“Phantom Youth”, interview with director Luàna Bajrami

Interview during the 80th edition of Venice International Film Festival with Luàna Bajrami, director of the film “Phantom Youth (Bota Jonë)” in its original title in Albanian). The movie, premiered in Orizzonti Extra, takes place several years after the war in the Balkans, and revolves around the lives of two teenagers that try to find their place in the world.

Luàna Bajrami is also an actress, and during her interview with FRED she tells us that her work in movie sets throughout the years was a great directing school. In fact she reveals that she began acting in order to become a moviemaker someday. And she was particularly interested in the dreams and aspirations of young people.

“Phantom Youth” takes place in Kosovo in 2007. Zoé and Volta leave their remote village to enter Pristina University. Amidst social and political tensions, the two women discover a country in turmoil, seeking its identity on the eve of independence and whose youth has been forgotten.

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