Alexandru Solomon is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, producer, and partner at microFILM. He is also a university professor in Bucharest and the president of One World Romania Association. After starting his career as a cinematographer for fiction films in the 1990s and collaborating on experimental videos, Alexandru shifted his focus to documentaries. His feature films, such as "The Great Communist Bank Robbery" (2004), "Kapitalism" (2010), "Tarzan’s Testicles" (2017), have screened at major international festivals, reached theatrical audiences, and aired on television, exploring political themes through creative and hybrid storytelling. His most recent film is "Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife" (2023), and he is currently in production with two documentary features, "The Archive of Archives" and "Small Expectations".
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Selected filmography
- Writer & DirectorARSENIE. AN AMAZING AFTERLIFEDocumentary featureRomania, Luxembourg2023Festivals: Karlovy Vary - Proxima Competition, TIFF Romanian Film Days (Out of Competition), Ceau Cinema! Timisoara, Anonimul IFF, Eforie Colorat, Festivalul de Film și Istorii, Câmpulung FilmFest, Romanian Film Nights - Iași, Dokufest, Valladolid Film Festival, CinEast Film Festival, IDFA (Signed Section), Verzio Film Festival, ZagrebDox 2024 (Regional Competition Program), BelDocs Belgrade 2024 (Breeze Section)
- Writer & DirectorTARZAN'S TESTICLESDocumentary featureRomania, France2017Festivals: Karlovy Vary Film Festival - Documentary Competition, European Film Academy Documentary Selection 2018, Pravo Ljudski Film Festival Sarajevo, In Science Film Festival Nijmejen, Stockholm Film Festival, Cork Film Festival, Verzio International Human Rights FF Budapest, ArtDocFest Moscow, Transylvania IFF Romanian Days, Ceau Cinema! Timisoara, Astra IFF Sibiu, Alter-Native Film Festival Targu Mures, DocEst Documentary Film Festival Iasi, Trieste Film Festival - Alpe Adria Cinema, DocPoint - Helsinki, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Greece, Crossing Europe – Linz, Austria (Documentary Competition), CineDOC -Tbilisi Georgia, Millenium Docs Against Gravity FF – Warsaw Poland, Nomination at Romanian Gopo Award for Best Documentary
- Writer & DirectorKAPITALISM. OUR IMPROVED FORMULADocumentary featureRomania, France, Belgium2010Festivals:IDFA, Jihlava IFF, One World Prague, Watch Docs Warsaw, Sarajevo IFF, Goteborg IFF, nominated for PRIX EUROPA
- Writer & DirectorCOLD WAVESDocumentary featureRomania, Germany, Luxembourg2007Festivals: IDFA, Leipzig DokFest, Alpe Adria Trieste IFF, Goteborg IFF, London IDFF, Astra Sibiu
- Writer & DirectorTHE GREAT COMMUNIST BANK ROBBERYDocumentary featureRomania, France, Germany, UK2004Festivals: IDFA, Alpe Adria Trieste, St. Paul Art Film Festival, Jerusalem IFF, Sarajevo IFF, Ljubliana IFF, Hong Kong IFF, Belgrade IFF, Mar del Plata IFF, Aarhus; Human Rights Festival, Budapest IFF, Noir Fest, 19.Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Yerevan Golden Apricot, Cork IFF, Eastern Neighbors, 8eme Semaine du Documentaire de Création, New York Jewish Film Festival, Romanian Film Week in Paris