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HIVE

(Zgjoi)

Year 2021
Runtime 83 mins
Language Albanian
Subtitles English Subtitles
Availability
  • In-Cinema Only
Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo, leaving her family struggling both emotionally and financially. To provide for them, she launches a small agricultural business, but in the traditional patriarchal village where she lives, her ambition and efforts to empower herself and other women are condemned. She struggles to keep her family afloat while facing a hostile community that is rooting for her to fail.

Based on a true story, and selected as Kosovo's official submission to the Academy Awards for Best International Film, HIVE is an extremely powerful and moving directorial debut with female empowerment at the forefront.
Awards
Winner Audience Award World Cinema, Sundance Film Festival 2021, Winner Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Sundance Film Festival 2021, Winner, Best Directing World Cinema Dramatic Competition, Sundance 2021
Festivals
Sundance Film Festival 2021
Director
Blerta Basholli
Executive Producer
Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka
Producer
Yll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka
Screenwriter
Blerta Basholli
Cinematographer
Alexander Bloom
Editor
Félix Sandri, Enis Saraçi
Cast
Yllka Gashi, Agushi Aurita, Cun Lajci