The Black Pelicans
TITLE
The Black Pelicans
DIRECTOR
Luli Bitri
COUNTRY
Albania
YEAR
2022
DURATION
19′
GENRE
Fiction
Overview
The Black Pelicans
An unexpected pregnancy causes tensions into a family, as they fear the arrival of another autistic child.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Luli Bitri
Bitri is an Actress, Director, Producer. In 2004 she graduated in drama in the University of Fine Arts in Tirana, Albania. Bitri has written and directed "Water For the Roses"in 2017, and "The Black Pelicans" in 2022. She began her international career starring in these films : "Father and Godfather"by Dh. Anagnosti, "Alive" by A. Minarolli , " Amnesty" by B. Alimani , "Open Door" by F. Papas, "My destiny" by P. Marcias, "Holy Boom" by M.Lafi, "Winter Fireflies"by A.Gorishti. Some of these films have been in competition in many important film festivals as Berlin FF, Karlovy vary FF, Sarajevo FF, Copenhagen FF, Jerusalem FF ecc. and Bitri was nominated and gained many prizes as Best Actress. In 2009, 2011, 2018 these films : Alive, Amnesty, Open Door, entered in the List of Albanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language.
Credits
- Director Luli Bitri
- Screenplay Luli Bitri
- Cinematography Spiro Nino
- Editing Guri Adrian, Ardit Muhaxhiri
- Cast Beslidhje Bytyci, Agron Shala, Ledjon Bitri, Aria Cakoni, Ainel Tavanxhiu
- Producer/s Gerta Qurku
- Production Company LeArt Production
- Distributor/s
Specifications
- Project Title The Black Pelicans
- Project Type Fiction
- Completion Date January 7, 2022
- Country of origin Albania
- Country of filming Albania
- Language Albanian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project No
Luli Bitri
Bitri is an Actress, Director, Producer. In 2004 she graduated in drama in the University of Fine Arts in Tirana, Albania. Bitri has written and directed "Water For the Roses"in 2017, and "The Black Pelicans" in 2022. She began her international career starring in these films : "Father and Godfather"by Dh. Anagnosti, "Alive" by A. Minarolli , " Amnesty" by B. Alimani , "Open Door" by F. Papas, "My destiny" by P. Marcias, "Holy Boom" by M.Lafi, "Winter Fireflies"by A.Gorishti. Some of these films have been in competition in many important film festivals as Berlin FF, Karlovy vary FF, Sarajevo FF, Copenhagen FF, Jerusalem FF ecc. and Bitri was nominated and gained many prizes as Best Actress. In 2009, 2011, 2018 these films : Alive, Amnesty, Open Door, entered in the List of Albanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language.
SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Tirana International Film Festival
In ALBANIAN Competition, 2022