ALBANIA ART INSTITUTE
Position: President of the board

Description: A private institution that aims at cultivating and promoting art and Albanian culture creating a favorable and stimulating environment for the national art.

Tirana International Film Festival
Position: Director of Festival

Fan Noli Foundation
Position: Chairman

ALBANIA FILM COMMISSION
Position: Director

Representative of Albania Film Commission in the framework of the project “Umbrella” (Cannes Film Festival, France) and Participant in the workshop “New digital technologies in cinematography” in Hong Kong Film Festival

FASADA
Production and post-production studio

MARUBI
International Photography Contest Marubi 2003, (National Gallery of Arts)Position: Curator

TUNNEL
Position: Scriptwriter, Director

Father and Godfather
Position: Film Editing

PHOTOS
1993 Golden Medal in competition of Artistic Photography. Savona, Italy

PAINTINGS
2001 Painting exhibition - "OUT of SILHOUETTE" - Collective - Savona, ITALY
1992 Workshop with artists from Italy, Spain, France, Cyprus, Slovenia, etc. - Perugia, ITALY
1994 Arte Fiera Mostra Internazionale d’ Arte Contemporanea "Four artists from Albania" Bologna, ITALY

2007 Collective exhibition in NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, "SPRING", (Video installation) - Tirana, ALBANIA

ILIR BUTKA CV

Birthday:                            13/09/1965

E-mail Address:               info@ilirbutka.com

Education:   Institution:  Academy of Arts

Date: 1985 – 1989   Bachelor Degree:
Painting / Art Director (Set designing)

Ilir Butka Paintings & Photos links

Date: 1989-1991

Institution: “Shqiperia e Re” Film Studios

Position: Painter, Art Director (Set designing), scriptwriter, animation director

Description: Realises:
-            Realizes Staging and costume design of several shows in the Academy         of Arts, Theatre of Variety and the National Theatre, Tirana, Albania.

-            Staging and costume design

-            Scriptwriting

-            Co-author (script, directing) on the realisation of the spot on the National Film Festival

-            Painter, designer in the animation movie EQUINOX  (Director Artur Muharremi, scriptwriter Kujtim Cashku)       

Date: 1996-1998

Institution: “Gjeli” Production and Postproduction Studio

Position: Art Director

Description: Co-founder of the first audio-video production studio in Albania enabling the use of the most advanced digital technologies in the production of the above mentioned:

-            Spots

-            Jingle TV

-            Video clips

Date: 1996

Institution: Academy of Arts

Position: Lector

Description: Lector in the Academy of Arts on new forms of communication and expression:

-            Artistic photography

-            Computer graphics 

Date: 1998 
Institution: Fasada Studio, Production and post-production studio
Position:  Art Director, Producer, Scriptwriter, Director
Description: Author, scriptwriter, director of TV spots, publicity campaigns of a lot of institutions, governmental and private ones.

-            In this framework he operated in the following production sectors:
Spots, posters, logo, animation 2D/3D, scriptwriting, directing, production

-            Organiser of the publicity campaign for “Fest Folk 2000” (Gjirokastra National Folk Festival)

-            Concept design and production of audio-visual materials for several successful political/electoral campaigns.

Date: 2000 
 Institution: Caviar Produzioni SRL
Position: Producer
Description:  As a representative of Fasada Studio covers the production in Albania of the long metrage Italian movie “Hotel Dajti”, director Carmine Fornari, production of “Caviar Produzioni”.  

Date: 2000 
Institution:  Albania Film Commission
Position: Director
Description:  Co-founder of Albania Film Commission 

Date: 2000 
Institution: Cannes Film Festival, France
Position:  Representative
Description:  Representative of Albania Film Commission in the framework of the project “Umbrella”

Date: 2001 
Institution:  International Hong Kong Film Festival
Position:  Representative
Description:Representative of some productions and of Albania Film Commission in Hong Kong Film Festival
                      Participant in the workshop “New digital technologies in cinematography”

Date: 2002
Institution: First competition of the best scenario for short films (organised by the Albanian National Centre of Cinematography)

Position:  Scriptwriter

Description:  Won the Prize for the best script with the movie Tunnel, enabling the production of the film with the funds of the Albanian National Centre of Cinematography and Fasada Studios.

