Ten films competed in the Central & Eastern Europe competition programme, while 11 titles were selected for the Romanian competition. The festival also organised a student competition and a short film competition. Sidebar events included a focus on Norway and the children’s programme ASTRA Film Junior.
Six projects were pitched at the DocumentaryTank, and three of them received awards.
The feature film Rainbow Bubbles / Baloane de curcubeu by the Romanian director and DoP Iosif Demian had a special screening. The film was made in 1982, but it was subject to censorship and never had a proper premiere.
The festival is organised by ASTRA FILM – Centre for Documentary Film and Visual Education, Department the National Museum ASTRA in Sibiu and by the ASTRA FILM Foundation.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
International Competition:
Best International Documentary
Deliver Us (Italy, France)
Directed by Federica Di Giacomo
Special Mention:
Another Year (China)
Directed by Shengze Zhu
Central and Eastern European Competition:
Best Central and Eastern European Documentary:
Communion (Poland)
Directed by Anna Zamecka
Produced by Otter Films
Coproduced by HBO Europe and Wajda Studio
Romanian Competition:
Best Romanian Documentary:
The Dead Nation / Tara moarta (Romania)
Directed by Radu Jude
Produced by HiFilm Productions
Best Research in a Documentary Award ex-aequo:
Shindy Music / Muzica de petrecere (Romania)
Directed by Andrei Nicolae Teodorescu
and
Phoenixxx (Romania)
Directed by Mihail Gavril Dragolea
DocSchool Competition:
Best Documentary:
Education (Poland)
Directed by Emi Buchwald
Best Director:
Pawel Ziemilski for Urban Cowboys (Poland)
Short Documentary Competition:
Best Short Documentary:
Homecoming (Israel)
Directed by Noam Sobovitz
Excellence Award:
Iosif Demian
DocumentaryTank Awards:
Romanian Docs in Progress Award (offered by HBO Europe):
Learning Teaching
Directed by Eliza Zdru
Produced by Saga Film
Romanian Docs in Progress Post-Production Award (offered by Cinelab Romania):
Caisa
Directed by Alexandru Mavrodineanu
Produced by Hai-Hui Entertainment
Coproduced by Alma Film
Doc Outlook Visions du Reel Award:
The Chalice
Directed by Catalin Musat
