Vera Dreams of the Sea (2025)

Original title

Vera andrron detin

Directed by

Kaltrina Krasniqi

Genre

drama film

Country

Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Vera, a middle-aged woman in Kosovo whose quiet life is disrupted after her husband's suicide. She must navigate a bureaucracy and face corruption as she tries to secure her family's future.

contemplativeslow-burnmelancholicintimatepoignantgroundedsomber

What happens

Vera Dreams of the Sea (Albanian: Vera Andrron Detin) is a 2021 drama film directed by Kaltrina Krasniqi, at her feature debut. A co-production between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia, the film premiered at the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons competition. It was awarded best film at the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival and won the Ingmar Bergman Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

• Looking for Venera (2021)
• Shame and Money (2026)
• Atje ku nuk lind dielli
• Hive (2021)
• Luna Park (2024)
• Honey Night (2015)
• Cold November (2018)
• Pikniku