The Land Within

La terre intérieure

Switzerland / Kosovo, November 2022
FILM, Fiction, 108 min.

directed by: Fisnik Maxville
Written by: Fisnik Maxville
Status: In distribution

After years of exile, Remo returns to his childhood village in the Balkans. He must help his adoptive cousin, Una, with the exhumation of a mass grave that contains most of their family members buried there during the war. But the bodies reveal family secrets that will make Remo and Una question their past and their future. A film about the possibility of truth in a place that only knows survival.

credits

World Premiere: November 2022
Original Version: Albanian, French (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 108 min.
ISAN: 0000-0004-C60C-0000-R-0000-0000-U
Production: Alva Film, Ikonë Studio, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer: Britta Rindelaub, Thomas Reichlin, Valon Bajgora, Yll Uka
directed by: Fisnik Maxville
Written by: Fisnik Maxville
Cinematography: Yann Maritaud
Editing: Kostas Makrinos
Location Sound Mix: Jürg Lempen
Sound Editing: Philippe Ciompi
Re-Recording Mix: Philippe Ciompi
Music: Nicolas Rabaeus
Production Design: Anne-Carmen Vuilleumier, Burim Arifi
Costumes: Isabelle Boucharlat
Casting: Fisnik Maxville

Cast

Luàna Bajrami as Una
Florist Bajgora as Remo
Luan Jaha
Arta Musa
Irena Aliu
May-Linda Kosumoviç

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales: TVCO

Awards

(a selection)

Tallinn, PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, First Features Best Film Winner 2022 (Winner)

Festivals