As I Was Looking Above, I Could See Myself Underneath

2022 | 62' | Documentary

Home is a feeling, they say, but where is home, when you are not allowed to feel at home even within your own body and mind?

As I Was Looking Above, I Could See Myself Underneath unveils intimate stories of LGBTQ persons from Kosovo, going through their unceasing search for a safe place that allows them to be.

CREDITS

Director: Ilir Hasanaj
Producer: Dardan Hoti
Executive Producer: Aurela Kadriu
Montage: Enis Saraçi
Camera: Leart Rama
  Ilir Hasanaj
Sound Design: Tomor Kuçi
  Ilir Hasanaj
Music: Arbër Salihu
Sound: Pellumb Ballata
Title Design / Credits: Arvan Berisha
Colorgrading: Enis Saraçi
Research: Dardan Hoti
  Aurela Kadriu
Transcripts: Aurela Kadriu
Subtitles: Eljesa Beka
  Jack Butcher
Distribution: Impronta Films

FESTIVALS / NOMINATIONS

Kosova, Prizren Dokufest 2022
Kosova, Prishtina Manifesta 2022
Netherlands, Amsterdam IDFA 2022
Austria, Vienna This human world 2022
Switzerland, Solothurn Solothurner Filmtage 2023
Switzerland, Zurich Pink Apple 2023
Switzerland, Zurich Kino Kosova 2023
Portugal, Lisbon Queer Lisboa 2023

PRESS

Dokufest on the National Premiere in 2022

INFOS

A production of CEL Kosova, with the support of Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society, Municipality of Prishtina, art.1, International Queer & Migrant Festival, Unseen Films.

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