ZANA

ZANA
Antoneta Kastrati
Psychological Horror Drama 97' 15+
Kosovo/Albania
Albanian (ENG Subs)
Awards Special Jury Prize - Films Des Femmes 2021, Best Feature - FIC Galdar 2021, Jury Grand Prize -SEEfest 2020, Best Actress -Fantaspoa 2020, Best Feature - Tirana 2020, Best Actress - Mostra de Valencia 2020, Audience Award - GoEast 2020, Kosovo Oscar Submission 2020
Festivals TIFF 2019, Palm Springs 2020, Trieste 2020, Goteborg 2020, Crossing Europe 2020, Glasgow 2020, EFP Europe! Voices of Women in Film: Sydney 2020, New Zealand, 2020 Shanghai 2020, Sarajevo 2020, Haifa 2020, Mostra de València 2020, Tirana 2020, Film Des Femmes 2021, FIC Galdar 2021.

Haunted by night terrors, a woman is relentlessly pressured to fulfill her wifely duties. Bowing under the pressure of being replaced, she concedes to abandon modern medicine and seek the help of witch doctors and mystic healers.

"Zana is a poetic Kosovar drama on motherhood after war."

THE CALVERT JOURNAL

UK Release April 2021, Review

"Witchy wisdom and Lynchian shadows in Kosovan drama. A sultry, cruelly fecund landscape."

THE GUARDIAN

UK Release April 2021, Review

"Gripping stuff. It feels fresh, visceral and vital."

TIMEOUT

SIFF 2020, Europe! Voices of Women, Review

"Classy psychological drama with solid appeal."

THE HOLYWOOD REPORTER

Palm Springs 2020, Review

"Quite a feat in indie filmmaking"

FILM THREAT

Palms Springs 2020, Review

"Astute, unflinching account of a mind broken by post traumatic stress."

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

TIFF 2019 Discovery, Review

"Emotional and tender, balances the sensitivity of motherhood and the brutality of war."

CINEUROPA

TIFF 2019 Discovery, Review

Los Angeles-based Kosovar writer-filmmaker Antoneta Kastrati, a survivor of the 1999 war, has directed a series of socially relevant documentaries on post-war Kosovar society, alongside her sister Sevdije Kastrati. ZANA [+] is her feature-length debut, which had its world premiere in the Discovery section of the 44th Toronto International Film Festival.

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