Biography
Visar Morina (1979, Pristina, Kosovo) graduated from the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. His early shorts include A Safe Place for Everyone (Sicherheit für Alle, 2007), Sirens (Sirenen, 2008), Death by Suffocation (Der Schübling, 2010 – Grand Prix in the international competition of student films at Fresh Film Fest) or Of Dogs and Wallpaper (Von Hunden und Tapeten, 2013 – selected for the short film competition at Locarno IFF). Babai is his feature debut as a director and Kosovo's official nominee for Academy Award in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.
IFF Bratislava