Armend Smajli
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Playing range · 34 – 44 · 186cm/6’1in. Eyes Brown · Hair Brown · Figure Normal · Languages Albanian Native, Croatian Native, English Fluent · Instruments Harmonica Basic knowledge · Singing Hip Hop/Rap Basic knowledge · Driving license classes Car class (B, BE)
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2025
Armend shot in BOTA JONE by award winning directress Luána Bajrami. The project was nominated for an Audience Award at the Venice Film Festival and for Best Feature at the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival in 2023. THE LAND WITHIN by Fisnik Max was nominated for the Swiss National Competition at the 76 Locarno Film Festival 2023. This film won Best Feature Film at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022. When Armend is not shooting he is on stage playing in “THE BEST EUROPEAN THEATRE SHOW” a co-production between the National Theatre Kosovo, Teatro Opole Poland, Due Parma Theatre Italy, Slovanian National Theatre Slovania, Nova Gorica and Malta Theater Malta, by the authors Martin Bratush & Haris Pasovic directed by Haris Pasovic, and at Teatro ODA in various other plays.
University of Pristina, Kosovo Faculty of Arts
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Armend Smajli
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Armend Smajli
Armend Smajli is an actor from Kosovo who has graduated from the Academy of Arts at the University of Prishtina. He has performed in some of the most successful films in the region. Armend is known for playing the lead in “The Flying Circus” (2019) which has been presented at “Talinn Black Nights Film Festival”, “Babai” (2015) winner of two awards at Karlovy Vary Film Festival, “Hive” (2021) winner of three top awards at Sundance Film Festival. Moreover, he has been part of many short and feature films that were presented at reputable film festivals and award ceremonies including: “BAFTA” and “Warsaw Film Festival.
Armend is also a resident actor at the National Theater of Kosovo, being part of many regional theater performances with directors like: Dino Mustafic, Andras Urban, Fatos Berisha, Blerta Neziraj, Slobodan Unkovski, Miki Manojlevic, Matthew Lenton etc.
Film
Selection
Year |
Title |
Role |
Direction |
Production |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 |
Hotline |
Uran lead |
Dren Zherka |
n’art & Woolf Film Kosovo/Croatia |
2023 |
Era |
Fatos |
Parta Kelmendi |
Company 21 Kosovo |
2022 |
The Land Within |
Agim lead ensemble |
Fisnik Maxville |
Alva Film Switzerland |
2021 |
Hive |
Agim support |
Blerta Basholli |
Ikone Studios Kosovo *Won 3 Awards at Sundance Film Festival Best Feature World Cinema, Best Directing Audience Award, plus 18 other festival wins |
2019 |
Cirku Fluturues/Flying Circus |
Kushtrini lead ensemble |
Fatos Berisha |
B2 PR Media Solutions Kosovo/USA *Won Best Int’l Feature at Santa Barbara Int’l Film Fest, Jury Prize at Fabrique Du Cinema Awards |
2018 |
The Delegation |
Prisoner |
Bujar Alamani |
ArtFilm Albania *Won Best Feature at: Tirania Int’l Film Festival, Trieste Int’l Film Fest, Warsaw Int’l Film Fest, and 4 other awards |
2015 |
Baba/Father |
Climiri support |
Visar Morina |
Niko Film Germany *Won Best Feature Film Int’l Bosphorus Film Fest, KarlovyVary Label Europe Cinema & 10 other awards |