Gjon Mili IVAF 2025 on Its Way to New York After Korçë and Dhërmi
After six unforgettable days and nights in Albania—three in Korçë and three in Dhërmi—the festival is now heading across the ocean to New York City. From September 27 to October 4, Manhattan will host eight days of screenings, discussions, and special programs that will crown the festival’s third edition.
Dates: Sept 27 – Oct 4, 2025 · Venues: Producers Club Theatres & Dolby Professional Theater
In Korçë, the Gjon Mili Museum became an arena where light intertwined history and contemporary art, while Dhërmi offered open-air screenings where stone walls turned into canvases and the sea itself provided a poetic backdrop. These contrasting experiences—urban and coastal—now pave the way to one of the world’s most vibrant cultural hubs.
The New York program meets audiences at the Producers Club Theatres (358 West 44th Street) and the prestigious Dolby Professional Theater (1350 Avenue of the Americas). The lineup features short films and documentaries from Albanian filmmakers such as Meri Dishnica, Gentian Gjikopulli, Violana Murataj, Mauro Zaçe, and Suela Bako, alongside international video art from Canada, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Kosovo, the United States, China, the Netherlands, Poland, and beyond—affirming the festival’s global reach.
Special highlights include Q&A sessions with artists, opening and closing ceremonies, and curated evening programs that invite the audience to engage with creators and explore the processes behind their works.
A festival that transcends borders: The third edition of Gjon Mili IVAF is more than a festival—it is a living artistic journey. Beginning in the birthplace of Gjon Mili, moving to the enchanting Riviera, and now en route to Manhattan, it creates a narrative that links Albania’s cultural heritage with the most prestigious spaces of global art. New York is not just the next destination—it is the festival’s crown, where Albanian art will meet the world and where Gjon Mili’s vision of light as a universal language will return to the city that once embraced the artist himself.
From Stone & Sea to Skyline
From the stone façades of Korçë to the coastal nights of Dhërmi, the festival’s language of light has transformed spaces into stages. New York now awaits with its own architecture of screens—black boxes and bright towers—ready to host the voices of a global experimental cinema.
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