13 Films & TV Shows Set In Kosovo
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Hive
π½π° Kosovo The 1990sFahrijeβs husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.
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The Hill Where Lionesses Roar
π½π° KosovoSomewhere in Kosovo, in an isolated village, three young women see their dreams and ambitions stifled. In their quest for independence, nothing can stop them: the time has come to let the lionesses roar.
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Balkan Line
π·πΈ Serbia π§π¦ Bosnia and Herzegovina π½π° Kosovo π·πΊ Russia The 1990sNo choice β After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK terrorists. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
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The Load
π·πΈ Serbia π½π° Kosovo The 1990sVlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.
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The Marriage
π½π° KosovoBekim and Anita are getting married, but Anita is unaware that Bekim is still in love with his best friend Nol. The Marriage charts the emotional predicament of the man who has strong feelings for two persons. There is great pressure to marry and only mild support for LGBTQ rights in Kosovan society, so Zeqiriβs film, which unashamedly puts same-sex and heterosexual passion on the same plane, is a forceful step in the right direction, as well as a dynamic portrait of romance and deception in the shadow of war.
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Friend
π½π° KosovoThe friendship of two boys is tested to its limits as they battle for survival during the Kosovo war.
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Three Windows and a Hanging
π½π° Kosovo The 2000sIn a traditional village in Kosova, a year after the war (2000) when people are rebuilding their lives, the female school teacher Lushe is driven by her inner conscience to give an interview to an international journalist, telling her that she and three other women from the village were raped by Serbian forces. A critical view of a society which survived the war, won its independence but still struggles with human equality. An insightful portrait of a Balkan village, of a patriarchal microcosm, and of its mayor who desperately wants to control the village life. Of husbands who feel forced to behave strong, but act against their own emotional interest. A reflection of rituals which not only show gender inequality, but also the absence of freedom of expression within the male community.
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Special Forces
π½π° Kosovo π΅π° Pakistan π¦π« AfghanistanSurvival. Honor. Sacrifice. β Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the worldβs most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim β to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them β emotionally, violently and intimately.
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Kosovo: Can You Imagine?
π½π° Kosovo The 2000sKosovo: Can You Imagine? is about the Serbs that live in Kosovo and the lack of human rights that they have today, in the 21st century. Most of the Kosovo Serbs have been ethnically cleansed by the Albanians who make up the majority of Kosovo. Kosovo has been under UN administration since 1999 when NATO bombed Serbia for 76 days to halt a crackdown on ethnic Albanian separatism in its province of Kosovo. In the years following the war, thousands of Serbs were expelled from their homes, kidnapped and killed. Their houses, cultural and religious sites were burned and destroyed. Kosovo for the Serbs is what Jerusalem is for the Jewish people. It is the cradle of their statehood, culture and religion. Most of the important Serbian Christian Orthodox monasteries are in Kosovo. Today, Serbs still have a deep spiritual and traditional connection to Kosovo, a land which is being cleansed of everything Serbian.
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The Hunted
Oregon π·πΈ Serbia π½π° Kosovo The 1990s The 2000sSome men should not be found. β In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallumβhis former studentβwho has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.
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The Hornet
π·πΈ Serbia π½π° Kosovo π¨π SwitzerlandA love story between a Serbian girl and young Albanian set against the background of current Balkanic conflict.
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Battle of Kosovo
π·πΈ Serbia π½π° Kosovo The 14th CenturyIn 1389, the Serbian prince Lazar HrebeljanoviΔ refused to submit to the Turkish Sultan Murat, who was invading Serbia with a large army, in order to continue conquering Europe through it.
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A Film with No Name
π·πΈ Serbia π½π° KosovoThe Kosovo region of Yugoslavia near the Albanian border is the scene of political unrest and a modern Romeo and Juliet romance in this satirical political drama. A film director (Meto Jovanovski) gathers information for his documentary about the Serbs being forced to depart by Albanian Moslems. As the region heads towards ethnic warfare, the young Albanian woman Nadira (Sonja Jacevska) falls in love with the Serbian Miloljub (Cedo Arobabic). He is captured and castrated, and the private lives of Milobjub and Nadira become part of the director's story in his film. He must answer to the financiers and producers who believe his film was to be a comedy. The events foreshadow a long and bloody conflict between two factions, a battle that has not abated in the ten years since this film's initial release.
