BUJAR ALIMANI

Scriptwriter - Director

Bujar Alimani was born in Patos, Albania in 1969. He studied painting and stage direction at Academy of FINE ARTS in Tirane. In 1992 he immigrated in Greece. He worked as an assistant director in several Greek films. He lives and works in Athens. He lives and works in Athens.

In 2002 he finished his first short film, KATOI ("The Kennel"), which took part in many international film festivals ( Drama-Greece, Venice -Italy, La Ciotat -France, La shorts -Hollywood/USA, Sidney -Australia, Tehran - Iran, Barcelona-Spain etc ). and won: -Best Balkan Film Drama Film Festival 2002 -2th Award Auburn Int Film Fest, Sidney, Australia -The Best Albanian Film-1st Int Film Festival Tirana 2003

In 2006 he made his second short film, YGRAERIO ("GAS") produced by ERT TV - Public Greek Television. This movie won :

The Direction Award TONIA MARKETAKI- 2006 Drama Film Festival (Greece) 2006,Special Mention Jury Award - 2006 Drama Film Festival (Greece),Ministry of Culture Award - 47 Thessalon?ki Film Festival (Greece) 2006,The best fiction - TIFF (Tirane INT. FILM FEST 2006),Official participation ,FIPA Paris, France 2007,Corona Film Festival, Cork Ireland 2007,Regenzburger Film Festival, Germany 2007,Siena Film Festival, Italy 2007,Tampere Film Festival, Finland 2008,Signer de Nous INT Short Film Fest-Paris France 2008

In 2007 he finished his third movie, BUSULLA ("The Compass"), which participated officially in the festivals: Drama International Film Festival, Greece 2007,Mediterranean International Film Festival Montpelier, France 2007,Siena International Film Festival, Italy 2007,TIFF Tirane International Film Festival, Albania 2007,14th Festival International Mediterranean of Tetouan - Morocco 2008,Festival Culture Giovanni Salerno -Italy 2008-,10 Int Film Festival Of Naples -Italy 2008,INT Film Festival Of Genoa -Italy 2008. And was awarded with:CineCinecourt CINECINEMA Award in Mediterranean International Film Festival Montpelier, France 2007,Special Jury Prize in Siena International Film Festival, Italy 2007,Special Mention Prize in Mediterranean Int Film Festival- Tetouan Morocco 2008.