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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

• “The Train Follower” – Interview on RTV21 (April 16, 2021) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCVrGH7b858

• IMAŽH – Ajmone Sumaj Salihu (January 25, 2016, RTK) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H2_dRGtYUg

• Narrative of the novel “The Cry of Queen Teuta” (November 21, 2015, RTV21) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H2_dRGtYUg

Online Articles

• Botasot – Queen Teuta between History and Imagination – http://www.botasot.info/kultura/492988/mbreteresha-teute-ne-mes-historikes-dhe-imagjinares

• Gazeta Express – Queen Teuta between History and Imagination  – http://www.botasot.info/kultura/492988/mbreteresha-teute-ne-mes-historikes-dhe-imagjinares

• Ikub – Queen Teuta between History and Imagination – http://www.botasot.info/kultura/492988/mbreteresha-teute-ne-mes-historikes-dhe-imagjinares

• KultPlus – “The Cry of Queen Teuta” – http://www.kultplus.com/?id=5&l=11896

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