Catalogue

Our shared perceptions of the contemporary world are shaped by and large by images accompanying coverages of news programmes shaped by political and economic agendas. Thanks to dedicated filmakers, whose work goes far beyond the journalistic mode, all of us who have the privilege to watch documentary cinema have the cance to get much closer to what is happening in the world through their work. As each and every time, we are thrilled to open for the public the set of films we have selected for this year’s edition. Now as always, Astra Film Festival 2016 seeks to celebrate the power of cinema, it thrives to create the ideal space and time for reflection on our human existence. We usually tell stories about the world when we go home. For the last 23 years Sibiu is home for the stories about the world told by hundreds of filmmakers around the world, where voice has been given to both well known and unknown stories, to people who are protagonists and actors of their own life. Places where stories are being told, where people gather to listen and to watch the stories of others, are blessed places. You are welcome to Sibiu, you are welcome to enter the spell of listening and watching the stories of our fellow contemporaries from all over the world.

Welcome to Astra Film Festival 2016! 

Dumitru Budrala
Astra Film Festival Founding Director

You are welcome to browse the Astra Film Festival 2016 Catalogue