by Raimonda MOISIU/
We are pleased to announce to the Albanian –American friends and supporters of Albanian Cinema Project (ACP), the release of “Tomka and his friends”. Albanian movie is currently scheduled to premiere for audiences at Trinity College, Hartford CT, on September 19th , 2015. The screenplay of “Tomka and his Friends” is written by the well -known visionary director Xhanfise Keko, who also produced the movie, on 1977 year. The event is designed by Albanian Cinema Project (ACP), in cooperating with one of the main protagonists, Regina Longo, including a large group of contributors as American Associates and Albanians, too. It is supported unanimously by the Library of Congress, the Albanian Embassy in the United States, and the archive of the film. The idea is simple and just as dignified: made it possible that we were all working to create the best work that we could do at its best of protecting the Albanian film culture , the restoration of old Albanian films , technically, those movies that have began to crumble in the archives, and the restoration of their models to contemporary forms HD, BLUE RAY, etc. The first premier of “Tomka and his Friens” it’s already released in Tirana and it was presented by the main character of the film, Enea Zhegu (Tomka), the second one was showed in Edinburgh Scotland, with a special guest, another Albanian well-known actor, Herion Mustafaraj. Recently, “Tomka and his friends” film is going to be scheduled to premiere for audiences in Paris, including the appearance of Arben Puto, etj. This is the third event comes out to the public and the first one in the USA. It is roomers that special guest will be present, including the appearance of Flurans Ilia , who starred in the movie as Guri character. We think that media exposure is essential to the success of film in order to reach wider audiences.We want to earn the deepest trust of audience.
Raimonda MOISIU
Hartford CT USA