Vjosa Berisha(1972-2022)
- Producer
Vjosa Berisha has over 20 years' experience in public relations, media and film industry.
She created B2 together with her partner, a public relations, film and creative industries company (2003) with offices in Kosovo and Albania.
Berisha is also co-founder (2008) and has been managing Prishtina International Film Festival - PriFest since the beginning taking on the role of the Festival Director while ambitiously growing the festival for 11 years to become one of the most important film industry events in Kosovo, frequented by many filmmakers from the region, Europe and a number of world acclaimed film personalities from United States of America and United Kingdom. The festival has European, Balkan, Medium-length and Documentary programs in competition, and also runs a regional film industry platform PriFORUM which gathers and offers great opportunity to young filmmakers from the region to advance their projects and network with many experts, film industry professionals and guests from Europe. PriFest happens annually in July in capital of Kosovo, Pristina.
In 2015 Berisha took the course of EAVE Producers Workshop, becoming part of this big network of producers from Europe and world, as a graduate on EAVE Generation 2015. She produced two feature films to date, her first feature film as a producer - "The Flying Circus" (2019) with scriptwriter and director Fatos Berisha and co-produced the Macedonian feature film "The Happiness effect" (2019) with director Borjan Zafirovski. She worked in many other video and television projects including producer of famous children program "Sesame Street Workshop" (produced 42 inserts of "3-minute long" segments in Albanian and Serbian for Kosovan audience broadcast in public television RTK during 2002-2004).
Vjosa Berisha is a member of European Film Academy since 2013, and her educational background consists of a Master of Arts degree in Media and Communication from University of Westminster, London UK and a Postgraduate Diploma on Contemporary Diplomacy from University of Malta, in Malta. In her country Kosovo, she is a strong voice in promoting LGBTI rights through PriFest's Let it Be program which she created in 2014 and curates it in partnership with Outfest LA and Queer and Migration IFF Amsterdam.
Berisha is also co-founder (2008) and has been managing Prishtina International Film Festival - PriFest since the beginning taking on the role of the Festival Director while ambitiously growing the festival for 11 years to become one of the most important film industry events in Kosovo, frequented by many filmmakers from the region, Europe and a number of world acclaimed film personalities from United States of America and United Kingdom. The festival has European, Balkan, Medium-length and Documentary programs in competition, and also runs a regional film industry platform PriFORUM which gathers and offers great opportunity to young filmmakers from the region to advance their projects and network with many experts, film industry professionals and guests from Europe. PriFest happens annually in July in capital of Kosovo, Pristina.
In 2015 Berisha took the course of EAVE Producers Workshop, becoming part of this big network of producers from Europe and world, as a graduate on EAVE Generation 2015. She produced two feature films to date, her first feature film as a producer - "The Flying Circus" (2019) with scriptwriter and director Fatos Berisha and co-produced the Macedonian feature film "The Happiness effect" (2019) with director Borjan Zafirovski. She worked in many other video and television projects including producer of famous children program "Sesame Street Workshop" (produced 42 inserts of "3-minute long" segments in Albanian and Serbian for Kosovan audience broadcast in public television RTK during 2002-2004).
Vjosa Berisha is a member of European Film Academy since 2013, and her educational background consists of a Master of Arts degree in Media and Communication from University of Westminster, London UK and a Postgraduate Diploma on Contemporary Diplomacy from University of Malta, in Malta. In her country Kosovo, she is a strong voice in promoting LGBTI rights through PriFest's Let it Be program which she created in 2014 and curates it in partnership with Outfest LA and Queer and Migration IFF Amsterdam.
