DEPARTURE
A cheating husband suffers the loss of his wife and suddenly starts ignoring his spiteful son’s existence.
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Julian BibaDirectorAKA: DR HOPE
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Adriatik BerdakuDirector
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Julian BibaWriterLeap of Faith
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Adriatik BerdakuProducer
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Julian BibaProducerThe Red Rose
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GIORGIO KOLAJKey Cast"George"The Red Rose
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GJILBERTA LUCAJ - COHENKey Cast"Darleen"The Kind Ones
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JOHN ZAGREDAKey Cast"Jim"Growing Up Fat & Albanian
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KAMILA BOLOTOKOKey Cast"Helen"
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ISLI HOXHAKey Cast"Mike"American Detective
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Adriatik BerdakuEditing
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Adriatik BerdakuCinematographyWenn aus dem Himmel
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:24 minutes 24 seconds
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Completion Date:May 2, 2020
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16.9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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L' Age d'Or International Arthouse Film FestivalKolkata
India
August 25, 2020
Outstanding Achievement Award -
World Film CarnivalSingapore
Singapore
July 31, 2020
Best Film -
New York International Film Awards™New York
United States
July 7, 2020
Finalist -
New York Movie AwardsNew York
United States
June 3, 2020
Finalist -
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film FestivalProvidence
United States
August 4, 2020
Semi-Finalist
JULIAN BIBA is the director of the documentary “Aka Dr Hope” awarded: "Best Experimental", "Best Documentary" and "Best Director" by TINFF; "Best Documentary" by MIWAFF and "Silver Winner" by Telly Awards.
He is the screenwriter/director/producer of "THE RED ROSE" awarded: "RISING FILMMAKER" by Montreal International Wreath Awards Film Festival; "Award of Recognition" by United International Film Festival and "BEST NY SHORT" by International New York Film Festival.
Julian has co-written and co-produced the film "Paftuar" (Uninvited) that was screened on May 2016 at Cannes Festival Short Corner and also won "Best Cinematography" and "Best Production" awards at International Film Festival and Albanian Film Week in NYC.
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ADRIATIK BERDAKU is an award-winning Director and DP with more than 25 years of experience in the industry.
As a result, Adriatik developed a very good sense of visual composition, perspective and camera movement. He is passionate about his job and always seeks to innovate himself and experiment with new ideas.
Cinematography education in Italy as Director and Digital Imaging in 2005
Ambitious and highly motivated, collaborative team player, multilingual (Albanian, Italian, English) with knowledge on a wide range of technical equipment.
Award Special Price of Jury Director for the music video “With You” Albanian National Videoclip Festival 2008.
Third place in the photographic culture of European Photo Competition in Ferrara Italy (Adriatic Photo Contest-2014).
The best photos, at Magazine Top Selection By Canon Club Italia
Director for the music video “Amore Piccolina” of Gianmarco Fraska Italy
Director and DP for Danish singer Blak & Jimilian – Slem Igen music video with 10.000.000 views on Youtube and over 25.000.000 streams on Spotify. Danish Deejay Award, Danish Club Award, Zulu Award, Danish Musik Award, Nickelodeon Award.
DEPARTURE was an interesting inspiration from the beginning. I had just finished a conference call with my script instructor and the idea on my head of writing this script caused me sleeplessness till early in the morning. The next night I went through the same torment, so I finally decided to write it… and slept like a baby.
About a year later the co-director, Adriatik Berdaku, approached me and picked this script among those I showed him.
Using the covid19 “stay at home” order, we finished editing this film that is now competing in several film festivals.