Half Elf has been selected for the international competition at ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL, also known as Sibiu International Film Festival, Romania’s largest documentary film festival and one of the bigger documentary film events in Eastern Europe.
The outside screening of Half Elf is scheduled for the 8th of September this coming week, but due to the fact that the premiere of the film has already been postponed two times, we think its best to leave any grand statements out, and hope for the best. If everything goes according to plan, it will be a great honor to premiere the film at this beautiful event, although director Jón Bjarki Magnússon and producer Hlín Ólafsdóttir, will not be able to attend, due to travel restrictions.
ASTRA FILM FESTIVAL is a major event in the European film community. The Festival is located in the picturesque town of Sibiu – Romania, and it is unique in this part of Europe. Besides the four AFF Competition Sections, International, European, Romanian and Student Film, it offers a variety of programs showing the diversity and the current tendencies of documentary film.
The 27th edition of the festival will take place online and outdoors in the picturesque town of Sibiu in Transylvania in central Romania, and will be organized in two parts: Astra Fim Festival Online (16-25 October), and Astra Film Festival Open Air (4-13 September), where films in the international competition will be screened. Half Elf will be screened in Amfiteatru on the 8th of September.
The festival promotes the use of documentary film as a means for cultural and cross-cultural understanding, and promotes the study, research and initiatives in the field of visual anthropology. Films must have cinematographic qualities, artistic commitment and strong presence of the filmmaker’s point of view both in form and content.
People in and around Romania, are encouraged to get their tickets to the premiere here: https://www.astrafilm.ro/en/movies/half-elf/