Snowdrops

Production ERAFILM (Albania)

TAKAMI PRODUKSION (France)

Producer Sabina Kodra

Script Sabina Kodra

Robert Budina

director Robert Budina

image Olivier Bertrand

sound Anne Laure Francois

mixage Sebastien Wera

art design Sabri Basha

costums Blegina Hasko

music Fatos Qerimaj

Cast

Edmond Budina

Rajmonda Bulku

Genci Mirzo

Esmeralda Metka

Romir Zalla

A man and a woman, 50 years old, in Tirana. She's very badly sick and could be saved in a hospital abroad. They just need a visa... but in Tirana, things are not that simple: sometimes, time is not only money, but life...

Festivals

Tirana International Short Film Festival, Albania

Aubagne International Short Film Festival, France

Cittadella del Corto Trevignano, Italy

Huesca International Short Film Festival, Spain

Tanger Mediterranean Short Film Festival, Morocco

DokArt Neubrandeburg Film Festival, Germany

Salento Finibus Terrae International Short Film Festival, Italy

Sao Paolo International Film Festival, Brasil

Cinema du Monde International Film Festival, Montreal Canada.

Brest International Short Film Festival, France

South East Film Festival Los Angeles, USA

Au Festivals des Mots, France

Brindisi International Short film Festival

Cinedays Film Festival Skopje Macedonia.

Levante Film Festival Bari Italy.

Genova Film Festival Italy.

FIAC Short Film Festival Portugal.

Awards

Public Award in Tirana International Short Film Festival

Critique Award in Tirana International Short Film Festival

Award of Best male interpretation in Tanger Mediterranean Short Film Festival

PRÉMIO ORGANIZAÇÃO - "ADRIANO DE MORAIS"
TROFÉU DO ESPECTADOR SENIOR SENIOR PRIZE JURI
In ALGARVE International Film Festival Portugal

Critiques;

December 16, 2005

Tirana Dispatch. 1.

David D'Arcy, who has covered festivals for us ranging from Haifa and New York to Karlovy Vary and Toronto, sends word from another where he's headed up the fiction film jury.

Among other prizes, a special notice went to an Albanian film, Snowdrops, by Robert Budina, which also dealt with illness, death and loss. Once again, the acting had an emotional truth to it that seems to come when a film isn't expected to make any money. I didn't get a sense that this film compromised on anything. With actors like these and a director who knows how to use them, maybe there's hope for Albanian cinema.

Show in Television

France 3, Cine Cinema, Cine Star.