1,400 films from 90 countries have been submitted. The competitive sections are: International, Central and Eastern Europe, Student and Romania. The latest works of Frederik Wiseman, Corneliu Porumboiu and Michel Gondry are competing in the International section. Beside the Romanian competition there is also a showcase including the latest Romanian documentaries. The programme includes a focus on director Sergei Loznitsa who will be a guest of the festival.
Astra Film Fest is organised by Astra Film - CNM Astra and Astra Film Foundation with the support of Sibiu County Council, Romanian Film Center, Ministry of Culture, European Union through the Creative Europe-Media Programme.
COMPETITION - International
Art War Wilms (Germany)
Directedby Marco Wilms
At Berkeley (USA)
Directed by Frederick Wiseman
Bugarach (Spain, Germany)
Directed by Ventrura Durall, Salvador Sunyer, Sergi Cameron
But, I Remember Seeing Sorceresses Fly Away (France)
Directed by Myriam Bou-saha, Ananda Henry-Biabaud
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (France)
Directed by Michel Gondry
Life May Be (U.K., Iran)
Directedby Mania Akbai, Mark Cousins
Master of the Universe (Austria, Germany)
Directed by Marc Bauder
Produced by Bauderfilm, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, Hessischer Rundfunk, Suedwestrundfunk, Arte production
The Auction House: A Tale of Two Brothers (U.K.)
Directed by Edward Owles
The Second Game (Romania)
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu
Produced by 42KM Film
COMPETITION - Central and Eastern Europe
Blood (Russia)
Directed by Alina Rudnitskaya
Domino Effect (Germany, Poland)
Directed by Piotr Rosołowski, Elwira Niewiera
Produced by Otter Films
Judgment in Hungary (Germany, Portugal, Hungary)
Directed by Eszter Hajdu
A Miradouru Media presentation in co-production with Perfect Shot Films, in association with TVO, Radio Television Suisse, Ikon, RBB/Arte
Kismet (Greece, Cyprus)
Directed by Nina Maria Paschalidou
Maidan (Netherlands, Ukraine)
Directed by Sergei Loznitsa
PMR (Estonia)
Directed by Melis Muhu, Kristina Norman
Produced by In-Ruum Estonia
Stream of Love (Hungary)
Directed by Agnes Sos
Produced by Szerelem Patak Produkcios Kft., HBO Europe, Hungarian National Film Fund
Uncle Tony, Three Fools and the Secret Service (UK, Bulgaria)
Directed by Vesela Kazakova, Mina Mileva
Produced by Activist38, Bulgarian National TV, Novafilm production
The Undertaker (Germany, Serbia)
Directed by Dragan Nikolic
Yugoslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body (Germany, France, Serbia)
Directed by Marta Popivoda
COMPETITION - Romania
Aliyah DaDa aka From Romania to Zion (Romania)
Directedby Oana Giurgiu
Produced by Hai Hui Entertainment
Breadtime (Germany)
Directed by Björn Reinhardt
CDPL Story (Romania)
Directed by Vlad Rotaru
Produced by CDPL
Les fleurs de l'ombre (Belgium, Romania)
Directed byOlivier Magis
Produced by SherpahVideoProject and ViraFilms
Resolutions 2014 (France)
Directed by Mihai Cristian Tranca
The Bucharest Experiment (Romania)
Directed by Tom Wilson
Produced by TWFilms
The Forest (Serbia, Romania)
Directed by Sinisa Dragin
Produced by Sinisa Dragin
Trading Germans (Germany, Romania)
Directed by Răzvan Georgescu
Produced by Februar Film, HiFilms Romania, Răzvan Georgescu
Waiting for August (Belgium)
Directed by Teodora Ana Mihai