SNOWDROPS – (Lulebore)
Color, 25 min, 2005, Drama; Albania/France
In Albanian with English sub-titles

Director: Robert Budina
Writer: Erion Kame
Producer: Sabina Kodra
Production Company: ERAFILM
Cinematographer: Olivier Bertrand
Music: Fatos Qerimaj
Cast: Edmond Budina, Rajmonda Bulku

Blessed with two fantastic actors, the luminous Rajmonda Bulku and extraordinarily powerful minimalist Edmond Budina, the film is a beautiful etude on lonely parents whose children have gone to the West in pursuit of a better life and, perhaps, happiness. Director Budina’s moving tale of a husband’s losing effort to raise the money to secure for his ailing wife a life-saving operation abroad unfolds with very few words spoken, and volumes of moviemaking magic.

Awards
Special Notice Prize, Tirana IFF 2005
Audience Award, Tirana IFF 2005

Director Robert Budina
Graduating in 1994 from the Academy of Arts in Tirana, Albania, Robert Budina has been involved in theatre and film ever since. With credits as a producer, second assistant-director, screenwriter, and now director, he has taken on many roles in film production. With the outstanding critical reception of ‘Snowdrops’, Budina shows much promise for a very prolific future in the Albanian cinema.

Filmography
Udhekryqi, feature, 2006 (screenwriter)

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Robert Budina
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