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Ştefan Dobroiu


899 articles available in total starting from 23/03/2010. Last article published on 21/08/2025.

Dumitru Budrala  • Founding director, Astra Film Festival

Interview: Dumitru Budrala • Founding director, Astra Film Festival

"We have retained the same mission since the very first edition – that of curators of reality"

With 25 editions of Romania's biggest documentary film festival under his belt, Astra's founding director, Dumitru Budrala, talks about the event's challenges, goals and overall mission  

17/10/2018 | Astra 2018

Review: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Review: Thou Shalt Not Kill

Cătălin Rotaru and Gabi Virginia Şarga’s first feature explores one of Romania’s most pressing social issues – the healthcare system  

15/10/2018 | Warsaw 2018

The 25th Astra Film Festival ready to kick off

The 25th Astra Film Festival ready to kick off

Romania’s biggest documentary film festival is offering more than 400 screenings and film-related events over the course of seven days  

15/10/2018 | Astra 2018

Astra revisits the past with a retrospective sidebar

Astra revisits the past with a retrospective sidebar

The ten selected documentaries show the challenges that former communist countries encounter in synchronising with Western Europe  

12/10/2018 | Astra 2018

128 films to be screened at the 25th Astra Film Festival

128 films to be screened at the 25th Astra Film Festival

Romania’s largest documentary film event boasts five official competitions  

11/10/2018 | Astra 2018

Florin Şerban  • Director

Interview: Florin Şerban • Director

“I am a teenager who, in many respects, refuses to grow up”

When one shoots in wild locations, one must be prepared, says Romanian director Florin Şerban, whose Love 1: Dog was screened in competition at Sarajevo  

22/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Competition

Review: Love 1: Dog

Review: Love 1: Dog

Florin Şerban’s third feature consolidates his reputation as Romania’s most romantic director  

21/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Competition

Review: One and a Half Prince

Review: One and a Half Prince

Ana Lungu’s third feature is a touching, if flawed, ode to friendship, screening in competition at Sarajevo  

16/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Competition

Milko Lazarov  • Director

Interview: Milko Lazarov • Director

“This is the story of the last family on Earth”

We chatted to Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov, whose second feature, Ága, is screening in the official competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival, after world-premiering at the Berlinale  

14/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Competition

Ana Lungu  • Director

Interview: Ana Lungu • Director

“I try to make a connection between all my movies”

We chatted to Romanian director Ana Lungu, whose third feature, One and a Half Prince, is currently being screened in the official competition of the Sarajevo Film Festival  

14/08/2018 | Sarajevo 2018 | Competition

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