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Hive

Directed by Blerta Basholli

Release: 2021
Runtime: 84
Language: Albanian with English subtitles

Sundance triple award winner Hive is a searing drama based on the true story of Fahrije, who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went missing during the war in Kosovo. In order to provide for her struggling family, she pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. Together, they find healing and solace in considering a future without their husbands—but their will to begin living independently is met with hostility.

The men in the village condemn Fahrije’s efforts to empower herself and the women around her, starting a feud that threatens their newfound sovereignty—and the financial future of Fahrije’s family. Against the backdrop of Eastern Europe’s civil unrest and lingering misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village join in a struggle to find hope in the face of an uncertain future.

Winner of the Audience Award, Directing Award, and World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Hive is a pithy, devastating portrait of loss and our uphill journeys to freedom.

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Technical Info

  • Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
  • Color: Color

playdates

Venue City Date
a/perture cinema Winston Salem 1636693200November 12 - December 10, 2021
Adirondack Film Society Lake Placid 1653537600May 26 - May 27, 2022
AFI Silver Silver Spring 1643605200January 31 - February 4, 2022
Alamo Drafthouse Northern Virginia Winchester 1641358800January 5 - January 7, 2022
Alexander Valley Film Society Cloverdale 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 14, 2022
All Saints Cinema / Tallahassee Film Society Tallahassee 1639717200December 17, 2021 - February 18, 2022
Amherst Cinema Amherst 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Avalon Theatre Washington 1643950800February 4 - March 4, 2022
Belcourt Theatre Nashville 1638507600December 3 - December 31, 2021
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) Berkeley 1636171200November 6 - November 20, 2021
Bozeman Film Society Bozeman 1639112400December 10, 2021 - February 18, 2022
Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe Santa Fe 1637298000November 19 - November 26, 2021
Chelsea Theater Chapel Hill 1639717200December 17, 2021 - March 18, 2022
CineCulture Clovis 1642741200January 21 - January 28, 2022
Cinema Arts Centre Huntington 1639717200December 17, 2021 - March 18, 2022
Cinema Public Montreal 1643346000January 28 - April 28, 2022
Cinema Public Montreal 1644469200February 10 - March 3, 2022
Cinemapolis Ithaca 1637298000November 19 - December 24, 2021
Cleveland Cinematheque Cleveland 1639717200December 17, 2021 - February 18, 2022
Colonial Theatre Phoenixville 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 7, 2022
Coolidge Corner Theatre Brookline 1646715600March 8 - March 9, 2022
Crandell Theatre Chatham 1635134400October 25 - October 31, 2021
Dairy Arts Center Boulder 1637125200November 17 - November 20, 2021
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center Notre Dame 1646283600March 3 - March 4, 2022
Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit 1637902800November 26 - December 2, 2021
Dietrich Theater Tunkhannock 1645419600February 21 - March 6, 2022
Downing Film Center Newburgh 1641531600January 7 - March 25, 2022
Film Forum New York 1636084800November 5 - November 18, 2021
Film Society of Summit Summit 1642395600January 17 - February 14, 2022
Film Streams Omaha 1642741200January 21 - February 11, 2022
FilmScene Iowa City 1644555600February 11 - March 11, 2022
Flint Institute of Arts Flint 1651809600May 6 - May 9, 2022
Gateway Film Center Columbus 1637298000November 19 - November 25, 2021
Gene Siskel Film Center Chicago 1643950800February 4 - April 1, 2022
Gold Coast Film Great Neck 1643346000January 28 - April 29, 2022
Grail Moviehouse Asheville 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Grand Cinema Tacoma 1639717200December 17, 2021 - January 14, 2022
Guild Cinema Albuquerque 1638507600December 3 - December 31, 2021
Hope College - Knickerbocker Theatre Holland 1649044800April 4 - April 10, 2022
Hopkins Center for the Arts Hanover 1642309200January 16 - January 30, 2022
Jarvis Conservatory Napa 1636171200November 6, 2021
Kenworthy Theater Moscow 1642741200January 21 - January 24, 2022
Laemmle Theatres Los Angeles 1638507600December 3, 2021 - January 7, 2022
Landmark Esquire Theatre Denver 1638507600December 3 - December 31, 2021
Landmark Opera Plaza San Francisco 1637298000November 19 - December 24, 2021
Lighthouse International Film Society Long Beach Island 1639371600December 13, 2021
Lumiere Cinema Los Angeles 1637902800November 26 - December 24, 2021
Magic Lantern Theatre Spokane 1636693200November 12 - December 17, 2021
Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona 1637902800November 26 - December 17, 2021
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Houston 1637470800November 21, 2021
New Plaza Cinema New York 1646974800March 11 - April 1, 2022
O Cinema Miami Beach 1639112400December 10, 2021 - January 7, 2022
Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City 1637298000November 19 - November 26, 2021
Onyx Theatre Nevada City 1643346000January 28 - March 25, 2022
Orinda Theatre Orinda 1636693200November 12 - November 18, 2021
Park City Film Park City 1642741200January 21 - February 11, 2022
Pensacola Cinema Art Pensacola 1639112400December 10, 2021 - February 11, 2022
Pickford Film Center Bellingham 1641790800January 10 - February 11, 2022
Portland Museum of Art Portland 1639112400December 10 - December 13, 2021
Rehoboth Beach Film Society Rehoboth Beach 1636606800November 11 - November 12, 2021
Rialto Cinemas Elmwood Berkeley 1638507600December 3 - December 31, 2021
Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol Sebastopol 1638507600December 3 - December 31, 2021
Rose Theatre Port Townsend 1642741200January 21 - January 28, 2022
Roxie Theater San Francisco 1638507600December 3, 2021 - January 28, 2022
Roxy Theater Potsdam 1638766800December 6 - December 7, 2021
SBIFF's Riviera Theatre Santa Barbara 1636693200November 12 - December 10, 2021
Smith Rafael Film Center San Rafael 1637298000November 19, 2021 - January 27, 2022
Sonoma Film Institute at SSU Rohnert Park 1646370000March 4 - March 7, 2022
South Bay Film Society Torrance 1635912000November 3, 2021
Taos Center For The Arts Taos 1638075600November 28 - December 17, 2021
The Civic Theater Allentown 1637989200November 27 - November 29, 2021
The Hirschfield International Film Series Middlebury 1638594000December 4 - December 5, 2021
The Loft Cinema Tucson 1637211600November 18 - November 19, 2021
The Miracle Theatre Washington 1644555600February 11 - April 30, 2022
The Music Hall Portsmouth 1643259600January 27 - February 11, 2022
The Picture House Pelham 1637902800November 26 - December 3, 2021
The Ryder Film Series Bloomington 1643346000January 28, 2022 - December 6, 2021
Tower Theater Miami Miami 1641618000January 8 - February 5, 2022
Tropic Cinema Key West 1639371600December 13, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Varsity Cinema Des Moines 1640322000December 24, 2021 - March 25, 2022
VIFF Centre Vancouver 1642136400January 14 - February 11, 2022
Wellfleet Preservation Hall Wellfleet 1643346000January 28 - April 29, 2022
Winnipeg Cinematheque Winnipeg 1646456400March 5 - March 21, 2022
Zeitgeist Theatre Arabi 1641531600January 7 - February 4, 2022