ASTERFEST . The annual edition of our International Film Festival (since 2005, founded by Goran Trenchovski) in the Macedonian country, is dedicated to the professional film culture and emphasizing its affirmation, popularization and valorization towards the audience.
It is about the eighth AsterFest, film festival focusing on short documentary and fiction works of film authors who are coming from or living in Euro-Atlantics region, Western Balkans countries and other related meridians.
We will present the festival programme it into the categories: AsterDocs, Global Fiction, Ani.Sr, Movieland, One Woman / One Film, Merry-Diones, Homages – focused on authors from European countries and abroad. This festival is organized by Association of festival activities TIBERIOPOLIAN FILM ALLIANCE Asterfest – Institute for shorts & docs, based in Strumica.
We plan that the 8th edition of AsterFest 2012 will officially take place in the period at the end of May on several locations in Strumica area.
Previous years we have chosen around 350 films from 70 countries in the competitive contest, together with 7 special programs and with few extra films.
Former festival mottos are: Discovering new cinematical spaces, Capture of multicinematical spaces, Boundless film views, Southeastern stories, Euro-Atlantics film signpost, Strumica – openness – creation.
The motto of this AsterFest is ‘ODYSSEY 2012’.
