The Marriage

Martesa

64th TIFF: Greek Premiere

One of the greatest rituals of social life necessarily contains the greatest mysteries of human existence. As their wedding is scheduled in only two weeks, Anita and Bekim are adding the final touches to their big day. Despite expecting news of Anita's parents, declared missing since the 1999 Kosovar War, and with Bekim's controlling family in turn, the couple seem to manage somehow with the preparations. But when Bekim's secret gay ex-lover, Nol, returns from abroad unexpectedly, the situation becomes complicated, especially when Bekim realizes that Nol is still in love with him. Inevitably, the wedding banquet becomes loaded with tension when the unusual love triangle starts to unravel.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Blerta Zeqiri

Script: Blerta Zeqiri, Keka Kreshnik Berisha

Cinematography: Sevdije Kastrati

Editing: Keka Kreshnik Berisha

Sound: Pellumb Ballata

Actors: Adriana Matoshi, Alban Ukaj, Genc Salihu, Edon Rizvanolli

Production: bézé

Producers: Keka Kreshnik Berisha

Co-production: Bunker Film+

Co-producers: Eno Milkan

Costumes: Yllka Brada

Production Design: Lendita Zeqiraj

Sets: Burim Arifi, Blendina Xhema

Make Up: Leonora Mehmeti

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Kosovo, Albania

Production Year: 2017

Duration: 97'

Contact: Wide Management

Awards/Distinctions: Special Jury Prize (First Feature Competition), FIPRESCI Prize (First Feature Competition) – Tallinn Black Nights FF 2017, Honorary Distinction Award – Cyprus Film Days IF 2018

Blerta Zeqiri

Blerta Zeqiri is a Kosovar Director/Scriptwriter and a member of the European Film Academy. She was born in 1979, in Prishtina. During the war in Kosovo she went to France where she studied cinema at Paris 8 University. She wrote and directed a number of short and medium length films that have participated in more than a hundred International Film Festivals, winning awards in dozens of them. After winning the Sundance International Short Fiction award in 2012 she returns with her debut feature-length film – The Marriage. In between each film, she directed many TV Series, Documentaries, Music Videos, TV Commercials and Institutional Films. She works and lives in Kosovo.