Tirana Film Institute

14/05/2024

THIRRJA E FUNDIT për Screenplay ContesTIFF 2024

Konkursi për skenarin ka të bëjë me dorëzimin e skenarëve origjinalë për filma të shkurtër, fiksion apo të animuar, si dhe forma të tjera skenarësh të shkurtër të të gjitha zhanreve (maksimumi 20 faqe), përmes platformës online FilmFreeway.

Ky konkurs nuk synon vetëm të gjykojë skenarin më të mirë, por siguron vlerësimin nga partnerët tanë producentë dhe distributorë të skenarit më të mirë që mund të prodhohet prej tyre. Gjithashtu, shton së tepërmi gjasat për distribucion të suksesshëm në festivalet më të njohura ndërkombëtare të filmave të shkurtër.
Është e nevojshme të thuhet se përparësi do t’u jepet skenarëve, historia e të cilëve nuk lidhet domosdoshmërisht me vendbanimin e autorit, por atij skenari që lehtëson prodhimin e filmit kudo në Evropë dhe me shumë gjasë mund të xhirohet edhe në Shqipëri, duke përdorur burimet dhe vendndodhjet vendase, duke përfshirë edhe kompanitë shqiptare të produksionit dhe zyrat e Film Commission.

Partnerët tanë do të vlerësojnë skenarët fitues me çmimin e distribucionit të “MAILUKI Films” dhe me mundësinë e nënshkrimit të një kontrate prodhimi apo distribucioni me partnerët tanë të produksionit dhe distribucionit.

UDHËZIME & RREGULLORE
1. Të gjithë skenarët duhet të dorëzohen në gjuhën angleze.
2. Skenarët duhet të jenë vepër origjinale e autorit ose autorëve. Ditën e dorëzimit, ata duhet të jenë plotësisht pronë e autorit dhe të kontrolluar prej tij, që të jenë të përshtatshëm për t’u kualifikuar për prezantim dhe vlerësim me çmim.
3. Prezantimi i projektit përmban sinopsin, detaje të produksionit, vendndodhjet e xhirimeve, referenca filmike, buxhetin, vitin kur pritet të përfundojë vepra;
4. Storyboard (nëse ka);
5. Pasi skenari pranohet në konkurrim, në asnjë rrethanë nuk do të pranojmë zëvendësime, dorëshkrime të reja apo faqe të korrigjuara. Nëse dëshironi të dorëzoni një variant të rishikuar të skenarit tuaj, duhet ta regjistroni atë si një aplikim të ri dhe të paguani tarifën përkatëse të regjistrimit.
6. Skenarët e dorëzuar duhet të kenë gjatësi standarde dhe të përfshijnë numra faqesh në cepin e sipërm të djathtë të faqes.
7. Pasi kryhet pagesa e regjistrimit, ajo nuk rimbursohet më.

FAQJA E TITULLIT: Meqë procesi ynë i gjykimit do të jetë anonim, ju lutem, përfshini titullin e skenarit tuaj në kopertinë. Në asnjë rrethanë nuk duhet të shfaqet emri apo informacioni juaj i kontaktit diku tjetër në faqet e skenarit tuaj.

VLERËSIMI: Nëse kërkoni shënime apo vërejtje nga vlerësuesit e skenarëve, duhet të aplikoni dy herë dhe të tregoni arsyen për aplikimin e dytë.

SHËNIM: Ju rekomandojmë ta regjistroni skenarin tuaj përpara se t’ia dorëzoni dikujt që nuk e njihni personalisht.
https://filmfreeway.com/TiranaInternationalFilmFestival
http://tiranafilmfest.org

Tirana International Film Festival Ministria e Ekonomisë, Kulturës dhe Inovacionit Blendi Gonxhja Tirana Film Office Agjencia e Industrisë Kreative Bashkia Tiranë Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë Qendra Kinematografike e Kosoves BEA Marketing and Promotion MAILUKI FILMS, S.L. Sayonara Film Eduardo M Escribano Solera Bruno Carnide Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare

02/05/2024

DEADLINE IS COMING for the entries to the 22nd edition of Tirana International Film Festival 2024! The Regular Deadline is May 22, 2024.

