Prince of Philly (WT)
Documentary | Personal essay film | In funded development (Writer, Director)
Treatment funded by: Hessen Film & Medien
In Philadelphia, I reunite with my father, who has been absent for most of my life. As we attempt to reconnect by making a film together, the images of American cinema that shaped our understanding of freedom start to collapse against the reality of who we are to each other.
Rusalka
Feature film | Social realism with mystical elements | In development (Writer, Director)
A young woman trapped in her family’s roadside business in Germany sees a chance at freedom, when she falls for a passing stranger, only to discover that he is tied to a death her family has kept secret for years.
Juliska (WT)
Series concept | Psychological horror | 6 x 30 min. | In development (Co-writer with Oona von Maydell)
A haunted coming-of-age story set in Frankfurt’s red-light district, where a runaway teenager becomes possessed by the ghost of a murdered escort from Frankfurt’s past.
contact: mail@alinayklymova.com
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