GENERATION OF IMAGES
2025-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Paris) | Arkivi Qendror Shtetëror i Filmit, Rruga Aleksander Moisiu, 76/1, Tiranë, Albania
GENERATION OF IMAGES / Sound / 2025 / 103min
A documentary film by Johannes Gierlinger
“We sing a lullaby, not to lull to sleep,
this giant baby of iron and concrete.
We sing a lullaby so it grows stronger, and upon it,
incessantly the revolution can walk.”
A poem as a wake-up call for revolution, or rather a regime-compliant lullaby? GENERATIONS OF IMAGES embarks on a search for traces through the profound transformation processes of Albanian history. In the archives, forgotten places, and memories of different generations, ruptures and continuities become visible, left behind by the transition from communist dictatorship to capitalist democracy. GENERATIONS OF IMAGES finds its own language to analyse regime images and image regimes. It is the language of poetry that rejects the logic and linearity of conventional historiography, allows for contradictions, and expresses itself as both thought and action. It makes it possible not only to look at images but to let them speak for themselves, to find new meanings and to create underlying narratives. In this way, generations of images form a multi-layered and polyphonic picture of history, which often tells less about the past than about an ambivalent relationship to it and shows how deeply the traces of history are inscribed in the fabric of the present.
∣ Credits ∣
A film by Johannes Gierlinger
Assistent & Researcher: Mira Klug ∣ Assistent in Albanien, Researcher: Eros Dibra Production management: Lara Bellon ∣ Sound: Mira Klug, Jan Zischka ∣
Translation: Sara Kraja ∣ English Adaption: Thomas Logoreci ∣
German Adaption: Anjeza Cikopano ∣ Music Performer: Benjman Klug & Gökan Arslan Music Composition: Johannes Gierlinger ∣ Colors: Mira Klug ∣ Sound Mixing: Florian Kindlinger ∣ Producer: Johannes Gierlinger & Lara Bellon
Supported by Bmkoes, Land Salzburg, Cine Art Styria, Stadt Wien

TANA
2025-05-19 10:00 - 11:30
Tana | 1958 | restored version | w/English subtitles
®️ Booked screening where anyone can join.
Screenwriters: Fatmir Gjata, Nasho Jorgaqi
Director: Kristaq Dhamo
Music Composer: Cesk Zadeja
DOP: Xhevat Behri
Art Designer: Petraq Lubonja
Film Editing: Irena Harito
Sound: Xhevat Behri
Cast: Tinka Kurti, Naim Frashëri, Pjetër Gjoka, Kadri Roshi, Andon Pano, Thimi Filipi, Marie Logoreci, Violeta Manushi, Nikolla Panajoti, Melpomeni Çobani, Mihal Stefa, Vani Trako, Lazër Filipi, Pandi Raidhi, Lazër Vlashi, Ilia Shyti, Vangjo Grabocka, Aleko Skali, Stavri Shkurti, Nuci Shedollari, Dhimitër Trajce, Theodhoraq Velushi.
Tana is a landmark for Albanian cinema. The story of a bright and enthusiastic young collective farm worker caught between two men vying for her affections. Tana is Albania’s first feature- length film featuring a wondrous performance by our still-living legend of the big screen, Tinka Kurti, who plays the title role. Tana is a film of light and nature, a black and white drama of vitality and movement which unfortunately would be lost from our country’s cinema as the clouds of dictatorship grew darker.

VICTORY OVER DEATH
2025-05-19 12:00 - 14:00
Victory Over Death | 1967 | restored version | w/English subtitles
®️ Booked screening where anyone can join.
Screenwriters: Peçi Dado, Gëzim Erebara, Piro Milkani
Directors: Gëzim Erebara, Piro Milkani
Music Composer: Feim Ibrahimi
DOP: Saim Kokona
Art Designer: Ksenofon Dilo
Film Editor: Vitori Çeli
Sound: Xhevat Behri
Cast: Eglantina Kume, Edi Luarasi, Naim Frashëri, Rikard Ljarja, Sheri Mita, Timo Flloko, Demir Hyskja, Andon Qesari, Antoneta Fishta, Drita Bardhi, Pandi Raidhi, Arqile Nasho, Avni Resuli, Diana Peza, Fioralba Paço, Saimir Kumbaro, Petrit Llanaj, Xhemil Tagani, Zejnulla Hatibi.
Second World War. Albania is under the occupation of Nazis. The German occupiers capture two young girls and through tortures want to reach to concrete names of the communist organizers. At last they execute the girls by hanging them in the city to terrorize the people. The movie is based on the real event of two heroines Buli Naipi and Persefoni Kokëdhima.
