Program 2025

P R O G R A M
June 9 – 13, 2025

Monday, June 9, 2025

🕖 19:00
📍 DEA OPEN AIR Venue – Tirana
Welcome Reception
For the guests of the 12th Edition of the DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival – Tirana 2025
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts or the Concert Hall of the University of Arts*

🕗 20:00
DEA OPEN AIR Venue – Tirana
Official Opening Ceremony
12th Edition of DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival – Tirana 2025
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts or the Concert Hall of the University of Arts*

🕣 20:30
🎞 OPENING FILM – SPECIAL SCREENING (Out of Competition)
Heaven Can Wait – Edmond Topi, 95 minutes, Albania 2025
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts or the Concert Hall of the University of Arts*

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

🕒 15:00
🎓 STUDENT FILM PROGRAM
Path – Mauro Zaçe, 17 min, Albania 2025; Blessed Are the Pure in Heart – Matteo Giampetruzzi, 15 min, Italy 2023; Voyager – Pablo Pagán, 15 min, Spain 2025.
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕓 16:00
🎞 SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Criminals – Hossein Hadinezhad, 20 min, Iran 2025; A Good Day Will Come – Amir Zargara, 26 min, Canada 2023; The Surrogate Girl – Onur Gueler, 18 min, Turkey 2023; And That’s for This Christmas – Peter Vulchev, 15 min, Bulgaria 2024.
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕕 18:00
FEATURE FILM PROGRAM
Senioritas – Mykaela Plotkin, 90 Minutes, Brasil 2024
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕗 20:00
🎞 FEATURE FILM PROGRAM
Here Dances with Shadows – Pluton Vasi, 90 min, Albania 2024
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts
/DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall*

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

🕒 15:00
🎓 STUDENT FILM PROGRAM
Obituary of Tomorrow – Renis Hyka, 12 min, Albania 2024;
Spine – Kristina Panova, 16 min, Russia 2024; Hearse – Mohammad Geravand, 13 min, Iran 2024; Brothers – Piotr Karol Bakuła, 4 min, Poland 2025
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕓 16:00
🎞 SHORT FILM PROGRAM
The Waltz of Farewell – Louis Salvatore Bellanti, 18 min, France 2025;
Proof of Love – Denis Nazzari, 10 min, Italy 2023; Love – Ilya Severov, 9 min, Russia 2025; My Room in Bloom – Feruza Ruzieva Usmonovna, 23 min, Uzbekistan 2024; Sharing – Granit Dragaj, 17 min, Kosovo 2022
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕕 18:00
FEATURE FILM PROGRAM
Lena and Vladimir – Igor Aleksov, 95 Minutes, Northen Macedonia 2023
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕗 20:00
🎞 FEATURE FILM PROGRAM
Amici per caso – Max Nardari, 94 min, Italy 2024
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts
/DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall*

Thursday, June 12, 2025

🕙 10:00
🎓 STUDENT FILM PROGRAM
My Independence Day – Constanza Majluf, 19 min, Chile 2024; Heavy Weight – Sea-Hoon Jeon, 14 min, South Korea 2024; Unsheltered – Laia Rodas, 13 min, Spain 2024; Anarchy – Majid Kazemi Azghadi, 8 min, Iran 2024; On the Road – Emiljano Hajdari, 12 min, Tirana 2024; The Noise – Igli Uruçi, 10 min, Tirana 2024

🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕚 11:00
🎞 SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Castus – Klajdi Ymeri, 13 min, United Kingdom 2022; Sara – Ariana Andrade Castro, 17 min, Spain–Peru 2024; Beyond the Darkness – Lorena Sopi, 15 min, Kosovo 2023; Parting Ways – Célestin Spriet, 25 min, France 2024; The Peace of Cemeteries – Raquel Troyano, 9 min, Spain 2024.
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕕 18:00
FEATURE FILM PROGRAM
Intersection – Adam Novak, 118 Minutes, Poland 2024
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall

🕗 20:00
🎞 FEATURE FILM PROGRAM
Commitment Hasan – Semih Kaplanoglu, 147 min, Turkey 2021
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts
/DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall*

Friday, June 13, 2025

🕕 18:00
📍 DEA OPEN AIR Film Festival Venue – Tirana
Red Carpet Ceremony
Closing Reception of the 12th Edition of DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival – Tirana 2025
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts or the Concert Hall of the University of Arts*

🕖 19:00
📍 DEA OPEN AIR Film Festival Venue – Tirana
Awards Gala Ceremony
Official Closing of the 12th Edition of DEA OPEN AIR International Film Festival – Tirana 2025
🎬 DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 1 – Amphitheater of the University of Arts or the Concert Hall of the University of Arts*

* The organizers reserve the right to move events to the Concert Hall of the University of Arts and the feature film screenings to DEA OPEN AIR Cinema 2 – AGIMI Cinema Hall in case of unfavorable weather conditions.