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 2025 and the Best European Short Film for the European Film Awards 2024.
The officially selected Student films at TIFF are eligible to compete and apply for the Student Academy Awards® (SAA).

The Submissions’ Call is open for the 22nd edition of TIFF 2024, which will be held on September 22-28, 2024. The directors, producers and distributors are invited to submit their films, that have been completed after January 2023, through the following online platforms: FilmFreeway, Shortfilmdepot and Festhome. TIFF offers exclusive discounted pricing for FilmFreeway Gold members.
All films in competition must be a National Premiere.

The Daily Program of TIFF combines more than 200 premieres of feature and short films in competition in all running times, formats, genres, topics, style and production technologies in the following categories: Fiction/Live Action, Animation, Documentary, Experimental and Video Art. Open to any filmmaker from over 120 countries around the world, TIFF showcases new cinematic work by established directors with international reputations as well as movies by talented students and young artists.

This call is open also for the Screenplay ContesTIFF 2024, 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 year’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!

The Academy Qendra Kinematografike e Kosoves Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë Blendi Gonxhja Ministria e Ekonomisë, Kulturës dhe Inovacionit Bashkia Tiranë Ministria e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit European Film Academy Agjencia e Industrisë Kreative Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare Short Film Conference BEA Marketing and Promotion Tirana Film Office MAILUKI FILMS, S.L. Sayonara Film

10/01/2024

Screenplay ContesTIFF 2024

Screenplay ContesTIFF 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.
The said competition did not aim to evaluate only the best script, but to evaluate from our partner producers and distributors the best and most possible script to be produced by them and with the greatest chances to be successfully distributed in the most popular international festivals for short films.
Needless to say, the priority would lie on the scripts whose stories were not necessarily and geographically related to the author’s residence, but which facilitated the production of the film anywhere in Europe and were most likely to be shot in Albania as well, thus utilizing local resources, locations, Albanian production companies and Film Commission offices.
Our partners shall award the winner scripts with the MAILUKI FILMS, S.L. Distribution Award and the possibility of signing a production or a distribution contract with our production and distribution partners.
The winners of Screenplay ContesTIFF 2024 will be announced at TIFF Awards Ceremony on September 28, 2024.
https://filmfreeway.com/TiranaInternationalFilmFestival
http://tiranafilmfest.org

Bruno Carnide Tirana International Film Festival Tirana Film Office Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare Agjencia e Industrisë Kreative Bashkia Tiranë Qendra Kinematografike e Kosoves Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë

08/01/2024

The call for entries for the 22nd edition of Tirana International Film Festival 2024 is still 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 2025 and the Best European Short Film for the European Film Awards 2024.
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 2023.
All films in competition must be an Albanian premiere. Entries must be submitted by May 22, 2024.
You may submit your films through our online platforms: FilmFreeway, Shortfilmdepot and Festhome.
TIFF offers exclusive discounted pricing for FilmFreeway Gold members.

This call is open also for the Screenplay ContesTIFF 2024, 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 year’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!

The Academy Qendra Kinematografike e Kosoves Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë Ministria e Kulturës Bashkia Tiranë Ministria e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit European Film Academy Agjencia e Industrisë Kreative Agjencia Telegrafike Shqiptare Short Film Conference BEA Marketing and Promotion Tirana Film Office MAILUKI FILMS, S.L. Sayonara Film Eduardo M Escribano Solera Bruno Carnide

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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22/09/2023

MASTERCLASS
Gentian Koçi: On silence and under-the-skin language in film.

21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

⏰️27 September, 17:00
📍AGIMI Art Center

🌶Size doesn't matter!

