Shame and Money
TITLE
Shame and Money
DIRECTOR
Visar Morina
COUNTRY
Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium
YEAR
2026
DURATION
129′
GENRE
Drama
Shame and Money
A couple in their 40s live with their extended family in rural Kosovo making a modest living on their farm. Following a familial dispute, their livelihood is lost. They are forced to move to Pristina where the pressure to provide for their family weighs heavily on the parents as they do their best to find work and a place to stay. A journey into a hyper-capitalist society begins.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Visar Morina
Visar Morina is a Kosovar director and screenwriter, born in Pristina in 1979 and based in Cologne, Germany. He moved to Germany at the age of 15. After working on various film and theatre projects, including as an assistant director at the Volksbühne Berlin, he studied directing and screenwriting at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, graduating in 2010. His short films, including Death by Suffocation and Of Dogs and Wallpaper, have been screened and awarded at international film festivals. His feature-film debut, Babai (2015), premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where Morina received the Best Director Award. The film was also selected as Kosovo’s submission for the Academy Awards. His second feature, Exile (2020), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. In 2018, the screenplay for Exile received the German Screenplay Award. In 2026, Morina presented his third feature film, Shame and Money, further establishing his distinctive voice in contemporary European cinema.
- DirectorVisar Morina
- ScreenplayVisar Morina, Doruntina Basha
- CinematographyJanis Mazuch
- CastAstrit Kabashi, Flonja Kodheli, Kumrije Hoxha, Fiona Gllavica, Alban Ukaj
- EditingJoëlle Alexis
- Producer/s Visar Morina, Pia Hellenthal, Fabian Altenried, Sophie Ahrens, Kristof Gerega, Pia Hellenthal
- Production Company
- Distributor/sThe Yellow Affair Sales Agent Worldwide eksystent Distributor Germany Filmarti Distributor Türkiye
- Project TitleShame and Money
- Project TypeDrama
- Completion Date01 Jan 2026
- Country of originGermany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium
- Country of filmingGermany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium
- LanguageAlbanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Visar Morina
Visar Morina is a Kosovar director and screenwriter, born in Pristina in 1979 and based in Cologne, Germany. He moved to Germany at the age of 15. After working on various film and theatre projects, including as an assistant director at the Volksbühne Berlin, he studied directing and screenwriting at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, graduating in 2010. His short films, including Death by Suffocation and Of Dogs and Wallpaper, have been screened and awarded at international film festivals. His feature-film debut, Babai (2015), premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where Morina received the Best Director Award. The film was also selected as Kosovo’s submission for the Academy Awards. His second feature, Exile (2020), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. In 2018, the screenplay for Exile received the German Screenplay Award. In 2026, Morina presented his third feature film, Shame and Money, further establishing his distinctive voice in contemporary European cinema.
Sundance Film Festival
Park City
January 25, 2026
World Premiere
WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC GRAND JURY PRIZE SUNDANCE 2026
United States
Guadalajara International Film Festival
April 19, 2026
Latin American
Panorama
Mexico
Sydney Film Festival
Sydney
June 8, 2026
Australian Premiere
Australia
