Astra Film Studio is a center for documentary film and visual anthropology in Romania. It was founded in 1991 by Dimitru Budrala, filmmaker, photographer and director.  Astra Film runs a well-established international film festival of documentary film and visual anthropology, called Astra Film Festival, producing its own documentary films, organizing programs, and managing an extensive documentary film archive with public screening facilities and publications. Astra Film provides a support-base and resource center for filmmakers, for scholars and students of social sciences, and for anyone interested in the use of visual images to understand, describe, analyze, and interpret culture and society.