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Short Film Forum
Guest Country: Scotland
DokuFest and the Scottish Documentary Institute (SDI) partnership brings together emerging filmmakers from opposite ends of Europe for a collaborative residency grounded in storytelling, cultural exchange, and political consciousness.
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A space where resistance, collaboration, and emerging voices take center stage.
Thursday, August 7
17:00
Shkolla e Muzikës 'Lorenc Antoni'
DokuTalks
Against the Void: How Artists Resist Numbness
In a time of burnout, violence, and overwhelming injustice, some artists still choose to film: stubbornly, vulnerably, and with purpose. This intimate conversation brings together filmmakers who use their work as resistance: against silence, against apathy, against forgetting. What drives them to keep creating in the face of despair?
Moderated by Dea Gjinovci, the panel features Gürcan Keltek, whose films poetically explore trauma; Alisa Kovalenko, known for her powerful frontline portraits of war and resilience; and Sebastián González Mendez, whose raw storytelling captures the realities of displacement; together embodying the panel’s spirit: cinema as an act of resistance against silence, apathy, and forgetting.
Venue: Shkolla e Muzikës 'Lorenc Antoni'
Date: Thursday, 7 August
Time: 17:00 h
Their stories don’t end in conversation, they continue in the cinema:
New Dawn Fades by Gürcan Keltek
My Dear Théo by Alisa Kovalenko
Unwelcomed by Amilcar Infante & Sebastian Gonzalez M.
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RESISTANCE – Women of Peace and Justice in Former Yugoslavia and Albania
This conversation, organized in collaboration with Pro Peace and YIHR Kosovo, explores how contemporary reflections about women’s solidarity and acts of resistance can shape alternative narratives and pluralize collective memory.
Public Space as Cultural Resistance
Shkolla e Muzikës 'Lorenc Antoni' Sunday, 3 August, 17:00 hrs
Nobody’s Buying Your Short: So What Now?
An unapologetic deep dive into why short films don’t sell, and why that might be your greatest freedom.
Co-Produce or Stay Small
Jing Haase in conversation with the heads of Film Centres of Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro.
BEYOND SILENCE - Dealing with the Past
This DokuTalk is part of the 'Beyond Silence' Project supported by the United Nations Development Programme - UNDP
What Does It Mean to Watch?
Exploring the ethics of watching and filming in a time when apathy often greets atrocity.
Reassembled: Collage, Memory, and the Hybrid Image
Examining the power of hybrid practices to create complex realities that reflect our contemporary experiences.
