East, West, East: The Final Sprint

East, West, East: The Final Sprint (Albanian: Lindje, Perëndim, Lindje) is an Albanian comedy film directed by Gjergj Xhuvani. The film is about an amateur cycling team from Albania that learns while on their way to France to take part in a tournament that a revolution is underway in Albania.

East, West, East: The Final Sprint
Directed byGjergj Xhuvani
Written byGjergj Xhuvani
Produced byHigh Point Films[1]
StarringShkumbin Istrefi
Nela Lucic
Release date
CountriesAlbania
Italy
LanguagesAlbanian
Italian
Slovenian
Serbian

Awards

The film was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards,[2] but it didn't make the January shortlist.[3]

Gjergj Xhuvani won the Best Director award at the Tirana Film Festival.[2]

See also

References

  1. Ward2008-10-17T17:24:00+01:00, Audrey. "High Point Films takes rights to East, West, East - The Final Sprint". Screen.
  2. Holdsworth, Nick (2010-09-27). "Albania looks 'East' for its Oscar choice". Variety. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  3. "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.


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