Visar Morina

Directing

Visar Morina

Born

1979-01-01 (47)

Place of birth

Pristina, Kosovo

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Visar Morina is a director and writer. He was born in Pristina, Kosovo, and is based in Cologne, Germany. From 2004-2010 he studied film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, during which he worked on various film and theatre projects as assistant director at the Schauspiel Köln and the Volksbühne Berlin, among others. His diploma film DER SCHÜBLING (Death By Suffocation) was awarded at several national and international festivals, including ‘Most Surprising International Film of the Year’ at the Odense International Film Festival in 2010. His subsequent short OF DOGS AND WALL PAPER (2013) was selected for the International Short Film Competition at Locarno IFF 2013 and nominated for the Ger…

Known for

Shame and Money poster
7.0

After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.

Shame and Money

2026

Babai poster
6.0

10-year-old Nori is obliged to grow up at a very young age after the early death of his mother and then being abandoned by his father Gezim in the Kosovo of the 1990s.After a dangerous and eventful journey, Nori finally arrives in Germany and is reunited with his father, but he cannot understand how Gezim could just have left him. And chances of them being able to stay in Germany look bleak when Gezim’s application for asylum is rejected.

Babai

2015

Exile poster
6.0

A chemical engineer of foreign origin faces discrimination and bullying at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.

Exile

2020

Of Dogs and Wallpaper poster
NR

Paul (40 yrs old) visits his elderly parents after a long time away. While father has joined a so called free-church, mother is now in a wheelchair and never leaves the house. Paul has not been aware of any of this. He has only come to visit because he is broke and needs money. Father is about to take a trip with his church and has promised to pay Paul for taking care of his mother while he is away.

Of Dogs and Wallpaper

2013

No artwork available
NR

Samuel wants to apologize to his girlfriend, Sira, who refuses to talk to him. He stands in front of her house and calls out to her, saying he’ll stay there until she speaks to him. And that’s exactly what he does—until he freezes to death. Seven years later, Sira is living in Portugal. During a school play, she thinks she sees Samuel.

Wherever You Are, I Leave You the Keys

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Behind the camera

Shame and Money poster
7.0

After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.

Shame and Money

2026

Shame and Money poster
7.0

After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.

Shame and Money

2026

Shame and Money poster
7.0

After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.

Shame and Money

2026

Babai poster
6.0

10-year-old Nori is obliged to grow up at a very young age after the early death of his mother and then being abandoned by his father Gezim in the Kosovo of the 1990s.After a dangerous and eventful journey, Nori finally arrives in Germany and is reunited with his father, but he cannot understand how Gezim could just have left him. And chances of them being able to stay in Germany look bleak when Gezim’s application for asylum is rejected.

Babai

2015

Babai poster
6.0

10-year-old Nori is obliged to grow up at a very young age after the early death of his mother and then being abandoned by his father Gezim in the Kosovo of the 1990s.After a dangerous and eventful journey, Nori finally arrives in Germany and is reunited with his father, but he cannot understand how Gezim could just have left him. And chances of them being able to stay in Germany look bleak when Gezim’s application for asylum is rejected.

Babai

2015

Exile poster
6.0

A chemical engineer of foreign origin faces discrimination and bullying at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.

Exile

2020

Exile poster
6.0

A chemical engineer of foreign origin faces discrimination and bullying at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.

Exile

2020

Of Dogs and Wallpaper poster
NR

Paul (40 yrs old) visits his elderly parents after a long time away. While father has joined a so called free-church, mother is now in a wheelchair and never leaves the house. Paul has not been aware of any of this. He has only come to visit because he is broke and needs money. Father is about to take a trip with his church and has promised to pay Paul for taking care of his mother while he is away.

Of Dogs and Wallpaper

2013

Of Dogs and Wallpaper poster
NR

Paul (40 yrs old) visits his elderly parents after a long time away. While father has joined a so called free-church, mother is now in a wheelchair and never leaves the house. Paul has not been aware of any of this. He has only come to visit because he is broke and needs money. Father is about to take a trip with his church and has promised to pay Paul for taking care of his mother while he is away.

Of Dogs and Wallpaper

2013

No artwork available
NR

Samuel wants to apologize to his girlfriend, Sira, who refuses to talk to him. He stands in front of her house and calls out to her, saying he’ll stay there until she speaks to him. And that’s exactly what he does—until he freezes to death. Seven years later, Sira is living in Portugal. During a school play, she thinks she sees Samuel.

Wherever You Are, I Leave You the Keys

—

No artwork available
NR

Samuel wants to apologize to his girlfriend, Sira, who refuses to talk to him. He stands in front of her house and calls out to her, saying he’ll stay there until she speaks to him. And that’s exactly what he does—until he freezes to death. Seven years later, Sira is living in Portugal. During a school play, she thinks she sees Samuel.

Wherever You Are, I Leave You the Keys

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