtare dhe evente të ndryshme.

Tirana Film Institute is an Albanian creative industry whose main focus is based on promoting European creative industry products in Albania and cooperate with European organizations in order to share common audiovisual products such as feature and short fictions, animations, documentaries, experimental, video art and student film in various forms. Tirana Film Institute carries out its activities

in organizing artistic, cultural and cinematographic film weeks, national and international festivals. TFI is also engaged at all times with film and audiovisual production, design of publicity campaigns, various marketing actitvities, promotion and film distribution through various shows, screenings and publications. The rich experience that the staff of TFI disposes allows successfully to organize Tirana International Film Festival in its 15th edition. TFI launched on 2015 a new international film festival as DocuTIFF based on the documentary feature, mid-length and short. TIFF on Tour act as ambassador for the submitted films and will travel with a selection to other Albanian cities during the year. TIFF will also propose special screenings to other regional festivals in accordance to a specific subject or theme. TFI has started a new successful experience as film distributor getting also support from Media program of Creative Europe. By combining and exploring new ways of cinematographic work distribution i.e engaging the audience on public debates by screening in various cinema and open air venues including schools and youth centers. The organisation implements from 3 years by the the CreativeMornings which are meeting that targets various youth debating on creative industry and film quality and distribution in Albania opening a platform to share with regional and international filmmakers.

11/10/2024

The call for entries for the 23rd edition of Tirana International Film Festival 2025 is open!

Tirana International Film Festival is accredited as a qualifying festival from the AMPAS - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the European Film Academy to be nominated for the Best Short Film, which will be eligible for the Oscar® Awards 2026 and the Best European Short Film for the European Film Awards 2025.
The officially selected Student films at TIFF are eligible to compete and apply for the Student Academy Awards® (SAA).

Festival accepts submissions in all running times, genres, topics, style and production technologies and in the following categories: Fiction/Live Action, Animation, Documentary, Experimental and Video Art.

Films in competition must have been completed after January 2024. All films in competition must be an Albanian premiere. Entries must be submitted by May 21, 2025.
You may submit your films through our online platform: FilmFreeway. TIFF offers exclusive discounted pricing for FilmFreeway Gold members.

This call is open also for the 4th Screenplay ContesTIFF 2025, that consists in the application of original live-action and animated short film scripts or other short form scripts of all genres (max. 20 pages) through the FilmFreeway online platform.

We can’t wait to see what you’ve been working on, and we hope to see you at this edition’s festival!

For more info about this edition, Rules & Regulations, please visit us at http://tiranafilmfest.org
Feel free to contact the festival office for any question: [email protected]
And thank you for sharing the info!

Cheers,
Tirana Film Institute

The Academy European Film Academy Tirana Film Institute Qendra Kinematografike e Kosoves Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë Ministria e Ekonomisë, Kulturës dhe Inovacionit Bashkia Tiranë e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit Agjencia e Industrisë Kreative Tirana Film Office Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare

04/10/2024

We’re so happy that On the Way (Rrugës) by Samir Karahoda, our winner as Best European Short Film awarded in the last 22nd edition of Tirana International Film Festival 2024 has been shortlisted among other 3 short films for a nomination in the category of European Short Film at European Film Awards Lucerne 2024.
Thanks to the European Film Academy and our honoured jurors: Mónica Santos, HU Wei and Thanasis Neofotistos for their great choice.

30/09/2024

TIFF Q&A Session 20 - Kristine Nrecaj & Birthe Templin

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30/09/2024

TIFF Q&A Session 19- Rouzbeh Rashidi

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30/09/2024

TIFF Q&A Session 18- Stephan Gjorgievski

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29/09/2024

Thank you all for this amazing adventure. Looking forward to seeing you next year 🦉

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29/09/2024

TIFF '24, mission completed! Memories from Awards Ceremony

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29/09/2024

KIDs AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Sapiens? by Bruno Bozzetto | Italy | 2023 | 23’ | Animation

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29/09/2024

TEENs AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Absence Excuse by Alex Marano | Italy | 2023 | 17’ | Fiction

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29/09/2024

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino | Italy, France | 2024 | 136’ | Drama, Fantasy

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29/09/2024

PANORAMA JURY composed by Elma Doresi (director), Jonid Jorgji (filmmaker), Jonida Koçi (filmmaker), Genci Kojdheli (human rights lawyer)

BEST REFLECTING ALBANIA

Italianesi by Saverio La Ruina | Italy | 2023 | 84’ | Documentary

The film showcases the powerful story where the feelings of compassion and resilience of a people intertwine towards their former occupier. With emotion, it highlights hospitality as a fundamental virtue of Albanians towards Italian soldiers during World War II. This poignant documentary serves as an essential reminder of the compassion and humanity displayed even in the darkest times of the Albanian people.

