Lost Exile
A short fiction film by Fisnik Maxville
Emir, a family man, works for the local underworld as people smuggler between Serbia and Hungary. Hana, a young woman from Kosovo wants to flee her country and meets Emir to drive her. On the way, Emir’s unscrupulous colleagues order him to stop at a motel next to the border. They see in Hana the opportunity to gain money by delivering her to a prostitution ring. That night, Emir is faced with a moral dilemma and his own humanity as Hana will test her courage to change her life and make it to Europe.
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World premiere:
2016, Locarno Film Festival
International premiere:
2019, Dokufest – Prizren International Documentary and Short Film Festival
Awards:
2016, Locarno Film Festival: Special Mention, National Competition
2016, Tirana International Film Festival: Best Albanian Short Film
2016, Delhi Shorts International Film Festival: Best Short Film
2016, Festival du Film Court: Prize of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region
2016, Ouchy Film Festival: Best Film
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Coproducers:
l’Ecole Cantonale d’Art de Lausanne - ECAL (CH) and Radio télévision suisse - RTS (CH)Cast:
Arben Bajraktaraj as Emir, May-Linda Kosumovic as Hana, Sunaj Raca as Ince, Fatmir Spahiu as BobWriter:
Fisnik MaxvilleDirector:
Fisnik MaxvilleProducers:
Britta Rindelaub (Alva Film) and Yll Uka and Valon Bajgora (Ikone Studio)Composer:
Boris GétazCinematographer:
Léo LefevreEditor:
Kostas MakrinosSound Department:
Charles Menger, Adrien KesslerSpecs:
29', CH, 2016Languages:
Albanian, English, Serbian
Fisnik Maxville
Born in 1989 in Kosovo. Fisnik Maxville was a refugee in Switzerland until 2005. He studied Film at ECAL / HEAD, completing his studies with a Master’s degree. His first film Lost Exile (2016) premiered in Locarno and won a jury award. He wrote and directed The Valley of Happiness (2017), Zvicra (2018) and Endgame (2020). The Land Within is his debut film. He is currently working on several feature films, among them Cotton Hands and Anima.
Filmography
2022 The Land Within
2021 Nostromo
2020 Endgame
2018 Zvicra
2017 The Valley of Happiness
2016 Lost Exile
2015 Ministarstvo Sjecanja
2014 On Culture And Tropics
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