The Forgiveness of Blood
The Forgiveness of Blood is a 2011 Albanian- American drama film co-written and directed by Joshua Marston.
The film premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear.
Marston and co-writer Andamion Murataj won the Silver Bear for Best Script.
The film was originally submitted as the Albanian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film, but it was rejected when Bujar Alimani, director of" Amnesty", protested that" The Forgiveness of Blood" ought not to be eligible due to American input on the project.
The AMPAS disqualified it and Albania submitted Alimani's film instead.
The film deals with the consequences of a blood feud on a family in a remote area of modern-day Albania.
David P. McAllester
David Park McAllester( 6 August 1916 – 30 April 2006) was an American ethnomusicologist and Professor of Anthropology and Music at Wesleyan University, where he taught from 1947 – 1986.
He contributed to the development of the field of ethnomusicology through his studies of Navajo and Comanche musics, and he helped to establish the ethnomusicology department and the World Music Program at Wesleyan.
His recordings of Navajo and Comanche music led to the establishment of the World Music Archives at the University.
Comanche (1956 film)
Comanche is a 1956 Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Dana Andrews.
The film has a theme song" A Man Is As Good As His Word" sung by The Lancers.
George Sherman
George Sherman( July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low- budget Western films.
Joshua Marston
Joshua Jacob Marston( born August 13, 1968) is an American screenwriter and film director best known for the film" Maria Full of Grace".
Born in Los Angeles County, California, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School.
Marston worked in Paris as an intern for" Life", then for ABC News during the Gulf War.
He returned to the United States and earned a master's degree in Political science from University of Chicago in 1994 before earning a Master of Fine Arts in film at New York University.
Marston also directed an episode of" Six Feet Under", and Episode 7 of" The Newsroom" in 2012.
Marston directed a segment of the collective film" New York, I Love You".
His 2011 film" The Forgiveness of Blood" premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and competed for the Golden Bear.
Along with Andamion Murataj, Marston won the Silver Bear for Best Script.
In 2016, Marston made his English- language debut on" Complete Unknown" starring Rachel Weisz and Michael Shannon, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
The film was released on August 26, 2016 by Amazon Studios& IFC Films.
In 2018, his film" Come Sunday" is released on Netflix.
Book of Blood
Book of Blood is a 2009 British mystery dramatic erotic horror film directed by John Harrison and starring Jonas Armstrong, Sophie Ward, and Doug Bradley.
It is based on the framing stories" The Book of Blood" and" On Jerusalem Street( A Postscript)" from Clive Barker's" Books of Blood".
Blood Legacy
Blood Legacy( also called Legacy of Blood and Will to Die) is a 1971 horror movie directed by Carl Monson.
Beast of Blood (film)
Beast of Blood, released in the UK as Blood Devils, is a 1970 Filipino horror film.
A sequel to" The Mad Doctor of Blood Island", it was directed by Eddie Romero.
It was the fourth in a series of four Filipino horror films, produced by Romero and Kane W. Lynn, known as the" Blood Island" series, which also included" Terror Is a ManBrides of Blood" and" Beast of Blood".
It was also Romero's last film for Lynn's Hemisphere Pictures, as the two went their separate ways after this film was completed.
Satan Town
Satan Town is a 1926 American Western film featuring Harry Carey.
Prints of the film have survived.
Andamion Murataj
Andamion Murataj is an Albanian film director, producer, and screen writer currently living in New York, NY.
He is best known for the script of The Forgiveness of Blood, which he co-wrote with Joshua Marston.

Question: Do both films, Comanche (1956 film) and The Forgiveness of Blood, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: yes