OFFICIAL SELECTION ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL 2026

ROMANIA COMPETITION

1. SOMETHING FAMILIAR; dir: Rachel Taparjan; Romania, United Kingdom; 90 mins

2. LENIN’S PAWN; dir: Dragoș Turea; Romania, Republic of Moldova; 84 mins

3. A FOREST ONCE STOOD HERE!; dir: Valentin Anghel; Romania; 68 mins

4. A TRAIN PASSES EVERY DAY AND IT NEVER STOPS; dir: Vlad Petri; Romania; 65 mins

5. CABBAGE, POTATOES AND OTHER DEMONS. AFTER 10 YEARS |; dir: Șerban Georgescu; Romania; 80 mins

6. HOW TO TALK TO LYDIA |; dir: Rusudan Gaprindashvili; Georgia, Germany; 72 mins

7. SO LONG SINCE I’VE KNOWN A SPRING |; dir: Alexandra Bidian; Germany, Romania; 91 mins

8. THE EXPORTED: THE DARK TRADE OF THE COLD WAR |; dir: Pierre Goetschel; France; 60 mins

9. THE LINE; dir. Andreea Dumitriu; Romania, Netherlands; 40 mins

EASTERN EUROPEAN COMPETITION

1. 80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS | 80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS; dir: András Földes, Anna Kis; Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway; 94 mins

2. CLOSURE | CLOSURE; dir: Michał Marczak; Poland, France; 105 mins

3. IMAGO | IMAGO; dir: Déni Oumar Pitsaev; France, Belgium; 109 mins

4. Last Letters from my Grandma; dir: Olga Lucovnicova; Romania, Moldova, Belgium, the Netherlands; 94 mins

5. THE SPIES AMONG US | THE SPIES AMONG US; dir: Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman; United States of America; 94 mins

6. TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN; dir: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić; Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia; 105 mins

7. A FIRE IN THE DISTANCE | A FIRE THERE; dir: Marlene Edoyan; Canada; 94 mins

8. HERE, ELSEWHERE | HERE, ELSEWHERE; dir: Comes Chahbazian; Belgium; 66 mins

9. STEPS IN SILENCE; dir: Fariz Ahmadov; Azerbaijan, Poland; 72 mins

10. TRACES; dir: Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk; Ukraine, Poland; 82 mins

EMERGING VOICES COMPETITION

1. CONFESSIONS OF A SWEDISH MAN |; dir: Hampus Linder; Sweden; 96 mins

2. FROM DAWN TO DAWN |; dir: Xisi Sofia Ye Chen; Spain, France; 96 mins

3. IF PIGEONS TURNED TO GOLD |; dir: Pepa Lubojacki; Czech Republic, Slovakia; 100 mins

4. CONFESSIONS OF A MOLE |; dir: Mo Tan; China, Poland; 92 mins

5. DAYS OF WONDER |; dir: Karin Pennanen; Finland, Denmark, Norway; 88 mins

6. SILENT FLOOD |; dir: Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk; Czech Republic; 90 mins

7. TECHPLOMACY |; dir: Susanne Kovács; Denmark; 93 mins

8. THE GOLDEN SWAN |; dir: Anette Ostrø; Norway, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands; 88 mins

9. WHERE THE SILENCE IS HEARD |; dir: Gabriela Pena, Picho García; Chile, Spain; 94 mins

STUDENT COMPETITION

1. AMMA, DO GIRLS CRY? |; dir: Kartikeya Saxena; Czech Republic; 26 mins

2. ALL THAT WE SAY TO EACH OTHER |; dir: Anton Augsten, Lea El Attal; Germany; 29 mins

3. AN AWESOME FLAT |; dir: Gabriela Isabel Gómez de Arteche Núñez, Alejandra Llorens, Daniel Pérez Valderrama, Camila de Lucas, Jaime Marqués Cordero; Spain; 17 mins

4. BLESSED |; dir: Voicu Mureșanu; Romania; 26 mins

5. BOX IN BERCENI | Box in Berceni; dir: Alexandru Buliga; Romania; 24 mins

6. END OF THE LINE; dir: Maria Stafie; Romania; 19 mins

7. SASSY SPARTANS |; dir: Maud Mascre; Germany, New Caledonia; 78 mins

8. SIGNS FROM BELOW |; dir: Maude Vuillez; France; 22 mins

9. SINGING IN THE GRAVE |; dir: Radu Ștefan Lungu; Romania; 35 mins

10. THE BLACK BLIZZARD |; dir: Mira Erkenova; Russia; 34 mins

11. TOTAL LIFE FOREVER |; dir: Sebastian Molina Ruiz; Belgium, Mexico, Hungary, Portugal; 19 mins

12. WINTER IN MARCH |; dir: Natalia Mirzoyan, Natalya Mirzoyan; Estonia; Estonia, Estonia; 16 mins

THEMATIC PROGRAMMES

1. ELON MUSK UNVEILED – THE TESLA EXPERIMENT |; dir: Andreas Pichler; Germany; 90 mins

2. POWER STATION |; dir: Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell; United Kingdom; 96 mins

3. REPLICA |; dir: Chouwa Liang; Australia, France; 90 mins

4. CHILD TRAFFICKING | CHILD TRAFFICKING; dir: Olivier Ballande; France; 57 mins

5. UNCONDITIONAL? |; dir: Frank de Rooij; Netherlands; 71 mins