Hive (2021)

With her husband still missing after the Kosovo War, Yllka Gashi’s Fahrije is alone left to care for her two children and father-in-law. With few prospects in a disapproving patriarchal society, she concocts the only plan she can think of, to market homemade ajvar, hopefully with the support of the many war widows in her village. Even before she tries to recruit the other women in her scheme, there’s a connectedness between them, helping each other get through their shared predicament. Based on the true story of one Kosovar village, Gashi brings a quiet determination to her headstrong character, resolute in helping her family survive while also still struggling with the questions of her husband’s fate .