ScripTeast is a year-long program for experienced scriptwriters in Central and Eastern Europe consisting of 3 stationary and 2 online sessions, focusing not only on developing but also promoting the scripts. In Cannes the final results of its 2010 edition will be announced.

TOWN OF OTOL |MESTO OTOL
Script: Laura Siváková, Biba Bohinská
Director: Laura Siváková
Production: Trigon Production (SK)
Status: Development

A restoration artist, Eva, comes to the town of Otol, located somewhere in Russia, to restore an Orthodox chapel. Upon her arrival she learns that her employer, Leo Alexandrovich, is a cruel oligarch who rules over the whole city. As Eva uncovers the layers of a precious wall painting, she is also discovering the heritage of the country’s violent past. Eva finds herself in a world of brutality she has never known before. She tries to rescue a small boy and falls in love with a strange man, Julian – the adopted son of Leo Alexandrovich. Is she going to be able to escape the town of Otol, or is she going to become its victim?

Contact: Patrik Pašš (producer)
Naďa Clontz
Trigon Production
clontz@trigon-production.sk
+421 915 839 196
http://www.trigon-production.sk/

Previous Slovak participants at ScripTeast:

2009: Zuzana Belková (Polystyrene)
2006: Zuzana Liová (The House – winner of the Krzystof Kieslowski Award, premiered at Berlinale 2011, Forum)

>For more information see: http://www.scripteast.pl/, http://www.trigon-production.sk/

published: 06.05.2011
updated: 09.05.2011