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LGBT+ Albanian Literature: Pajtim Statovci

“Pajtim Statovci (b. 1990) is a Finnish-Albanian novelist. He moved from Kosovo to Finland with his family when he was two years old. He lives in Helsinki and holds an MA in comparative literature from the University of Helsinki. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Helsinki.

Statovci’s works relate in sensitive and finely tuned prose the inner conflicts and questions about one’s identity that immigration, sexuality, and the past might stir.  His first novel, My Cat Yugoslavia, originally published in 2014, received widespread acclaim among critics and readers alike, and won Statovci the prestigious Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize. The awarding jury praised the still only 24-year-old author’s ability to combine the dreamlike with the realistic, and give old symbols new meaning and power. Statovci’s second novel, Crossing, published in 2016, likewise became an instant success, winning the critics’ hearts with its exquisitely crafted prose and original treatment of the motifs. Statovci received the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize in 2016.”

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I recently just finished doing the first pass of the main beat boards for my next short film. It took me a damn long time to figure out the type of story and world I wanted to work with. I was really disappointed with how my last film “tiny nomad” turned out, so I wanted to salvage that with another film.  Here are two colored panels from the beat boards. South east asian setting.