ALBANIA / 8 MIN. / 2018 / DRAMEDY / DCP 2K / 1.85:1 / COLOR / DOLBY 5.1
Subtitles available: English, Italian, Spanish
Albania, 2018. A couple decides to get married but clashes with a – not so – old tradition: the mother-in-law wants to be present during first wedding night. Voyeurism? Not at all, the woman “just” wants to be sure about the virginity of the bride.
Albania, 2018. Una coppia decide di sposarsi ma si scontrerà con una vecchia tradizione che in realtà vecchia non è: la madre dello sposo vuole essere presente alla prima notte di nozze della coppia. Voyerismo? No, la donna è lì “solo” per assicurarsi che la sposa sia vergine.
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Festivals & Awards
- Cine Fern Film Award 2020 – winner Best Women Filmmaker’s Film, March Edition
- Top Indie Film Awards (Japan, 2020) – winner Best Message & Best Original Idea
- Scrittura e Immagine . Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio – Premi Flaiano (Italy, 2019)
- NYC Shorts of all Sorts “Directed by Women” (USA, 2019) – Semifinalist
- GENERIcamente UMANI 2020 (Italy, 2020)
- Festival Internazionale del Cortometraggio Pescara (Italy, 2019)
- Pop Cort (Italy, 2019)
- SEE Online Film Festival (Macedonia, 2021) – winner Best Short Film
Interviews & Reviews
- Interview about Balkan’s Gate and reVirgination on Abanian TV1 with Elena Beatrice, American director Nathaniel Hansen, Albanian director and founder of Balkan’s Gate Ajola Daja and Iranian director Nasrin Golereyhan
- Elena Beatrice speaks about reVirgination and the aim of the short film on Star Plus Tv
- L’equilibrio perfetto: intervista ai filmakers Elena Beatrice e Daniele Lince by Alesandro Amato, La Città Immaginaria.
- Balkan’s Gate Carnet. Making of the film.
- Interview to Elena Beatrice. Le tante vite di Elena Beatrice: illustrazioni, film e medicina. Un passo alla volta
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cast
Anila Balla, Lorin Terezi, Rita Gjeka
written by
Roberto Tomeo, Elena Beatrice, Daniele Lince
directed by
Elena Beatrice, Daniele Lince
producer
Elena Beatrice, Daniele Lince, Ajola Daja
production company
Beatrice/Lince, AR Production
cinematographer
Elton Dardha, Erald Deda
film editor
Daniele Lince
sound designer
Simone Lampedone
festival distribution
Prem1ere Film
world sales
ShortsFit
italian distributor
Artex Film
director's bio
Elena Beatrice and Daniele Lince are an Italian film director and screenwriter team. They believe that stories can change the world: their mission is to find the best way to tell them. Among their works there are "Fulmini e Saette" (eng. title: "Thunderbolts and Lightning Strikes"), a short film starring Carolina Crescentini in the role of a superheroine, "Monster Sitter", a short mockumentary about the daily life of the caretaker of a lake monster, and "Get Big", a feature documentary about Ultimate Frisbee, now on Amazon Prime.