Awards

Film Press Award – European Work in Progress

Festival

40º Warsaw International Film Festival – International Competition 48º Göteborg Film Festival 29º Sofia Film Festival 16º Bif&est – Bari International Film Festival 33º Arizona Film Festival Albania’s official nominee for the 2025 Academy Awards

WATERDROP

by Robert Budina

feature film (Albania; Italy; Kosovo; North Macedonia)

Synopsis

Aida, city hall manager in a small southern Albanian town by the shore of Ochrid Lake, has to fight against the infernal machine of a corrupt system, of which she herself is a part, when her teenage son Mark becomes involved in a gang rape scandal that could send him to jail for a long time. 

Cast

GRESA PALLASKA Aida ARBEN BAJRAKTARAJ Ilir EDOARDO ROSSI Stefano GERHARD KOLONECI Ben PAOLO IANCU Mark ADEM KARAGA Elvis EDOARDO ROSSI Stefano HENRI TOPI Denis KLODJANA KECO Monda XHESIKA BIZGJONI Bora

Crew

director ROBERT BUDINA story ROBERT BUDINA  screenplay ROBERT BUDINA, DORUNTINA BASHA, AJOLA DAJA DoP MARIUS PANDURU assistant director EDOARDO TAGLIAVINI continuity supervisor ENXHI RISTA production manager LAURED ISUFAJ production designer LEANDËR LJARJA costume designer EMIR TURKESHI GRAMO make-up SERENA GIOIA hairstyling RETI MEHMETI sound ROBERTO GAMBOTTO REMORINO sound designer MIRKO GUERRA editor ENRICO GIOVANNONE assistant editor MORENA TERRANOVA produced by ERAFILM, AVANPOST, REDIBIS FILM  a coproduction ILIRIA FILM, MANUFAKTURA PRODUCTION with the support of  CENTRO NAZIONALE CINEMATOGRAFICO ALBANESE, MINISTERO DELLA CULTURA ITALIANO, CENTRO NAZIONALE CINEMATOGRAFICO DEL KOSOVO, AGENZIA CINEMATOGRAFICA DELLA MACEDONIA SETTENTRONIALE, AVANPOST, SEE CINEMA NETWORK, EURIPA CREATIVA produced by  SABINA KODRA, CARMEN RIZAC, DANIELE SEGRE, DANIELE DE CICCO co-produced by  LUAN KRYEZIU, SASHO PAVLOVSKI