Blerta Basholli

Directing

Blerta Basholli

Born

1983-01-01 (43)

Place of birth

Pristina, Kosovo

Known for

Directing

Credits

12 titles

Blerta Basholli is a writer/director with a unique realistic visual style. Her stories touch upon social and gender issues from the country where she was born and raised, Kosova, and beyond. Basholli's debut feature film Hive (2021), broke Sundance records where she swept the Grand Jury Prize, the Directing Award, and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category, becoming the first film in the history of the Sundance Film Festival to do so. In 2008 she was awarded the Dean's Fellowship at the Film Graduate Program at Tisch School of the Arts - NYU. She lived in New York City for four years where she had the opportunity to work on several film projects as a student.

Known for

Hive poster
7.0

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.

Hive

2021

Housekeeping for Beginners poster
6.9

Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together.

Housekeeping for Beginners

2024

Dua poster
8.0

Prishtina, Kosova, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body. After an incident shakes her community, she becomes a target herself and bonds with a fearless girl, Maki, who draws her toward an unexpected form of resistance. Between the daily violence and the growing threat of exile, there is little room for quiet awakenings.

Dua

2026

No artwork available
NR

Kosovo, 1994. A family of 6 on their way to a picnic in the suburbs hears on the radio that the Serbian police are only allowing 3 passengers per vehicle. This is where it all begins: the panic, the discord, and the deep shock of this family.

The three of us

2013

Lena & I poster
4.5

Lena and Ardi have to get married. As immigrants in America they agree to an arranged marriage by their old fashioned parents, who desperately want to keep the traditions. The comic and lovely moments between them start when they make another arrangement. Living for them selves too. Until it lasts. Based on true story.

Lena & I

2011

Gjakova 726 poster
NR

Set during 1980-1999 events in Gjakova, the most war torn town from the last war in Kosovo, the film is a drama told by Vigani, a 12 year old boy from Gjakova, who's voice over describes his and his family's life during these years.

Gjakova 726

2009

Behind the camera

Hive poster
7.0

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.

Hive

2021

Hive poster
7.0

Fahrije’s husband has been missing since the war in Kosovo so she sets up her own small business to provide for her kids, but as she fights against a patriarchal society that does not support her, she faces a crucial decision: to wait for his return, or to continue to persevere.

Hive

2021

Housekeeping for Beginners poster
6.9

Dita, who, despite never aspiring to be a mother, finds herself compelled to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters—Mia, a tiny troublemaker, and Vanesa, a rebellious teenager. As their individual wills clash, a heartwarming story unfolds about an unlikely family's struggle to stay together.

Housekeeping for Beginners

2024

Dua poster
8.0

Prishtina, Kosova, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body. After an incident shakes her community, she becomes a target herself and bonds with a fearless girl, Maki, who draws her toward an unexpected form of resistance. Between the daily violence and the growing threat of exile, there is little room for quiet awakenings.

Dua

2026

Dua poster
8.0

Prishtina, Kosova, late 1990s. As war looms and ethnic tensions escalate, 13-year-old Dua struggles to find her place among her peers and within her changing body. After an incident shakes her community, she becomes a target herself and bonds with a fearless girl, Maki, who draws her toward an unexpected form of resistance. Between the daily violence and the growing threat of exile, there is little room for quiet awakenings.

Dua

2026

No artwork available
NR

Kosovo, 1994. A family of 6 on their way to a picnic in the suburbs hears on the radio that the Serbian police are only allowing 3 passengers per vehicle. This is where it all begins: the panic, the discord, and the deep shock of this family.

The three of us

2013

No artwork available
NR

Kosovo, 1994. A family of 6 on their way to a picnic in the suburbs hears on the radio that the Serbian police are only allowing 3 passengers per vehicle. This is where it all begins: the panic, the discord, and the deep shock of this family.

The three of us

2013

No artwork available
NR

Kosovo, 1994. A family of 6 on their way to a picnic in the suburbs hears on the radio that the Serbian police are only allowing 3 passengers per vehicle. This is where it all begins: the panic, the discord, and the deep shock of this family.

The three of us

2013

Lena & I poster
4.5

Lena and Ardi have to get married. As immigrants in America they agree to an arranged marriage by their old fashioned parents, who desperately want to keep the traditions. The comic and lovely moments between them start when they make another arrangement. Living for them selves too. Until it lasts. Based on true story.

Lena & I

2011

Lena & I poster
4.5

Lena and Ardi have to get married. As immigrants in America they agree to an arranged marriage by their old fashioned parents, who desperately want to keep the traditions. The comic and lovely moments between them start when they make another arrangement. Living for them selves too. Until it lasts. Based on true story.

Lena & I

2011

Gjakova 726 poster
NR

Set during 1980-1999 events in Gjakova, the most war torn town from the last war in Kosovo, the film is a drama told by Vigani, a 12 year old boy from Gjakova, who's voice over describes his and his family's life during these years.

Gjakova 726

2009

Gjakova 726 poster
NR

Set during 1980-1999 events in Gjakova, the most war torn town from the last war in Kosovo, the film is a drama told by Vigani, a 12 year old boy from Gjakova, who's voice over describes his and his family's life during these years.

Gjakova 726

2009