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Blerta Basholli (born in 1983) is a Kosovar Albanian writer, director and producer. Basholli has previously lived in New York City for a time span of four years, allowing her to work on a number of projects as a student, among those being her short film “Lena and Me” which won awards in a number of international and Kosovo-based festivals.
Blerta Basholli is a writer/director with a unique realistic visual style. Her stories touch upon social and gender issues from the country where she was born and raised, Kosova, and beyond. Basholli's debut feature film Hive (2021), broke Sundance records where she swept the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the ...
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- Writer, Director, Producer
- Prishtina, Kosovo
- Blerta Basholli
Nov 5, 2021 · Blerta Basholli’s feature debut, Hive, tracks one mother’s determination to provide for her family after her husband’s disappearance in war-torn 1990s Kosovo.
- Lisa Wong Macabasco
Feb 10, 2021 · The almost prophetic words about the inevitability of the confrontation with the “people,” that refers to an unshakable patriarchal system, describe the core of the Kosovar director Blerta Basholli’s debut feature film.
Blerta Basholli, writer and director of Hive, joins her star Yllka Gashi, and Awards Daily's Shadan Larki to discuss bringing the harrowing true story to the screen and honoring the women of Kosovo in the process.
Apr 14, 2022 · Blerta Basholli is a writer and director whose stories touch on social and gender issues in the country where she was born and raised, Kosovo. Her debut feature, Hive, broke Sundance records by winning the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category, becoming the first film to win all three.
Feb 4, 2022 · ‘Hive’ Director Blerta Basholli on How ‘Parasite’s’ Oscar Win Inspired Global Filmmakers. By Leo Barraclough. International Features Editor. Courtesy of Everett Collection.
