{"id":8245,"date":"2026-01-24T01:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/---db4b416f-73bb-476c-91c4-9e430ce0e004"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:36:03","slug":"xhezair-dafa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/","title":{"rendered":"Xhezair Dafa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xhezair Dafa was born in Borsh, a director of documentary and artistic films. After graduating from the Higher School of Acting \u201cAleksand\u00ebr Moisiu\u201d (1965), he was appointed as an assistant director at the former Kinostudio \u201cShqip\u00ebria e Re.\u201d In 1970, he made his first documentary film \u201cKujdes,\u201d which features elements of artistic film as well as humorous details. In the following years, Xhezair Dafa shot another 24 documentaries. His first artistic film is \u201cOdiseja e tifoz\u00ebve\u201d (1972), a short comedy with a screenplay by S. Plasari. He later directed three more artistic films: \u201cUdh\u00ebtim i v\u00ebshtir\u00eb\u201d (1977, S: B. Hoxha, H. Rama, co-director P. Llanaj), \u201cK\u00ebshilltar\u00ebt\u201d (1979, S: K. Gjonaj), and \u201cItendenti\u201d (1980, S: S. Godo). For several years, Xhezair Dafa worked in the State Film Archive in the sector of enriching with recordings of events and contemporary figures. He passed away in 2020. (In the photograph: Xhezair Dafa)<\/p>\n

Text<\/strong>: Kristaq Dhamo<\/p>\n

Photography<\/strong>: \u00a9 https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/306900972690421\/posts\/2695558067158021\/<\/p>\n

Graphic processing<\/strong>: AHCF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xhezair Dafa was born in Borsh, a director of documentary and artistic films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ditelindje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nXhezair Dafa - Albanian Heritage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xhezair Dafa - Albanian Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Xhezair Dafa was born in Borsh, a director of documentary and artistic films.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Albanian Heritage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-24T01:36:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1722177580957.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"681\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"herit_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"herit_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"herit_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505\"},\"headline\":\"Xhezair Dafa\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-24T01:36:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1722177580957.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"DITELINDJE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Xhezair Dafa - Albanian Heritage\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1722177580957.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-24T01:36:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1722177580957.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/1722177580957.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":681},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/1970\\\/01\\\/01\\\/xhezair-dafa\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Xhezair Dafa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/\",\"name\":\"Albanian Heritage\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505\",\"name\":\"herit_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"herit_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.albanianheritage.al\\\/en\\\/author\\\/herit_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Xhezair Dafa - Albanian Heritage","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Xhezair Dafa - Albanian Heritage","og_description":"Xhezair Dafa was born in Borsh, a director of documentary and artistic films.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/","og_site_name":"Albanian Heritage","article_published_time":"2026-01-24T01:36:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":681,"url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1722177580957.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"herit_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"herit_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/"},"author":{"name":"herit_admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#\/schema\/person\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505"},"headline":"Xhezair Dafa","datePublished":"2026-01-24T01:36:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/"},"wordCount":162,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1722177580957.jpg","articleSection":["DITELINDJE"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/","url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/","name":"Xhezair Dafa - Albanian Heritage","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1722177580957.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-24T01:36:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#\/schema\/person\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1722177580957.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1722177580957.jpg","width":1024,"height":681},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/xhezair-dafa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Xhezair Dafa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/","name":"Albanian Heritage","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/#\/schema\/person\/745b8092afe1e293d16fe1dd87afd505","name":"herit_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f95ea8de81f2e2342ce4e50061946208dfffb71f9c65231d43b9a55fab3cae6c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"herit_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al"],"url":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/author\/herit_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12229,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8245\/revisions\/12229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}