22/10/2018 - Documentaries from Austria, Croatia, Romania and Germany also scooped prizes at the Romanian gathering

Alexandru Mavrodineanu receiving the Best Romanian Documentary Award for Caisă

Romania’s biggest documentary event, the Astra Film Festival (15-21 October, Sibiu), marked the end of its 25^th-anniversary edition with a gala ceremony that crowned Nanfu Wang's I Am Another You (USA) as Best International Documentary, while Sand and Blood [+see also:
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All in all, 55 films from 30 countries competed in the five official competitions.

Here is the complete list of winners: 

Best International Documentary
I Am Another You - Nanfu Wang (USA)
Special Mention of the Jury
Sand and Blood [+see also:
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Best Central and Eastern European Documentary
When the War Comes [+see also:
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Best Directing in a Central and Eastern European Documentary
Nebojsa Slijepcevic - Srbenka [+see also:
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Best Romanian Documentary
Caisă [+see also:
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Best Directing in a Romanian Documentary
Claudiu Mitcu – Anniversary [+see also:
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Best Short Documentary
They Just Come and Go - Boris Poljak (Croatia) 

Best School Documentary
Ink of Yam [+see also:
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Best Directing in a School Documentary
Letiţia Popa – Marie (Romania) 

Excellence Award
Michael Stewart, director of the London Open City Documentary Film Festival