Set in the outskirts of Bucharest, the story follows Otto, a 17-year-old punk with a huge Mohawk, as he becomes involved in the social services investigation following the death of his girlfriend, Laura. The script written by Ghiţescu is moving into its second draft. The project was selected at Less is More – Development Workshop for Low Budget Feature Projects in Bucharest (May 2015) and Baltic Event 2015.
Iuliana Tarnoveţchi is producing through Alien Film. The estimated budget is 650,000 EUR, representatives of Alien Film told FNE. The project received development grants from the Romanian Film Centre and MEDIA Creative Europe.
Otto the Barbarian / Otto Barbarul is set to be shot in 30 days in 2017 with a release on the festival circuit set for 2018. There is no sales agent attached to the project. Alien Film holds the distribution rights for Romania.
Alien Film is also participating in the European Film Market of the Berlinale with Eastern Business / Afacerea Est by Igor Cobileanski, a comedy coproduced with Lithuania's Just a Moment,, which will be screened at CinemaxX15 on 16 February 2016 at 11 a.m.
Production Information:
Alien Film
20, Arhiereu Calist street
021514 Bucharest, Romania
Phone: +40 21 327 63 04
alienfilm.ro
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Credits:
Director: Ruxandra Ghiţescu
Scriptwriter: Ruxandra Ghiţescu
