Blerta Basholli

Blerta Basholli is a writerdirector with a unique realistic visual style Her stories touch upon social and gender issues from the country where she was born and raised Kosova and beyond Bashollis debut feature film Hive 2021 broke Sundance records where she swept the Grand Jury Prize the Directing Award and the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic category becoming the first film in the history of the Sundance Film Festival to do so In 2008 she was awarded the Deans Fellowship at the Film Graduate Program at Tisch School of the Arts NYU She lived in New York City for four years where she had the opportunity to work on several film projects as a student