Film Presentation

1. LIONS HEADING
VENICE
EJF Production
ROAD MOVIE COMEDY
BY
JONID JORGJI

2. FREEDOM IS NOTHING BUT A
CHANCE TO BE BETTER
CAN THE CODE BELOW
TO WATCH THE TRAILER

3. CAST
Kastriot Çaushi
Vasjan Lami
Alissa Huzar
Natalia De Maria
Alessandra Bonarota
Dario Diana
EJF PRODUCTION

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CREW Written & Directed by : Jonid Jorgji
Director of Photography : Petros Andoniadis
Sound : Dave Tozer
Producer : Elkjana Gjipali

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SYNOPSIS
The story takes place on the road to Venice, where two Albanian filmmakers, conservative by nature, travel to the
Venice Film Festival. The story of the lions is in fact the story of the two filmmakers, Vani is a film director and Kaçi is
a director of photography. They have been close friends since childhood until now, on their 60's. At the beginning of
the trip from Bari to Venice film Festival, they get to know two ladies from adult movies industry. From this moment
on, the four of them continue the trip to Venice together in an old van. Two conservative Albanians and two open-
minded ladies will lead us over the whole movie into a comic odyssey which is sometimes odd, full unexpected turns
and emotional situations. They will get lost on a foggy beach, spend the night in a lost church with a Syrian emigrate,
get drunk in a hotel and spend the night in a maze. Some will become jealous and fall in love, and some others will be
disappointed and get sick. It is very difficult for all four of them to live together with such different views of life until
Vani, the most conservative of the four of them accidentally discovers that his little daughter he immensely adores, is
part of the pornographic film industry. Now the Venice festival no longer matters to them.

6. A f t e r f i n i s h i n g t h e s t u d i e s f o r F i l m D i r e c t i n g i n t h e
A c a d e m y o f A r t s i n T i r a n a , J o n i d l a u n c h e d h i s c a r e e r a s a
d i r e c t o r w i t h a s h o r t m o v i e “ E v e r y o n e C r i e s ” s u p p o r t e d
b y N a t i o n a l F i l m C e n t e r a n d S E E C i n e m a N e t w o r k .
“ E v e r y o n e C r i e s ” w a s t h e f i r s t A l b a n i a n f i l m t o e n t e r i n a
F r e n c h f e s t i v a l c o m p e t i t i o n l i k e C l e r m o n d F e r r a n d . J o n i d
t h e n f o c u s e d m o r e i n t e l e v i s i o n p r o d u c t i o n s o f T V s h o w s
a n d d o c u m e n t a r i e s . M o s t o f t h e t i m e s h e w r i t e s a n d
d i r e c t s h i s o w n w o r k s e x c e p t i n h i s s e c o n d s h o r t f i l m
“ L o s t D a y s ” w h e r e h e a d a p t e d D i n o B u x a t i s h o r t s t o r y . H e
i s i n s e a r c h o f n e w i n n o v a t i v e t e c h n i q u e s o f s t o r y t e l l i n g
a n d l a t e l y d i r e c t e d t h e f i r s t 3 6 0 ° V R m o v i e i n A l b a n i a .
“ L i o n s H e a d i n g V e n i c e ” i s h i s f i r s t f e a t u r e f i l m .
JONID JORGJI - BIO
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