Jump to content

Babai (film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Babai
Directed byVisar Morina
Written byVisar Morina
Starring
  • Val Maloku
  • Astrit Kabashi
  • Adrian Matoshi
  • Enver Petrovci
  • Xhevdet Jashari
Production
companies
  • NiKo Film
  • Skopje Film Studio
  • Krusha
  • Eaux Vives Productions
Release date
  • 28 June 2015 (2015-06-28) (Munich)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • Kosovo
  • Germany
  • North Macedonia
  • France
LanguageAlbanian
Budget€1.7 million

Babai (English: Father) is a 2015 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Visar Morina.[1] Morina won the Best Director Award at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[1] The film was selected as the Kosovan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[2][3] It is the most expensive Kosovan film produced, with a budget of €1.7 million.[4]

Cast

[edit]
  • Val Maloku as Nori
  • Astrit Kabashi as Gëzim
  • Adriana Matoshi as Valentina
  • Enver Petrovci as Adem
  • Xhevdet Jashari as Bedri

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'Babai'". Variety. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ Holdsworth, Nick (9 September 2015). "Oscars: Kosovo Selects 'Babai' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. ^ Bryant, Jacob (9 September 2015). "Oscars: Kosovo Sends 'Babai' as Foreign-Language Entry". Variety. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Kosovo enters its most expensive film for the Oscars". Calvert Journal. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
[edit]