Albanian Oscar Entry ‘A Cup of Espresso and New Sneakers On’ Boarded by M-Enchantment

Berlin-based gross sales firm M-Enchantment has boarded Gentian Koçi’s Albanian drama “A Cup of Espresso and New Sneakers On,” which can world premiere in Tallinn Movie Pageant’s Fundamental Competitors and is Albania’s official submission for the Academy Awards.

Set in city Tirana, the movie follows the emotional story and shut bond of two equivalent twin brothers of their thirties. They’re deaf, which doesn’t get in the best way of their on a regular basis life, however after visiting a health care provider they discover out that they can even lose their sight.

In preparation for the movie, the three lead actors and producer Blerina Hankollari spent six months studying Albanian signal language with the Albania Nationwide Assn. of the Deaf (ANAD). Representatives from the affiliation have been additionally current on the movie set each day, teaching the actors and ensuring the signal language was interpreted accurately.

Maren Kroymann, M-Enchantment’s managing director, stated “at M-Enchantment we love movies that invite us to raised perceive the world from underrepresented views. This narrative-driven drama brings audiences into the intimate universe of deaf twins Agim and Gëzim. It’s a movie with out spoken dialogue, however which powerfully expresses that communication and love don’t want phrases.”

Koçi stated: “I used to be fascinated by the thought of creating a movie that offers with evolving, complicated human relationships and a elementary query: What occurs to an individual when they’re utterly immersed into darkness, and communication with the world turns into troublesome?”

The sound design, which performs a key position within the movie, was created by Leandros Ntounis, who labored with Yorgos Lanthimos on his movies “Dogtooth” (2009) and “Alps” (2011). The movie’s sound mixer Kostas Varybobiotis was a very long time collaborator of Theo Angelopoulos.

“A Cup of Espresso and New Sneakers On” is Koçi’s second function movie, following “Dawn,” which had its world premiere at Sarajevo Movie Pageant, and was Albania’s entry for the Oscars in 2017. It’s produced by Artalb Movie Productions (Albania), in co-production with Maria & Mayer (Portugal), Graal Movies (Greece), and Added Worth Movies (Kosovo).