Ilia Shyti

The Second November

A historical drama focusing on the days leading up to Albania's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire in November 1912.

The Autumn Rains

In a weather of unexpected rains, work is suspended at the dam of an important hydropower station and the safety of the project is jeopardized. The situation weighs heavier on the chief designer, eng. Ilir, who together with his comrades does his best to come out of this difficult situation.

The Toast of my Wedding

Bela, a young bride, is being escorted to the house of her new husband, Gani, who will soon leave to become a partisan.

Out of the Darkness

Petrit works as a cleaner in the Ministry of Internal Affairs during the fascist occupation of Albania. There, he learns many secrets and helps the resistance with inside information.

At Our Home

After a disagreement with his teacher, a young boy runs away.

The Old Shell

Pandi has been recruited by foreign agents in order to collect information about a military plant where his friend Servet works. To achieve his goal, Pandi blackmails Servet with an old shell, used by Servet to accidentally injure a friend during the military service.

Brothers and Friends

The year is 1941, World War II is going on. Vaso returns to his village, helping the revolt of the villagers against the enemy. Marko, his brother, wants to get revenge against the people who took his fiancée. This revenge becomes part of the overall revolt.

Spring in Gjirokastra

Musical film. A young couple is getting married. While going to the bride's house, the husband and his family go through several cities, which are getting ready for the folklore concert of Gjirokastër.

Mimoza, the Spoilt Child

Mimoza is a haughty girl who only argues with her friends. However, through experiences and advice, she will change and become friendlier.

Strings for Violin

Andon, a young violinist, is seriously studying for the admission competition at the Academy of Fine Arts. Cosmai, the father, thinks his son cannot win the competition without a bit of external help. He mobilizes all his friends and relatives so that his son can be sure to win. Muco, the chairman of the commission, is incapable of judging clearly and bored from all the interventions pours the anger on the young talented violinist.

A Long Year

Donika Sara is the director of an important enterprise. Unexpectedly her husband has an accident. She has to choose between her social life and her duty as a wife.

Special Task

Tomori has managed to infiltrate a foreign agency and is trying to discover their secret documents, bases, and means of communication.

War Mornings

World War II. A group of kids try to sabotage the enemy whichever way they can.

Three Persons Overpass the Mountain

A small village during World War II. Driven by misery some peasants smuggle goods across the mountain frontier. Thus an ever-greater gap opens between them and those who are fighting the invaders.

Nothing is Forgotten

A repatriated man is killed in a small town. No one knows who the killer is. The chief investigator takes the case himself and starts unraveling the mystery.

The Cloaks in Wax

Film set during the Albanian Renaissance, focusing on a group of Albanian outlaws fighting against the Ottoman Empire.

One More Life

Çaku has lost his parents during a bombardment. He gets acquainted with a partisan during the war. Caku, together with a friend of his, who imitated Chaplin and dreamed of becoming an artist, looks for the partisan till they find him. This meeting and the love and care for the war children, changes everything in his wandering life.

Broken Threads

A foreign agent, Sami Ameni, wants to find another agent, with whom he has collaborated during WWII, in order to blow up a factory.

The Manager

In the middle of a harsh winter, a partisan soldier goes to deliver supplies to a hospital.

The Train Leaves at Five to Seven

Elteva, an employee at the State Bank, begins to notice the economic damage caused by the operations of a district state enterprise headed by Martini, whose management is following an incorrect economic line. She finds herself at a crossroads, as the bank’s director is also a close associate of Martini. At one point, she asks herself why everyone seems to be against her. As if this were not enough, during this time a doctor suspects that she is pregnant. Elteva’s boyfriend, a football team coach, abandons her. Seeing the situation, Astrit takes the matter into his own hands to investigate the causes of the economic decline of the enterprise led by his colleague. He helps Elteva, with the assistance of a professor, to determine her diagnosis. Feeling guilty for the distress he caused her, her boyfriend Adi asks for her forgiveness. Now, she feels relieved of all the concerns that had been troubling her.

White Roads

Deda, an enthusiastic young worker, is trying to fix a cut telephone line during the harsh winter, so that people can wish each other a happy New Year.

The Circle of Memory

Margarita Begolli, the portagonist of the film, returns to Albania after 25 years with her memory lost.

Furtuna

Story depicting the national liberation struggle of the Albanian people against the Italian and German invaders during World War II.

Freedom or Death

The committee led by Çerçiz Topulli, Mihal Grameno and Hajredin Tremishti return to their village and assassinate the Turkish officer of Gjirokastra. Afterwards, the Ottoman army starts a campaign against the province of Mashkullorë, which became a symbol of Albanian resistance and fight for freedom.