Bota (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Bota |
| Country of production |
Albania , Italy , Kosovo |
| original language | Albanian |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Iris Elezi , Thomas Logoreci |
| script | Iris Elezi, Thomas Logoreci |
| production |
Sabina Kodra , Andrea Stucovitz |
| camera | Ramiro Civita |
| cut | Walter Fasano |
| occupation | |
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Bota is a feature film (Albania, Italy, Kosovo) directed by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci from 2014 . At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014 the film Bota received the “Fedeora Award” and in 2015 was nominated at the San Francisco International Film Festival.
action
Juli, Nora and Beni's families were resettled in a small village in no man's land on the edge of a swamp during communist rule. In contemporary Albania, Juli works in her uncle Beni's Café Bota. She lives with her grandmother Noje and takes care of her. Nora, Juli's friend, becomes Beni's lover. Beni wants to expand the café and tries to attract new customers. The peaceful life of the protagonists ends with the expansion of the motorway near the village. One evening the villagers have a big party in Café Bota, but the next morning Juli, Nora and Beni have to face family secrets that are linked to dark chapters from the history of Albania.
useful information
The film was shot near the village of Adriatik on the coast of Central Albania.
Bota was the Albanian nomination for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film in 2016 .
Awards
- 2014 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival , "Fedeora Award"
- 2015 San Francisco International Film Festival , nomination
Web links
- Bota in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bota on the Crossing Europe website
- Bota: Film review on The Hollywood Reporter website
Individual evidence
- ↑ IMDb Iris Elezi Awards ; accessed on May 7, 2019
- ↑ ABC News Albania: Filmi Bota Speciale on YouTube , September 25, 2013, accessed May 10, 2019.
- ↑ Nick Holdsworth: Oscars: Albania Nominates 'Bota' for Foreign-Language Category. In: The Hollywood Reporter. September 21, 2015, accessed May 10, 2019 .