Astra Film Festival
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Taming The Garden
ENVIRONMENT: A single man wields enough power to uproot the living artifacts of his country’s collective history and memory.
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Radiograph of a Family
FAMILY: The daughter of a secular father and a devout mother tells the story reflective of the political events leading to the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
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Astra Film Festival concludes online session; Denmark’s Long Live Love gains top award
Following Romania’s #Astra Film Festival# Open Air in mid-September, its online session and competitions have now closed. Running from 16-25 October and featuring the festival’s «New Voices in Documentary Cinema», and the «Central and Eastern European Competition», as well as Industry Awards, the top prize went to Denmark’s Long Live Love. The online jury consisted…
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A black Jesus in a white town
PREJUDICE: In one Sicilian town, anti-migrant sentiment juxtaposes with its centuries-long worshipping of a statue depicting a black Jesus.
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«Now, in the midst of pandemic constraints, is the best time to reflect on the essential role of the films, cinema, film festivals»
ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL: Head of Programming Csilla Kato speaks on the Romanian documentary festival's 2020 hybrid edition, its challenges, and the post-pandemic industry.
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Astra Film Festival Open Air wraps up with awards going to trio of diverse documentary subjects
Romania’s Astra Film Festival# last week concluded the first part of their COVID 19 affected 2020 festival. In splitting the Sibiu-based film festival’s 27th year into two sessions, the first, Astra Open Air, ran from 4 – 13 September in and around the historical city of Sibiu. Our Communications Manager, Steve Rickinson, was honoured to…
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27th Astra Film Festival uncovers «Real Romania» through 21 documentaries
The 27th edition of Romania’s #Astra Film Festival# will take place as a hybrid festival in two parts. First, from 4-13 September, Astra Film Festival Open Air will occur in #Sibiu, #Romania. Then, from 16-25 October will be Astra Fim Festival Online. Astra Film Festival Open Air will take place at the Astra Museum and…
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Fathers of absence and anxiety
IDENTITY: Coming to terms with parenthood coincides with the quest for reconciliation with family.
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Life in the Delta
COMMUNISM: The extensive history of Bucharest's Văcăreşti Nature Park has endured many iterations, from monastery to prison to the world's largest urban Delta.