By Dea Gjinovci

The Beauty of the Donkey

La Beauté de l'Âne
Ticket

Thursday 12 March – 21h30
RTS night, in the presence of the film team
Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre
Rue de Carouge 52, 1205 Geneva

In search of truth, Dea documents her father Asllan’s return to his birthplace after sixty years of exile. As she accompanies him, she brings his childhood memories to life, evoking Kosovo in the 1950s, before the war and before exile. In doing so, she delves into the history of a country she has never known. The Beauty of the Donkey is a hybrid documentary, moving between reality and fiction, and offers a sensitive meditation on memory, its fragility and its oral transmission.

A special screening is organised with the Ville de Carouge and the Cinéma Bio on 17.03.26.
The film team will be present at the screening. 

Theatrical release 25.03.26

Regional Premiere
Section : Competition - Creative Documentaries
Country : Switzerland, Kosovo, France, United States
Original languages : Albanian, French, English
Subtitles : English, French
Duration
77’
Year
2025
Director
Dea Gjinovci
Producers
Astrae Productions sarl
Unseen Films
Haut et Court Doc
Facet
Writers
Asllan Gjinovci
Dea Gjinovci
Photography
Maxime Kathari
Editing
Lizi Gelber
Music
Gael Kyriakidis
Son
Henry Sims
Maxence Ciekawy
Distribution
First Hand Films