Displaced (2021)

Original title

Pa vend

Directed by

Samir Karahoda

Genre

documentary film

Country

Kosovo

Runtime

15 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Prizren, two men named Ermegan and Jeton work to keep their local table tennis club going and rebuild it. The film mixes real and staged moments to show their efforts.

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What happens

Displaced (Albanian: Pa vend) is a Kosovan short docufiction film, directed and written by Samir Karahoda and released in 2021. Blending both documentary and fictional elements, the film centres on Ermegan and Jeton, two men in Prizren who are attempting to maintain and rebuild the local table tennis club. The film premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, in competition for the Short Film Palme d'Or. It was subsequently screened at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best International Short Film. In January 2022, it received the Best Non Fiction Short Film Award at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film was a nominee for Best Short Film at the 34th European Film Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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