Isa Qosja (born in Vusanje

Vusanje

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, FPR Yugoslavia in 1947) is an Albania

Albania

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n film director. He teaches at the University of Pristina in Pristina

Pristina

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. His brother is the novelist Rexhep Qosja

Rexhep Qosja

Rexhep Qosja is a prominent Albanian politician and literary critic from the area of Malësia in modern Montenegro....

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Qosja Isa is the author of many artistic and documentary films, among the best known is "Proka" which has featured in many international festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival

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. His second feature film, Rojat e mjegullës (1988) dealt with the suffering and treatment of Albanians in time of the great communist repression.

In 2005 he directed Kukumi.