credit: Astra FFSIBIU: The Astra Film Festival, Romania’s International Documentary Film Festival, has opened submissions for its 2026 edition (17 – 25 October 2026).
Filmmakers from around the world are invited to submit their works by 10 March, for one of the festival’s competitive sections: New Voices, Eastern Europe, Romania, and DocSchool.
Films that have not previously been screened in Sibiu or elsewhere in Romania will be given priority in the selection process.
The Film New Europe (FNE) Association is the networking platform for film professionals in the CEE/SEE/Baltics region. The webportal and FNE newswire was chosen as the MAIN TOOL to achieve the network’s objectives of the sharing of know how, visibility of regional cultural diversity and finally the VOICE of the region.
FNE’s objectives include VISIBILITY for the region and AUDIENCES for films by providing a special focus on the region.