Outbound takes place in the span of 24 hours and tells the story of a young woman released for one day from prison into contemporary Bucharest. The film had its world premiere at Locarno IFF in 2010, where leading actress Ana Ularu was awarded by Swiss film critics.
The film subsequently traveled to numerous festivals, being awarded among other distinctions the Golden Alexander for Best Film, Best Actress and the prize of Greek film critics association at Thessaloniki IFF.
Outbound was produced by Alexandru Teodorescu and the Romanian company Saga Film (www.sagafilm.ro) and coproduced by Josef Aichholzer and Aichholzer Filmproduktion Austria (www.aifilm.com).
Apetri studied film direction and cinematography at Columbia University. Outbound is his first feature.
Production information
Saga Film
8 Dimitrie Racoviţă Street
Sector 2, Bucharest, 023993
Romania
Tel: +40.21.317.33.60
Fax: +40.21.317.33.64
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Aichholzer Filmproduktion
Mariahilferstrasse 58
1070 Wien Austria
Tel: +43.1.523.40.81
Fax: +43.1.526.34.58
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Credits
Director: Bogdan Apetri
Script: Tudor Voican and Bogdan George Apetri on a story by Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru
DOP: Marius Panduru
Editor: Eugen Kelemen
Cast: Ana Ularu
Andi Vasluianu
Mimi Brănescu
Timotei Duma
Ioana Flora
Cristian Oleser