Arta Dobroshi

Arta Dobroshi ( born October 2, 1979 in Pristina ) is a native of Kosovo Albanian theater and film actress. A wide audience, she was known by the title role in the award- winning feature film Lorna's Silence (2008) by Jean -Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

Biography

Arta Dobroshi, daughter of two intellectuals, was born in 1979 in Pristina, where she grew up also. As a child fascinated by the painting and the theater, she witnessed the Balkan Wars before it was sent at the age of 15 years from their parents for several months into the U.S. Albany, New York. There she first came into contact with acting. After returning from the U.S. Dobroshi lived for a year with her ​​mother and older brother, a director in Albania. At age 17, she returned to Pristina and studied for four years acting at the Academy of Fine Arts. As a stage actress, she worked in her hometown and in Sarajevo and was released in both classic pieces such as William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, as well as more modern materials known compatriots, including Ekrem Kryeziu, Ismail Kadare ( The Palace of Dreams ), the choreographer Gjergi Prevazi ( Tranzicioni ) and Almir Bukvic ( Aristotle in Baghdad ).

In addition to her work in the theater acted Dobroshi in a series of short films while she performed a song from 2004 Timor Dhomi for a documentary about the massacre in their homes in Kosovo. Of the parents financially support they avoided the television to the Albanian film to gain a foothold. 2005 Dobroshi received a supporting role in Kujtim Çashkus Movie Magic Eye. In the drama she is on the side of Bujar Lako girlfriend as a television journalist (played by Alban Ukaj ) to see who uses the images of a family tragedy to his own advantage. For their outstanding performance in the award-winning Albanian- German co-production Dobroshi won the 2007 Special Prize of the Macedonian Cinedays European Film Festival. After involvement in the feature film The Sadness of Mrs. Šnajdrová international breakthrough came with the title role in Jean -Pierre and Luc Dardenne feature film Lorna's Silence (2008). The famous Belgian filmmaker had become aware through Dobroshis previous feature films and an audition in Sarajevo on the actress. Although she did not speak French, the Dardenne brothers trusted her to the role of Lorna, who dreams of its own snack bar in Liege. But they can be a criminal middleman on a sham marriage with the Belgian emaciated junkie Claudy ( Jérémie Renier played by ) in order to be Belgian. But the newfound husband to be quickly out of the way, so Lorna married a rich Russians and can provide you with the acquired citizenship.

Lorna's Silence, for the Dobroshi two months learning the French language, premiered at the 61st International Film Festival of Cannes where the Albanian actress together with the Argentinean Martina Gusman ( Leonera ) as the favorite was traded to the Best Actor award, but compared to the Brazilian Sandra Corveloni ( Linha de Passe ) was a laggard. Praised by the French newspaper Le Monde as a "new pearl of the Dardennes ' learned their representation in Germany unanimous praise from the critics. Thus, the Süddeutsche Zeitung spoke of the still unknown actress as a wonderful discovery while the Tagesspiegel, the resolute face Dobroshis lifted out, with which they carry the film. That same year, she received a nomination for the European Film Award 2008 for Best Actress for her performance.

Dobroshi speaks Albanian and French also Bosnian and English and lives alternately in Belgium and in Pristina. In 2009 she was next to Lars Henrik Gass and director Khavn de la Cruz called Berlinale Shorts in the jury of the short film section.

Filmography (selection)

• 2005: My Magic ( Syri magjik )
• 2008: The Sadness of Mrs. Šnajdrová ( Smutek paní Snajdrové )
• 2008: The Silence of Lorna (Le Silence de Lorna )
• 2010: Sara ( short film )
• 2011: Late Bloomers
• 2012: Trois mondes

Awards

• 2008: Nomination for the European Film Award for The Silence of Lorna ( Best Actress )
• 2009: Nominated for the Toronto Film Critics Association Award for The Silence of Lorna ( Best Actress )
• 2011: Best Actor Award of the 24fps International Short Film Festival for baby
• 2013: Shooting Star ( Honours) at the Berlinale 2013