KafeKokoshka is happening again! This year bulevard has invited artist Genny Petrotta to present a series of works produced around her film Mamma Perdonami / Mëma Më Fal (2023 ) developed at her village of origin, Piana degli Albanesi, in Sicily. This avant-garde work re-imagines a tragically forgotten moment in December, 1944 when Arbëreshë revolutionaries briefly created a mountainous peasant republic.
In dialogue with the Albanian Cinematheque, Genny chose to invite Fatmir Koci whom she met in 2007 in her home town, as he was shooting his documentary essay Via Mare Adriatico. This rarely screened doc highlights the filmmaker’s quest to understand the Arbëreshë, making his way through Sicilian villages and watching old communist newsreels shot in the ethnic Albanian community
Both Genny Petrotta and Fatmir Koci will be present to take part in a discussion with Albanian Cinematheque director, Iris Elezi.
Kafe dhe Kokoshka will be served!