The Kukumi

The Kukumi 2005

5.20

Story happens in the first days after NATO troops enter Kosova. After the signing of the military agreement in Kumanovo, in the house of the retarded, the guards and employees leave their places and flee. Inmates are all retarded but they have a special philosophy of life, they have their wishes and their dreams. Being free gives them a chance to make dreams come true, but they are confronted with a reality and environment, which in one way or another is very different. From the moment of getting out the fences, they are conflicted with people that call themselves free. Gradually this conflict roughens and with it degenerates the meaning of freedom. There are three main characters, Kukum, Mara and Hasan.

2005

Requiem

Requiem 1970

4.00

An American commando officer, in search of his father's killers, becomes part of a plot to capture a trainload of gold bullion destined to finance the Nazi cause. What begins as mission impossible explodes into a battle to rock the Balkans.

1970

Proka

Proka 1984

1

Story about local fruitcake who keeps being assured in human callousness.

1984

Red Blow

Red Blow 1974

5.80

At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and under constant repression, beginning small diversions, which will be transferred in the conquest and liberation of the entire mine.

1974

Wolf of Prokletije

Wolf of Prokletije 1968

5.40

Uka is an old Albanian who lives in the mountains on the border of Kosovo and Albania. As an honorable man, he must deal with his son who befriended Italian fascists during WW2.

1968

The Bombers

The Bombers 1973

5.60

Two best friends, former Partisans, must face new challenges after the war.

1973

How to Die

How to Die 1972

1

Destinies of two friends-fighters during WW2.

1972

First Love

First Love 1970

1

An accidental encounter on the Makarska Riviera, during the summer holidays, brings Miranda and Mica together. She experiences her first love whereas he has had success with many woman: this causes some misunderstandings.

1970

The White Traces

The White Traces 1980

7.50

A couple of foresters living in the snowing mountains of Rugova get stuck after a blizzard.

1980

My Crazy Head

My Crazy Head 1971

5.00

A Yugoslavian spoof of Dirty Harry and James Bond movies. A young inspector called Crazy Head goes after bandits that do not hesitate to use all kinds of vicious means in their shady ventures.

1971

The Oak and the Tree

The Oak and the Tree 1979

1

The story follows the Kosovar partisan hero known as Lisi (Oak), from WWII days, subsequent liberation, until mid-1960s. Lisi was a brave warrior, yet he and his generation remains largely uneducated. However his nephew starts as a courier, and becomes doctor afterwards.

1979

The Man of Earth

The Man of Earth 1984

7.70

Sokol is a middle-aged Kosovar Albanian who, together with his family, emigrates from Kosovo to Turkey, and faces the foreign and unknown world. After some time he becomes homesick, eventually leaving his last will he gave to his son that when he dies, his bones will be returned to his native country. He dies near of a cliff at the Black Sea coast. In his native village, the news that Sokol has been returned from emigration are being spread.

1984

Keepers of the Fog

Keepers of the Fog 1988

1

Images and reality intermingle in this account of the writer's own experiences under totalitarian regime.

1988

The Five Legged Rabbit

The Five Legged Rabbit 1982

1

This movie is set at the start of World War II, with little shepherds on the green slopes of an Albanian mountain range featured as intrigued, distant observers of the Italian army and their prey, the partisan fighters who are hiding in the homes of the villagers. Even the Albanian police who are supposed to be helping the Italians do not betray the resistance fighters when they see them. The children watch as the hunter and hunted play out their drama below, not understanding that the scenes are more real than their own hunt for the five-legged rabbit that is supposed to be living in these hills. As the tragedies of war mount, the children start to become more involved - at one point they steal the weapons from some drunken Italian soldiers, nearly leading to a disaster on their part. Time and events rapidly unfold, and it soon becomes apparent that their innocence will not last for long because their own existence is threatened in a way they are just beginning to understand.

1982

The Swelling River

The Swelling River 1981

1

In a mining plant in Kosovo, as occurs in many work organizations across the country, workers continue to win new positions in the self-management. The former miner and fighter - now general manager of the factory - is on the side of the workers, but has troubles in personal life.

1981

When Spring Comes Late

When Spring Comes Late 1979

1

Based on war-themed diary of Fadil Hoxha, the film tells the story of one particular phase of partisan revolution in Kosovo during WWII.

1979

117

117 1976

1

Shot in the Kosovar village of Nevokaze, it depicts the traditional lifestyle of an Albanian family numbering 117 members, all living under one roof and in great harmony. One of the finest examples of ethnographic film to come from this region, it has been called a ‘spiritual portrait of the nation’.

1976