Blerta Basholli

Blerta Basholli Trailers

Dua TrailerHousekeeping for Beginners TrailerHive Trailer

Blerta Basholli is a writer/director with a unique realistic visual style. Her stories touch upon social and gender issues from the country where she was born and raised, Kosova, and beyond. Basholli's debut feature film Hive (2021), broke Sundance records where she swept the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category, becoming the first film in the history of the Sundance Film Festival to do so. In 2008 she was awarded the Dean's Fellowship at the Film Graduate Program at Tisch School of the Arts - NYU. She lived in New York City for four years where she had the opportunity to work on several film projects as a student.

Most Popular Blerta Basholli Trailers

Total trailers found: 7

Hive Trailer (2021)

05 November 2021

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.

Housekeeping for Beginners Trailer (2024)

05 April 2024

Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager.

Lena & I Trailer (2011)

01 April 2011

Lena and Ardi have to get married. As immigrants in America they agree to an arranged marriage by their old fashioned parents, who desperately want to keep the traditions.

Gjakova 726 Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Set during 1980-1999 events in Gjakova, the most war torn town from the last war in Kosovo, the film is a drama told by Vigani, a 12 year old boy from Gjakova, who's voice over describes his and his family's life during these years.

Dua Trailer (2026)

13 May 2026

Prishtina, Kosova, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body.

The Shoemaker Trailer (2011)

01 August 2011

Shoemaker is based on true events, taking place in the 90’s in the town of Gjakova, Kosovo, where political issues start getting worse and worse, in this way drastically affecting the life of the inhabitants.

The three of us Trailer (2013)

01 January 2013

Kosovo, 1994. A family of 6 on their way to a picnic in the suburbs hears on the radio that the Serbian police are only allowing 3 passengers per vehicle.