Shame and Money with Visar Morina and Valerie Weiss (Ep. 610)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Director Visar Morina discusses his new film, Shame and Money, with fellow Director Valerie Weiss in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he experiments with his scenes and leaves time for discovering moments on his sets, some of his filmic influences that contributed to specific scenes, and his strategic use of staging and tension in the film. Screened as part of the DGA’s Global Cinema Series, the film tells the story of Shaban, a proud family man struggling to provide as financial pressures mount. Embarrassed about accepting the support of his family, he faces tough choices about pride versus survival. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/events/2026/june2026/gcs-shameandmoney_0426

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0:00.0	And while we were shooting, I just asked him, can you just look at us, please?
0:04.3	And this moment, I think actually this is something where I'm trying to get to, to be open to things like this.
0:10.6	And sometimes if you are too prepared, you might make yourself blind.
0:16.9	But the biggest enemy is always the time.
0:35.6	Yeah. But the biggest enemy is always the time. Hello and welcome back to the director's cut, brought to you by the director's cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.
0:43.4	In this episode, a proud man struggles to provide for his family in director Visar Morina's drama,
0:49.9	Shame and Money, which was screened as part of the DGA's global cinema series.
0:54.5	The film tells the story of Shaban, a proud family man struggling to provide as financial pressures
1:00.6	mount. Embarrassed about accepting the support of his family, he faces tough choices about
1:06.3	pride versus survival. In addition to shame and money,
1:11.8	Marina's other directorial credits
1:13.3	include the feature films,
1:14.7	Father, and Exile.
1:18.4	Following the Global Cinema Series screening of the film
1:21.1	at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles,
1:23.5	Marina spoke with director Valerie Weiss
1:25.5	about filming shame and money.
1:28.1	Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation.
1:36.8	Hello, everybody.
1:39.5	Hi, I'm Valerie Weiss.
1:41.3	I'm a co-chair of the Women's Steering Committee.
1:44.0	I'm on the Sustainable Future Committee.
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