Scanorama
lt en
My Festival Tickets
Dua

Dua

Director Blerta Basholli

1 hr. 41 min. · Kosovo, Switzerland, France, 2026 · Drama · Albanian, Serbian · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

Pristina, Kosovo, in the late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, thirteen-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers. After a tragic event shakes her community, she befriends the fearless Maki, who introduces her to unexpected forms of resistance. Amid the brutality of daily life and the growing threat of exile, Dua carves out a small space in which to discover herself. This tender coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of war premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week. “When you make a film about small countries like Kosovo, there is always a temptation to explain, because the history is so complex. There are two peoples and two languages, yet few outsiders can tell them apart or know what really happened. They know only that there was a war,” says director Blerta Basholli.
Share on Facebook

Details

Running time
1 hr. 41 min.
Country, year
Kosovo, Switzerland, France, 2026
Genre
Drama
Language
Albanian, Serbian
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Blerta Basholli
Screenplay
Blerta Basholli, Nicole Borgeat
Producers
Valon Bajgora, Thomas Reichlin, Britta Rindelaub, Agon Uka, Yll Uka
Cinematography
Lucie Baudinaud
Music
Audrey Ismaël
Cast
Pinea Matoshi, Vlera Bilalli, Kaona Matoshi
More information
www.imdb.com
Blerta Basholli

Director

Blerta Basholli

Born in Kosovo in 1983, Blerta Basholli received the Dean’s Fellowship to join the Graduate Film programme at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2008. She returned to Kosovo in 2011 and has since written, directed and worked on numerous film productions. Her debut feature, Hive, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it made history by becoming the first film to win all three major awards in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition: the Grand Jury Prize, the Audience Award and the Directing Award.

Screenings

3 screenings in 2 cities.

  1. Saturday, November 7 21:00 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 12 Tickets
  2. Wednesday, November 11 18:40 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 12 Tickets