Brought together by their difficult past, Albanians Rafael and Besmir have come together in pursuit of their shared dreams to become professional performers. The director Eneos Çarka documented the daily lives of these aimable duo over several years, capturing everything from their mime and acrobatics act and earnings counting to mundane tasks like laundry. After many years of performing together in the streets of Italy, the lives of two artists begin to take separate paths. Through director's candid portrayal, our empathy deepens for these individuals existing on society's fringes, each bearing their own childhood scars. The profound sadness permeating this understated, observant film underscores the delicate dynamics between two wandering artists.
Albania 2023, '84
DIRECTOR: Eneos Çarka
SCENARIO: Eneos Çarka
CAMERA: Eneos Çarka
MONTAGE: Eneos Çarka, Joni Shanaj
MUSIC: Bledi Boraku
PRODUCERS: Joni Shanaj, Eneos Çarka
PRODUCTION: SCRB, NKB
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
IDFA (2023)
Eneos Çarka
Eneos Çarka is a filmmaker, media artist, and researcher. His films have screened at numerous festivals, galleries, and cultural events such as IDFA, HotDocs, FIPADOC where he received Tënk Award, Musée du Louvre, Venice Architecture Biennale and more. He received the FIPRESCI Award in 2023 for his MFA film The Silence of The Banana Trees and served as a Jury Member in the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary in 2022. His first feature documentary Another Day debuted at IDFA Luminous section in 2023 where it received a Best First Feature Nomination. He is an alumnus of the DocNomads MFA program in Creative Documentary and is currently pursuing artistic research at the University of Southern California.