Astra Film Festival anunta Selectia oficiala a editiei 2015, care se va desfasura la Sibiu, intre 5 si 11 octombrie. Programul complet al proiectiilor si evenimentelor va fi publicat in curand, iar biletele si abonamentele vor fi puse in vanzare prin Eventbook.
Un numar record de 1.500 de filme din peste 90 de tari au fost inscrise in cele 4 sectiuni competitionale ale festivalului, iar selectia oficiala cuprinde 130 de pelicule din toate colturile lumii.
Cei mai importanti regizori ai momentului: Joshua Oppenheimer, nominalizat in 2014 la Premiile Oscar, Crystal Moselle, premiata la Sundance 2015 pentru filmul The Wolfpack care va fi expus in premiera in Romania la AFF sau Justin Schein care in cei peste 20 de ani de activitate a realizat 60 de filme si a colaborat cu BBC, Discovery Channel sau HBO, se reunesc cu cele mai recente productii in sectiunea International. in documentarele din sectiunea Europa Centrala si de Est se reflecta subiecte de larg interes specifice regiunii. De mai bine de 2 decenii pulsul productiei romanesti de cinema de non-fictiune se ia la Astra Film Festival, mediul ideal pentru documentaristii romani de a-si prezenta filmele intr-un context international cu specialisti in domeniu din intreaga lume. Sectiunea Student propune pelicule realizate de regizori promitatori aflati la inceput de drum, studenti la cele mai prestigioase universitati de film din Romania, Austria, Olanda, Norvegia, Franta, Portugalia, China sau Cuba.
Alaturi de sectiunile competitionale, o serie de programe speciale intregesc programul oficial al festivalului.
In 2015, Astra Film Festival se desfasoara sub inaltul Patronaj al Presedintelui Romaniei ca o garantie a produsului cultural de cea mai inalta clasa. in cei 22 de ani de existenta, AFF a devenit unul dintre principalele festivaluri de cinema documentar din lume si a ajutat la consolidarea si ascensiunea cinemaului romanesc de non-fictiune dincolo de granitele Romaniei. Astra Film Festival este un proiect de importanta strategica nationala, iar de-a lungul timpului prin prezenta celor mai de seama regizori, producatori, jurnalisti, organizatori de festivaluri sau reprezentanti ai institutiilor de cultura din tara si strainatate, orasul Sibiu a devenit un punct de intalnire intre cultura si oameni de pretutindeni.
De asemenea, editia din 2015 se afla sub egida EFFE - Europe for Festivals, Festivals for Europe, o distinctie acordata celor mai remarcabile festivaluri europene de catre un juriu international format din experti in domeniu.
”Toate eforturile depuse pentru a mentine Astra Film Festival pe harta marilor festivaluri internationale sunt apreciate la nivel inalt in fiecare an. Faptul ca editia din 2015 se desfasoara sub inaltul Patronaj al Presedintelui Romaniei si sub egida EFFE este o dovada clara a importantei si amplorii evenimentului, un produs cultural 100% romanesc mentinut la standarde internationale pentru care gireaza atat experti internationali cat si cea mai inalta autoritate din Romania.”, a declarat Dumitru Budrala, director fondator Astra Film Festival.
ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL SIBIU 5-11 OCTOBER 2015 - OFFICIAL SELECTION & PROGRAMME
INTERNATIONAL (competitive)
(SE)CECHANOK, Maziyar Moshtagh Gohari, 72', Iran
DREAMS OF A CLOWN, Dieter Auner, 84', Ireland
I AM THE PEOPLE, Anna Roussillon, 111', France
LEFT ON PURPOSE, Justin Schein, 84', USA
LIFE SENTENCES, Nurit Kedar, Yaron Shani, 85', Israel
THE LOOK OF SILENCE, Joshua Oppenheimer, 103', USA
ONCE UPON A TIME, Kazim Oz, 81', Turkey
SURIRE, Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff, 80', Germany, Chile
WITH OR WITHOUT YOU, Hyuckjee Park, 52', Germany, South Korea
THE WOLFPACK, Crystal Moselle, 84', USA
CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE (competitive)
ABSENT, Matthew Mishory, 70', Romania, Switzerland, USA
ALWAYS TOGETHER, Eva Tomanová, 75', Czech Republic
DEAR UNCLE VLADIMIR, Maria Pavlova, 104', Russia
THE ÉRPATAK MODEL, Benny Brunner, 76', Netherlands
GOD'S WILL, Beata Bubenec, 55', Russia
HAPPILY EVER AFTER, Tatjana Bozic, 83', Croatia, Netherlands
THE LONG WAY HOME , Boriana Puncheva, 70', Bulgaria, Italy
MY HOME, Jiri Stejskal, 84', Czech Republic
