Erenik Beqiri

15 min | 2019 | France/Albania | New England Premiere

The Van finally stops, the doors open and the son comes out alive. A few more fights and he will be able to pay his way out of Albania, and hopefully, take his Father with him. 

Awards: BEST NARRATIVE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST EDITING, BEST ACTOR & BEST SOUNDTRACK – Arouca FF (Portugal), BEST SOUND EDITING AWARD & JURY AWARD FOR BEST FILM – Short Sounds FF (United Kingdom), BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - SHORT OF THE YEAR (Spain) – Seanema FF

(Montenegro), BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM AWARD – Batroun Mediterranean FF (Lebanon), Show Me Shorts FF (New Zealand), BEST SHORT FICTION FILM – Urban Films Festival (France), BEST DIRECTOR Sulmona Int’l FF (Italy), Ikuska – Muestra Int’l de Cortometraje de la Bahia de Pasaia (Spain), among numerous others.

Official Selections: Linz Int’l Short FF (Austria), SOO FF (US), Zaporizhzhia Int’l FF (Ukraine), Portobello FF (UK), Himachal Short FF (India), Galichnik FF (Macedonia), Ariano Int’l FF (Italy), San Francisco Frozen FF (US), Provinziale FilmFest Eberswalde (Germany), among numerous others.