The tenth edition of the ‘DEA OPEN AIR’ International Film Festival, which is take place in the capital from October 8 to 12, 2022, continues its tradition of presenting its program in four sections.

In the competition for the DEA Awards, preliminary selection committees have included 38 films from 22 countries in the program. These films are divided into four competitions and a special program, all of which will be followed and evaluated by four professional juries.

In the Feature Film section, the following films will be competing: “The Ordinaries” (The Ordinaries) by Sophie Linnenbaum (Germany, 2022), “Charter” (Charter) by Amanda Kernell (Sweden, 2020), “Black Bits” by Alessio Liguori (Italy, 2023), “The Business of Pleasure” (The Business of Pleasure) by Goce Cvetanovski (North Macedonia, 2023), “Touch me” (Touch me) by Boris Kazhdan (Israel, 2022), “Out and Around” (Out and About) by Peter Callahan (USA, 2022) and “EO” (IO) by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, 2022).

The Feature Film Jury for this year consists of: Isa Qosja (Chairman – Kosovo), Sonja Hofmann (Member – Germany), Gentian Koçi (Member – Albania), Anna Ladinig (Member – Austria) and Fabio Canepa (Member – Italy).

In the Short Film section, the following films will be competing: “Cemile” – Belkiz Bayrak (Turkey, 2021), “Heroi i shkretëtirës” (Hero of the Desert) – Lorena Sopi (Kosovo, 2022), “I’m here”– Vilma Kartalska (Bulgaria, 2022), “In short” – Henya Brodbeker, Esti Grinberg, Lea Unger, Elinora Schwartz (Israel, 2022), “Just the two of us” – Clara Lemaire Anspach (France, 2022), “Justus” – Kim Culetto (Switzerland, 2022), “Living in a bubble” – Natalie MacMahon (Germany, 2021), “Loneliness of the bear” – Grégory Lecocq (Belgium, 2022), “On my father’s grave” – Jawahine Zentar (France, 2022), “Purple Lemon” – Dimitris Andjus (Greece, 2022), “Reflections” – Fotis Skourletis (Greece, 2021), “Steps” – Genoveva Claria (Argentina, 2022), “Table for 3” – Álvaro G. Company (Spain, 2022), “The bank loan ” – Alex Escudero (Spain, 2022), “The real beauty” – Mathias Rat Gabriele (Italy, 2022), “Three grains of salt” (Three grains of salt) – Ingrid Chikhaoui (France, 2022), “You’re welcome” (De nada) – Sheridan Philipp (USA, 2022).

In the Student Film section, the following films will be featured: “Let’s talk” – Elad Mukades (Israel, 2023), “Something’s wrong” – Polina Khalenko (Kazakhstan, 2023), “Kukafshehti” (Hide and seek) – Karolina Belka (Poland, 2023), “Sphinx” – Hamid Yousefi (Iran, 2023), “Air Columns” – Jordi Huguet (Spain, 2023) and “Why not!” – Tedi Arifi (Albania, 2022).

The Short and Student Film Programs are evaluated by the Short and Student Film Jury, composed of: Kastriot Abdyli (Chairman – North Macedonia), Valina Muçolli (Member – Kosovo) and Giuseppe Marco Albano (Member – Italy).

In the Documentary Film section, the following films will be competing: “The address on the wall” – Sergej Krutsenko (Ukraine, 2021), “Butterflies” – Bujar Alimani (Albania, 2022), “Walking in the Dark” (Go through the dark) – Yunhong Pu (China, 2022), “Lights Out Berlin” – Dimitris Arguriou (Germany, 2023), “Metamorfosis” – Michele Fasano (Italy, 2022), “University of Pristina” (Pristina University) – Ekrem Xani (Kosovo, 2020) and “Unwell Mind” – Danna Levy (Israel, 2020).

The Documentary Film Program is assessed by the Documentary Film Jury, comprised of: Ledia Dushi (Chairman – researcher/writer), Vllasova Musta (Member – screenwriter) and Kliton Nesturi (Member – screenwriter).

From a perspective of their social contribution, the films presented are also assessed by the Media Jury, which this year is composed of: Ardita Bala (Chairman), Ani Ruci (Member) and  Evis Trebicka (Member). This jury bestows the Special Media Award in the Feature Film category and the Special Media Award in the Short Film category.

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