Ep. 86: How to Build a Career in an Emerging Film Market

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This week on TIFF Long Take, Rob and Geoff sit down with Romanian super producer, Ada Solomon. Over the last 10 years, Ada has played a large role in the Eastern European film industry, producing some of the region’s most exciting films including: Maren Ade’s '</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Toni Erdmann',</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cãlin Peter Netzer’s '</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Child’s Pose',</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and most recently Radu Jude’s '</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians',</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">which played at this year’s TIFF. When not producing, Solomon serves as the President of the Board for the ‘European Women’s </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Audiovisual Network’ (EWA), an organization founded to create greater gender equality for women audiovisual professionals throughout Europe.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Solomon talks about the early days of Romanian New Wave cinema, the challenges of distributing Romanian films internationally, and why, despite festival success, Romanian films have struggled to find a significant audience in their home country.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She also highlights the most exciting filmmakers currently working in Romania, her experience executive producing 'Toni Erdmann', and her role in promoting gender parity in European film.</span></p>