Ballkan Bazar

Ballkan Bazar (2011)

The film describes how Albanian graves were opened by Greeks and the contents moved and re-identified as being the bones of Greek soldiers from World War II.

Date of release
2011-04-14
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Edmond Budina

Casting

Interesting facts

Balkan Bazaar is a 2011 Albanian and Italian comedy film written and directed by Edmond Budina. Catherine Wilkening and Veronica Gentili star in the film. Budina, inspired by the exhumation of Albanian graves in 2006, wrote a screenplay that was produced by Erafilm and Mediaplex Italia with funding from the National Center of Cinematography, Qendra Kinematografike e Kosovës, and the Italian Ministry of Culture.

Production

Edmond Budina was inspired by events in 2006, in which the graves of Albanian women and children were opened as counted as those of Greek soldiers killed in World War II. Balkan Bazaar was written and directed by Budina. The National Center of Cinematography, Qendra Kinematografike e Kosovës, and the Italian Ministry of Culture provided funding for the film, which had a budget of €600,000.

The film was a co-production between the Erafilm of Albania and Mediaplex Italia of Italy. Daniele Baldacci oversaw the cinematography, Admir Shkurtaj composed the music, and Marzia Mette edited the film. 35 mm movie film was used to shoot the film. Dialogue is spoken in Albanian, Greek, English, French, Italian, and Macedonian.

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