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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 Hedvika Hlaváčková Producer Hana Šilarová ... Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Jaroslava Kostková Editor Hedvika Hlaváčková

House in Order

Obyčejnej dům, Czech Republic, 2011, 17 min, 16 mm, DVD, Portrait, Youth Documentary

Portrait of a new building of the Faculty of architecture at ČVUT in Prague and its author Alena Šrámková (20.6.1929). Film about easier world, about life without problems and pretending, about the "normal" house, which can help with these things... more

Director Stan Neumann Production company Les Films d'ici ... Director of photography Richard Copans

Editor Catherine Adda Financial Support - Eurimages support

A House in Prague

Dům v Praze/Une maison a Prague, Czech Republic, France, 1999, 80 min, Creative, Portrait

In his youth an anarchist and an agitator, later a zealous communist and even later a critic of Klement Gottwald, but mostly a famous and successful poet; Stanislav Kostka Neumann was all these things. Since the 1890's, his family has owned a villa i... more

Director Dežo Ursiny Production company Originální videojournal

Director of photography Ivo Brachtl Editor David Šrám

The House of Mother Theresa

Dům matky Terezy, Czech Republic, 1993, 30 min, Human Rights, Social Issues

About the help of man to man, about the residence of people in want in the House of Mother Theresa.... more

Director Blanka Závitkovská Producer Aleš Langr Production company Crest Communication Director of photography Antonín Kutík ...

Editor Jan Daňhel ... IDF Events 2009 East Silver WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv... Financial Support Česko-německý fond budoucnosti Institut pro soudobé dějiny Akademie věd Statutární město Liberec Nadace židovské obce

House with the Green Roof

Dům se zelenou střechou, Czech Republic, 2010, 58 min, Digi Beta, DVD, Archive, History, Portrait

The film tells a life story of two women from the borderland of Czech Republic who were affected by Nazism. First woman comes from a mixed Czech-German Jewish family. Her family was forced by the German occupation into exile in Great Britain. After t... more

Director Jan Látal Producer Jan Látal Production company Jan Látal Director of photography Jan Látal ...

Editor Jan Látal IDF Events 2007 East Silver Sales Jan Látal

How a Man Sounds?

Jak dělá člověk?, Czech Republic, 2007, 16 min, DV, DVD, Human Rights

Dog barks, naf, naf. The cat mewls miaow, miaow. And how does a man do? A story about a man, who wanted to resolve his difficult situation by jumping off the Nusle Bridge. A story about a filmmaker, who'd met the man there. A story about the both of ... more

Director Hugo Habrman Producer Hugo Habrman

Production company HUGO HABRMAN Editor Hugo Habrman

How a River Is Born

Jak se rodí řeka, Czech Republic, 2008, 13 min

Rising above central Italy northeast of Rome is the highest massif of the Apennine mountains, Gran Sasso d’Italia. Thanks to the uniqueness of the local landscape, the entire region was named a national park, the Parco Nazionala del Gran Sasso e Mo... more

Director Janek Růžička Producer David Promberger Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Tomáš Kudrna Editor Zdeněk Marek

How Could I Not Believe You...

Jak bych vám mohl nevěřit..., Czech Republic, 1997, 8 min

A narrative short; a surprise for a phony healer. - Department of documentary film, FAMU - 2nd year.... more

Director Vladimír Nový Production company Zápodočeská University in Pilsen

Director of photography Vladimír Nový Editor Vladimír Nový

How Do They Find Living with Us?

Jak se jim s námi žije?, Czech Republic, 2006, 40 min, DVD

Animals and people living wild in the city. An educational documentary about nature and the environment, a sequel to "A Year at the Animal Rescue Station in Plzeň." It takes the viewer through the habitats of animals living in the wild. The film was... more

Director Tomáš M. Cigánek Producer Renáta Skřivánková Production company Studi Telepace

Director of photography Jiří Golec ... Editor Jiří Golec

How Find me St. Anthony from Padua

Jak si mě našel Antonín z Padovy, Czech Republic, 2012, 36 min, DVD, Religion

Non-traditional art tv film about St. Anthony from Padua leads its audience to important places, where this saint lived and which he visited. In the autobiographic document director Tomáš M. Cigánek is looking for mister from Padua, who influenced... more

Director Vladimír Mráz Producer Vladimír Mráz Production company Mr. A-Z Production ... Director of photography Lubomír Chmelař ...

Editor Vladimír Mráz WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv... Financial Support - Moravskoslezský region support (2007) - City of Ostrava support (2008)

How Many Stories Has One Day

Kolik příběhů má den, Czech Republic, 2008, 57 min

Documentary collage showing the transformation of Moravian town Ostrava, the country's steelmaking heart, into a town of colours, contrasts, industrial nostalgia, and ultra-modern architecutre. The feature-length film was filmed using still cameras w... more

Director Josef Císařovský Producer Josef Císařovský Production company Josef Císařovský ...

Director of photography Karel Machoň Editor Miloš Málek Financial Support - Czech Literary Fond Foundation contribution for the screenplay development

How Marijuana Smoke Is the Poets' Verse

Jako kouř marihuany jsou verše básníků, Czech Republic, 2001, 29 min, Digi Beta

The producer was inspired by confessional retrospective poems of Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986), a Nobel prize winner, including poems from a collection called Halley's Comet to his last collection Being a Poet, and created this ambitious project. He c... more

Director Jaroslav Večeřa Production company Czech TV ...

Director of photography Zdeněk Úlehla

How teh Painter Grows

Jak roste malíř, Czech Republic, 1993, 25 min, Arts and Culture, Portrait

A "crazy documentary" about a naive painter Libor Vojkůvka from Štemberk.... more

Director Vladimír Nový Production company Zápodočeská University in Pilsen Director of photography Vladimír Nový

Editor Vladimír Nový WWW http://www.avs.zcu.cz/index.ph... Financial Support - financial support of Pilsner Brewery (2005) - financial support of Endowment Fund of Pilsner City Green Treasure (2005)