Hunting Flies (2016 film)
Norwegian 2016 film directed by Izer Aliu
Hunting Flies (Fluefangeren) is a 2016 Norwegian drama film directed and written by Izer Aliu.
Synopsis
Hunting Flies is a drama film set in a classroom over the course of one day. The protagonist, Ghani, is an idealistic teacher who loses his job on the first day of teaching. In a bid to get his job back he locks his students in the classroom and forces them to resolve a long-running conflict between their villages.
Cast
Burhan Amiti as Ghani the Teacher (the only professional actor)
Miraxh Ameti
Hadis Aliov
Besar Amiti
Production
Hunting Flies is the directorial debut feature film of Izer Aliu, who also wrote the screenplay. It was produced by Khalid Maimouni, who was born in Tangier, Morocco, in 1979, moving to Norway when he was 11. He has been involved in filmmaking since 2007.
After the project had started in April of 2013, filming was done over 22 days of the hot summer, in a rural area near Skopje in Macedonia. Nils Eilif Bremdal was director of photography and part of a team of only five people. Writer/director Aliu worked from an 11-page synopsis, developing the script as they worked.
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