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: Films were strictly produced within the parameters of socialist realism, designed to reinforce loyalty to the regime.

| Challenge | Description | |-----------|-------------| | | ANCC budget insufficient for more than a few features per year. | | No domestic box office | Albanians rarely watch local films in cinemas; festival-only release. | | Brain drain | Directors and crew move to Italy, France, or US for better opportunities. | | Political pressure | Occasional interference in grant decisions, though less than pre-2010s. | | Archival preservation | Many communist-era films deteriorating; digitisation incomplete. | shqip kinema

The rain in Tirana that afternoon was the kind that turned the city’s gray concrete into a polished mirror. For Luan, it was the perfect weather for what he was about to do. : Films were strictly produced within the parameters