Ruxandra Ghitescu: “I’m interested in that kind of film which makes me discover something about myself”

8 September, 2020

Screenwriter and director Ruxandra Ghitescu made her debut in feature film this year with „Otto the Barbarian”, a promising film about a teenager who deals with the loss of his girlfriend, which had its premiere in the competition at the Sarajevo International Festival. I talked to the filmmaker about her studies in Germany, about her journey so far - from being a script supervisor to being the author of several short films and now of a feature film - but also about the areas that interest her.

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Journalist and film critic. Curator for some film festivals in Romania. At "Films in Frame" publishes interviews with both young and established filmmakers.