Bota
Film poster
Directed by	Iris Elezi Thomas Logoreci
Written by	Iris Elezi Thomas Logoreci
Starring	Flonja Kodheli
Cinematography	Ramiro Civita
Release date	5 July 2014 (2014-07-05) (Karlovy)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Albania
Language	Albanian

Bota is a 2014 Albanian drama film directed by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci. The film was selected as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.^[1] The directors won the Fedeora Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2014 for this film.^[2]

Plot

The families of Juli, Nora and Beni were resettled during the communist rule to a small village in no man's land on the edge of a swamp. In present-day Albania, Juli works at her uncle Beni's café Bota. She lives with her grandmother Noje and takes care of her. Nora, Juli's friend, becomes Beni's mistress. Beni wants to expand the café and tries to attract new customers. With the expansion of the highway near the village, the peaceful life of the protagonists ends.

Cast

• Flonja Kodheli as July
• Artur Gorishti as Beni
• Fioralba Kryemadhi as Nora
• Tinka Kurti as Noje
• Luca Lionello as Filipo