Date: 2002 - 2004

Title of the movie:  Tunnel

Position:  Scriptwriter, director

Description:  The Movie “Tunnel” participated in several film festivals:

 - (2002) Participant in “Mediterranean Short Film Festival“ in Tanger, Marocco
 - (2002) participant in the International Short Film Festival "Letni filmove skoly" in Czech Republic.
 - (2002) Guest director in the “International Youth Festival“ in Ecatherini, Greece
 - (2002) Participant in “International Short Film Festival“ in Siena, Italy
 - (2004) Participant in "THE INEVITABLE" Highlights from the Western Balkans Short films (Nordisk Panorama, Reykjavik, Danish Film Institute/Cinematheque, Copenhagen)
- (2006) Guest director in the "SALENTO FINIBUS TERRAE"  - International Short Films Festival, Italy

Date: 2003

Institution : Marubi 2003,
Position:  Curator
Description:  International Photography Contest, (National Gallery of Arts)
For more information: http://www.albaniaartinstitute.org/marubi2003/index.htm

Date: 2003

Institution:  FAMA, Foundation Art Media Albania

Position:  President of the board

Description:  Organisation of a cultural activities among which the International Short Film Festival of Tirana

Date: 2003

Institution:  BITEF, International Theatre Festival of Belgrade

Position: Scenography  

Description: Set design for a drama of Sarah Cane, director Alfred Trebicka, a piece in competition for the International Festival of Theatre in Belgrade.

 
Date: 2003 - 2006

Institution:  Tirana International Film Festival

Position: Director of Festival

Description: Organiser of the first and the only international film festival in Albania. TIFF is in its third edition and had two successful editions creating a positive image for the Albanian cinema in the world. In 2004 TIFF became a member of European Coordination of Film Festivals, together with other 40 festivals selected  among 239 Festivals that exist in Europe.  For more information:   http://www.tiranafilmfest.com

Date: 2004

Institution:  Albanian Art Institute

Position:  President of the board

Description:  A private institution that aims at cultivating and promoting art and Albanian culture creating a favourable  and stimulating environment for the national art. For more information:  http://www.albaniaartinstitute.org

Date: 2005

Institution:  Academy of Arts

Position:  Professor

Description:  Teaching “Editing for movies” in the branch of Film Directing, Academy of Arts of Albania.

Date: 2005

Institution:  Siena International Short Film Festival

Position:  Jury member

Description:  http://www.cortoitaliacinema.com

Date: 2005

Institution:  “Fan Noli” Foundation (Foundation on Art and Culture)

Position:  Chairman

Description: Managing and directing the activities of the “Fan Noli Foundation” in the fields of art and culture.  Supervising the sponsoring programme for the Albanian artists. For more information:  http://www.fannolifound.org

Date: 2006

Institution:  Albanian National Centre of Cinematography

Position:  Member of the board

Description:  The Board of the National Centre of Cinematography makes the selection for financial support of the best artistic projects in fiction and documentary Albanian film.  http://www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al/default2.asp

Date: 2006
Position: Film Editing
Description: Editor in the last movie by Dhimiter Anagnosti, Father and Godfather, the most interesting director in Albania. In his career he has 22 movies. For more information:  http://www.anagnosti.com

Date: 2006

Institution:  Lecce European Film Festival

Position:  Jury member

Description:  http://www.europecinefestival.org

Date: 2006

Institution:  Maremetraggio - International Short Films Festival

Position:  Jury member

Description:  http://www.maremetraggio.com

Date: 2007

Institution:  BRIFF - International Short Films Festival

Position:  Jury member

Description:  http://www.briff.it

Date: 2007
Institution:  First Edition of the  “La Vela Latina”  (organised by Confartigianato Brindisi con Azzurro 2000)

Position:  Price Winner

Description:  http://www.brundisium.net, http://www.premiolavelalatina.it

Other activités:

Member of the filmmaker’s society “Lumiere” http://www.shkshl.org
 

PAINTINGS

PHOTOS 1

PHOTOS 2

1990 Collective painting spring exhibition, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania.

1991 Settled in Italy and continues his artistic activity making knowledge of new forms and techniques of artistic expression: ceramics, photography, computer generated graphics.

1992 Painting exhibition - Collective "Artists of Albania". Albisola, Italy

1992 Painting exhibition - Collective "Out Of Silouhette". Savona, Italy

1992 Workshop with artists from Italy, Spain, France, Cyprus, Slovenia, etc. - Perugia, Italy

1993 Painting exhibition - Collective "Grafica" Galeria Cona. Savona, Italy

1993 Golden Medal in competition of Artistic Photography. Savona, Italy

1994 Arte Fiera Mostra Internazionale d’ Arte Contemporanea "Four artists from Albania" Bologna, Italy

1995 Applicative Art Exhibition - National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania.

2095 Winner of the 3-rd Prize in the National Painting exhibition “ONUFRI” - National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania.

2001 Painting exhibition - "STRUKTURE" - Collective (Video Installation) Tirana, Albania

2003 Collective exhibition in "Galeria e Vogel", "Passport" - (Video installation) Tirana, Albania

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