Masterclass Ada Solomon: Documentary in Fiction Film

director: Alexandru Solomon, Ada Solomon

original title: Masterclass Ada Solomonová: Dokument v hraném filmu

year: 2017

running time: 106 min.

synopsis

Romanian producer Ada Solomon (1968), general manager of Hi Film Productions, works with directors such as Radu Jude and Calin Peter Netzer. She takes part in international co-productions, such as the film Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade, 2016). She’s a winner of the European Co-Production Award. Her lecture is a discussion with her husband and collaborator, documentary filmmaker Alexandru Solomon, author of the films Kapitalism: Our Secret Recipe (2010) and Tarzan’s Testicles (2017). It will address the benefits and pitfalls arising from the use of a documentary approach when creating fiction films. How does this approach influence the organization of the shoot and the film’s structure? And what are its costs reflected in the budget?