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Renowned actress Marjeta Ljarja participated in the tributes in honor of Dhimitër Anagnosti.
She described the late director as a quiet, persistent man with a special passion.
"A silent, serious, persistent man, with a special passion, may his memory be eternal, and will not be forgotten," said Marjeta Larja.
Tributes are being held today in honor of the prominent Albanian director Dhimitër Anagnosti.
Family members, colleagues, or citizens have arrived at the Opera and Ballet Theater Hall.
Tributes are expected to take place until 1:00 p.m.
Prominent Albanian director Dhimitër Anagnosti closed his eyes forever a day ago at the age of 89.
Who was Demetrius Anagnosti?
Dhimitër Anagnosti, born in Vuno on January 23, 1936, is one of the most important Albanian directors of the 20th century.
He completed primary school in his native village and comprehensive and secondary school in Vlora. From 1954 to 1960 he attended the Cinematographic Institute "VGIK" in Moscow, where he graduated as a cinematographer.
Together with Viktor Gjika, they shot the film "No Man Ever Dies" as their graduation project, an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's story, which was awarded First Prize at the World Film Schools Festival, which took place in the Netherlands in 1961.
He began working as a cameraman at the “New Albania” Film Studio in 1961, with the film “Debatik” (1961) and then with the film “Our Land” (1964). He also shot the first color documentary film “Decorative Stones”.
He made his first film as a director in 1966, together with Viktor Gjika, "The Commissioner of Light", and a year later, as a solo director, he directed the film "The Silent Duel".
In his 40-year career, he has made 14 feature films, 10 documentaries, and has won many awards in various national and international competitions. He is the author of 15 screenplays and in almost all of his films, he has written the screenplay himself.
Anagnosti was a man of free thought, persistent in defending his views, with a civic courage that often made him the target of the mediocre.
For his rare artistic qualities, as well as for his dignified works, he was honored with the title of "People's Artist" in 1987 and with the career cup at the 10th Albanian Film Festival. The year 1991 finds him committed to the democratic movement for pluralism in Albania, a motive for which he is also elected as a deputy of the Democratic Party in the Albanian Parliament (1991-1996). On April 12, 1992, he was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, a post he held until December 4, 1994, when he resigned.
Anagnosti was the creator and president of the "Fan Noli" Foundation for Art and Culture, supporting the most active intellectuals, committed to strengthening Albanian culture in the country and in the world.
In 2001, he wrote and staged his only play, “The Night of Knocks on the Glass,” at the National Theater. In 2005, he achieved success with his latest film, “Gjoleka, Abazi’s Son,” a film honored with two international awards in Italy.
Anagnosti was married to the well-known Albanian stage and screen actress, "Merited Artist" Roza Anagnosti.
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