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Hive

From Monday, October 18th, 2021 to Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Details
Switzerland/Republic of Macedonia/Albania/Kosovo | 2021 | 84 min | Albanian w/ subtitles 
Category
2021 VT International Film Festival
Film Type
Fiction
Cost
Early Bird: $10/$5; During Festival: $12/$6; Virtual: $12

Virtual Ticket Festival Pass

Director
Blerta Basholli 
Source
Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber
Sponsors
Andrea Rogers

Virtual | Geoblocked to USA

Also showing:
Sat, Oct 16 | 4:45pm | BB
Sun, Oct 17 | 2:15 pm | BB

Tickets are on sale now for Members and Pass purchasers and will be on sale to individual ticket purchasers at 10am, Wednesday, September 29.

The winner of three major awards at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Hive is based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order to provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows together to launch a business selling a local food product against the backdrop of Eastern Europe’s civil unrest and lingering misogyny.

“Uplifting, beautifully shot and with strong acting, this is a peek into a world we rarely see, in a fascinating historical and cultural context. Hive made me run to try red pepper spread in an effort to enter the world of the women in the film.” ~Julia Swift, VTIFF Programming Committee