Open Door

  • October 23, 2020 / 18:00
  • November 7, 2020 / 15:00

Director: Florenc Papas
Cast: Val Maloku, Astrit Kabashi, Adriana Matoshi , Enver Petrovci, Xhavdet Jashari
Albania, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, 2019, 77', DCP, color
Albanian with Turkish subtitles

Rudina sets off on a long journey with her unmarried pregnant sister, Elma, to meet their strict and traditional father in the Albanian village where they were born. As Rudina's car makes its way over the mountains, Elma comes up with a plan to enlist a former classmate to play the part of her husband.

Bota

Bota

Father

Father

Open Door

Open Door

Trailer

Open Door

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

When Karl XII of Sweden was defeated by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1709, he fled to the Ottoman Empire and settled in Bender with his entourage for five years.

Postcard Nudes

Postcard Nudes

The various states of viewing nudity entered the Ottoman world on postcards before paintings. These postcards appeared in the 1890s, and became widespread in the 1910s, following the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Monarchy, traveling from hand to hand, city to city. 

Serpent Head

Serpent Head

The Greek god Apollo and his son Asklepios presided over the realm of medicine and healing. Apollo was also the god of light and sun, whose solar symbolism and association with medicine would become linked to Christ the Physician, and the resurrected.