LORD OF THE HOUSE

Synopsis

A rebellious Kosovar midwife fights for acknowledgement from her family which has always lived by century-old Albanian traditions based on male-dominance. Her longing for respect and appreciation is set against the background of a transforming society where the role of these old customs, written up in ‘The Kanun’, is changing and people search for their own position in this new reality.

Director Biography

Daniëlle Bremer (1972, The Netherlands) is a director passionate about telling human stories. She studied at the University of Amsterdam where she got her masters in Communication. From 2000 till 2007 she lived in Kosovo where she learned Albanian and made television programs and reportages for the United Nations, OSCE and international broadcasters such as CNN. Currently she is based in Amsterdam where she works on documentaries, reportages, television programs, commissioned films and online-projects about a range of topics.