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Honored to have been awarded the Best Actor Award at @prifest for the film A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON. Thank you to Gentian Koçi, the director and @blerina_hankollari, the producer, for their constant hard work and dedication. I am extremely happy to share this award with my brother Rafael and of course my on-screen love Drita Kabashi. Thanks to the jury for this recognition.

Thanks @variety ❤️!

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Actor | Director Edgar Morais Lensed by Tiago Serrano

“Um Café e Um Par de Sapatos Novos” com Edgar Morais estreia nos cinemas em Portugal esta Quinta-Feira 31 de Outubro. Na história Gezim (Edgar Morais), que é surdo, enfrenta a realidade de não só perder a visão, mas também as duas pessoas que mais ama, a sua namorada Ana (Drita Kabashi) e o seu irmão Agim (Rafael Morais). O filme baseado numa história verídica, é uma co-produção entre Portugal (@mariaemayer), Albânia (@artalbfilmproductions), Grécia (@graalfilms) e Kosovo (Added Value Films) e é realizado por Gentian Koçi. A @zeroemcomportamento, prosseguindo a sua missão na promoção da pluralidade cultural e no compromisso em tornar o cinema mais acessível, disponibilizará também o filme numa versão legendada para surdos. Elenco: Edgar Morais, Rafael Morais, Drita Kabashi Produzido por: @blerina_hankollari e Gentian Koçi Co-produzido por: Maria João Mayer, Liridon Cahani, Konstantina Stavrianou e Irini Vougioukalou DOP: @iliasadamis_gsc Distribuído em Portugal por:@zeroemcomportamento Apoiado por: @institutodocinemaeaudiovisual e @eurimagescoe. Sales: @mappealworldsales “Um achado tão raro: uma tragédia da vida real explorada de forma vívida que, ao mesmo tempo que nos parte o coração, nos eleva.” Variety (@variety) “A segunda longa-metragem de Gentian Koçi é soberba.” Screen International (@screendaily) “Um exercício de subtileza, cuidadosamente medido, com um cenário perfeito.” Cineuropa (@cineuropa.official)

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A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON, based on a true story, is coming out in theaters in Portugal this Thursday October 31st. Playing Gezim was an extremely challenging experience. Gezim, who is deaf, faces the reality of not only losing his sight, but also the two people he loves the most, his girlfriend Ana and his brother Agim. The journey of working on this film included almost a year of prep, learning Albanian sign language, and an intense rehearsal period and shoot during a sweltering summer in Tirana. The process was as arduous as it was rewarding. I hope this film will be a fulfilling emotional experience for those of you who will see it. This film is truly special to me in so many ways that I can’t even put into words. I highly recommend seeing it in a theater, where this movie in particular is best viewed. It was Albania’s official submission to the Oscars (@theacademy), had its world premiere in competition at PÖFF (@tallinnblacknightsff), won the Audience Award at Thessaloniki (@filmfestivalgr), the Cinelink Award at Sarajevo (@sarajevofilmfestival), the Best Director Prize at Bergamo (@bergamofilmmeeting) and the Film Critics Award as well as the Golden Sun award for Best Film at Cinedays. I was honored to win the Best Actor award (ex-aequo with @itsrafaelmorais), at Prishtina International Film Festival (@prifest) for this film. Thanks to Gentian, Blerina, Rafael, and Drita for your outstanding work. Thanks to the immensely talented crew who worked on the film. A special thanks to my sign language teachers Klisman Ibrahimi, Suad Muca and Rovena Rojba. Thanks to @mariaemayer for the dedication and belief in the project and @zeroemcomportamento for bringing the film to theaters in Portugal. And a huge thanks to @carlos_ferra and @11.8.elevendoteight for the support. A CUP OF COFFEE AND NEW SHOES ON is a co-production between Albania, Portugal, Greece and Kosovo and was made with the support of @eurimagescoe and @institutodocinemaeaudiovisual . World sales: @mappealworldsales . Some of the showings will be captioned with special accessibility for the deaf community. Check @zeroemcomportamento for details.

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Jury duty @festfilmfestival Special thanks to @carlos_ferra and @11.8.elevendoteight for the presence and support. Big shout out to @gant and @showpress.pressoffice