În ediţia 2018, Astra Film Festival aniversează 25 de ani de explorare şi experimentare a condiţiei umane prin cinematografia realităţii. Teme actuale complexe şi portrete amănunţite ale diversităţii sociale şi culturale contemporane vor fi aduse în atenţia publicului din Sibiu prin filmele de non-ficţiune selecţionate, de o calitate cinematografică ce transcende atributele filmului documentar per se.
Timp de 7 zile, în 9 spaţii special amenajate în centrul istoric al oraşului, publicul va avea de ales dintr-o selecţie a celor mai bune 101 filme produse recent în România şi în lume. Selecţia a fost făcută dintr-un număr record de peste 3.000 de filme care au fost înscrise în acest an şi include 10 producţii româneşti.
Competiţia de film de non-ficţiune se va desfăşura pe 5 secţiuni, astfel:
Internaţional (cu 9 filme selecţionate)
Europa Centrală şi de Est (10 filme)
România (10 filme)
Scurtmetraj (12 filme)
Student (15 filme)
Acestor producţii li se adaugă cele 45 de filme prezentate în afara competiţiei - în cadrul programelor tematice ale Festivalului, în format experienţial (realitate virtuală şi proiecţii 360 de grade), precum şi în cadrul Astra Film Junior, un festival-în-festival dedicat formării generaţiei următoare de cinefili şi realizatori de film documentar, aflat la a 10-a ediţie.
Programul ediţiei din 2018 include, de asemenea, conferinţe, discuţii panel, masterclass-uri, întâlniri ale profesioniştilor din industrie, concerte şi Q&A cu realizatorii prezenţi la Sibiu.
"Selecţia de filme a ediţiei 2018 este relevantă pentru lumea în care trăim, unde tot mai multe întâmplări zilnice din sfera politică şi socială afectează însăşi esenţa condiţiei noastre umane şi tot mai puţine reuşesc să ne redea credinţa în umanitate. Într-o perioadă în care viaţa chiar bate filmul, producţiile selecţionate aduc noutate genului atât prin varietatea şi complexitatea subiectelor, cât şi prin creativitatea abordării stilistice. Astra Film Festival aniversează astfel 25 de ani de experimentare şi explorare cinematografică a realităţii, într-un spaţiu creat anume pentru cunoaşterea şi înţelegerea micro şi macro cosmosului uman", a declarat Dumitru Budrala, director fondator Astra Film Sibiu.
Selectţia Astra Film Festival Sibiu 2018
1. 5 years after the war / Samuel Albaric, Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund / France / 2017 / 17 min (Shorts 2018 / my origin / religion & ME)
