Balkan Bazaar

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Balkan Bazaar
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Directed by Edmond Budina
Written by Edmond Budina
Starring Catherine Wilkening
Veronica Gentili
CinematographyDaniele Baldacci
Edited byMarzia Mette
Music byAdmir Shkurtaj
Production
companies
Erafilm
Mediaplex Italia
Distributed byErafilm
Release date
  • April 14, 2011 (2011-04-14)(Tirana)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryAlbania
LanguagesAlbanian
Greek
Budget€600,000

Balkan Bazaar (Albanian : Ballkan Bazar) is a 2011 Albanian and Italian comedy film written and directed by Edmond Budina. Catherine Wilkening and Veronica Gentili star in the film. Budina, inspired by the exhumation of Albanian graves in 2006, wrote a screenplay that was produced by Erafilm and Mediaplex Italia with funding from the National Center of Cinematography, Qendra Kinematografike e Kosovës, and the Italian Ministry of Culture.

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Plot

Jolie, a Frenchwoman, and her Italian daughter Orsola become involved in the business of selling bones in the Balkans after the bones of her father and grandfather are taken to southern Albania.

Cast

Production

Edmond Budina was inspired by events in 2006, in which the graves of Albanian women and children were opened as counted as those of Greek soldiers killed in World War II. [1] Balkan Bazaar was written and directed by Budina. The National Center of Cinematography, [2] [3] Qendra Kinematografike e Kosovës, and the Italian Ministry of Culture provided funding for the film, which had a budget of €600,000. [1]

The film was a co-production between the Erafilm of Albania and Mediaplex Italia of Italy. Daniele Baldacci oversaw the cinematography, Admir Shkurtaj composed the music, and Marzia Mette edited the film. 35 mm movie film was used to shoot the film. Dialogue is spoken in Albanian, Greek, [2] [3] English, French, Italian, and Macedonian. [1]

Release

Erafilm distributed Balkan Bazaar domestically in Albania and worldwide [2] and premiered in Tirana on 14 April 2011. [1] It was shown at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Sofia International Film Festival, Prishtina International Film Festival, and Alexandria International Film Festival. [2]

Omonoia, an organization for the Greek minority in Albania, criticized the film as "another shameful challenge that ignores the Orthodox community". The organization stated that the feed was supporting "religious hatred and racism". [4]

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