Blerta Basholli
Blerta Basholli (born 1983) is a Kosovar Albanian writer, director and producer. Basholli has previously lived in New York City for a time span of four years, allowing her to work on a number of projects as a student, among those being her short film "Lena and Me" which won awards in a number of international and Kosovo-based festivals. In 2008, she was awarded with the Deans Fellowship at the Film Graduate Program at Tisch School of the Artists, NYU. Most recently, her debut feature film Hive (2021) has achieved great success, breaking Sundance Records, and becoming the first Kosovo film to enter the Oscars shortlist nomination.
Blerta Basholli
- Born
- 1983
- Birthplace
- Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia
- Education
- New York University
- Occupation
- Writer, director, producer
- Spouse
- Artan Korenica
- Nationality
- Kosovo
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• Born — 1983 • Birthplace — Pristina, SFR Yugoslavia • Education — New York University • Occupation — Writer, director, producer • Years Active — 2006–present • Notable Works — Hive Lena and Me Mirror, Mirror... • Spouse — Artan Korenica • Children — 2
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Blerta Basholli (born 1983) is described as a film director and screenwriter in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Blerta Basholli was born in 1983.
Personal life
Personal life
Basholli completed her higher education at NYU, New York City, however she is currently based in Prishtina. She is married to Artan Korenica, a well-known Kosovan photographer, with whom she has two children.
Career
Career
2006-2011: Beginnings In 2006, Basholli came out with her first film, the documentary "Mirror, Mirror…". It went on to have substantial success, being selected at the Sarajevo Film Festival 2006; Tirana International Film Festival 2006; Balkan Black Box Film Festival 2006, Berlin and the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival 2016. In 2008, she released "Gjakova 726", a short film that was shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival 2009; Busho Film Festival 2009; Dokufest 2009; Toffifest 2009; Filmmor's Women's Film Festival 2009. Later on, in 2011, Basholli's short film "Lena and Me was screened and awarded at the First Run Film Festival 2011; Dokufest 2011; Pogradec Film and Food Festival 2011; Skena Up 2011; Tirana International FF 2011 and the 9/11 Film Festival 2012 (Best Actress Award). 2021–Present: Worldwide Recognition Her most known film comes in 2021, and it tells the true story of Fahrije Hoti, a Kosovan woman's challenge of opening a business in a patriarchal community. The film is called Hive and it is Basholli's first feature film. Hive broke Sundance records, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Category. Through Hive Basholli has also become the first Kosovan director to make it into the Oscars nomination shortlist, in the Best International Feature category.
Other credits
Other credits
• Lena dhe Unë (Short) (writer) 2011 • Everything Is Broken Up and Dances (co-producer) 2016 • The Marriage (first assistant director) 2017 • The Return (assistant director) 2017 • Unwanted (first assistant director) 2017 • Looking for Venera (first assistant director) 2021 • Cold November (production manager) 2018
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Das Gesicht der kosovarischen Emanzipation: HIVE – das berührende Langfilmdebüt von Blerta Basholli digitised by DataCite (Cinéphilie).
Feature films
Feature films
• Year — English Title — Original Title — Notes • 2006 — Mirror, Mirror... — Documentary • 2021 — Hive — Zgjoi • 2026 — Dua — Post-production
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Short films
• Gjakova 726 (co-writer, director) 2008
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- 1.Blerta Basholli, site swissfilms.ch, consulté le 7 octobre 2021.
- 2.In Sundance Film, a Kosovo War Widow Rebuilds Against the Odds, Xhorxhina Bami, site balkaninsight.com, .
- 3.« “Hive” to be Kosovo’s official submission for the Oscars 2022 », site euronews.al, 8 septembre 2021.
- 4.« Filmfest Hamburg: NDR Nachwuchspreis fürs Drama „Hive“ », site ndr.de, 9 octobre 2021.
- 5.Hive, site sundance.org, consulté le 7 février 2021.
- 6.Sundance 2021 Winners, Chris Lindahl, site indiewire.com, 2 février 2021.
- 7.43e Cinemed à Montpellier : le jury d'Asia Argento offre l'Antigone d'or 2021 au film "Hive" de Blerta Basholli. Midi Libre. 23 octobre 2021.
- 8.Cinemed 2021 : Antigone d’or au très réussi Hive. toutelaculture.com. 24 octobre 2021.
- 9.Hive, site wff.pl, consulté le 7 octobre 2021.
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