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22/09/2023

MASTERCLASS
Milcho Manchevski: Narrave Strategies

21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

⏰️24 September, 19:00
📍AGIMI Art Center

🌶Size doesn't matter!

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22/09/2023

Panorama KIDs
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

KIDs Program është program i përvitshëm i dedikuar për fëmijë nga 5-10 dhe 11+ vjeç me 36 filma të shkurtër. Salla “Tonin Harapi” e Liceut Artistik do të jetë në dispozicion të këtij programi ku fituesit do të dalin nga votat e fëmijëve.

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22/09/2023

RetrospecTIFF – Homage to Satyajit Ray
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

Tribute to Satyajit Ray, widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers of all +me, awarded Academy® Honorary Award, 1992, Career Golden Lion Venice, 1982.

MASTERCLASSES - Sangeeta Datta: Satyajit Ray - the auteur who captured social transi:ons from tradi:on
to modernity.

Entrance is FREE!

⏰️Sunday, September 24, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
19:30 - The Lonely Wife (Charulata) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1964 | 114’ | Drama, Romance

⏰️Monday, September 25, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
19:30 - The Big City (Mahanagar) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1963 | 130’ | Drama

⏰️Tuesday, September 26, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
19:30 - The Coward (Kapurush) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1965 | 67’ | Drama, Romance
The Saint (Mahapurush) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1965 | 64’ | Comedy, Drama

⏰️Wednesday, September 27, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
19:30 - The Hero (Nayak) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1966 | 117’ | Drama, Satire
*Followed by a conversation with Sangeeta Datta

⏰️Thursday, September 28, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
The Elephant God (Jai Baba Felunath) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1979 | 116’ | Adventure, Family

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22/09/2023

FOCUS: Andreas Dresen
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

Andreas Dresen, winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
Program with 4 films from the filmography of the German director, who will present his films in the cinema and will also hold a Masterclass ( The small worlds )

⏰️Sunday, September 24, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
20:00 - Gundermann by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 2018 | 128’ | Drama, Music

⏰️Monday, September 25, 2023
(📍Cinema Millenium)
20:30 - Silent Country (Stilles Land) by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 1992 | 95’ | Comedy, Drama

⏰️Tuesday, September 26, 2023
(📍Agimi Art Center)
13:00 - Grill Point (Halbe Treppe) by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 2002 | 107’ | Comedy, Drama

*Followed by a conversation with the Director

⏰️Wednesday, September 27, 2023 (📍Agimi Art Center)
13:00 - Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush by Andreas Dresen | Germany, France | 2022 | 119’ | Drama

*Followed by a conversation with the Director

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21/09/2023

A Cup of Coffee and New Shoes On by Gentian Koçi | Albania, Portugal, Greece, Kosovo | 2022 | 99' | Existential Drama

SPECIAL SCREENING
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

Two identical deaf-mute twin brothers discover they suffer from a genetic disease that will also progressively and irreversibly make them blind.

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21/09/2023

I Am Zlatan by Jens Sjögren | Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands | 2022 | 102’ | Drama

FOCUS: SWEDISH Stories
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

A story depicting Zlatan Ibrahimovic's upbringing in a rough Swedish suburb. Born to Balkan immigrants, football was Zlatan's release in a tough environment where his remarkable talent and self-reliance catapulted him against all odds to the top of international football playing for clubs like Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, Inter, Milan, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United.

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21/09/2023

Burn All My Letters by Björn Runge | Sweden | 2022 | 119’ | Drama

FOCUS: SWEDISH Stories
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

Based on the 2018 best-selling book, the film spans 70 years and several generations. After a jealous argument with his wife, Alex realizes that he must get to the bottom of the issues that plague him to save his marriage. Through books and letters left behind from his maternal grandparents Alex discovers secrets about his family’s past that not only shed new light on his current situation, but also force him to revisit memories from his own childhood.