2. A Bar at the Victoria Station / Dawid Leszek / Poland / 2003 / 56 min (Road to Europe)
3. A Letter to Dad / Srdjan Keca / Serbia, UK / 2011 / 48 min (Road to Europe)
4. A Polar Year / Samuel Collardey / France / 2018 / 96 min (AF Junior 2018)
5. A Young Mind / Dan Dimancescu / 2018 / (Challenged fates)
6. After Cherenkov / 2016 / 35 min (Full Dome)
7. After the Revolution / Laurenţiu Calciu / Romania / 2010 / 83 min (Road to Europe)
8. Anni's Island / Julia Finkernagel / Germany / 2017 / 24 min (AF Junior 2018 / 6+)
9. Aniversarea / Claudiu Mitcu / Romania / 2017 / 54 min (Romania 2018 / Mature View)
10. Balkan Champion / Réka Kincses / Germany / 2006 / 86 min (Road to Europe)
11. Because of Salt / Cardozo Basteiro / Spain / 2018 / 23 min (Shorts 2018 / Butterfly Effect)
12. Between Crocodiles and Paradise / Frank Feustle / Germany / 2017 / 25 min (AF Junior 2018 / 6+)
13. Braşov 1987. Two years too early / Liviu Tofan / Romania / 2017 / 90 min (AF Junior 2018 / 15+)
14. Caisa - Cinderella Kid / Alexandru Mavrodineanu / Romania / 2017 / 81 min (Romania 2018 / Against the ODDS)
15. Call Him President / Marie-Emma Paoli / UK / 2017 / 30 min (Docschool 2018 / Seeking the Home?)
16. Caniba / Verena Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor / France / 2017 / 90 min (Challenged fates)
17. Closer to the Stars / 2015 / 34 min (Full Dome)
18. Contraluz / 29 min (Full Dome)
19. Dacii liberi / Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan şi Andrei Gorgan / Romania / 2018 / 61 min (Romania 2018 / Far-right near us)
20. Daiana / Ozana Nicolau / Romania / 2017 / 25 min (Docschool 2018 / Coming of age)
21. Dancing for you / Erlend E. Mo / Norway, Sweden, Denmark / 2015 / 29 min (AF Junior 2018 / 6+)
22. Dempsey the Diabetic Superhero / Kendall Goldberg / USA / 2017 / 13 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
23. Dust / Jakub Radej / Poland / 2017 / 25 min (Shorts 2018 / Rites of Passage)
24. Easy Lessons / Dorottya Zurbó / Hungary / 2018 / 78 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Coming of age)
25. Exit / Katharina Woll / Germany, Israel / 2017 / 23 min (Docschool 2018 / Motherhood)
26. Family Shots / David Sieveking / Germany / 2018 / 93 min (Beware! Parents on Board)
27. Film for Carlos / Byron Renato Borrayo Serrano / Russia, Guatemala / 2017 / 31 min (Shorts 2018 / Beware! Parents on Board)
28. Find Fix Finish / Sylvain Cruiziat / Germany / 2017 / 19 min (Our lives online)
29. Fitzcarraldo Syndrome / Laura Morales / Switzerland / 2017 / 28 min (Docschool 2018 / Against the ODDS)
30. Frozen Conflict / Steffi Wurster / Germany / 2018 / 60 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
31. Girl on a Mission / Eva van Barneveld, Heleen D'Haens / Netherlands / 2017 / 16 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
32. Golden Dawn Girls / Håvard Bustnes / Norway, Denmark / 2017 / 94 min (Far-right near us)
33. Havenofear / Jakub Gajdoš / Slovak Republic / 2017 / 14 min (Far-right near us)
34. Homo@Lv / Kaspars Goba / Latvia / 2010 / 70 min (Road to Europe)
35. Hugo / Wojciech Klimala, Mateusz Wajda / Poland / 2017 / 80 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Beware! Parents on Board)
36. I Am Another You / Nanfu Wang / USA / 2017 / 82 min (International 2018 / In a larger view)
37. If Objects Could Speak / Luiza Pârvu, Toma Peiu / Canada, Romania / 2018 / 27 min (Shorts 2018 / Butterfly Effect)
38. If Only There Were Peace / Carmine Grimaldi, Deniz Tortum / Turkey / 2017 / 30 min (Shorts 2018 / my origin / religion & me)
39. Ink of Yam / Tom Fröhlich / Germany / 2017 / 75 min (Docschool 2018 / my origin / religion & ME)
40. It Was Tomorrow / Alexandra D'Onofrio / Italy, UK / 2018 / 52 min (Docschool 2018 / Seeking the HOME?)
41. Kendis / Bibi Fadlalla / Netherlands / 2017 / 15 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
42. Licu, A Romanian Story / Ana Dumitrescu / Romania / 2017 / 86 min (Romania 2018 / Mature View)
43. Listen / Astrid Bussink / Netherlands / 2017 / 15 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
44. Long Live Bulgaria / Adela Peeva / Bulgaria / 2017 / 55 min (Far-right near us)
45. Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle / Gustavo Salmerón / Spain / 2017 / 91 min (Motherhood)
46. Love Is Potatoes / Aliona van der Horst / Netherlands / 2017 / 90 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Challenged fates)
47. Ma / Maria Stoianova / Ukraine / 2017 / 17 min (Shorts 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
48. Maregrave / Justine Cappelle / Belgium / 2017 / 25 min (Docschool 2018 / In a larger view)
49. Marie / Letiţia Popa / Romania / 2018 / 25 min (Docschool 2018 / Beware! Parents on Board)
50. Megaphone / Ruxandra Gubernat, Henry Rammelt / Germany, Romania / 2018 / 56 min (Romania 2018 / Against the ODDS)
51. Meuthen's Party / Marc Eberhardt / Germany / 2017 / 93 min (Docschool 2018 / Far-right near us)
52. Minding the Gap / Bing Liu / USA / 2018 / 98 min (International 2018 / Coming of age)
53. Mockup Wedding / Mihai Andrei Leaha / Romania / 2017 / 41 min (Romania 2018 / Rites of Passage)
54. Monyo+Baba / Ibolya Simó / Romania / 2017 / 52 min (Romania 2018 / Against the ODDS)
55. My father, Imre / Andreea Stiliuc / Romania / 2018 / 38 min (Docschool 2018 / my origin / religion & ME)
56. My Happy Complicated Family / Tessa Louise Pope / Netherlands / 2017 / 17 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
57. My Lost Russia / France / 2004 / 52 min (Road to Europe)
58. My Voina / Zora Čápová / Czech Republic / 2017 / 29 min (Docschool 2018 / Seeking the HOME?)
59. Nat, the adventurer / Guido Holz / Germany / 2017 / 25 min (AF Junior 2018 / 6+)
60. New Eldorado / Tibor Kocsis / Hungary / 2004 / 76 min (Road to Europe)
61. Nussbaum 95736 / Csibi László / Romania / 2017 / 51 min (Romania 2018 / Mature View)
62. One Day in Aleppo / Ali Alibrahim / Sweden, Syria / 2017 / 24 min (Shorts 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
