About
Ilir Hasanaj is a Kosovar-Swiss film director. Before graduating in Film at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) he worked several years as a computer scientist. His documentary film „me dasht‘ me dasht‘ me dasht‘“ had a successful run at international festivals between 2017 – 2020, including Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival, Solothurn Film Festival and Dokufest, where it won the audience award.Ilir lives in Pristina (Kosovo) and Winterthur (Switzerland) and works on films with social importance. He co-founded in 2018 the alternative cinema Kino ARMATA to offer free access to alternative culture in a multifunctional space in the center of Prishtina.
Furthermore, he leads the non formal NeoSchool Documentary School, which guides professionally new talents into the art of making their first short documentary.
Being Kosovar and Swiss makes it very natural for Ilir to connect the two cultures through film, consequently he joined the film festival Kino Kosova in Switzerland as a programmer and moderator.
Press
Er zeigt das andere Kosovo / Tagesanzeiger (Deutsch)
Misioni i Ilir Hasanajt për krijimin e kinemave alternative / REL (Shqip)
Ein Regisseur sucht im Kosovo nach seiner Identität / FRIDA Magazin (Deutsch)