Encounter in the Air is a 2019 Albanian-language drama film written, directed and produced by Ardit Sadiku. The narrative focuses on a broadcast technician and a young man who suffers from mental illness. The young man, desperate to find asylum in a foreign country, hires the broadcast technician to film a video of him discussing his mental condition — in the hopes that the video will convince foreign officials to grant him asylum.
Blerim, an employee of a TV station, takes on a highly unusual side gig — one that immerses him in a world of mental illness, paranoia, and blurred reality. Blerim’s colleague introduces him to Drin, an unemployed young man who claims to be mentally ill — despite his neurologist’s belief that his symptoms are merely psychosomatic. Drin, convinced that he must leave his home country in order to become “well,” commissions Blerim to film a video of him discussing his unusual neurological condition — in the hopes that the clip will convince a foreign nation to grant him asylum. Blerim, tasked with shooting the video and somehow convincing his boss to broadcast it on the TV station, finds himself obsessed with the project — to the detriment of his professional and personal relationships.[1]
Cast
Herton Meta as Blerim
Todi Kasemi as Drin
Auron Mimaj as Gëzim
Sajmir Pepushaj as Ilir
Sebina Matlija as Mira
Mirsad Çanga as Albert
Gerti Palali as Arbër
Production
Auditions for Encounter in the Air started in February 2019, and lasted until April. Filming was done near Shkodër.[2]
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