ASTRA Film Festival

ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL is a major event in the European film community and Romania's leading documentary festival, organised by ASTRA FILM – Centre for Documentary Film and Visual Education, Department the National Museum ASTRA in Sibiu, and by the ASTRA FILM Foundation.

The Festival is located in the Transylvanian city of Sibiu, and it is unique in South-Eastern Europe. ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL is a window on the latest international documentary cinema production, the venue for Romanian premieres, and the right spot to feel the pulse of Eastern European documentary film production.

In addition to the official programme, ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL puts on show various side shows tailored to illustrate the diversity and the current tendencies of documentary cinema worldwide, and features various programmes celebrating the work of the great masters of the genre.

The Festival program gives a realistic vision of contemporary societies, and promotes cultural and cross-cultural understanding. The Festival's contribution to establishing a framework for the development of documentary cinema in the whole region, and in Romania in particular was consequential, insofar as it attracted industry attention and built a platform for young documentary filmmakers, offering training opportunities, as well as national and international visibility for their work.