Événement

PGM 5 - Bronx World Film Cycle, Winter 25

Late Afternoon (SCR/DIR Savina Alimani/Bujar Alimani, ALBANIA/USA, 2024, drama. 7:00.) One afternoon in New York City, Edith discovers a truth that Gabriella has been hiding from her for a long time. (US premiere)

Fragments (SCR/DIR Dora Nano, ALBANIA/USA, 2022, drama. 9:00.) In the quiet intimacy of a small-town art center, Iris begins taking down the photographs from her senior showa collection of moments chronicling her internal world and deep connection to Carmen. Their relationship is captured in fragmented, fleeting images: Carmen's smile, her gestures, the quiet rhythm of their shared existence. As memories of their adolescence resurface, Iris confronts the painful realization that the bond they once shared cannot endure unchanged. Their journey into adulthood, marked by the search for individuality and the exploration of their sexualities, forces a rift. The dynamics of muse and artist, love and loss, begin to unravel, leaving Iris to grieve the loss of what once felt eternal. (New York City premiere)

Bubbles (SCR/DIR Meri Dishnica, ALBANIA, 2023. Drama. 15:00).A forty-year-old woman named SOL, floats in a long-distance relationship bubble, along with her longtime boyfriend FRED. She starts the day waiting for the wake-up call to accurately perform her morning ritual which seems to be a video call with Fred. He is so far away that the sunrise at Sol's window marks the sunset at his'. They both look weary and on the verge of frustration as they wait to see each other at Christmas so the story goes, and for some bizarre reason, their meeting never occurs.

Ismails Dilemma (SCR/DIR Dhimiter Imailaj-Valona, USA,. Drama. 33:00). In Nazi-occupied Albania, Ismail, a poor peasant, is torn between fear for his own safety and that of his family and upholding Besa - the national code of honor, which includes protecting your guests at any cost. As the Nazis close in on his remote hilltop village, Ismail must decide whom he will put first: himself and his family or the two Jewish men he has been protecting from death. (In Albanian and German with English subtitles)