Luàna Bajrami grew up in Kosovo and made her acting debut in France at the age of ten. Inspired by her dual, Franco-Kosovar culture, she travels from one country to the other, following the rhythm of her projects and collaborations with other filmmakers. She made a name for herself in 2019 with roles in Sébastien Marnier's School’s Out and Céline Sciamma's Portrait of a Lady on Fire. A self-taught filmmaker, she wrote and shot her first feature film at the age of eighteen. The Hill where Lionesses Roar is about youth and highlights the little-known landscape of her homeland of Kosovo. The film had its premiere in the Directors' Fortnight at the Festival de Cannes in 2021. Phantom Youth is her second feature film.
Kosovo, 2007. Zoé and Volta leave their remote village to enter Pristina University. Amidst social and political tensions, the two women discover a country in turmoil, a nation seeking its identity on the eve of independence and whose youth have been forgotten.
Director Luàna Bajrami
Producer Valbone Rahmani, Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky, Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, Hervé Ruet
Screenwriter Luàna Bajrami
Cinematographer Hugo Paturel
Production Designer Luàna Bajrami
Editor Paul Frère, Julie Renault
Sound Pëllumb Ballata, Eric Rey, Xavier Thibault, Gilles Bénardeau
Colour Colour
Production Company Orëzanë Films, Ten Cinema, Quad Films
International Sales Company Gaumont