Sabina Kodra graduated from the Academy of Arts in Tirana in 1999 with a degree in theatre direction. In 2001, she founded the Albanian film company ERAFILM and co-produced her first feature film LETTERS IN THE WIND, directed by Edmond Budina, who was awarded in Italy 2003.
She has produced in 2011 the feature comedy, BALKAN BAZAAR by Edmond Budina, AGON feature film (2012) by Robert Budina (Albania's selection for the US Academy Award's Best Foreign Language Feature 2013), BOTA feature film by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci (Albanian entry for the US Academy Award's Best Foreign Language Feature 2015), Fedeora Award in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, co-produced SWORN VIRGIN by Laura Bispuri (Berlinale Competition 2015), Best Film in First Youth Film Festival, Golden Firebird Award in Hong Kong Film Festival, Golden Gate Award in San Francisco International Film Festival, Nora Ephron Prize in Tribeca Film Festival.
In 2018, A SHELTER AMONG THE CLOUDS, has the world premiere in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, in the Official Competition in November 2018. The film participated in more than 20 other festivals worldwide collecting awards such as:
- Global Visual Award in Cinequest Film, Creativity Film Festival in San Jose Usa - Best Film in La Valletta International Film Festival, Malta - Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress in PriFilm Fest, Kosovo - Best Music and Sound Mix in Mediterranean Film Festival Valencia, Spain.
The short film MY NAME IS SONILA by Suela Bako had the premiere in Cracow International film festival and was released by Canal +.
in 2022 she produced the mini-series - THE SQUARE OF POWER in 2022 by Robert Budin and first feature film ONE OF US by Ergys Meta
Sabina is in postproduction of the third feature film by Robert Budina – title WATERDROP.
The first feature film THE THREE OF US by Suela Bako supported by Creative Europe is currently in an advanced stage of development.
Also she is working with Ajola Daja in her second feature film MADE OF DUST early development (supported by Creative Europe).
Sabina was part of the jury in European Work in Progress 2019 in Cologne, Germany, from 2015 she is an ACE producer.
Actor coaches, Casting Directors, Executive prod., Extras casting, Film financing coordinators, First ADs, Heads of development, Line prod., Producers, Script consultants, TV-producers
Experience & skills
Education
Academy of Arts, theatre directing Bachelor and Master degree
Experience abroad
Albania, Greece, Italy, North Macedonia
Licenses
Car class
Special skills
▪ good communication skills gained through my experience as film producer
▪ good command of Microsoft OfficeTM tools ▪ very good command Final Draft
▪ good command Premier Pro
▪ leadership for a team of 100 people in film production
▪ great knowledge in different type of projects in applications
▪ very skilled on researching process and at building up creative concept of a film
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