Reconciliation
TITLE
Reconciliation
DIRECTOR
Marija Zidar
COUNTRY
Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo
YEAR
2021
DURATION
82′
GENRE
Documentary
Reconciliation
An 18-year-old girl is killed in a bitter family feud in the Albanian highlands. Her father is torn by the pressures from a local bishop and an NGO chairman from the capital, not only to forgive the imprisoned killer and his family, as a Christian, but to reconcile with them – as the age-old tribal code, Kanun, once required. A poignant and insightful account of a patriarchal society caught between a lingering past and a precarious present.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Marija Zidar
Marija Zidar (1976) is a Slovenian filmmaker. Her background is in Journalism (BA in Journalism; BA in English Language and Literature) - and she has a PhD in Sociology at the University of Ljubljana. She is passionate about presenting thoroughly investigated social issue stories through intimate, sensitive and empathetic visual storytelling. She has written three mid-length documentaries for Television Slovenia, and directed one. 'Reconciliation', shot in Albania over the span of 5 years, and almost 7 years in the making, is the debut feature documentary.
- Director Marija Zidar
- ScreenplayMarija Zidar
- Cinematography Latif Hasolli
- Editing Uroš Maksimović
- Cast
- Producer/s Danijel Hočevar
- Production Company Vertigo
- Distributor/s
- Project Title Reconciliation
- Project Type Documentary
- Completion Date April 24, 2021
- Country of origin Slovenia
- Country of filming Albania
- Language Albanian
- First-time Filmmaker Yes
- Student Project No
Marija Zidar
Marija Zidar (1976) is a Slovenian filmmaker. Her background is in Journalism (BA in Journalism; BA in English Language and Literature) - and she has a PhD in Sociology at the University of Ljubljana. She is passionate about presenting thoroughly investigated social issue stories through intimate, sensitive and empathetic visual storytelling. She has written three mid-length documentaries for Television Slovenia, and directed one. 'Reconciliation', shot in Albania over the span of 5 years, and almost 7 years in the making, is the debut feature documentary.
Tirana International Film Festival
Reflecting Albania, Panorama Competition, 2022
