Oscars: Women in Cinematography
TeenVOGUE features Sevdije: Sevdije Kastrati is Kosovo’s first female cinematographer. Her 2018 LGBTQ-focused feature, The Marriage, […]
ZANA Indiegogo Campaign Has Ended – Thank You
The Indiegogo campaign for our movie ZANA has ended and we are pleased to announce we successfully raised $12,000 or 10,000 euros […]
Zana Director Antoneta Kastrati on Prishtina Insight
The director of our upcoming feature film, Antoneta Kastrati sat down with Eve-Anne Travers on Prishtina Insight to talk about […]
New ZANA Article on Thrive Global
Check out the article about the true story of the director, Antoneta, and her sister, Sevdije, on Thrive Global HERE
ZANA Team Pitches at Connecting Cottbus
11/9/17 This week, the Zana team pitched to a crowd of European film industry professionals at Connecting Cottbus, the East West […]
Urban Nightmares Web-Series Released on blackpills Channel
10/31/17 Urban Nightmares is a new crime investigation/horror series that Crossing Bridges filmmakers Casey Cooper Johnson and […]
ZANA Takes Home the MIDPOINT Feature Launch Award
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Crossing Bridges Films / AFI Shorts Available on Vimeo On Demand
The Crossing Bridges Films team all studied at the American Film Institute between 2009 – 2012. Their two thesis short films are […]
ZANA Receives Co-Production Financing from Albania
We are happy to announce that our feature film “Zana” with Co-Producer Dritan Huqi of On Film Productions was selected to […]
ZANA Participating in Rotterdam Lab and Berlinale/EFM
We will be participating in the Rotterdam Lab during International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan. 28 – Feb. 1) and then will join […]
Crossing Bridges Films Partners with Dream Factory Macedonia on ZANA
We are pleased to announce we’ve partnered with Dream Factory Macedonia and producer Ognen Antov in co-production on the ZANA […]
Adriana Matoshi to Play Lead Role in ZANA
Adriana is a rising star actress who first found acclaim with her lead role in The Return, directed by Blerta Zeqiri, which won the […]
ZANA Wins Production Grant From Kosova Cinematography Center
We are proud to announce we have received 130,000 Euros production funding from Kosova Cinematography Center for the shooting of ZANA […]
Award Winning Actor Astrit Kabashi Attached to ZANA
Astrit Kabashi is an established and critically acclaimed Kosovar actor, best known for his award winning lead role in Babai (2015) […]
ZANA Receives Panavision New Filmmaker Grant
The Zana movie project has just received a Panavision New Filmmaker Grant, which provides the production with a full camera and lens […]
SHE COMES IN SPRING at AFI Theater
The American Film Institute has just launched their new AFI Conservatory Online Theater. SHE COMES IN SPRING is among the very first […]
SHE COMES IN SPRING Wins at two NYC festivals
She Comes in Spring Wins at two NYC Film Festivals: Best Short & Best Actress award at Albanian Film Week in New York and Best […]
Sloan Film Summit
…At the Summit, it was apparent that indeed Sloan was creative with incorporating science in art. On Saturday night at The […]
IMPLANT Premieres at Sloan Film Summit
The IMPLANT short film, directed by Casey Cooper Johnson and produced by Crossing Bridges Films with support from the Alfred P. Sloan […]
Albanian American Success Stories Features Antoneta
Antoneta Kastrati Featured in Albanian American Success Stories Magazine. http://albaniansuccessstories.com/antoneta-kastrati/
Antoneta Kastrati featured in Bulgaria
Antoneta featured in ISSUU Publication “The Art of Short Filmmaking: Insights spotlighting directors in competition at the IN THE […]
SHE COMES IN SPRING wins at Cellu L’art Film Festival
She Comes in Spring directed by Antoneta Kastrati, wins Jena Tolerance Award at Cellu L’art Film Festival in Germany. […]
Indie Source Magazine Focus on Women Directors
Antoneta Kastrati featured as part of the American Film Institute Directing Workshop For Women Round-Table in Indie Source Magazine:
Kosovo Diaspora Spotlights Kastrati’s Filmmaking
Antoneta Kastrati featured in Kosovo Diaspora When Passion and Dedication Speak through Documentary Film-making. Read about […]
UNMANNED Available on iTunes
The UNMANNED AFI short thesis film is now available for download and viewing on iTunes. Watch the trailer, read customer and critic […]
NINULLA featured on Kosovo 2.0
Kosovo 2.0 pulses with voices unfettered and unafraid. Interactive blogs, articles and multimedia bring the untold stories and views […]
Review: SHE COMES IN SPRING
Dokufest International Film Festival review’s SHE COMES IN SPRING …Beset by her own experience, Ms. Kastrati doesn’t hide […]
Antoneta Kastrati featured in Indiewire
The American Film Institute will introduce eight new female filmmakers at its Directing Workshop for Women on May 6, where new short […]
Exclusive: UNMANNED Update
The use of an unmanned military drones is ethically complicated, to say the least. As of now, the US Air Force has about 7,000 of […]
WIRED features UNMANNED
Lou Fancher’s article “Military Drama Unmanned Unmasks Drone Pilot’s Life” featured in Wired Magazine discusses […]
THE GUARDIAN: Zagreb Dox
THE GUARDIAN is an official selection at Zagreb Dox. ‘The Guardian’ is a story about a mountain man, Fatos Lajci, and his struggle to […]