General Information
Completed On: 20 Jan, 2021
Duration: 23 min 30 sec
Genres: Fiction, Short
Language: Albanian
Country: Albania
Submitted By: Lorena Sopi
Festival Rating 7.6
Zana and Tina, two young girls, are university students and share a living room together. They are hooked on social media and spend most of their time connected to a mobile phone. Zana, also makes special photo sessions to create the virtual life she desperately seeks . Even the people she is related to and who she believes are important, rich and successful, in reality are also fictitious and non-existent people. Zana even organizes teaching sessions on how to create a virtual image of a person. She subordinates Tina and draws her into her world. Tina is in a dilemma. Although she tries to follow Zana, she also tries to learn and acquire knowledge in the field of science that she studies. When Zana's fantasies about virtual life and social media cross the boundaries, Tina opposes her by letting her know that she is there to learn and become someone with knowledge. She warns Zana that with her way of thinking, they will not be able to continue together. The gap between the two friends deepens even more when Tina falls from the exam and threatens Zana that their paths will eventually be divided. Zana continues to create her fake personality and dream that her virtual life will one day become reality. She even makes a serious connection with such a fictional person. But when she meets the 'dream person', she is disappointed because she realizes that that person is an old man whom she has hired as a photographer for her photo sessions. Zana, desperate, returns to the apartment and decides to turn her life around. She continues painting her self-portrait that was left unfinished.
-
DirectorsLorena SopiSchauerfilm
-
ProducersLorena SopiSchauerfilm
-
ProducersAgim SopiAgnus Dei
-
WritersBrikena Sopi
-
Film TypeFiction, Short
-
GenresDrama
-
Runtime23 minutes 30 seconds
-
Completion Date20 Jan, 2021
-
Production Budget10.000 USD
-
Country of OriginAlbania
-
Country of FilmingAlbania
-
Film LanguageAlbanian
-
Shooting Format2K
-
Aspect Ratio
-
Film ColorColor
-
Student ProjectNo
-
First-time FilmmakerNo
AS Film Production
Albania: All Rights
Director's Biography
Lorena Sopi
Director | Screenwriter | Producer
She was born on 12.12.1997 in Prishtina - Republic of Kosovo. She studied at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts at the University of Prishtina - branch of film and television directing /four years/ - bachelor. She continued her studies at Yorkville University - Toronto Film School, Ontario in Canada. She graduated with honors in Film Production - Toronto Film School / six terms /. Lorena Sopi, has worked in various international projects as a screenwriter, editor, producer and director.
Filmography:
1. Hashtag /Thurje /, short fiction – Screenwriter Brikena Sopi, editor, producer and director Lorena Sopi. AS Film, 2020.
2. The Hug of Destiny / Përqafimi Fatit /, Documentary feature – Director Jakov Sedlar, narrator Armad Assante, Producer Lorena Sopi and Stephan Ollendorff. Ollendorff Center & AS Film, 2019
3. Schauerfilm, short fiction – Editor, Producer, Screenwriter and Director Lorena Sopi. AS Film Production & Nositi Production, 2019
4. Ray / Rreze /, short fiction – Editor, Producer, Screenwriter and Director Lorena Sopi. Written according to the diary of Rreze Abdullahu . AS Film Production, 2018
5. More beautiful than the Spring / Më e bukur se pranvera /, short fiction – Editor, Producer, Screenwriter and Director Lorena Sopi. AS Film Production, 2018
6. Eternally Child / Përjetësisht Fëmijë /, short fiction - Editor, Producer, Screenwriter and Director Lorena Sopi. AS Film Production, 2017
7. Mona, short fiction - Editor, Producer, Screenwriter and Director Lorena Sopi. AS Film Production & Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Prishtina 2016
8. Begin Again, short fiction. Director Bar Kirshon. Script Supervisor: Lorena Sopi – Toronto
9. I Love You, short fiction. Director Andrew Kim. Script Supervisor: Lorena Sopi - Toronto 2018
10. With Wonder – Winnie Varghese, Documentary feature. Director Sharon Lewis . First Assistant : Lorena Sopi | Production: Zero11Zero | Toronto | 2019
Lorena Sopi's films have been part of the official programs of more than 100 different international festivals. Lorena Sopi, with her short films, has won more than 40 international awards.
