Ada Solomon is a producer and the founder and managing director of HiFilm Productions and microFILM. She has co-produced films with numerous European countries, releasing them in over 50 territories. Her works have been showcased and awarded at prestigious festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Venice, and Sundance. Ada is the Deputy Chairwoman of the board of the European Film, member of the board of European Producers Club and a founding member of the board of Romanian Alliance of Producers. She has received several accolades, including the European Co-production Award – Prix Eurimages at the 2013 European Film Awards and the Central European Initiative Award at the Trieste Film Festival in 2018.
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Selected filmography
- Co-producerTHE NEW YEAR THAT NEVER CAMEFiction featureRomania, Serbia2024Festivals: Venice IFF - Orizzonti Best Film Award & FIPRESCI Prize, European Film Awards - Nominee European Discovery - Prix FIPRESCI, Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, São Paulo International Film Festival, Goa International Film Festival of India, Zurich Film Festival, Les Arcs European Film Festival
- ProducerBAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORNFiction featureRomania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia2021Festivals: Berlinale Competition 2021 – Golden Bear Winner, Pula IFF – Best Coproduction Award, Herceg Novi Montenegro FF - Golden Mimosa for Best Director, Finale Plzen (the festival of Czech and Slovak films) - The Golden Kingfisher Award and Student Jury Award, East-West Golden Arch Film Festival (Russia) – Best Feature Film, FIPRESCI Grand Prix 2021 – Nomination, Lux Film Fest, Vilnius IFF (Masters Section), Moscow IFF, Al Este FF Peru, Costa Rica IFF (Panorama Section), Istanbul IFF, Sarajevo FF, IndieLisboa FF (Competition), Pula Film Film, Karlovy Vary IFF, Finale Plzen (the festival of Czech and Slovak films), The Norwegian IFF, Jerusalem IFF, Zerkalo IFF (Russia), Baska Sinema Ayvdik IFF (Turkey), Queerwave (Cyprus LGBTQ+ FF), CineFest Miskolc Hungary, New York FF, Athens FF, Helsinki FF, San Sebastian Film Festival (Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Section), International Festival of Film Actors “Baltic Pearl” Latvia, Taipei IFF, Image Forum Festival Japan, East-West Golden Arch Russia, Black Canvas IFF, Mumbai FF – Year Round Programme, Golden Apricot Yerevan IFF, Busan IFF (World Cinema Section), Zurich IFF, BFI London, Chicago Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival, Bogota IFF Colombia, Valvidia FF Chile, Film Fest Gent, Brisbane IFF, Sao Paolo IFF, New Zealand IFF, Cineuropa FF Spain, CPH PIX, Duholk IFF World Cinema Section (Kurdistan), Gijon IFF, Muestra Cine Segovia SE-Cine Spain, IFFI Goa India, Mar del Plata IFF
- ProducerTARZAN'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
- ProducerCHILD'S POSEFiction featureRomania2013Festivals: Golden Bear and FIPRESCI Award at Berlin IFF, Golden Barge for Best Film at Vukovar IFF, Bayard d'Or for Best & Best Actress at Namur IFF, Telia Award at Stockholm IFF, San Sebastian IFF, Karlovy Vary IFF, Istanbul IFF, Haifa IFF, Abu Dhabi IFF, AFI Fest IFF, Toronto IFF, etc.
- Executive ProducerTONI ERDMANNFiction featureGermany, Austria2016Festivals and awards: Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, BAFTA Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Critics Choice Awards Nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, Cannes - Official Competition - FIPRESCI Prize winner, Cesar Award Nominee for Best Foreign Film, European Film Awards - Best Film, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Screenwriter winner, Palm Springs IFF, Melbourne IFF, San Sebastian IFF, Golden Apricot IFF, Vukovar IFF etc.