Short Film Forum

My Pants Are Your Pants

Hybrid, Experimental / Kosova
Director & Producer: Durim Klaiqi
Production Company: Durim Klaiqi B.I.
Language: Albanian
Estimated Duration: 15-20 Minutes
Current Stage Of Development: Concept Development

Synopsis:
My Pants Are Your Pants is a docufiction set in Prishtina. A techno-optimist mayor builds his public image through constant livestreams, promising innovation, smart solutions, and digital progress.

Citizens initially respond with curiosity, and he invites them into his broadcasts to create the impression of direct participation. Gradually, inconsistencies appear: some guests seem rehearsed, and a supposedly remote caller is revealed to be sitting in the same room as the mayor.

While residents continue raising concerns about the city, a question from a fan page dedicated to a well-known stray dog suddenly dominates the livestream: "Is it true you are not wearing any pants?"

Unable to let it go, the mayor launches an increasingly absurd campaign to prove that he is wearing them. Receipts, renderings, celebrity endorsements, and endless explanations replace any discussion of the city, until a final encounter with the stray dog exposes the truth.

Director/Producer Biography:
Durim Klaiqi is an experimental film author and graphic designer from Prishtina. He began his creative path in 2017 through Samsung’s Galaxy Themes partnership and later graduated in Integrated Design with a focus on Graphic Design. In 2020, he expanded into video editing, combining visual communication with moving images. His debut short film, reMemBer2.human, an experimental sci-fi film with a €0 budget, was screened at international festivals such as Vienna Shorts, DokuFest and Tirana IFF, winning acclaim and awards. He then created the experimental documentary “The Goddess on the Throne”, which also premiered at DokuFest and Tirana IFF. He also created the experimental documentary PART OF THE SYSTEM, which premiered at Beast IFF. He is currently developing several new film projects.

In addition to filmmaking, he has participated in and given guest lectures in workshops and masterclasses, where new technologies such as 3D reconstruction and machine learning are central themes, further expanding his research into experimental narratives, memory, technology and hybrid visual forms.

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