EUROPA

by Sudabeh Mortezai

SYNOPSIS

Beate is an ambitious executive working at EUROPA, a mysterious corporation looking to expand into the Balkans region. Seemingly promoting philanthropy and investment in underdeveloped areas, Europa actually needs to buy off lands from locals in a remote valley in Albania using Beate as the main negotiator for this ambiguous mission. But things don't go as planned when she is challenged by Jetnor, a stubborn and spiritual farmer who refuses to leave the land of his ancestors.

TRAILER

GENERAL INFORMATION

2023 / Austria, UK / English, Albanian / 97 min

Produced by Fratella Filmproduktion / Coproduced by Good Chaos / Cofinanced by Film4, Austrian Filminstitut, Vienna Film Fund, ORF

CAST

Lilith Stangenberg, Jetnor Gorezi, Steljona Kadillari, Mirando Sylari and Tobias Winter

  • “Sudabeh Mortezai’s caustic, unique take on a shadowy corporation expanding into Albania is part neo-colonial satire, part dystopian thriller”

    The Film Verdict

  • “A solidly-crafted affair that handles topical issues of economic inequality and trans-border exploitation in an intelligent manner”

    ScreenDaily