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29/09/2024

PANORAMA JURY composed by Elma Doresi (director), Jonid Jorgji (filmmaker), Jonida Koçi (filmmaker), Genci Kojdheli (human rights lawyer)

BEST PARADE

The Exchange by Amaia Yoldi | Spain | 2024 | 14’ | Fiction

A movie unfolding spontaneously and realistically a theme of human intimacy concerning the gender identity, where not everything is as it appears to be, as even the well-dressed man in a pedestrian street might desire to wear long red 20 cm boots.

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29/09/2024

PANORAMA JURY composed by Elma Doresi (director), Jonid Jorgji (filmmaker), Jonida Koçi (filmmaker), Genci Kojdheli (human rights lawyer)

BEST DIVERGENT MINDs

Dori by Redi Mazi | Albania | 2024 | 18’ | Fiction

Desire and passion conquer all obstacles and surpass all limitations. You discover that only constraint is yourself, and that anything you want and seek, you will find. As he found out…

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29/09/2024

PANORAMA JURY composed by Elma Doresi (director), Jonid Jorgji (filmmaker), Jonida Koçi (filmmaker), Genci Kojdheli (human rights lawyer)

BEST NEW WORLD

P by Stelios Koupetoris | Greece | 2024 | 10’ | Animation

Is it possible to convey great messages through puppets? I believe P demonstrates the best. P shows that media power may deflect any reality via animation without saying a word.

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29/09/2024

PANORAMA JURY composed by Elma Doresi (director), Jonid Jorgji (filmmaker), Jonida Koçi (filmmaker), Genci Kojdheli (human rights lawyer)

BEST GENERATIONs

kitty_kitty_kat### by Diệu An | Vietnam | 2024 | 29’ | Fiction

A daring exploration that provokes analysis of the clash between generations, morality, sexuality and the high price of “entertainment” in modern societies, showcasing tensions between the old and the new. Additionally, a very important and prominent undertone is the change in the perception of morality and sexuality as a form of empowerment and at the same time exploitation.

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19/10/2023

You can watch "TIFF 2023 Awards Ceremony" by clicking the link below:

https://vimeo.com/873706750

This is "TIFF 2023 AWARDS CEREMONY" by TIFF on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

26/09/2023

We invite you to follow the full MASTERCLASS: Narrative Strategies with Milcho Manchevski moderated by Majlinda Tafa, hosted by Tirana International Film Festival at AGIMI Art Center - Daily Program TIFF 2023. To see the full video, click the link below:
https://vimeo.com/867995948

Size Doesn't Matter!🌶

This is "MILCHO MANCHEVSKI - MASTER CLASS NARRATIVE STRATEGIES" by TIFF on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

22/09/2023

SCREENPLAY ContesTIFF

21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

⏰️28 September, 10:00
📍AGIMI Art Center

SCREENPLAY ContesTIFF a aims to evaluate from our partner producers and distributors the best and most likely screenplay to be produced by them with the greatest chances of successful distribuon in the most important internaonal short film fesvals. Our partners have nominated 10 scripts for Pitching and at the Awards Ceremony, September 29, 2023, they will reward the winning scripts with the Distribuon Award and the possibility of signing a producon or distribuon contract with the winners.

🌶Size doesn't matter!

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TIFF is COMING! 🌶 ⏳️23-29 September, SAVE the date! 📍Venues: Kinema Millenium, Agimi Art Center, Liceu Artistik, Open Air Cinema Millenium. And always remember, Size Doesn't Matter! 😉 Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

three sparks by Naomi Uman | Mexico, Albania | 2023 | 95’ | Documentary PANORAMA Competition REFLECTING ALBANIA 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 This film in three parts explores traditions in rural Albania and the role of women in society. The project begins by describing the filmmaker’s relationship to the country and an unwanted personal sacrifice which solidifies this connection. The film moves into a poetic portrayal of village life and the roles of women in society and concludes with a video piece, revealing the villagers active participation in their own depiction. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

I Am Burrnesha by Radiana Bozhikova | Bulgaria | 2022 | 29’ | Documentary PANORAMA Competition REFLECTING ALBANIA 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Patriarchal times in northern Albania gave birth to a phenomenon - the replacement of the man at the head of the household by a woman. These are masculine times, in which the woman is only tasked with taking care of the household and raising the children. But, locked in these social roles, girls emerge, ready to abandon their female identity and follow the path of honor. They want to be respected women with the power of a man, not for themselves, but for others. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

