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The Hill Where Lionesses Roar

2021 French-Kosovar film

The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (French: La colline où rugissent les lionnes; Albanian: Luaneshat e kodrës) is a drama film, directed by Luàna Bajrami and released in 2021.[1] A coproduction of companies from France and Kosovo, the film centres on Qe (Flaka Latifi), Jeta (Urate Shabani) and Li (Era Balaj), three teenage girls in Kosovo who form a gang and engage in petty crime as they impatiently await their opportunity to go away to university and escape the boredom of their smalltown life.[2]

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An excerpt from the film was screened in the Work in Progress section of the Les Arcs Film Festival in 2019.[3]

The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,[4] where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm.[5] It had its North American premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Kate Erbland, "‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’ Review: A Teen’s Directorial Debut Promises Much More to Come". IndieWire, July 8, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Anna Smith, "Cannes Review: ‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’". Deadline Hollywood, July 8, 2021.
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    Melanie Goodfellow, "Le Pacte swoops for French rights to Directors’ Fortnight title ‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’". Screen Daily, June 8, 2021.
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    Allan Hunter, "‘The Hill Where Lionesses Roar’: Cannes Review". Screen Daily, July 8, 2021.
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    Yves Lafontaine, "Les films du Festival de Cannes en lice pour la Queer Palm". Fugues, June 29, 2021.
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    Rebecca Rubin, "Toronto Film Festival Unveils Contemporary World Cinema and Discovery Lineup". Variety, July 28, 2021.


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