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Ajmone Salihu

Prof. Dr. Ajmone Salihu is a professor at the Faculty of Mass Communication, AAB College, Prishtina, since 2023.

Education

Ph.D. in Film and Television Directing, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University, Skopje (March 14, 2024). Dissertation Title: “Literature in Film based on the adaptations of Anna Karenina (1935, 1948, 1967, 1997, 2012)”

Master’s in Film Directing, Faculty of Arts – University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina” (November 17, 2014). Master’s Thesis Film: “Lena”

Bachelor’s in Film and Television Directing, Faculty of Arts – AAB College. Bachelor’s Thesis Film: “The Shadow of Pain”

Courses Taught

  • Fundamentals of Directing – Media Production Program, Bachelor level

  • Fundamentals of Screenwriting – Media Production Program, Bachelor level

  • Fundamentals of Screenwriting and TV Directing – Media Production Program, Bachelor level

Competitive Research

  • “The Relationship Between Theatrical Art-Drama and Film”, UDC: 82-2:792(049.3), 791.3, FILOLOGJIA, Vol. 9 / No. 15-16 / 2021 – International Journal of Human Sciences

  • “Theory of Reception and Criticism of Films Based on the Reception and Criticism of the Film Anna Karenina (1997)”, UDC: 791.43:821.161.1-31, FILOLOGJIA, Vol. 12 / No. 22-23 / 2024, pp. 38–53, ISSN 2671-3012

Conferences and Training

  • “The Algorithmic Author: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Creativity in Film and Media”, International Conference on AI, AAB College, Prishtina, May 13, 2025

  • Training: “Reviewing Research Articles”, Center for Professional Development and Innovation, AAB College, February 23, 2024

  • “To Be Continued, 2”, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University, Australia, September 22–23, 2022

Published Books

  • A Late Spring, poetry, Botime Enciklopedike, Tirana, 1998

  • The Magic of a Love, novel, Botime Enciklopedike, Tirana, 1999

  • Time Will Judge You, drama, Botime Enciklopedike, Tirana, 2001

  • The Shadow of Pain, novel, Rozafa, Prishtina, 2004

  • Beyond the Challenge of Oblivion, novel, Globus R, Tirana, 2005

  • I Want a Brighter World, novel, Globus R, Tirana, 2007

  • The Cry of Queen Teuta, novel, Toena Publishing, Tirana, 2015

  • The Train Follower, novel, Toena Publishing, Tirana, 2020

Languages

Fluent in: Albanian, English, German, Serbo-Croatian

Literary Awards

  • Co-founder and President of the literary club “Naim Frashëri” in Fushë Kosovë (2002–2007)

  • Winner of two poetry awards:

    • “Nostalgia” – awarded by the “Pena” literary club (2002)
    • “The Innocent Buries Sin with Innocence” – awarded at the “Meeting of Albanian Women Poets” festival (2004)
  • Recipient of the prestigious “ANTON PASHKU” award (2017) by the Swiss Writers’ Association (SHKSHZ), with the motivation: “Fulfilling the highest criteria of creative value” for her innovative contributions and poetic-philosophical fusion representing the Illyrian world

Television Appearances

Online Articles

Additional Mentions

Supplement “Pena Shqiptare”: “The Cry of Queen Teuta” – The Novel on the Illyrians, February 1, 2016

ILIRIA Magazine, ISSN 1846-1409, Croatia: “The Cry of Queen Teuta”, Issue 37/38, September 27, 2016