RE:CONNECT

When my father burned all the childhood memories I had, I needed to learn how to be happy again

Director

Vullnet Jakupi

Producers

Kaltrina Bejta

Malbora Krajku

Simon Walker

Editor

Leart Rama

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When my father burned all the childhood memories I had, I needed to learn how to be happy again

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2026

Kosovo

4 min 54 sec

Color

World Premiere

When my father burned all the childhood memories I had, I needed to learn how to be happy again
is an experimental documentary that explores the director's childhood through the only two physical items that survived his parents' 2008 divorce: a single photograph from 2000 and a lone VHS tape from 2001. By delving into these fragile fragments, the film investigates a past that can no longer be clearly remembered. The lack of archival objects reflects the main character’s fragmented memories of childhood. Although he remembers very little, a certain feeling from that time has remained with him and continues to shape him today.

Directors' Biography

Vullnet Jakupi (b. 2000) is a multidisciplinary artist from Prishtina, Kosovo. Hic practice explores the intersection of history and personal narrative, focusing on memory, abandoned objects, and the transformation of spaces. Through his work, he engages with themes of resilience, displacement, and survival. As a curator, he seeks to contribute to the ongoing reconstruction of collective memory and emotional truth in a Kosovo that continues to transform.