LUNA PARK

Director’s statement

LUNA PARK  will be a period drama fiction film inspired by my childhood memories. It is a tender portrait of the permutations and difficulties of a family who has to withstand in the face of economic stabilities and the missing father who lives in the neighbor Greece illegally. A movement that started immediately after the fall of communism in the 90s. My father was one of them leaving my mother pregnant with me on her belly for searching a better life. It was a time that very few people in our country want to discuss or even think about now.  We believe that forgetting this national nightmare still affects us as a people.  We think we need to look at our own past to move beyond. As a filmmaker and human being, I find these type of family dynamics interesting because our families and our past have impacted the person who we are today in so many ways. The story of the film is not just the story of one family, it’s a story of a lot of families that can communicate to everyone in the world.

Producer's statement

My name is Dritan Huqi. I’m the producer for the upcoming Albanian feature film, LUNA PARK, to be directed by an enthusiastic and bright young filmmaker, Florenc Papas. For me, reading LUNA PARK is one of those stories where you actually found yourself turning each page to find out what would happen to these characters that we care about immensely. It is a story where I feel connected as a person in so many ways not because I have spent my youth in the 90s but is a sincere family story which deals with economic stabilities, immigration, loneliness and political disorder. As a filmmaker who have worked not only in feature films but in short documentaries and television as well, I have no doubts about the company’s ON FILM ability to provide the proper support to make this film a reality. But what we’re truly hoping for with LUNA PARK is that together we will make a much-needed, lasting contribution to our still-struggling Albanian cinema.