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Astra 2024


16 articles available in total starting from 24/02/2024. Last article published on 29/10/2024.

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Review: Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends

Review: Leo Records: Strictly for Our Friends

Ioana Grigore’s documentary feature debut opens a compelling page in the history of jazz  

29/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Review: Limits of Europe

Review: Limits of Europe

Apolena Rychlíková's immersive documentary shows the drama of cheap labourers working in Western Europe  

29/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Review: Of Caravan and the Dogs

Review: Of Caravan and the Dogs

The documentary directed by Askold Kurov and Anonymous1 goes behind the closed doors of Russian newsrooms affected by repressive laws  

29/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Rising Up at Night wins the Astra Trophy

Rising Up at Night wins the Astra Trophy

Films hailing from Romania, Germany and the Czech Republic also win awards at the Romanian documentary gathering  

28/10/2024 | Astra 2024 | Awards

Review: Alice On&Off

Review: Alice On&Off

Isabela Tent’s documentary checks whether transgenerational trauma can leave any room for hope  

23/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Review: An Almost Perfect Family

Review: An Almost Perfect Family

Wildly slaloming between being overly personal and not exactly convincing, Tudor Platon’s documentary still succeeds in conveying the feeling of permanent loss  

22/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Astra announces eight documentary projects to be pitched at its industry platform

Astra announces eight documentary projects to be pitched at its industry platform

The festival will also host the first edition of DocStudent Hub, a programme intended for documentary film students  

15/10/2024 | Astra 2024 | DocTank

More than 100 films to be screened at the 31st Astra Film Festival

More than 100 films to be screened at the 31st Astra Film Festival

The Romanian gathering will showcase “the cinema of truth” from 20-27 October, offering four competitive sections and a host of thematic sidebars for all generations  

07/10/2024 | Astra 2024

Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc • Directors of Tata

Interview: Lina Vdovîi, Radu Ciorniciuc • Directors of Tata

“We must be willing to hold ourselves accountable and create safe spaces so that others can speak out against abuse”

The pair of directors tell us how they made their documentary, which combines Vdovîi’s painful family story with the tale of her father’s abuse at the hands of his employer  

19/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | TIFF Docs

Review: Tata

Review: Tata

Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc's documentary is a super-dense, multilayered and unembellished, intimate portrait of transgenerational trauma and abuse  

11/09/2024 | Toronto 2024 | TIFF Docs

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