Blerta Basholli

Director

Blerta Basholli is a Kosovar director born in 1983 in Prishtina. She graduated in film directing from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Prishtina and obtained a master's degree from New York University. Blerta's stories touch on social and gender issues in Kosovo. Her short and documentary films were screened at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Docufest, Prifest, etc. Her debut feature film HIVE (2021) won the Grand Jury Prize, Directing Award, and Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHY

Feature Film

  • HIVE (2021)

Short Film

  • THIRD ENTRANCE (2013)

  • THE THREE OF US (2012)

  • LENA & ME (2010)

  • GJAKOVA 726 (2008)

  • MIRROR, MIRROR (2006)