Arba Hatashi

Arba Hatashi – Festival Director of Anibar International Animation Festival

Arba Hatashi was born and raised in Peja, Kosovo. She started volunteering at a very young
age in different non-government organizations, with a focus on culture development. For the
last eight years, she has been working actively with Anibar on organizing the only animation
festival in Kosovo, managing and working on the transformation of the only active cinema in
the city of Peja, Cinema Jusuf Gërvalla, into a multifunctional, social and cultural space. In
addition to her work, she has finished her studies as a Bachelor of Information Systems in
2019 in Prishtina.

Previously, she was the Programme Coordinator of the festival for two years and managed
the Anibar Animation Academy and its educational projects working towards the
improvement and development of education in the field of animation in Kosovo. Since the
end of 2019, Arba has been appointed the festival director of Anibar International Animation
Festival.