Kosovare Krasniqi

In the 1990s, Albania's totalitarian regime is coming to an end. Agia, a young woman in a remote village still ruled by rigid codes of honour and silence, is barred from learning her family's craft. In her first act of defiance, she secretly begins mastering the tradition reserved for men. When this plunges her into a wider world, Agia dares to assert not only work and visibility, but also her own desires. Her belated coming of age becomes a quiet rebellion, mirroring that of a nation struggling to redefine itself.

The obstacles of living in a limiting environment and the feelings of remorse once you escape it are entwined in a conversational narrative between two girls living in opposite worlds. They each long for what the other has, one for freedom, ambition, and experience, while the other chases a feeling of belonging and home.

Living in a crowded, multi-generational household in a small village in Kosovo, the quiet teenager Venera can rarely find privacy. However, when she befriends the rebellious Dorina, a new, liberating world opens up to her. Slowly, Venera begins to push against her conservative family’s expectations.

A young woman goes through 4 stages of breaking up.