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EFA Nomination for Divorce Albanian Style
It is our great pleasure to announce that the film Divorce Albanian Style is nominated by the European Film Academy for Documentary 2007 – Prix ARTE. The film was developed at the Discovery Campus Masterschool 2003 by Bulgarian director Adela Peeva.
Divorce Albanian Style is a story about love and separation, and takes place in the surreal world of 1960s communist Albania. Through the eyes of several people who experienced this period, the film tells the story of the many thousands of families that were forcibly separated by the totalitarian regime of Enver Hodja, the longest-serving European dictator of the 20th century. When in 1961 Albania broke off relations with the Soviet Union, Albanian men married to foreign women were forced by the state to split up with their wives, who were subsequently expelled. The official reason was alleged espionage.
Please go to www.adelamedia.net for a full synopsis of the film, trailer download and more information on the filmmaker.
Founded in 1989, the European Film Academy (EFA) currently unites 1,800 European film professionals with the common aim of promoting European film culture. Throughout the year, the EFA initiates and participates in a series of activities dealing with film politics as well as economic, artistic, and training aspects. The various EFA activities culminate in the presentation of the European Film Awards. This year, the 20th European Film Awards will be presented in Berlin on December 1, 2007.