63. One Girl / Rosa Russo / UK / 2018 / 63 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
64. Our Song to War / Juanita Onzaga / Belgium, France / 2018 / 14 min (Shorts 2018 / In a larger view)
65. Our Street / Marcin Latallo / France / 2006 / 52 min (Road to Europe)
66. Password: Fajara / Sévérine Sajous, Patricia Sánchez Mora / Spain / 2017 / 17 min (Shorts 2018 / Seeking the HOME?)
67. PMR / Meelis Muhu, Kristina Norman / Estonia / 2014 / 81 min (Road to Europe)
68. Pride & Prejudice / Mirjam Marks / Netherlands / 2017 / 17 min (AF Junior 2018 / 11+)
69. Putin's Witnesses / Vitaly Mansky / Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic / 2018 / 102 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
70. Remnants of a Conversation / Jules Leaño / UK / 2017 / 16 min (Docschool 2018 / my origin / religion & ME)
71. Sand and Blood / Matthias Krepp, Angelika Spangel / Austria / 2017 / 90 min (International 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
72. Sibiu 825 / Dumitru Budrala / Romania / 2017 / 26 min (AF Junior 2018)
73. Social Animals / Jonathan Green / USA / 2018 / 86 min (AF Junior 2018 / 15+)
74. Solving My Mother / Ieva Ozolina / Latvia / 2017 / 104 min (International 2018 / Motherhood)
75. Srbenka / Nebojsa Slijepcevic / Croatia / 2018 / 75 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
76. Tanzania Transit / Jeroen van Velzen / Netherlands / 2018 / 75 min (International 2018 / In a larger view)
77. Taurunum Boy / Jelena Maksimović / Serbia / 2018 / 70 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Coming of age)
78. The Cleaners / Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck / Germany, Brazil / 2018 / 88 min (Our lives online)
79. The Devil's Trap / Mitchell Stafiej / Canada / 2017 / 95 min (Beware! Parents on Board)
80. The Distant Barking of Dogs / Simon Lereng Wilmont / Denmark, Sweden / 2017 / 90 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
81. The End / Vid Hajnšek / Slovenia / 2017 / 74 min (Docschool 2018 / Rites of Passage)
82. The Image You Missed / Donal Foreman / Ireland, France, USA / 2018 / 73 min (International 2018 / my origin / religion & ME)
83. The Last Yugoslavian Football Team / Vuk Janic / Netherlands / 2000 / 83 min (Road to Europe)
84. The Mayans' Cosmic Planners / 2017 / 20 min (Full Dome)
85. The Night / Steffan Strandberg / Norway, Belgium, Sweden / 2017 / 64 min (Motherhood)
86. The Residents / Cosmin Bumbuţ, Elena Stancu / Romania / 218 / 82 min (Motherhood)
87. The Ship Of Gold / Siham Hinawi / Belgium, Canada / 2017 / 25 min (Docschool 2018 / Challenged fates)
88. The sun will rise / Gessica Généus / Haiti, France / 2017 / 51 min (Docschool 2018 / my origin / religion & ME)
89. The White World According to Daliborek / Vít Klusák / Czech Republic / 2017 / 107 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Far-right near us)
90. The Wolfpack / Crystal Moselle / USA / 2015 / 84 min (AF Junior 2018 / 15+)
91. They just come and go / Boris Poljak / Croatia / 2017 / 20 min (Shorts 2018 / Butterfly Effect)
92. Thinking like a Mountain / Alexander Hick / Germany, Colombia / 2018 / 93 min (International 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
93. TimeBox (Against the ODDS)
94. Toto and His Sisters / Alexander Nanau / Romania / 2014 / 93 min (AF Junior 2018 / 15+)
95. Unsettling / Iris Zaki / Israel, UK / 2018 / 70 min (International 2018 / Surviving my homeland)
96. Valea Jiului - Notes / Alexandra Gulea / Germany / 2018 / 13 min (Shorts 2018 / Beware! Parents on Board)
97. Varicella / Victor Kossakovski / Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Russia / 2015 / 25 min (AF Junior 2018 / 6+)
98. We are stars / 2015 / 26 min (Full Dome)
99. Wedding of the year / József Bán / Romania / 2017 / 60 min (Romania 2018 / Rites of Passage)
100. When the War Comes / Jan Gebert / Croatia, Czech Republic / 2018 / 74 min (Central&Eastern Europe 2018 / Far-right near us)
101. Yvonne / Tommaso Perfetti / Italy, France / 2017 / 60 min (International 2018 / Beware! Parents on Board)
Festivalul Astra Film Sibiu a luat fiinţă în 1993 ca un proiect inovator în Europa Centrală şi de Est şi a avut timp de 25 de ani o contribuţie semnificativă la stabilirea unui cadru pentru dezvoltarea cinematografiei documentare în întreaga regiune şi în special în România. Astra Film Festival a atras constant atenţia industriei asupra artei filmului de non-ficţiune, sprijinind dezvoltarea genului şi deschizând noi orizonturi pentru realizatori. Astra Film Festival 2018 este organizat de Astra Film, CNM Astra şi Fundaţia Astra Film, cu sprijinul Consiliul Judeţean Sibiu, al Ministerului Culturii şi Identităţii Naţionale şi al Centrului Naţional al Cinematografiei. Evenimentul este cofinanţat de Consiliul Local Sibiu prin Primăria Municipiului Sibiu.
Astra Film Festival Sibiu se află sub Înaltul Patronaj al Preşedintelui României.