Vera Dreams of the Sea

2021 film

2021 (2021)

LanguageAlbanian

Vera Dreams of the Sea (Albanian: Vera Andrron Detin) is a 2021 drama film directed by Kaltrina Krasniqi, at her feature debut.

A co-production between Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia, the film premiered at the 78th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Horizons competition.^[1]^[2] It was awarded best film at the 34th Tokyo International Film Festival^[3] and won the Ingmar Bergman Award at the Gothenburg Film Festival.^[4]^[5]

Plot

Cast

Teuta Ajdini as Vera
Alketa Sylaj as Sara
Refet Abazi as Basriu
Astrit Kabashi as Ahmeti
Ilire Vinca Celaj as Fatimja

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.00/10.^[6]

References

^ Petkovic, Vladan Petkovic (9 September 2021). "Review: Vera Dreams of the Sea". Cineuropa. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ Vourlias, Christopher (26 August 2021). "Heretic Takes World Rights to Venice-Bound 'Vera Dreams of the Sea,' Drops First Trailer". Variety. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ Shackleton, Liz (8 November 2021). "'Vera Dreams Of The Sea' wins top prize at Tokyo International Film Festival". Screen International. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ Mitchell, Wendy (2 February 2022). "Denmark's 'As In Heaven,' 'A House Made Of Splinters' take lucrative top awards in Goteborg". Screen International. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ Pradel, Suzanne (9 January 2023). "The incredible journey of success of the film "Vera dreams of the Sea" | BookScout". Buchscout. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Vera Dreams of the Sea". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 4 February 2023.