Shame and Money
Southeast Asian Premiere
Visar Morina Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium 2026 129 min PG13 (Some Coarse Language)
A family in rural Kosovo leave their farm to find work in the capital. Mired in familial obligation, caregiving and financial precarity, their survival becomes dependent on the whims of strangers.
Shaban is an honest dairy farmer and the head of his family. When a family dispute forces the family to seek work in the city, they are aided by wealthy relatives who promise them a secure future. But as Shaban faces prolonged job insecurity and humiliating incidents, he becomes increasingly dissociated and begins to lose control of his impulses.
Recalling the brutal social realities of Italian neorealism and Indian Parallel Cinema, the film follows a man’s desperation to support his family and maintain his dignity. Shame and Money shows the debilitating erasure of self-worth in a hypercapitalist era, where money determines one’s place in society and only the rich find meagre work shameful.
Synopsis Writer: Sasha Han
26 Oct, Mon 6:30PM / 129 min
Golden Village Bugis+, Hall 4
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Shame and Money
Visar Morina
Germany, Kosovo, Slovenia, Albania, North Macedonia, Belgium
2026
Albanian
English
129 min
PG13 (Some Coarse Language)
Southeast Asian Premiere
Visar Morina
Kosovo-born and Germany-based Visar Morina is a filmmaker whose work often explores the contemporary lives and conditions of Kosovans and its diaspora. His debut feature Babai (2015) won Best Director at Karlovy Vary. Shame and Money, his third feature, premiered at Sundance where it received the World Cinema Dramatic prize.
Astrit Kabashi,
Flonja Kodheli
Fabian Altenried,
Sophie Ahrens,
Kristof Gerega,
Visar Morina,
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