Anija

Roland Sejko (Albania, 1968) graduated from the University of Tirana’s history and philology department in 1990 with a degree in foreign languages and literature. He fled Albania in 1991 on one of the many ships of the great exodus and settled in Rome. He has worked for the Istituto Luce since 1996, first in the film department, then in the historical archives. Aside from his work in the film industry, he is also a journalist; he was the editor in chief of “Bota Shqiptare,” the only periodical for Albanians published in Italy. He made his debut as a screenwriter and director in 2008 with his documentary Albania il paese di fronte, produced and distributed by the Istituto Luce.