The official selection gathers 130 films. There are four competitions: International Competition, Central &Eastern Europe Competition, Romanian Competition and Student Competition. A series of special programmes round off the official festival programme.
Astra Film Festival takes place under the High Patronage of the President of Romania in 2015 thus receiving a pledge for a high-end cultural product. Spanning 22 years, AFF has become one of the main festivals for documentary cinema in the world, helping the consolidation and ascent of Romanian non-fiction cinema outside the Romanian borders.
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International Competition:
(Se) cechanok (Iran)
Directed by Maziyar Moshtagh Gohari
Dreams of a Clown (Ireland)
Directed by Dieter Auner
I Am the People (France)
Directed by Anna Roussillon
Left on Purpose (USA)
Directed by Justin Schein
Life Sentences (Israel)
Directed by Nurit Kedar, Yaron Shani
The Look of Silence (Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Norway, United Kingdom)
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
Once Upon a Time (Turkey)
Directed by Kazim Oz
Produced by Kazim Oz
Surire (Germany, Chile)
Directed by Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff
With or Without You (Germany, South Korea)
Directed by Hyuckjee Park
The Wolfpack (USA)
Directed by Crystal Moselle
Central & Eastern Europe Competition
Absent (Romania, Switzerland, USA)
Directed by Matthew Mishory
Produced by: Iconoclastic Features, Willona Productions, Western Transylvania Studios
Always Together (Czech Republic)
Directed by Eva Tomanová
Produced by Endorfilm
Coproduced by Czech Television
Dear Uncle Vladimir (Russia)
Directed by Maria Pavlova
The Érpatak Model (Netherlands)
Directed by Benny Brunner
God's Will (Russia)
Directed by Beata Bubenec
Happily Ever After (Netherlands, Croatia)
Directed by Tatjana Bozic
Produced by JvdW film
Coproduced by Factum
The Long Way Home (Bulgaria)
Directed by Boriana Puncheva
Produced by Cinemascope- Ivan Nichev
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center
My Home (Czech Republic)
Directed by Jiri Stejskal
Produced by Pavla Kubečková, Tomáš Hrubý
Naked Island (Croatia)
Directed by Tiha K. Gudac
Produced byFactum
Coproduced by Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), Zagreb Film
Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC)
Toto and His Sisters (Romania)
Directed by Alexander Nanau
Produced by HBO Europe
Coproduced by Strada Film, Alexander Nanau Production
