Skender Jaçe: We can't throw down Kinostudio's films, no matter how politicized they are, they talk about a reality that we all lived and people today know how to distinguish things

The films produced in the former Kinostudio have brought back the debate about their screening. Various directors and actors have expressed these days that films before the 90s cannot be banned. They have opposed the request for their ban, stating that censorship is ugly. Producer and filmmaker Skënder Jaçe this year developed the "Open Cinema" activity, showing to the public in various cities well-known Albanian film productions, such as Kinostudio films, but also after 1990. But according to the filmmaker, it would be shameful if the ban happens of the first '90s productions. "Censorship is the ugliest institution, it would be shameful if this happened to the Albanian film. The history of the Albanian film has the development of the events of our nation. No matter how politicized our films are, they talk about a reality that we all lived and people today know how to distinguish things", says cinematographer Jaçe. "Films produced by the former Kinostudio Albania e Re should be prohibited by law as part of communist propaganda", this request is part of the initiative submitted to the Assembly by a group of democratic deputies, in the framework of decommunization. But for filmmaker Skënder Jaçe, the film that is produced cannot be thrown away, because some are looking for it. "We cannot throw down that cast of wonderful artists under the pretext of the past", says Jaçe. But for filmmaker Skënder Jaçe, the film that is produced cannot be thrown away, because some are looking for it. "We cannot throw down that cast of wonderful artists under the pretext of the past", says Jaçe. But for filmmaker Skënder Jaçe, the film that is produced cannot be thrown away, because some are looking for it. "We cannot throw down that cast of wonderful artists under the pretext of the past", says Jaçe.

The film is an artistic reflection

Filmmaker Skënder Jaçe says that before the 90s, films that were also masterpieces of world cinema were banned in the country. But according to him, today you cannot censor every Albanian family. "The film is universally an artistic reflection of the time it was shot. Let's also ban "Skenderbeu" because the Russian actor was a hero of a communist country. We have always suffered from scissors, cutting or stopping masterpieces of world cinema in the time we left behind. You can ban movies on TV, but you can't censor every Albanian family, who have everything in their family fund", says cinematographer Jaçe, who previously claimed that with her decades of productions, Kinostudio also brought masterpieces of Albanian cinema, that, despite all the propaganda of the time, managed to somehow escape censorship and remain true values ??of cinema. Producer and filmmaker Skënder Jaçe has been developing "Open Cinema" in our country for several years, which this year completed its sixth edition in Tirana. The filmmaker informs that the films in this activity were well received by the public, where in different cities there was no lack of interest from foreigners. "Our films are well received. The film "Tale from the Past" was well received in several cities, where there were also foreign tourists who watched the restored copy with English subtitles, says Jaçe. On July 10, 1952, Kinostudio "New Albania" was inaugurated. which this year completed the sixth edition in Tirana. The filmmaker informs that the films in this activity were well received by the public, where in different cities there was no lack of interest from foreigners. "Our films are well received. The film "Tale from the Past" was well received in several cities, where there were also foreign tourists who watched the restored copy with English subtitles, says Jaçe. On July 10, 1952, Kinostudio "New Albania" was inaugurated. which this year completed the sixth edition in Tirana. The filmmaker informs that the films in this activity were well received by the public, where in different cities there was no lack of interest from foreigners. "Our films are well received. The film "Tale from the Past" was well received in several cities, where there were also foreign tourists who watched the restored copy with English subtitles, says Jaçe. On July 10, 1952, Kinostudio "New Albania" was inaugurated.