TIRANA, Oct. 3 – Movies, documentaries, exhibitions and concerts are some of the events that are being held in the capital as part of the first Tirana Art Days, an event organized by the Tirana City Hall.
The three-day event scheduled for Oct. 4 to 6 kicked off on Thursday with the screening of the winning movies in the Anifest Rozafa international animated film festival recently held in Shkodra to continues with a documentary on Tirana and an installation called Neighborhood. Exhibitions with selected artworks were also displayed at the Hekla and Zenit galleries.
The event will culminate on Friday, Oct. 5 when Hollywood actress, American-Albanian Eliza Dushku will be in Tirana to launch her “Dear Albania” documentary promoting Albania as a tourist destination following her trip to Albania in the summer of 2011. The documentary will make its premiere at the Millennium cinema in Tirana at 18.00.
Eliza Dushku visited her homeland in 2011 to discover both the old and the new Albania. Alongside her brother Nate, Albanian-American photographer Fadil Berisha, boyfriend Rick Fox, and some famous Albanians, she blazed a trail from the capital city Tirana to the sandy and rocky beaches of the Albanian Riviera and the rugged villages of the Albanian Alps.
The 30-year-old actress is most known for her role Faith in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and as Echo in “Dolhouse” series as well as the upcoming “Locked In” and “Torchwood: Web of Lies”
Dushku’s father is Albanian- American and her mother is of Danish and English descent.
A rock concert and the promotion of the “Tirana Contemporaneita Sospesa” by Italian architect Andrea Bulleri will also be held on Friday. The Albanian Centre for Albanology Studies has also planned an exhibition called “100 years of independence” at the FAP gallery. The event will conclude Saturday with a photo exhibition by Kosovo-born, U.S based fashion photographer Fadil Berisha.
Friday, Oct. 5
– Alternative rock concert at the Rinia Park (Time: 11:0)
– The promotion of the “Tirana Contemporaneita Sospesa” book by Andrea Bulleri and an architecture exhibition
– Contemporary/TAW, TEN Centre (Time: 17:00)
– Exhibition “100 years of Independence” by the Centre for Albanological Studies FAP gallery (all day)
– Documentary “Dear Albania” by Eliza Dushku at the Millennium cinema (Time: 18.00)
– Sympathy for the Devil” movie by Jean-Luc Godard, at Marubi Film Academy (Time: 19.00)
– Comedy “Endrra ne Papafingo” (Attic dreams), Theatre of Metropol, (Time: 19.00)
– Trilogy “Henry VI” by Shakespeare, National Theatre (Time: 19:30)
Saturday, Oct. 6
– “Italian Universities in Tirana for you” by the Italian Institute of Culture, National Museum (Time 09:30)
– Children’s Theatre, Chocolate Tree, Theatre of Metropol (Time 10:30)
– “Play the City” When children decide about the city/TAW, TEN centre (Time: 11:00)
– String and wind band performances by the Jordan Misja high school students, “3 Vellezerit Frasheri” square (Time 11:00)
– “Latcho Drom” movie by Tony Gatlif at the Marubi Film Academy (Time: 13:00)
– Exhibition by Kosovo painter Dan Gashi at the National Museum of History/ Red Hall (Time 18:00)
– Tirana Rocks: concert with Albanian and foreign rock bands “Murat Toptani street (Time 18:00 to 23:00)
– Photo exhibition by Fadil Berisha, Palace of Congresses (Time: 18:00)
