A single mother looks after a bedridden elderly lady in Tirana in Daybreak (Dita za fill), the Albanian entry in this season’s foreign-language Oscar race. Uncompromisingly downbeat, this story of a woman who goes to increasingly great lengths to protect herself and her baby from utter destitution isn’t an easy watch. Debuting director Gentian Koci demonstrates an impressive — if also somewhat monotonous — formal rigor and Ornela Kapetani’s committed lead performance interiorizes a world of anguish and resentment that should appeal to audiences on the more hardcore end of the arthouse segment. After its world premiere in Sarajevo, this unembellished...
- 10/12/2017
- by Boyd van Hoeij
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Albania has selected Gentian Koci's feature debut Daybreak as its candidate for best foreign-language film Oscar consideration.
The movie tells the story of a young mother who moves with her 1-year-old son to work as an in-home caretaker for a bedridden elderly woman after being kicked out of her home for failing to pay the rent. Leta (Ornela Kapetani) must keep the sick older woman alive at any cost.
Daybreak had its world premiere last month at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where Kapetani was named best actress for her role.
An Albania-Greece co-production, the film was developed at Sarajevo's Cinelink...
The movie tells the story of a young mother who moves with her 1-year-old son to work as an in-home caretaker for a bedridden elderly woman after being kicked out of her home for failing to pay the rent. Leta (Ornela Kapetani) must keep the sick older woman alive at any cost.
Daybreak had its world premiere last month at the Sarajevo Film Festival, where Kapetani was named best actress for her role.
An Albania-Greece co-production, the film was developed at Sarajevo's Cinelink...
- 9/18/2017
- by Nick Holdsworth
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things takes best director and best actor.Scroll down to see the full list of winners.
Ana Urushadze’s Gerogia-Estonia drama Scary Mother has won the top prize at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, which concludes today (Aug 18).
The film took the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film, which comes with a financial award of €16,000. It stars Nata Murvanidze as a 50-year-old housewife who experiences family struggles as she tries to complete her first novel.
The main competition saw Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu take the Heart of Sarajevo for best director for his film Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things, which comes with €10,000.
Best actress went to Ornela Kapetani for Daybreak and best actor went to Şerban Pavlu for Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things.
The jury, led by Michel Franco and featuring Mark Adams, Gordan Bogdan...
Ana Urushadze’s Gerogia-Estonia drama Scary Mother has won the top prize at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival, which concludes today (Aug 18).
The film took the Heart of Sarajevo for best feature film, which comes with a financial award of €16,000. It stars Nata Murvanidze as a 50-year-old housewife who experiences family struggles as she tries to complete her first novel.
The main competition saw Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu take the Heart of Sarajevo for best director for his film Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things, which comes with €10,000.
Best actress went to Ornela Kapetani for Daybreak and best actor went to Şerban Pavlu for Meda Or The Not So Bright Side Of Things.
The jury, led by Michel Franco and featuring Mark Adams, Gordan Bogdan...
- 8/18/2017
- by tom.grater@screendaily.com (Tom Grater)
- ScreenDaily
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