Encounter in the Air explained

Encounter in the Air
Director:Ardit Sadiku
Music:Marcus Fong
Cinematography:Adi Grishaj
Starring:Herton Meta
Studio:Ardit Sadiku Film
Distributor:Ardit Sadiku Film
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:Albania
Language:Albanian

Encounter in the Air is a 2019 Albanian-language drama film written, directed and produced by Ardit Sadiku. The narrative focuses on a broadcast technician and a young man who suffers from mental illness. The young man, desperate to find asylum in a foreign country, hires the broadcast technician to film a video of him discussing his mental condition — in the hopes that the video will convince foreign officials to grant him asylum. The film screened at Tirana International Film Festival.[1]

Plot

Blerim, an employee of a TV station, takes on a highly unusual side gig — one that immerses him in a world of mental illness, paranoia, and blurred reality. Blerim’s colleague introduces him to Drin, an unemployed young man who claims to be mentally ill — despite his neurologist’s belief that his symptoms are merely psychosomatic. Drin, convinced that he must leave his home country in order to become “well,” commissions Blerim to film a video of him discussing his unusual neurological condition — in the hopes that the clip will convince a foreign nation to grant him asylum. Blerim, tasked with shooting the video and somehow convincing his boss to broadcast it on the TV station, finds himself obsessed with the project — to the detriment of his professional and personal relationships.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://tiranafilmfest.com/program TIFF 2020 Program
  2. http://sbunker.net/teh/90611/realizmi-dhe-drama-bashkohen-ne-takim-ne-ajer/ Realizmi dhe Drama Bashkohen në "Takim në Ajër"
  3. http://times-herald.com/news/2020/07/small-albanian-drama-contains-timely-message Small Albanian Drama contains timely message
  4. https://sot.com.al/kultura/filmi-takim-ne-ajer-premiere-ne-tirane-me-temen-e-emigrimit-dhe-rolin-e-medias-ne-shoqeri Filmi "Takim në Ajër" premierë