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www.DOKweb.net is a portal dedicated to East European documentary film. The news section provides up-to-date information on upcoming and just completed films, interviews with filmmakers and other documentary professionals, in-depth articles exploring the state of documentary filmmaking in various parts of the region, as well as insightful texts on current trends, funding, etc. The portal also boasts the largest published databases of completed and upcoming documentary films from Eastern Europe, an industry directory, as well as trailers and original video content. www.DOKweb.net is IDF´s key online project that provides comprehensive details on all IDF´s activities and links them with general information service.

Institute of Documentary Film’s Activities

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Founded in 2001, the INSTITUTE OF DOCUMENTARY FILM (IDF) is a non-profit training and networking centre based in Prague, Czech Republic, focused on the support of East European documentary films and their wider promotion. Our activities support filmmakers through all stages of completion – development, funding, production, post-production, and distribution. We aim at individual filmmakers (tailored consultations), groups of carefully selected professionals with projects or films (Ex Oriente Film, East European Forum, East Silver, Doc Launch, etc.), broader professional community (East Doc Platform), as well as the general public (portal www.DOKweb.net). We closely work with key int. festivals, broadcasters, distributors, sales agents, markets, or training initiatives and serve as the GATEWAY TO EAST EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY FILM.

Director Ján Novák Producer Lenka Poláková Production company Czech TV

Director of photography Miroslav Čvorsjuk IDF Events 2010 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films

Lethal Injection Instead of Truth

Smrtící injekce místo pravdy , Czech Republic, 2010, 57 min, HD, Current Affairs, Politics, Society

Back in 1989, we were ringing our keys at public squares in the name of truth and love that would prevail over lies and hate. Twenty years later, we often have feelings of futility, however, we still think that we have managed to uncover at least a l... more

Letters from England 2 Under the Influence of Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Director Marek Sklář Production company Czech TV

Director of photography Jiří Lívanec WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv...

Letters from England 2 Under the Influence of Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Anglické listy 2 pod vlivem Kunderovy Nesnesitelné lehkosti bytí, Czech Republic, 2007, 52 min

In the 1990s thousands of young Czechs began coming to England - some of them wanted to learn English, others to earn money or to gain experience. At that time director Marek Sklar visited some of them. He asked them about the motivation to leave the... more

Director Alena Činčerová Producer Anna Becková ... Production company Heart of Europe ...

Director of photography Vladimír Holomek Editor Šárka Němcová

Letters from Provence

Listy z Provence, Czech Republic, 2000, 28 min

Documentary film from Provence based on the book by Czech actor, director and writer Miroslav Horníček.... more

Director Jan Novák Producer Petr Morávek Production company Czech TV Director of photography Krunoslav Kiko Keteleš

Editor Ján Novák ... IDF Events 2009 East Silver ... WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv...

Ležáky…Those Other Dead Ones….

Ležáky (ti druzí mrtví...), Czech Republic, 2009, 57 min, Digi Beta, History, Personal View

Jarmila Doležalová survived the German destruction of the village of Ležáky during the 2nd World War. Qualified as a child „suitable for Germanisation", she had traveled through several towns all the way to Puszcikow, Poland, then a part of the Germa... more

Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtěch Jasný

Director Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide Producer Pako Ruiz ... Production company Axman Production

Director of photography Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide Editor Javi Prieto

Life and Film: The Labyrinthine Biographies of Vojtěch Jasný

Vida y cine – Las laberínticas biografías de Vojtěch Jasný, Czech Republic, 2009, 77 min, Beta, Portrait

One of the most successful moviemakers in the Europe of the sixties, Vojtech Jasny (Czech Republic, 1925) now lives in a small New York apartment. In Jasny’s case, life and film are inseparable concepts. By visiting friends who are still alive, in Li... more

Director Jakub Sommer Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Jan Baset Střítežský Editor Jiřina Skálová

Life at the Castle

Život na zámku, Czech Republic, 1998, 15 min

A portrait of an eccentric custodian who is trying to save the half-ruined castle at Jezeří, endangered by a coal shaft, harsh fate and human indifference. - Department of Documentary Film, FAMU - 2nd year.... more

Director Hana Pinkavová Production company Originální videojournal

Director of photography Juraj Fándli Editor Vladimíra Wildová

Life in a Box

Život v krabičce, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, 1992, 30 min, Health

Stories and problems of children that are totally dependent on dialysis and difficulties faced by their parents.... more

Director Martin Řezníček Producer Martin Řezníček Production company DOCUfilm Praha ... Director of photography Martin Řezníček

Editor Miloš Málek IDF Events 2006 Panel and Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films Financial Support The Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography

Life in Feathers

Život v peří, Czech Republic, 2008, 57 min, 16 mm, Digi Beta, Arts and Culture, Creative

A documentary film about the boundaries between life and theatre - circus art on the stage, on a trapeze, in a trailer or in a water canal... Several years in the life of the Contionuo theatre group from Malovice in South Bohemia.... more

Director Jakub Sommer Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Jakub Sommer Editor Jakub Sommer

Life in the Cemetery

Život na hřbitově, Czech Republic, 1998, 12 min, 16 mm

What is it like to be an undertaker? A report from one un(usual) Prague cemetery. FAMU, Department of Documentary Film (1st year)... more

Director Dan Wlodarczyk Producer Přemysl Pražský ... Production company Czech TV ...

Director of photography Dan Wlodarczyk Editor Marek Opatrný

Life in the Order

Život v řádu, Czech Republic, 2004, 58 min, DV

The personal views of monks at the beginning of the 21st century.... more

Director Martin Skyba Producer Martin Skyba Production company SkyTVilm

Director of photography Josef Nekvasil Editor Tomáš Rýdl ... Financial Support - specific grant: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography

Life Is Not Accounted For

Nevyúčtován zůstává život, Czech Republic, 1996, 28 min

A belated and exacting tribute to Gustav Schorsch, one of the most talented Czech theatre personalities who was killed just before the end of the Second World War. His story, presented now, is a warning against human indifference which tends to perse... more

The Life of a Gladiator According to Judita Křížová

Jak se žije gladiátorům podle Judity Křížové, Czech Republic, 1999, 13 min

An episode from the documentary cycle The Life of... In ancient Rome, gladiators were slaves and criminals recruited to fight and trained to fight with sharp weapons during public games in the amphitheatres. In the Eastern Roman Empire, the games wer... more

Director Andrea Culková Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Director of photography Aleš Blabolil ...

Editor Adam Brothánek IDF Events 2006 East Silver Sales FAMU - Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze