Diell
TITLE
Diell
DIRECTOR
Rain Nikolla
COUNTRY
Albania, France
YEAR
2022
DURATION
18′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview
Diell
A shy schoolgirl, Diellëza, arrives by train to a rural town where she is to stay with her unfriendly aunt. Haunted by nightmares, young Diellëza constantly worries about her sick grandmother back home. While her aunt is at work, Diellëza is left with a free-spirited teenage girl, Vani.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Rain Nikolla
Filmmaker Rain Nikolla attended the Marubi Film Academy in Tirana, Albania. After her studies, Rain served as assistant film director on the dramatic feature film BOTA, an Albanian-Kosovar-Italian co-production which went on to be Albania's Academy Award Foreign Film selection in 2015. Rain Nikolla directed a short film at Kosovo's renowned documentary film festival, Dokufest, a doc short titled 'Portrait of a Silent City'. Rain is also an acclaimed still photographer and video director. As a freelancer, Rain has helmed many corporate and high profile events including work for Dubai Tourism (Will Smith promo), Skechers USA, Ferrari, Nissan and the Dubai World Trade Center.
Credits
- Director Rain Nikolla
- Screenplay Rain Nikolla, Thomas Logoreci
- Cinematography Spiro Nino
- Editing Adrian Guri
- Cast Ema Agalliu, Altea Lazaj, Olta Daku, Lola Meta, Hervin Culi
- Producer/s Enea Gramo, Patrick Hernandez, Véronique Siegel
- Production Company Art film, Bagan films
- Distributor/s NEXT films
Specifications
- Project Title Diell
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date January, 2022
- Country of origin Albania
- Country of filming Albania
- Language Albanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Rain Nikolla
Filmmaker Rain Nikolla attended the Marubi Film Academy in Tirana, Albania. After her studies, Rain served as assistant film director on the dramatic feature film BOTA, an Albanian-Kosovar-Italian co-production which went on to be Albania's Academy Award Foreign Film selection in 2015. Rain Nikolla directed a short film at Kosovo's renowned documentary film festival, Dokufest, a doc short titled 'Portrait of a Silent City'. Rain is also an acclaimed still photographer and video director. As a freelancer, Rain has helmed many corporate and high profile events including work for Dubai Tourism (Will Smith promo), Skechers USA, Ferrari, Nissan and the Dubai World Trade Center.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Tirana International Film Festival
In ALBANIAN Competition, 2022