TIRANA, July 31 – The sixth edition of the Durres International Film Festival will be held as a non-competitive and retrospective festival. Organizers say they have been forced to stage the festival this way because of lack of financial support. “Even though there are a few problems down the way, the festival will keep going on, because it is the power of art that unites us,” festival organizers said on their Facebook profile. The festival is scheduled for October 2 to 6.
In last year’s edition, “Lidice,” a Czech Republic movie directed by Petr Nikolaev grabbed the best film award in the fifth edition of the Durres International Film Festival. In a closing ceremony held on August 30 at the local cultural centre, an international jury handed the Golden Gladiator Award to” Lidice,” a film presented as a true story set during World War II with the Nazi takeover of Europe underway. France’s Pierre Sch
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