Andromeda Galaxy (first feature)

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Andromeda Galaxy (Galaksija Andromeda)

original title:

Galaksija Andromeda

directed by:

cast:

Sunaj Raca, Julinda Emiri, Don Raca, Elda Jashari, Avni Dalipi, Mirsad Ferati, Shpëtim Kastrati, Nentor Fetiu

screenplay:

cinematography:

Dario Sekulovski

editing:

world sales:

country:

Kosovo/France/North Macedonia/Italy

year:

2020

film run:

82'

format:

colour

festivals & awards:

Kosovo 2019, corruption and lack of employment make it impossible for Shpëtim to find a job. There isn't any job available and the few open positions that he finds, he is considered too old for, because he is 52. Things get more complicated when the orphanage sends his daughter back to live with him and he doesn't have a proper place to stay. After the many attempts and frauds he experiences, Shpëtim decides to sell his kidney for a transplant and escape to Europe in search of a better life.