| Reference Code | I/2-764 |
| Title | Where do melodies originate |
| Synopsis | Views of the high mountains and the echo of the peaks. Whistling. A flowing waterfall. A melody played on leaves. A shepherd playing the flute. Playing the horn. Ancient monuments, bas-reliefs depicting lyres, and the steps of ancient odeons and theatres. Views of nature: flower-filled fields, mountains and grazing sheep, flowing waters, trees and rocky gorges. Lahuta. Ancient ruins. Views of Gjirokastër Castle. A lahuta maker carving and crafting a lahuta, çifteli and other musical instruments from wood. Views of the busts of the three Frashëri brothers and the Independence Monument in Vlora. A stone mill grinding grain using traditional methods, with a clarinet hanging above the mill. Folk ensembles and views of the village. Three men playing folk instruments—a clarinet, dajre and mandolin—beside the hearth, watched by a young boy. A shot of the House-Museum of the Party and monuments of Socialist Realism. Musical instruments are displayed in a museum alongside weapons from the war. Children in a museum looking at the musical instruments of fallen heroes. The Unknown Soldier Monument, the busts of Qemal Stafa and Vojo Kushi, the Five Heroes of Vigu Monument, and the Mother Albania Monument. A children’s folk orchestra. A folk orchestra from Central Albania with flutes, reed pipes and horns. A folk orchestra from Korçë: lahuta, def, violin, bagpipe, flute and gërnetë. An elderly female flute player teaches children the art of playing the flute. A shepherd playing the flute in the mountains among the sheep. At a wedding, Laver Bariu plays a kaba on the clarinet. A musicologist recording melodies. Highlanders playing the lahuta, horn and def. A melody played on a tray. Kavals and Gramsh flutes. A heroic dance accompanied by lodra and bagpipe. Dajres. A melody played on a çifteli with two strings. A workshop where folk musical instruments such as çifteli are made. The “Jordan Misja” Music School in Tirana: children learning to play various instruments. The Academy of Arts and a group of instrumentalists. A large orchestra of art students playing folk melodies. An industrial landscape. A drum. Highlanders playing folk instruments. A wheat field. People playing drums. |
| Awards | |
| Screenwriter | Ramadan Sokoli, Luan Dibra |
| Scriptwriter | Luan Dibra |
| Director | Esat Ibro |
| Music arrangement | Nina Harito |
| Camera | Niko Treni, Ferdinand Karuni |
| Designer | |
| Editing | Nazmie Sula |
| Sound | Loni Progri |
| Category | Documentaries |
| Chroma | Color |
| Year | 1980 |
| Release date | 1980 |
| Reels | 2 |
| Lenght (in minutes) | 18 |
| Country of origin | Shqiperi |
| Shooting locations | Gjirokaster, North Albania |
| Producers | Kinostudio “Shqiperia e re” |
| Notes | |
| © Copyright | Arkivi Qendror Shtetëror i Filmit |
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