06/12/2022 - Selected as Kosovo's Oscars submission, Norika Sefa's feature debut uses a simple but effective plot to depict how teenage girls are currently growing up in Kosovar society
film profile]). They live in a small town with a defunct factory and exactly one club for youngsters. Venera s house is crammed with three generations of her family, including Grandma and Mum and Dad, and apparently two young brothers as well. It is not always easy to keep track, as there is an assortment of neighbours and cousins that keep coming and going, as well as no fewer than four handymen who are there to help Venera s father (
Basri Lushtaku, also seen in
Aga s House) set up a swinging door – a humorous detail that speaks volumes about self-important Balkan patriarchs.