The Notch by Mina Sadati | Iran | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition PARADE 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Despite the love they have for each other, a couple are going to end their marriage because of the different sexual desires and gender identity that Morteza has been noticing in his adulthood. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Scred TBM by Kevin Le Dortz | France | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition PARADE 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Gabriel, a young father in a relationship, leads a double life. It is through a dedicated application and the pseudonym "Scred TBM" that he is brought to live a part of his sexuality in secrecy. He scrupulously organizes his meetings in order to never be unmasked, but everything changes the day he meets a new profile. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Mercy by Milla Lewis | Poland | 2022 | 13’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition PARADE 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 In deep and dark Polish suburbia, a young sex worker meets a withdrawn client in this exploration of social and sexual alienation, inspired by real events. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Flamme by L. Alonso, A. Fornara, C. Geangu, O. Papet, Y. Pardo, S. Rodriguez, C. Terras, D. Vales | France | 2022 | 5’ | Animation PANORAMA Competition PARADE 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Allegory of desir between an artist and her creation. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

DogFriend by Maissa Lihedheb | Germany | 2022 | 18’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition PARADE 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 A date takes an unexpected turn in this meditation on race, politics and history in Germany. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Waving by Rolfin Nyhus, Steven Brumwell | UK | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition DIVERGENT MINDs 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 An unflinchingly honest portrayal of the devastating reality behind the misunderstood anxiety disorder of OCD. His worst fears seemingly realised; a distraught father takes one last walk through his ruined world. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Modern Speed by Mats Christian Rude Halvorsen | Norway | 2023 | 17’ | Documentary PANORAMA Competition DIVERGENT MINDs 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Music and skateboarding for teenagers are often synonymous with a sense of freedom, but in Modern Speed they also contain a certain affinity with danger and, ultimately, self-destruction. The film takes us on a teenage tour de force of the early 2000s, remembering the intense experience of growing up and the feeling of alienation in one’s own body while seeking nothing but a place to belong. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Disused by Susanne Walström, Ester Holmén | Sweden | 2023 | 10’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition DIVERGENT MINDs 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 A young woman suffers a sudden loss. Isolated from the outside world in a barren desert landscape, she processes her experience to understand and accept her feelings. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Aphonia by Marta Z. Nowak | Poland | 2022 | 12’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition DIVERGENT MINDs 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 The daily routine of a boarding school for deaf children is disturbed by the arrival of a new student. He cannot sign, he does not speak and feels alienated. A deaf girl helps him find his way into the new world. Their special friendship will soon be put to the test. The film features deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

A Clay Horse by Abdullah Khan | Pakistan | 2023 | 19’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition DIVERGENT MINDs 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 A 12-year-old Afghan refugee. His father. His fractured radio. A world of noise with no voice. What traumas might a road from Kabul to Karachi hold? Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

The Elevator by Jiang Dong | France, China | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition NEW WORLD 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 A father with terminal cancer lives on the sixth floor of a building with his crippled son. In order for his son to continue living in this apartment after his death, he organizes a meeting of the building's owners to persuade them to install an elevator. With indifference and contempt, the question is put to a vote. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

The Ballad by Christofer Nilsson | Sweeden, France | 2023 | 14’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition NEW WORLD 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 A fed up delivery worker chooses a split second act of rebellion - one that results in an awkward, spiraling dance between the classes of the 21st century. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Subway Stops by Joe Zakko | USA | 2023 | 18’ | Documentary PANORAMA Competition NEW WORLD 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Cinematic experience of the NYC subways, featuring the commuters, panhandlers, and performers that populate it. A film about bodies moving through space. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Power Signal by Oscar Boyson | USA | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition NEW WORLD 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 While trying to navigate a city that won’t provide him a bathroom, a delivery worker discovers an unearthly presence infecting women all over New York. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Mother by Salomon Ligthelm | Ukraine | 2023 | 20’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition NEW WORLD 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 "Mother" tells the story of Vitaly Ivanov - a miner on the Ukraine/Russian border who discovers a ringing phone - and tragically so much more - in his backyard. "Mother" is based on the true-life story of the miners of Rozsypne, Ukraine who combed the fields in Donetsk to retrieve the bodies of the victims of the MH17 disaster - an event that sowed the seeds of the Russian/Ukraine war today. Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi

Les Chenilles by Michelle Keserwany, Noel Keserwany | France, Lebanon | 2023 | 30’ | Fiction PANORAMA Competition NEW WORLD 21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023 Asma and Sarah, two women originally from the Levant, find themselves working in the same restaurant in the city of Lyon in France. Both bear the weight of a home they were forced to leave behind. Initially wary of each other, they gradually discover a common thread that binds them - one that dates back to when the Silk Road connected Lyon to their home countries. In the midst of forced migrations, can we move past our animosity to find solace in each other? Click link in BIO for more. #theacademy #theacademyawards #tiranafilminstitute #tiranafilmfest #agrondomi #film #festival #ministriaekulturës #bashkiatirane #EuropeanFilmacademy #filmfreeway #Shortfilmdepot #festhome #europeanfilmawards #BEAMarketing #LidaSinani #europeanfilmacademy #tiranafilmoffice #kinemamilenium #qendraeartitagimi