Guest Country: Scotland

THE WOLVES COME AT NIGHT

Directors: Leart Rama & Huss Al-Chokhdar
Producers: Alba Çakalli, Eroll Bilibani
Featuring: Agim (fictional name)
Cinematography: Leart Rama
Editor: Leart Rama & Huss Al-Chokhdar
Sound, sound-mix, sound-design: Leart Rama
Color-grade: Leart Rama
Countries: Kosovo / United Kingdom
Genre: Documentary
Length: 16'

Synopsis:
THE WOLVES COME AT NIGHT confronts the silenced horrors of sexual violence during the Kosovo War. At its centre is Agim, a man who survived rape by Serbian forces. Through a recorded interview and written testimonies, he guides us through the violence he endured, violence that doesn’t stay buried, but lingers in the body and resurfaces in fragments. Memory, here, is not linear. It flickers through shadow, silence, and the jagged sound of breath.
Set against the unforgiving mountains where much of the violence took place, the film weaves together body, land, and memory. The body does not forget. The wolf does not forget. The mountain remembers everything.
The film bears witness to what has been forced into silence, creating space for male survivors to be seen, heard, and remembered. The soundscape, crafted from field recordings captured in the mountains, grounds the film in the very terrain that holds these buried traumas, echoing the persistence of memory in the land itself.

This film is produced during the 'Breaking Borders' Residency Program, a partnership between DokuFest and the Scottish Documentary Institute, supported by the British Council’s International Collaborative Grants.

Breaking Borders mentors: Kumjana Novakova, Saeed Taji Farouky
Residency & Production Manager: Zana Arapi Xheladini
Talent & Festivals Manager: Alexandra Colta
Production Coordinator: Vigan Bytyqi
Finance Manager: Arlind Kirajtani
Executive Producers: Veton Nurkollari, Flore Cosquer

© DokuFest / Scottish Documentary Institute MMXXV