original title:
Anija
italian title:
Anija - La nave
directed by:
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
music:
Robert Bisha
production:
Luce Cinecittà, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Qendra Kombetar e Kinematografise, Ambasciata d'Italia a Tirana, Associazione Occhio Blu Anna Cenerini Bova
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy
year:
2012
film run:
80'
format:
HD - colour
release date:
21/01/2013
festivals & awards:
In early March 1991, a number of ships laden with men, women and children appeared off the Adriatic coast of southern Italy. It was the beginning of the so-called “Exodus of the Albanians.” Never before in the post-war period had a mass emigration of such proportions taken place. Who were they? What were they running away from? And where are they today, 20 years later?