| The Hill Where Lionesses Roar | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Luàna Bajrami |
| Producer: | Luàna Bajrami Adrien Ferrand Pascal Judelewicz Quentin Just Val Rahmany |
| Starring: | Flaka Latifi Urate Shabani Era Balaj |
| Music: | Aldo Shllaku |
| Cinematography: | Hug Paturel |
| Editing: | Michel Klochendler Juliette Penant |
| Studio: | Orezane Films Vents Contraires Acajou Productions |
| Distributor: | Le Pacte |
| Runtime: | 83 minutes |
| Country: | France Kosovo |
| Language: | Albanian |
The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (fr|La colline où rugissent les lionnes; sq|Luaneshat e kodrës) is a drama film, directed by Luàna Bajrami and released in 2021.[1] A coproduction of companies from France and Kosovo, the film centres on Qe (Flaka Latifi), Jeta (Urate Shabani) and Li (Era Balaj), three teenage girls in Kosovo who form a gang and engage in petty crime as they impatiently await their opportunity to go away to university and escape the boredom of their smalltown life.[2]
An excerpt from the film was screened in the Work in Progress section of the Les Arcs Film Festival in 2019.[3]
The film premiered in the Directors' Fortnight program at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival,[4] where it was a nominee for the Queer Palm.[5] It had its North American premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]