14 minutes of empty houses, full hearts, and the quiet ache of waiting.
In rural Kosovo, identical houses are built for family members working abroad, in the hope that they will one day return to settle in their old homeland.
Cinematography
Static shots that turn identical houses into portraits of absence.
Direction
Karahoda lets silence do what dialogue never could.
Editing
14 minutes that somehow contains decades of waiting.
Director
Samir Karahoda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kosovo has one of Europe's highest emigration rates; these houses are physical manifestations of economic exile across generations.
Karahoda, a former table tennis champion, brings an athlete's patience to documentary — holding shots until they practically ache.
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