EXCLUSIVE: Cinephil, specialist in doc gross sales, has joined Alexandru Solomon Small expectations forward of its world premiere within the Frontlight sidebar on the Amsterdam Worldwide Documentary Movie Pageant subsequent week.
The primary-person investigation chronicles the chaotic interval main as much as Romania’s 2025 presidential election, during which reasonable unbiased Nicușor Dan clashed with far-right forces, together with Trump-aligned avenue fighter George Simion and ultranationalist Călin Georgescu.
Solomon delves into the workings of energy, disinformation and the fast radicalization of a society underneath strain, as allegations of Russian interference, institutional collapses and the unleashing of fascist power have uncovered Romanian democracy.
The manufacturing is led by the award-winning Romanian firm Microfilm, headed by Ada Solomon, present President of the Board of Administrators of the European Cinema Academy, in co-production with the Belgian firm Whereas We’re Right here (Frederik Nicolai and Annabel Verbeke).
“After the actual case of the Romanian elections, the movie talks about very critical subjects however utilizing an method that we needed to be full of life, unconventional and entertaining on the similar time,” stated Alexandru Solomon and Ada Solomon in a joint assertion.
“We’re very excited to workforce up with Cinephil and are assured we’ve got the precise companions for the movie’s worldwide journey.”
Alexandru Solomon is likely one of the finest Romanian documentarians. After beginning as a director of images for fiction movies within the 90s and collaborating with different artists on experimental works, he turned to documentaries.
His feature-length documentaries embody The Nice Communist Theft (2004), Chilly Waves – Warfare on the Radio (2007), Capitalism, Our secret recipe (2010), Tarzan’s testicle (2017). His work has been introduced at movie festivals resembling IDFA, Karlovy Differ and IFFR Rotterdam, been nominated on the European Movie Awards and gained a number of nationwide awards in his nation.
His most up-to-date movie, Arsenie, an unimaginable life (2023) premiered on the Karlovy Differ IFF and was screened at IDFA, Valladolid and ZagrebDox, amongst others.
Along with directing documentaries, Soloman additionally teaches on the College of Arts – UNArte in Bucharest and is president of the One World Romania affiliation in command of the movie pageant of the identical identify, the one movie pageant devoted to human rights in Romania.
“Few administrators have mapped the fault traces of up to date Romania with the coherence, braveness and cinematic intelligence of Alexandru Solomon. We’re honored to collaborate with him and his workforce to convey Small expectations to the general public,” stated Shoshi Korman and Suzanne Nodale, co-CEOs of Cinephil.
“As many international locations face the identical challenges and elections around the globe, the movie serves as a warning in regards to the fragility of our democracies in an more and more related world. »
Different companions embody the Nationwide Cinema Middle (CNC), the Flemish public channel VRT, the Romanian public channel TVR and Avanpost Media.