Bujar Alimani

Bujar Alimani was born in Patos, Albania in 1969. He studied painting and directing actors at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana. In 1992 he emigrated to Greece and worked as an assistant director. He lives in Athens and directs his first short film there.

Bujar Alimani is one of the most prolific and important writer/directors of the New Albanian Cinema.

Since his start as a filmmaker with an extraordinary series of avant-garde short films, KATOI (The Kennel), GAS, BUSULLA (The Compass) and NJE HISTORY DASHURIE (A Love Story), Bujar's work has been garlanded with praise for its wild imagination mixed with gritty realism. Nominated for the Oscars twice, Bujar's work has been featured at every major film festival worldwide including Sundance and Berlin, he's received countless international film festival awards for critically acclaimed shorts and feature films worldwide, and his work's been presented at some of the most prestigious institutions internationally including MoMa in NYC, proving him as a significant art house hit.