NAKED ISLAND, Tiha K. Gudac, 75', Croatia
TOTO AND HIS SISTERS, Alexander Nanau, 93', Romania
ROMANIA (competitive)
THE ALPHABET OF FEAR, John Albert Jansen, 55', Netherlands
CALU?ARII FROM BARLA, Adriana Oprea, 58', Romania
CHUCK NORRIS VS COMMUNISM, Ilinca Calugareanu, 82', Germany, Romania, UK
CICI, Yann Bétant, 65, Switzerland
END OF SUMMER, Alina Manolache, 25', Romania
THE NETWORK, Claudiu Mitcu, 63', Romania
OUTSIDE, Andrei Schwartz, 86', Germany
PLAY, NO MATTER WHAT!, Kim van Haaster, 54', Netherlands
REHEARSALS, Ana-Maria Vijdea, 59', Portugal, Romania
REQUIEM 4 EPHEMERIS, Gheorghe Sfaiter, 65', Romania
ROMANIA, AS SEEN BY NORMAN MANEA, GABRIELA ADAMESTEANU, MIRCEA CARTARESCU, FLORIN
LAZARESCU, Alexandru Solomon, 52', Romania
SPARTACUS & CASSANDRA, Ioanis Nuguet, 81', France
YOUTUBE BAZAAR, Dan Chisu, 98', Romania
STUDENT (competitive)
A NORMAL LIFE, Qiang Wang, 83', China
ABOUT LOVE: IRA, Ziamtsova Lubov, 28', Belarus
ALWAYS IN MOTION, Stefan Postl, 34', Austria
BACK TO THE ROOTS, Andrei Stefan Rautu, 37', Portugal
THE BITTER APPLE FROM THE TREE, Hana Kim, 30', Germany
THE FAREWELL, Alejandro Alonso, 25', Cuba
FELLOW TRAVELERS, Linas Mikuta, 17', Lithuania
FUTURE OF CLAY, Clément Schneider, 80', France
THE GOOD DAY, Clara Kleininger, 31', Romania, UK
MAYBE DARKNESS, Juliette Joffé, 26', France
NAPPS -MEMOIRE OF AN INVISIBLE MAN, Tami Liberman, 30', Germany
SUPER UNIT, Teresa Czepiec, 20', Poland
SWAMP DIALOGUES, Ildiko Zonga Plajas, 53', Netherlands
WHEN MOUNTAINS AND ANIMALS WILL SPEAK, Mara Trifu, 18', Romania, UK
WORKING IS GROWING, Léa Klaue, 32', Norway
LIFE UNDER COMMUNISM (keynote)
1989, Erzsebet Racz, Anders Østergaard, 97', Denmark
DOCUMENTING THE CEAUSESCU YEARS: Documentary films, footage and photos by Ioan Agapi, Slavomir Popovici, Andrei Pandele
UNDER HEIGHT LIMITS (focus)
FOR EVER LITTLE, Barbara Den Uyl, 64', Netherlands
LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS, CK Mak, 89', Singapore
THE SEVEN DWARFS OF AUSCHWITZ, Ursula Macfarlane, 46', UK
NEOREALISM AND NEW REALISMS (carte blanche Doclisboa)
A retrospective presented by Cíntia Gil
BEHIND THE SCENES
MOARTEA DOMNULUI LAZARESCU, UN MAKING OF, Andreea Paduraru, 93', Romania
THE POLITICS OF COMMUNICATION (open discussion)
CARTOONISTS: FOOTSOLDIERS OF DEMOCRACY?, Stephanie Valloatto, 106', France
ARISTOTELES WORKSHOP 10. (best of selection)
BRICK IN THE WALL, Gregorz Brzozowski, 22', (2013)
DAY BAR AND OTHER STORIES, Corina Radu, 56', (2007)
THE BED IS BROKEN, Raluca Gorgos, 22', (2012)
THE DOGE’S PALACE, Julia Groszek, 28', (2012)
DON’T GET ME WRONG, Adina Pintilie, 52', (2006)
THE FLYING SHEPHERD, Catalin Musat, 28', (2008)
INTERSECTION, Dmytro Suholytkyj Sobchuk, 25', (2014)
JAPANESE QUINCE TREE, Mara Trifu, 21', (2012)
MOHAMED TOMESCU, Olesya Bortnyak, 22', (2014)
QUEST, Ionut Piturescu, 32', (2010)
REBEL, REBEL, Mihai Bauman, Alex Belc, Ilinca Micu, 17', (2009)
MADE IN ROMANIA (showcase)
A TRANSYLVANIAN TALE, Ioana Joca, 24', Spain, Romania
BONDOC, Mihai Mincan, Mihai Voinea, Cristian Delcea, 80', Romania
BORICA, Lorincz Lorand-Sandor, 15', Romania
BRUDINA - THE FLOATING BRIDGE, Dragos-Mihai Hanciu, 17', Romania
CLAY WATCHING, Hadrian Gavrilutiu, 23', Romania
DABIJA BROTHERS, Catalin Draghici, 62', Romania
FREEDOM IN CHILDSHOES, Joachim Stall, 50', Germany
OUR 1/4 LIFE CRISIS, Sonia Suvagau, 81', Canada
ROMANIAN, Artur Boruzs, 24', Romania
SCHWEIGHOFER EFFECT, Alexandru Iacob, Razvan Leucea, 22', Romania
STORIES OF ROMANIANS IN CHINA, Zhi Wang, 43', China
STORM IS COMING, Daniel Nicolae Djamo, 28', Romania
THE SZEKLER HIGHWAYMEN, Attila Zsigmond, 52', Romania
TATAL MEU, LUCIAN BLAGA, Iulian Ghervas, Adina Popescu, 67', Romania
TRANSYLVANIAN (LOVE)STORIES, Anna Kós, 37', Romania
VIFLAIM. THESE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, Bjorn Reinhardt, 50', Germany
WHEN I TALKED WITH THE ONE GOD, Bálint Zágoni, 24', Romania
SOCIAL SCIENCE AND DOCUMENTARY FILM UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES IN ROMANIA (open session)
Presentations by SNSPA (The National School of Administration and Political Science) Bucharest, Babe.-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Lucian Blaga University Sibiu.