Photo credit: Sebastien Boulanger

Vjosana Shkurti is a Canadian-Albanian filmmaker, once immigrant in Greece during her childhood and adolescence, now based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyaang, known as Montreal on google maps. Her cinema explores questions of origin, language, elusive desires and surreal manifestations of intimate power dynamics. Her works blend reality with abstraction, and have travelled to festivals in Canada, France, UK, Finland, Spain, Greece among others.

Her first short film “Ofranda” (2023, prod Peripheria, Distributed by Travelling) received the Writers Guild of Canada prize for the best film script at Cours Ecrire Ton Court organized by SODEC. The film won an award by Metafilms at Prends ça court! Gala for its precise direction and sensitive storytelling, premiered at Festival du Nouveau Cinema and recently got accepted to Short of the Week. Her second fiction film “Mother, My Child” premiered at Fantasia Film Festival in 2026, with distribution by Welcome Aboard. Both short film have been written about by Séquences: revue de cinema. Vjosana worked as editor and co-produced on “AXOMAMA” (2025) a short documentary directed/co-produced by Tracy Valrcarcel. The film won Best Short Documentary at Filministes Film Festival in 2026 after premiering at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival in 2025.

When I’m not working on my own projects, I work as videographer and photographer for art & culture in Montreal (dance, performance, and media arts installations) with notable collaborators: Musée d’Art contemporain à Montréal (MAC), Elektra Gallery, Ada-x, TAG, Pixelles, Eastern Bloc, PHI, MUTEK, Cinema Politica Montreal, Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture & Technology.

2018
Specialization in Film Production, Honours BFA, Concordia University
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema Award for Outstanding Achievement in Specialization in Film Production, 2017
Advisory Board Scholarship in Film Production – Fondation René Malo, 2015

2011
Architectural Design & Visual Art, High Distinction Honours BA, University of Toronto
Arts & Science Dean’s List Recognition for Academic Excellence

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*Cinematographer for Dulce Hogar, Directed by Gio Olmos
**Cinematographer for Silvia dans Les Vagues, Directed by Gio Olmos