DRAMA FESTIVAL 2025: GOLDEN DIONYSUS AWARDED TO NERITAN ZINXHIRIA’S FILM NOI

Neritan Zinxhiria won the Golden Dionysus at the 48th Drama International Short Film Festival for his film “Noi”, which was shot in Metsovo and had its world premiere at the Raindance Festival.

In “Noi”, Neritan Zinxhiria tells the story of a boy coming of age against the almost otherworldly mountainous landscape in which he grows up, burdened by the loss of his brother. When his older brother is killed by his beloved horse, the younger one must decide, through nightmares and visions, whether to kill the animal or forgive it. Blinded by revenge, he ultimately chooses a different path. The relationship between human and nature, the Greek landscape, and adolescence take center stage in Zinxhiria’s film.

Neritan Zinxhiria first won the Golden Dionysus in 2012 for his film Chamomile, while in 2024 he received the DISFF Documentary Award for Light of Light, once again using his lens to probe into the essence of the Balkan soul.

Neritan Zinxhiria is an ARTWORKS Fellow (2018) in the field of moving image.