Fisnik Maxhuni

Switzerland

Fisnik Maxhuni

director

Born in 1989 in Kosovo, ex-Yugoslavia. Refugee and stateless in Switzerland until the acquirement of Swiss and Kosovan citizenships in 2005. Starts a Master in Film Studies at ECAL / HEAD (Switzerland) in 2014. He directs “Ministarstvo Sjecanja” in 2015, under the aegis of Béla Tarr in Sarajevo. In 2015, he takes part in the Baushtellë Artists Residence in Zürich, Belgrade and Prishtina during which he publishes a short anthropological novel on the perception of roots and origins in modern times. Graduated in 2016 with his film “Lost Exile”, shot in Kosovo and presented in world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival where it is awarded a prize. In 2017, he founds Visceral Films and produces two films he also directs : “La Vallée Heureuse”, short film shot in Iran and “Zvicra”.
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