Name: Room for Culture and Debate - Kosovo Youngsters (11/12)
Uploaded: 2019-06-27T15:00:00.000+02:00
Duration: 197 s
Description: Nearly 100,000 Kosovans have left the country since 2014. Filmmaker Ilir Hasanaj went in the opposite direction. Having let Kosovo with his family in the 1990s for Switzerland, he has now come back to Pristina to help rebuild cultural life in the city.

"Raum für Kultur und Diskussionen"

"Un espace de discussion"

„Przestrzeń kultury i dyskusji”

Room for Culture and Debate

"Spazio alla cultura e ai dibattiti"

"Espacio para la cultura y las discusiones"

Nearly 100,000 Kosovans have left the country since 2014. Filmmaker Ilir Hasanaj went in the opposite direction. Having let Kosovo with his family in the 1990s for Switzerland, he has now come back to Pristina to help rebuild cultural life in the city.

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20 Years Since the War

Kosovo Youngsters

<p>Nearly 100,000 Kosovans have left the country since 2014. Filmmaker Ilir Hasanaj went in the opposite direction. Having let Kosovo with his family in the 1990s for Switzerland, he has now come back to Pristina to help rebuild cultural life in the city.</p>

Kosovo Youngsters (11/12)

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I Wanna Get Out of this Place

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