Special screening for the birthday of poet Ana Blandiana at Astra Film Cinema

The documentary film about the life and literature of Ana Blandiana, " Between Silence and Sin " , by Diana Nicolae, will be screened at Astra Film Cinema on Tuesday, March 25, on the poet's birthday. The documentary, made in 2024, was in the official selection of the same year's edition of the Astra Film festival and benefited from a special viewing, in the presence of Ana Blandiana, in the capital of the Republic of Moldova, at Astra Film Chi şinău. Both screenings, held behind closed doors, were received by the audience with great emotion.

The special screening on Tuesday , March 25, will take place from 6:00 PM at the Astra Film Cinema Hall in Sibiu, Piața Mică no. 11. Tickets can be purchased on the evening of the event, from the cinema box office. For reservations, call 0751 166 516.

" I invite the public in Sibiu to come and see this documentary about Ana Blandiana , a landmark personality of Romanian society and an exponent of the principles and values to which we should all relate: freedom, truth, dignity. I would like the public in Sibiu to celebrate her with applause on her birthday , " said Dumitru Budrala, founding director of Astra Film Festival.

Ana Blandiana, a symbol of resistance to the communist regime and the fight for democracy and freedom and one of the most important poets in our country , was rewarded last fall with one of the most important European poetry awards, the Princess of Asturias Award for Letters 2024, during a lavish ceremony presided over by the Royal Family of Spain.

The film "Between Silence and Sin " ( dir . Diana Nicolae, Romania , 2024, 97 min) is a biographical documentary about the life and career of poet Ana Blandiana, banned by the communist dictatorship . Considered " a true history reflected through poetry ", the film explores " the power of the word as a bastion of the collective soul of a nation in the face of oppression " and shows how poetry represented for many a last refuge of freedom.

About Astra Film Festival

Established in 1993, the Astra Film Festival in Sibiu, the longest-running film festival in our country, has over time become one of the main platforms for documentary in Romania and Europe. Included in the list of major film festivals in the world, Astra Film Festival is the only non-fiction film festival in Romania that can make direct nominations for the European Film Academy Awards, considered to be the "European Oscars". Astra Film Festival is organized by Astra Film and CNM Astra , with the support of the Sibiu County Council.