The Van

Erenik studied at the Academy of Arts, Tirana where he graduated with a Master degree in<br /> Film Directing. His thesis was Seed Money, a short film written by Jim Uhls (Fight Club). He<br /> has participated in the Sarajevo Talent Campus as a Screenwriter, where he developed the<br /> short script Reverse which was produced a year later for the Sarajevo City of Film. Reverse<br /> collected awards for best film at the Drama ISFF and Cinematic Achievement award at<br /> Thessaloniki ISFF. In 2013 he wrote and directed the short film Alphonso that was screened<br /> in festivals such as Vancouver International Film Festival and Brussels ISFF.<br /> His last short film The Van opened in Cannes' Official Competition for Short Films in 2019<br /> and is now travelling around the globe with more than 50 selections to date, including<br /> Sarajevo, Melbourne, Valladolid, Tangiers and Clermont-Ferrand.<br /> His films showcase the inner struggles of the characters as they confront with the socio-<br /> political space they inhabit, ultimately coming down to unsettling decisions that define them<br /> as comic, tragic or grotesque portraits of society.<br /> Erenik currently lives and works in Tirana, Albania. He's currently writing his first feature<br /> film.