Milto Manaqi
The artistic world today celebrates the birth anniversary of the first Albanian filmmaker Milto Manaq. He was born in Avdela village of Chameria on 9 September 1882. Along with his brother Janaqi, he is the first Albanian and Balkan cinematic pioneers and rare masters of photographic art. With the picture “Woman from Klisura with the baby”, he won the gold medal in the International Artistic Photo Contest in 1906, whiles the documentary film “The Trolls”, shot in 1905, marked the beginning of the seventh art in the Balkans.
You may also like
-
18 June 1785, Karamahmut Pasha Bushatlliu with the Shkodra’s army attacked Montenegro
-
18 June 1878, the Albanian League of Prizren passed a series of decisions that were included in what was called the “Book of Decisions”
-
18 June 1880, “Istanbul Albanian Committee” sent a protest to the Berlin Conference
-
18 June 1914, in the ports of Durres and Shengjin, anchored English and French warships
-
18 June 1922, the Shkodra Teachers’ League was formed