Gjergj Xhuvani
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Gjergj Xhuvani is an Albania
n film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from Tirana's Academy of Arts in 1986.
His 2009 film East, West, East: The Final Sprint
was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
, but it didn't make the January shortlist.
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n film director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from Tirana's Academy of Arts in 1986.
His 2009 film East, West, East: The Final Sprint
East, West, East: The Final Sprint
East, West, East: The Final Sprint is a Albanian comedy film directed by Gjergj Xhuvani. It goes about an amateur cycling team from Albania heads to France to take part in a tournament only to discover on the way that revolution has broken out in Albania....
was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
, but it didn't make the January shortlist.