Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

Endless greed, mental void.

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Archive: Year 2023

Edition XXII

WRITING URBAN PLACES

Would you call yourself a kombinats?

Directors

Agata Kochaniewicz

Dorina Pllumbi

Elina Alatalo

Sidorela Vatnikaj

Contact

Dorina Pllumbi
[email protected]

Would you call yourself a kombinats? Would you call yourself a kombinats? Would you call yourself a kombinats?
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2023

Albania

14 min 55 sec

Color

Following the collapse of the Socialist regime in 1991, the Stalin Textile Factory, commonly known as Kombinat, fell into a state of abandonment. Once the pride of the party-state, the majority of the disused industrial buildings, were occupied by squatters that turned them into housing. The film provides a glimpse into the community life that developed within these appropriated structures. Despite a prevailing sense of stigma and uncertainty, the story depicts the collective capacity to create a life in these ghost terrains.
Director
Film authors are the participants of the training school: Tirana and Kamza – the planned, the unplanned, and everything in between.
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