Archive 2021

Astra Film continues online 43 titles from the official selection can be watched online until September 19th Film lovers who did not get to see the productions presented at the Astra Film Festival, now have the opportunity to watch them online, until September 19th, 2021, at 11:59pm. 43 titles from the official selection will be available, including seven of those awarded at AFF2021. The audience that participated in the International Documentary Film Festival Astra Film Festival had to choose

500 people came by bike to the Astra Film Festival The Ride-in @AFF initiative was launched in the context of the central theme of AFF2021 – The Climate Collapse Alert For the first time at a film festival: 492 people came to the Astra Film Festival to participate in film screenings and cultural events within the festival by bicycle, the most sustainable way to travel in the urban space. The @AFF Ride-in action was launched in the context in which the central theme of the 28th edition of the As

The Romanian rowers medalled at the Tokyo Olympics rowed towards the Astra Film Festival screens AFF2021 continues in Sibiu with a dense weekend, which can be considered a festival in itself A special event at the Astra Film Festival. The Romanian rowers medalled this summer at the Tokyo Olympics came to row on the lake in Dumbrava Sibiului. This time, not to win new medals, but to see a film screened during the special Lifeboats Programme. We are talking about the documentary made by journalis

Climate Alert AFF 2021: Humans and Bears Let us not deceive ourselves: each and every one of us make our daily contribution to the degradation of Planet Earth. Our home. Humans and Bears, we inhabit the same Planet. Imagine closing a new deal with Planet Earth`s nature, stating that humans can cohabit with bears without any conflicts, without attempting to eliminate each other. The Bears came at Astra Film Festival to make a point: this is an issue to be dealt with by all of us, not just by pol

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THE ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL STARTS THIS WEEKEND Dumitru Budrala: Real films you can only see at the festival in Sibiu The celebration of the Documentary Film begins! The Astra Film Festival starts on Sunday in Sibiu and will take place in open air, in cinemas and online, between September 5 th -12 th . The opening event, which will take place starting at 6pm, at The Lake Stage within the Astra Museum, will be presented by journalist Teodora Tompea. Tudor Chirilă will recommend the festival’s progra

Time for Making Your First Documentary The Workshop My First Documentary film returns in 2021, opening the submissions for high school students from local schools who are curious to find out and to learn about the process of filmmaking. During the nine days of the workshop, the participants go through an intensive training that teaches them to understand the complexity of filmmaking, which will contribute to the deeper understanding of cinematic and audiovisual products to which they are expose

31.08.2021 Float-in Film Screenings Astra Film Festival is launching the Lifeboats A special programme organized in partnership with PRO TV ( `Romania, te iubesc!`) and Recorder An extraordinary experience for the audience of the Astra Film Festival 2021. For the second consecutive year, the audience is invited to take a seat in boats floating on the lake and let themselves be carried away by the wave of documentary film. On a huge screen, located between windmills, in the middle of the Astra M

STEREOTYPES AND ETHICS IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING presentation by Oana Ivan, PhD Friday, 10.09.2021, 10:00h, Room "Changes" Social media has been invaded in the past years with what is called now a world phenomenon of “fake news” and dramatic distortion of the “truth”. But what about documentary film? This is a visual anthropology presentation of a very brief history of documentary filmmaking, discussing some ideas that have been present ever since the first moving pictures and still shape the v

the central theme of the Astra Film Festival Tickets and festival passes for the AFF Sibiu events now on sale on the astrafilm.ro website and the Eventbook platform What is awaiting us, as mere earthlings, after all the bad things we’ve done and continue to do? This is probably the most important question of the moment, which is why the central theme of the 28th edition of the Astra Film Sibiu festival is called the "Climate collapse alert". Other strong themes in the AFF Sibiu programme refer

Official Selection AFF2021 The heart of documentary cinema is beating at the Astra Film Festival Full Pass and # AFFStudentPass tickets now on sale The 28 th edition of the Astra Film Festival brings together a selection of films screened in world and national premiere, offering a new vision of the realities that shape our lives, through their innovative techniques. Every year, the carefully picked selection for the four competition sections and the judging process highlight the excellence and

Astra Film Lab is a project development program for filmmakers to develop and strengthen their creative documentaries. It is a project-based intensive program, taking place concurrently with Astra Film Festival, consisting of workshops, mentoring from industry experts, one-to-one meetings and a public pitch to an audience of industry representatives. Astra Film Lab emphasizes projects and teams from the region, aiming to facilitate exchanges within Europe and beyond. The goal of the program is

The official selection of romanian productions at the Astra Film Festival 2021 The 28th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival will take place in Sibiu between September 5th – September 12th, 2021 Movies having their national and world premieres, themes that expose the intimacy of the couple, that show the absurdity drawn by the definition of new borders, which deal with the phenomenon of bears in the Carpathians, or which tell devastating and unknown stories of history. These a

Consistent with the mission stated from the very beginning, namely educating, and promoting documentary film among young audiences, the Astra Film Festival launches this year a programme dedicated to undergraduates, master’s students, and PhD students from Romania and abroad, with the purpose of facilitating their access to the festival’s events. Students can purchase the # AFFSTUDENTPASS card, which gives them access to all film events, to events dedicated to industry professionals and to conc

Cinemateca Astra Film celebrează Ziua Națională Constantin Brâncuși oferind un film-eveniment: „În căutarea tatălui pierdut”, regia Ionuț Teianu. Filmul, care prezintă povestea tulburătoare și șocantă a lui John Moore, fiul nerecunoscut al sculptorului Constantin Brâncuși, va fi disponibil online timp de 24 de ore, începând de vineri, 19 februarie, de la ora 20:00, pe canalul YouTube Astra Film ( Realizat în anul 2016, filmul lui Ionuț Teianu spune povestea unui om care a avut un tată celebru,

The 28th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival (Sibiu, 5 -12 September) presents over 200 cinema events Over 200 cinema events, film screenings, concerts, discussions with directors, workshops and events dedicated to the film industry will take place in Sibiu, between September 5 th -12 th , at the Astra Film Festival - International Documentary Film Festival . This year`s 28 th edition will take place outdoors, in cinemas and online. During the eight days, 71 films from 33

Cea de a 28-a ediție a Festivalului Internațional de Film Documentar de la Sibiu se va desfășura în doi timpi: 27 august - 12 septembrie și 11-16 octombrie La Sibiu se pregătește o nouă ediție a celui mai important festival de film documentar din Europa Centrală și de Est, Astra Film Festival – Festivalul Internațional de Film Documentar. Până în data de 15 aprilie, regizorii și producătorii de film documentar din toată lumea își pot înscrie producțiile realizate în anii 2020 și 2021. Programul

Cea de a 28-a ediție a Festivalului Internațional de Film Documentar de la Sibiu se va desfășura în doi timpi: 27 august - 12 septembrie și 11-16 octombrie Insert your text La Sibiu se pregătește o nouă ediție a celui mai important festival de film documentar din Europa Centrală și de Est, Astra Film Festival – Festivalul Internațional de Film Documentar. Până în data de 15 aprilie, regizorii și producătorii de film documentar din toată lumea își pot înscrie producțiile realizate în anii 2020 ș