Country: Kosovo, Netherlands
Year: 2025
Duration: 10′
Production: 038Studio Prishtina, co-production Asfalt Films Amsterdam
Director: Alban Muja
Screenplay: Alban Muja
Producers: Edon Rizvanolli
Director of Photography: Samir Karahoda
Editing: Enis Saraçi
Twenty-five years after being kidnapped during the war in Kosovo, painter Skender Muja recounts his story of survival. Captured with Albanian civilians from Mitrovica in a former school turned detention center, he faced fear and uncertainty. Through Muja’s testimony, the film interweaves reflections on the transformative power of art with reconstructed scenes, bearing witness to resilience and creativity as a means of survival.
Alban Muja (born 1980 in Mitrovica) is a contemporary Kosovar artist and director who lives and works between Berlin and Prishtina. His artistic work is deeply shaped by the social, political, and economic transformations of the region, and explores the interweaving of personal stories and collective memory.
