My lake

Living on the banks of lake Prespa, Young Kristo has become a small-time marijuana smuggler to support his family, using his boat and knowledge of the lake waters. Scenic Lake Prespa in the tri-border region of Albania, North Macedonia and Greece is a hotbed of drug trafficking with competing dealer networks fighting for control of the area. Over time, Kristo has grown to idolize the two male drug dealers he works for – the sneaky, aggressive Ismail and Pasko, a wanted criminal who supports his wife, Ditka, and his aging mother. „Children are born and raised with an atypical moral code [here], where making money to lift you out of poverty, by illegal means, somehow makes you a man. It makes you somebody…“ (Director's statement)