Since being selected among the 4240 short films to compete at the Cannes Film Festival, The Van has been a hit at most of the festivals it has attended. Although the Albanian-French co-production, which returned Albania to Cannes for the second time after the movie "Skanderbeg in 1954, failed to win" Best Short Film ", is one of the most controversial films of the moment.
"The Van" won the best film award in its category at Molise Cinema Film Festival, Batroun Mediterranean Film Festival, Seanema Film Festival, Tetova Film Festival and Best Director Award for Mateo Cingun in the Balkans Film Food Festival. Finally, "The Van" also won Best Short Film at the Urban Films Festival in France.
Directed by Erenik Beqiri, played by the protagonists Arben Bajraktaraj and French actor Phénix Brossard, "The Van" tells the story of a young man (Phénix Brossard), who seeks to emigrate abroad. To earn the money he needs to get away, he agrees to be part of a few matches inside a moving van. The door of the van is closed and only one winner should come out of it.
Other actors include Afrim Muçaj, Romir Zalla and Lulzim Zeqja.
The Albanian director has studied at the Academy of Arts and has previously made several other feature films, such as "Bon Appetit", "Alphonso", "Parate".
"Te Van" was released in cinemas during the Tirana Film Festival and is currently traveling to other international festivals.
THE VAN - TEASER (Français) from oriGine films on Vimeo .
Note: Anabel tried to contact Beqiri and for more details, this article will be updated next.
