Displaced: Screening and Q&A with Samir Karahoda

Join us from 18:00 as we mark the first day of the screening of Displaced, a film by Samir Karahoda. The film is going to be screened every day until the end of the biennial at the Centre for Narrative Practice, and will be followed by a Q&A with the film director.

About the film
Displaced In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables.

Bio of the director
Samir Karahoda began working as a photographer in 1992. In 2003 he completed his photography studies at the Academy of Fine Arts at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul. In addition to his work as a photographer, he is also a cinematographer, tutor and curator of the short film program at the Documentary and Short Film Festival DokuFest. Cinematographed several shorts and feature films including his own films. His documentary short film “In Between” was his directorial debut, which in 2019 had its world premiere at the Berlinale as the first Kosovar film to compete at this festival. Displaced (Pa vend) is his second short film which premiered at Official Competition at Festival de Cannes in 2021 where was awarded with EFA nomination for European Film Awards 2021. Displaced, won IMDb Pro short cuts award as best short film at Toronto International Film Festival and best nonfiction at Sundance Film Festival.In 2019, Karahoda was awarded with Annual Cinematography Award from Ministry of Culture of Kosovo.

Credits:

Director
Samir Karahoda

Writers
Samir Karahoda

Stars
Jeton Mazreku
Ermegan Kazazi
Rifat Rifati

Editor
Enis Saraqi

Composer
Memli Kelmendi