Film

Lumbardhi’s film program focuses on the alternative and collective ways of building a cinema culture. Through thematic programs, retrospectives and discussions, it brings aesthetically diverse films which remain contemporary due to their approach towards the local and planetary political problems. On one hand, it aims to build a critical audience, a process that was interrupted by the local political history, on the other hand, it tries to find new forms of engagements in the age of the ever-present moving images. By focusing on the local and international films and filmmakers, Kino Lumbardhi intends to create an alternative bond which is based on common political struggles. 

Apart from the screenings, the film events include discussions with filmmakers, film critics and theorists as well as other relevant actors. The film program of Kino Lumbardhi is also informed by the ongoing research projects of Lumbardhi, with the aim to create a productive overlapping of the programs. Thus, it becomes a platform where the new ideas are being tested with a broader public.

Blast from the Past / Lumbardhi x Dokufest Is this our last chance? LXX Film Program Kosovafilm: Fragments Can Laughter Break Bricks? Habibi Collective: “Women's Stories from SWANA" 4 For 20! Warming up for DokuFest Film Program: "Motherhood" Kuhle Vampe Sundays in Kino Wim Wenders Retrospective Life After Enver: Albanian Cinema in the 1990s Two Spectral Tales State of Exception: Želimir Žilnik Retrospective Kino Lumbardhi (2015 - 2018)

Blast from the Past / Lumbardhi x Dokufest

02 - 09.08.2024

Varying

 PARIS, TEXAS (1984) - Wim Wenders 8 1/2 (1954) - Federico Fellini DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964) - Stanley Kubrick

In August, Lumbardhi will make it possible to use the indoor and outdoor cinemas for the Dokufest Short Film and Documentary Festival. Lumbardhi will also organize a program showing selected films from the Lumbardhi cinema archive. Blast from the Past team: Veton Nurkollari, Tevfik Rada, Bengi Muzbeg.

 PARIS, TEXAS (1984) - Wim Wenders

09.08.24

8:00 pm

Travis walks out of the Texas desert after disappearing for four years. He is picked up by his brother Walt, who has been looking after Travis’ son Hunter. After slowly reconnecting with Hunter, Travis tries to bring his family back together by traveling to Houston in search of his estranged wife.

8 1/2 (1954) - Federico Fellini

08.08.24

7:30 pm

Simple and servile, dreamy Gelsomina is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò. As his assistant, she becomes an adept carnival performer, but has to loyally endure his cruelty and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together.

Screening at Doku Kino on Aug. 8, starting from 19:30.

DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964) - Stanley Kubrick

02.08.24

8:00 pm

This is the saga of two psychotic generals: Joint Chief of Staff “Buck” Turgidson and Air Force Strategic Commander Jack Ripper, who orders a bomber squadron to attack the USSR, triggering a Soviet secret weapon, the “Doomsday Machine”, a diabolical retaliatory missile system.

Screening at Lumbardhi Bahçe as past of the program “Blast From the Past” // Lumbardhi x Dokufest.