Festival 2009 History

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - AWARD WINNING FILMS

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL is proud to announce the award winning films for its 10th, jubilee edition, 2009: the ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 Grand Prize and Sibiu-Hermannstadt Award, also for the competitive programmes: INTERNATIONAL, EUROPE, ROMANIA and STUDENT FILM.

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 - FILMS AND EVENTS
ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2009 is a major event in the European film community. Located in Sibiu, Romania, it offers a variety of programmes: INTERNATIONAL, EUROPE, ROMANIA and STUDENT FILM competitions, themed sections, portraits of famous documentary filmmakers, live concerts, debates, workshops and trainings for young filmmakers, as well as a world PANORAMA documentary non-competitive section.
GOOD MORNING, WORLD !		ROMANIAN DOC, AFTER 20 YEARS
	Documentary films for children about children from around the world.		Panel for documentary professionals & book release.
PORTRAIT - LEONARD RETEL HELMRICH		PANORAMA
	Dutch/Indonesian director of award-winning docs & author of single shot cinema.		7 films presenting shocking stories, amazing characters and dramatic destinies.
CRISTI PUIU PRESENTS...		CORNELIU PORUMBOIU PRESENTS...
	Cristi Puiu present s & discusses his favourite doc.		Corneliu Porumboiu presents & discusses his favourite doc.
INTRO TO DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING		CUT! - WATCH, SHOT, EDIT
	Workshop for young European social scientist.		Presentation of filming & editing equipment - Sony Romania.
LIVE MUSIC - TURKEY: GÖNÜLDEN GÖNÜLE		LIVE MUSIC - SPAIN: MALA SANGRE
	Folk and otomanTurkish musical assembly. Live concert!		Street flamenco women Andalusian group. Live concert!
MADE IN ROMANIA		OUR UNKNOWN NEIGHBOUR - TURKEY
	Documentaries on Romanian contemporary realities.		Documentary films on contemporary realities in Turkey.
PUBLIC INTEREST ON MEDIA AGENDA		PHOTO EXHIBITION
	Local private TVs doc production & broadcasting. Soros Foundation Romania		ROMANIA IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY - by Iosif Berman and Emil Fischer

FESTIVAL PROGRAM

film screenings

AFF09 Film Program (.pdf)

Mo.26 | Tu.27 | We.28 | Th.29

Fr.30 | Sa.31 | Su.01

events

Mo.26 - Su.01

FILM ARCHIVE

ASTRA FILM manages an extensive documentary film collection with public screening facilities. The ASTRA FILM archive started in 1990, and it has collected since thousands of documentaries produced in over 70 countries.

Due to our focus on the Eastern European and Romanian production, the ASTRA FILM archive holds a unique collection of documentaries documenting the issues of post-communism and transition in the region.