Luna Park
TITLE
Luna Park
DIRECTOR
Florenc Papas
COUNTRY
Albania, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Kosovo
YEAR
2024
DURATION
101′
GENRE
Drama
Luna Park
In Albania's post-communist landscape, a lonely mother, Mira, and her troubled teenage son, Toni, struggle through an outbreak of civil violence that tears their East European nation apart.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Florenc Papas
Florenc Papas, born in Albania and based in Toronto, studied film directing at the Marubi Film Academy. He has worked for numerous short films, promotional videos, television series and broadcast documentaries. In 2016, he founded his independent production company, Tunnelfilm. His debut feature film, OPEN DOOR (DERE E HAPUR) (2019), premiered in the main competition at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival and was screened at over 40 festivals worldwide. OPEN DOOR was Albania's entry for the Oscars 2021. He is Member of European Film Academy and got Selected at Europe 30 UNDER 30 FORBES List in Entertainment in the same year. In 2024, he completed his second feature film, LUNA PARK (2024) premiered in Goa IFF, and was selected at Thessaloniki IFF and Sofia IFF. Currently he is working on a US novel adaptation as his first English language film.
- DirectorFlorenc Papas
- Screenplay Florenc Papas & Glykeria Patramani
- CinematographySimos Sarketzis
- CastAdriana Matoshi "Mira", Orion Jolldashi "Toni", Nik Xhelilaj "Berti", Flonja Kodheli "Alma", Suela Bako "Nora", Olivia Hysolli “Sara”
- Editing Federica Forcesi
- Producer/s Dritan Huqi, Ioanna Bolomyti, Riccardo Neri, Vincenzo Filippo, Zvonimir Munivrana, Fatmir Spahiu
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleLuna Park
- Project TypeDrama
- Completion Date1 January 2024
- Country of originAlbania, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Kosovo
- Country of filmingAlbania, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Kosovo
- LanguageAlbanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Florenc Papas
Florenc Papas, born in Albania and based in Toronto, studied film directing at the Marubi Film Academy. He has worked for numerous short films, promotional videos, television series and broadcast documentaries. In 2016, he founded his independent production company, Tunnelfilm. His debut feature film, OPEN DOOR (DERE E HAPUR) (2019), premiered in the main competition at the 25th Sarajevo Film Festival and was screened at over 40 festivals worldwide. OPEN DOOR was Albania's entry for the Oscars 2021. He is Member of European Film Academy and got Selected at Europe 30 UNDER 30 FORBES List in Entertainment in the same year. In 2024, he completed his second feature film, LUNA PARK (2024) premiered in Goa IFF, and was selected at Thessaloniki IFF and Sofia IFF. Currently he is working on a US novel adaptation as his first English language film.
