Dogs Have No Dreams
TITLE
Dogs Have No Dreams
DIRECTOR
Hanis Bagashov
COUNTRY
North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Slovenia
YEAR
2026
DURATION
17′
GENRE
Fiction
Dogs Have No Dreams
High in the Albanian mountains of North Macedonia, two teenagers, Ilire and Besnik, hide a love forbidden by an old family debt. When Besnik turns to violent dog fights to win their freedom, their secret unravels - and Ilire faces the cruel weight of tradition.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Hanis Bagashov
Born in 1999 in North Macedonia. Hanis Bagashov studied film directing at NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents (2020 - Directors Summit & 2022 - Script Station), Sarajevo Talents (2018), LIM - Less is More (Le Groupe Ouest), European Short Pitch (Winner of the First Prize), First Films First (Goethe Institut), and IDFAcademy. His short "Mishko" premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2018. He played one of the leading roles in the feature "When the Day Had No Name" by Teona Strugar Mitevska (Berlinale 2017), and "Sisterhood" by Dina Duma (Karlovy Vary 2021; Netflix). His photographic work was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje in 2017. Bagashov is the founder of the production company Hithra Films. His short film "The Rabbit is Dead" premiered at Dokufest 2025.
- DirectorHanis Bagashov
- ScreenplayHanis Bagashov
- Cinematography Fejmi Daut
- CastEra Balaj, Deniz Rustemi, Ilire Vinca Çelaj, Refet Abazi, Gresa Farizi
- Editing Kasiyana Angelova
- Producer/s Hanis Bagashov
- Production CompanyHithra Films
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleDogs Have No Dreams
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date18 Aug 2026
- Country of originNorth Macedonia, Bulgaria, Slovenia
- Country of filmingNorth Macedonia, Bulgaria, Slovenia
- LanguageAlbanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Hanis Bagashov
Born in 1999 in North Macedonia. Hanis Bagashov studied film directing at NATFA “Krastyo Sarafov” in Sofia, Bulgaria. He is an alumnus of Berlinale Talents (2020 - Directors Summit & 2022 - Script Station), Sarajevo Talents (2018), LIM - Less is More (Le Groupe Ouest), European Short Pitch (Winner of the First Prize), First Films First (Goethe Institut), and IDFAcademy. His short "Mishko" premiered at the Sarajevo Film Festival in 2018. He played one of the leading roles in the feature "When the Day Had No Name" by Teona Strugar Mitevska (Berlinale 2017), and "Sisterhood" by Dina Duma (Karlovy Vary 2021; Netflix). His photographic work was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art - Skopje in 2017. Bagashov is the founder of the production company Hithra Films. His short film "The Rabbit is Dead" premiered at Dokufest 2025.
