Happy New Year 1982
TITLE
Happy New Year 1982
DIRECTOR
Sokol Keraj
COUNTRY
Albania, Romania, Colombia
YEAR
2021
DURATION
20′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview
Happy New Year 1982
When Gimi and his duck step out onto the patio in front of the building, they become the "target" of the other children grazing their turkeys. The injured duck must be slaughtered in front of Gimi and then served straight from the oven for the biggest and most hearty dinner of the year. Gimi receives a pillow filled with the white feathers of his best friend as a New Year's gift.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Sokol Keraj
Sokol Keraj, director, screenwriter, producer, director of photography and editor was born in Lac, Albania in 1976 . In 1996 he began his studies in Film and TV directing at National University of Theater and Film, where he wrote and directed several short films such as Diabolique III, or Fragile , winner of the HBO Romania award for the best short film script. In 2002 he obtained the title of magister in Film Aesthetics and Audiovisual Advertising at the same university. He worked as an assistant director for Cristi Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Lucian Pintilie. In 2004 he arrived in Colombia where he taught in different universities and directed commercials such as "Cultura Ciudadana" for El Espectador in 2005 among others. In 2012 he finished his doctoral studies in Media Studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He has written, directed and produced "The Last Day of Loro Shestani" in 2012, which reached several international awards. His recent short Happy New Year 1982 has obtained an official selection at Bogot à International Short Film Festival. He is the DOP , co - producer and co - editor of the feature film Los malditos. He currently holds the position of Professor in the Audiovisual Media Program at Politécnico Granco lombiano.
Credits
- Director Sokol Keraj
- Screenplay Sokol Keraj, Mjaftore Keraj
- Cinematography Peter Velciov, Eol Cashku
- Editing Carlos Marciales, Sokol Keraj, Johanna Murcia
- Cast Ken Ismaili, Juli Emiri, Natasha Sela, Mehdi Malkaj, Dan Bordeianu
- Producer/s Lorina Pepo
- Production Company Orafilm, Quick Zipp, Sofilms
- Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project Title Happy New Year 1982
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date October 15, 2021
- Country of origin Albania
- Country of filming Albania
- Language Albanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Sokol Keraj
Sokol Keraj, director, screenwriter, producer, director of photography and editor was born in Lac, Albania in 1976 . In 1996 he began his studies in Film and TV directing at National University of Theater and Film, where he wrote and directed several short films such as Diabolique III, or Fragile , winner of the HBO Romania award for the best short film script. In 2002 he obtained the title of magister in Film Aesthetics and Audiovisual Advertising at the same university. He worked as an assistant director for Cristi Mungiu, Cristi Puiu, Lucian Pintilie. In 2004 he arrived in Colombia where he taught in different universities and directed commercials such as "Cultura Ciudadana" for El Espectador in 2005 among others. In 2012 he finished his doctoral studies in Media Studies at the University of Bayreuth, Germany. He has written, directed and produced "The Last Day of Loro Shestani" in 2012, which reached several international awards. His recent short Happy New Year 1982 has obtained an official selection at Bogot à International Short Film Festival. He is the DOP , co - producer and co - editor of the feature film Los malditos. He currently holds the position of Professor in the Audiovisual Media Program at Politécnico Granco lombiano.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Tirana International Film Festival
In ALBANIAN Competition, 2022