
Sundance triple award winner HIVE is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who has battled grief and financial struggle since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In hope of providing for her family, she launches a business selling hot pepper pre serves, a controversial act of independence that scandalizes her patriarchal village. Amid doubts of her husband’s return, she struggles not only to keep her family afloat but against a hostile community who seeks to violently undermine the independence and sisterhood she is determined to gain.
- Year2021
- Runtime84 minutes
- LanguageAlbanian
- CountryAlbania, Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
- DirectorBlerta Basholli
- ScreenwriterBlerta Basholli
- Executive ProducerYll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka
- CinematographerAlexander Bloom
- EditorFélix Sandri & Enis Saraçi
- ComposerJulien Painot
- Sound DesignPhilippe Ciompi
Sundance triple award winner HIVE is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who has battled grief and financial struggle since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In hope of providing for her family, she launches a business selling hot pepper pre serves, a controversial act of independence that scandalizes her patriarchal village. Amid doubts of her husband’s return, she struggles not only to keep her family afloat but against a hostile community who seeks to violently undermine the independence and sisterhood she is determined to gain.
- Year2021
- Runtime84 minutes
- LanguageAlbanian
- CountryAlbania, Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
- DirectorBlerta Basholli
- ScreenwriterBlerta Basholli
- Executive ProducerYll Uka, Valon Bajgora, Agon Uka
- CinematographerAlexander Bloom
- EditorFélix Sandri & Enis Saraçi
- ComposerJulien Painot
- Sound DesignPhilippe Ciompi