„POLYPHONIA - Albania's forgotten voices' english Trailer

Two shepherds in the Albanian mountains, Arif, a Muslim, and Anastas, an orthodox Christian, have been friends for years in spite of religious barriers. Their profound friendship is constantly strengthened by a local musical tradition, the polyphony. In 2005 this vocal tradition has been declared UNESCO-World Heritage.
90 min, HDV

The film sets up unforgettable images for the severe poetry, the harsh fates and the almost magical power of the human voice, which helps people in the mountains to master their surreal daily routine at a contradictory stage of post-socialist change. On another level, the film gives an example of how music - even in the Balkans -- can build bridges between people and religions.

Prizes & Festivals

BEST FILM at
"10. International Mountainfilmfestival Tegernsee", 2012 Germany
"Off Europa: Lajme nga Shqipëria", Dresden and Leipzig
"Norient Musikfilmfestival" 2012, Bern/Helvetia
"World Film Festival" Festival of Visual Culture 2012,Tartu/Estonia
"GIEFF - Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival" 2012, Germany

[Irukandj]

"Culture is a reflection of the work". Wonderful doc. Thank you for sharing.

[GJ-djjx]

7:57 That man is wise, and has seen it all.

[bennyqendro]

I I love you my Albania Brothers you are my blood and never forget the motherland

[basse]

I've been raised abroad, and this has only reinforced to continue studying the Albanian language and learn not only to speak it, but adhere to the philosophy of speaking and writing in it cleanly.

[daskalospapas]

I desired her, but they didn't give her to me.
I am ill, so ill I could die.
Even the earth won't swallow me.

I really feel that...

[LuxuryLrd]

Thank you for this, I'm so proud to be Albanian. What that man said at the end of the video, is 100% truth. People are losing and forgetting themselves each and every day that passes.

[yllionsuli]

sa bukur ai plaku e foli gjuhen tone e pergezoi te degjoi i mjeri shume i varfer o blak zoti te bekoft

[kris-jmel]

before the Greeks came from Turkey in (1922 war) almost 65% of the population had Albanian surnames and spoke Albanian as well. After that year the government of Greece forced the people not to speak their language and so little by little the language is a bit forgotten but the songs remained and the surnames remained even today few people understand what their surname means..
I am one of those who still speak the language with my family greetings to everyone from Thessaloniki
Atdheu mbi të gjitha!

[fernandezontyne]

Thank you for uploading this. What a jewel! It is absolutely invaluable to have this testimony of the live practice of this type of polyphony in contemporary times. And what characters, the old and the young. 

[bjornreinhardt]

the film has been shot from autumn 2010 to summer 2011th He has been well researched and supported by a ethnomusicologist. how know the area and the people since 7 years. His wife is from there. The theme of the film is in fact the friendship between muslims and christians. If you not come to realize this, you have´nt see good the trailer and have not really seen the description of the film.

[DoulosTis]

That very old man in the end was pure wisdom!

[ladouceura]

he seems like my grandpa to me, I am Albanian and he used to sing so many Albanian songs and they were very beautiful

[yllionsuli]

miredita burra ju pershendes zoti e bekoft atdheun tane rroft atdheu jone sa malet e tona ju falenderoi te gjithve = ) me kendon zemra

[tmrtek]

WOOOW amazing
his articulation is so high standin
and this is a highlander
great albania
our religion is our history, the oldest history and language in europe
greets from austria <3

[jeanpaulchebanier]

Merci pour le partage de ce documentaire intéressant

[jeaniquevangheluwe]

The identity of the Albanian people is based only on blood, language, tribe, religion does not matter to the identity of the Albanians, this is the reason why all Albanian religions live together in peace!
These types of songs are hard to learn in school if you were not born where these types of songs are sung!🇦🇱

[Arber-]

Omg so much goosebumps from my childhood.
I love our Kultur, it is ancient and it survived 😊

[edibezhani]

I know this people and i ma from there! i am orthodoks but we dont have anyproblems with muslims i even have many cusisn wich are hal cristian half muslim! thx for this video and i hope this video give the world the real esence of the perpuse u have donit! greatings from london!

[lavdimmarku]

Real albanians give nothing to Religion. We are have Same blood.

[Славен]

The first song he is singing - is this a known albanian song or did he make it by himself? I literally heard it about 20 times, i love it!