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21/09/2023

Silent Country (Stilles Land) by Andreas Dresen | Germany | 1992 | 95' | Comedy, Drama

FOCUS: Andreas Dresen
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

A young, naive and enthusiastic theater director named Kai comes to a grim provincial town to put on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Although the lethargic theater company shows no interest in the play, his spirit remains undaunted. Meanwhile, it is fall 1989. The world is changing and somewhere, far away in the capital, a revolution is taking place and it seems that wishes might come true. Great hopes emerge in the little town and unexpected events overtake Kai's mutating production.

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21/09/2023

The Coward (Kapurush) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1965 | 67’ | Drama, Romance

The Coward stars Ray regular Soumitra Chatterjee as Amitabha, a screen-writer from Calcutta on a research trip in the country. When his car breaks down unexpectedly, he is taken in by Bimal, a wealthy tea plantation owner. At Bimal’s house, Amitabha is surprised to find that his benefactor’s wife, Karuna (Madhabi Mukherjee), is the woman he had been in love with years before, and lost because of his own indecisiveness. Bimal, unaware of the past relationship between his wife and his guest , wines and dines with Amitabha and in the course of evening reveals his own character with disarming frankness. The more be learns about Bimal, the more Amitabha realises that the marriage cannot have been a happy one for Karuna.
Amitabha next seeks an opportunity to tell Karuna that he has now the courage to take her away from her husband and thereby atone for his past betrayal. But Karuna hides her own feelings behind a calm exterior.

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Satyajit Ray received many major awards in his career, including a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, two Silver Bears, many additional awards at international film festivals and ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992.

21/09/2023

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.

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21/09/2023

The Big City (Mahanagar) by Satyajit Ray | India | 1963 | 130’ | Drama

Subrata, an ordinary employee of a bank, is the only member of the family with an income. Against established custom and the reproofs of her fatherlaw, Subrata’s wife Arati inseeks employment as a door to-- door salesgirl. When she becomes successful in her work, gaining selfconfidence and financial independence, her husband is unable to accept the situation and wishes for her to quit. Ironically, a crisis at the bank erupts and Arati against the wounded resigns as a honour protest of her friend, an Anglo Indian woman. The film ends with a more equal re alignment of the relationship between Arati-- and her husband.

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Satyajit Ray received many major awards in his career, including a Golden Lion, a Golden Bear, two Silver Bears, many additional awards at international film festivals and ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in 1992.

21/09/2023

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.

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21/09/2023

The Needle - My Secret Garden by Merita Çoçoli Sali | North Macedonia | 2023 | 67' |
Documentary

PANORAMA Competition
REFLECTING ALBANIA
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

50 years ago, Izeti Curi, a young tailor and embroiderer, traveled from Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia to France with the dream of conquering the world fashion center - Paris. The exoticism of Skopje's embroidery tradition combined with French elegance was Izet Curri's style,
which ranked him among the elite of Parisian haute couture. Over 150 world-famous stars were Izet Curri's loyal customers. Today, Izet Curi returned to Skopje and opened the International Institute of Fashion, from where he passes on his experience to students.

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20/09/2023

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 s*xual desires and gender identity that Morteza has been noticing in his adulthood.

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20/09/2023

The Melting Creatures by Diego Céspedes | France | 2022 | 17' | Fiction

PANORAMA Competition
PARADE
21st edition TIFF 2023 - Tirana International Film Festival 2023

Nataly, a trans woman, is visiting her former lover Leon with her daughter Secreto in a mysterious reclusive community hiding from the Sun. These reunions will bring back the memory of a toxic and abusive relationship to Nataly.

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20/09/2023

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 s*xuality in secrecy. He scrupulously organizes his meetings in order to never be unmasked, but everything changes the day he meets a new profile.

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20/09/2023

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 s*x worker meets a withdrawn client in this exploration of social and s*xual alienation, inspired by real events.

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20/09/2023

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.

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