Offstage (Romanian Short Film, 2017)

Описание: Original title: OFFSTAGE
Production company: DaKINO PRODUCTION
Director: ANDREI HUȚULEAC
Screenwriter: ANDREI HUȚULEAC
Director of photography: CONSTANTIN ENE JR.
Producer: DAN CHIȘU
Co-producer: ANDREI HUȚULEAC
Editor: VALERIAN BULGARIU
Sound Design: IOAN FILIP & DAN ȘTEFAN RUCĂREANU
Production design: ANA CÂNTĂBINE
Original music: CEZARA-LUCIA VLĂDESCU & ARNAU VILLARDEBÓ

Cast:
ADRIAN TITIENI as Alexandru Solomon
AMALIA CIOLAN as Maria
TUDOR ISTODOR as Filip

Synopsis (EN):
In the tragicomic short film „Offstage”, the obsessed mother of Filip kidnaps the famous actor and acting teacher Alexandru Solomon in order to convince him that her son is worth admittance at the National University of Theatre and Cinematography in Bucharest. A failed theatre director, Maria is projecting her own failures on her only son, obsessively wanting to make a great actor out of him despite his obvious lack of talent. How far is she willing to go?

Technical Information:

Country: Romania
Running time: 25 min
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Short

Director’s BIO:
Romanian born actor and director Andrei Huțuleac is a 2012 graduate of the National University of Theatre and Cinematography in Bucharest. He majored in acting and is best known for his work in the theatre. In 2016 he decided to make his debut as a filmmaker and started working on the script for the short film „Offstage”. The short film eventually won the award for Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscar qualifying Warsaw Film Festival in 2018.

AWARDS:
Best Live Action Short Film - 33d Warsaw International Film FestivalSpecial Jury Mention - Transilvania International Film Festival 2017
Best Romanian Short - TimiShort Film Festival 2017
Best Romanian Short - Dracula Film Festival 2017
Official Selection - Montreal World Film Festival 2017
Official Selection - Cinemaforum 2017, Warsaw, Poland
Nominated for BEST NEWCOMER AWARD at the ROMANIAN GOPO AWARDS
(Ana Cântăbine - Best Set Design)


IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6355650/