From: Exit Staff
“The Flying Circus” by director Fatos Berisha from Kosovo was awarded the prize for the best debut film in the 30th edition of Cottbus Film Festival on Saturday.
The film follows the journey of four theater actors who, during the Kosovo war, decide to travel to Albania to attend a theater festival and stage their “The Flying Circus” play. Their true objective, however, is meeting their idol, Monthly Python’s Michael Palin who will also attend the festival.
It is a road movie, as well as a dark, absurdist comedy based on true events.
The film is a production of Kosovo, Albania and North Macedonia.
The 30th Cottbus Film Festival took place between 8th and 13th December 2020.
