It all started out innocently enough. Filmmaker and thirty-year veteran of the Albanian movie industry, Kujtim Cashku, attempted to hold a press conference to discuss a land dispute with his film academy and city officials. No one could believe what happened next in the former communist nation. Led by an half-drunk bureaucrat in long overcoat and fedora, police disrupted the peaceful gathering then tried to seize the school's garden and open air cinema. Gentian Koci's doc captures the dramatic days that followed when students, professors, activists and lovers of cinema battled to save the outdoor movie screen from destruction by police and corporate interests.
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Gentian Koçi Director
First release May 1, 2012 · Produced in Albania · Original title S'Është Lavazh
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Artalb Film
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Albania
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Original title
S'Është Lavazh
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Albanian
Release dates
Canada · May 1, 2012
Limited theatrical · Hot Docs 2012, Toronto
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