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

Director of photography David Marvan Editor Lenka Hojková

My Computer

Maj kompjutr, Czech Republic, 2002, 32 min, IDF Video Library, Youth Documentary

Don't let the computer take over your soul.... more

Director Josef Lustig Producer Petr Morávek Production company Czech TV

Director of photography Roman Vávra Editor Miloslav Liška

My Concentration Camps

Můj fotr a jeho nejoblíbenější koncentráky, Czech Republic, 2010, 57 min, History, Personal View

Novelist Arnošt Lustig travels with his son and grandson to revisit historic sites connected with the Holocaust and to recall some of the events that took place sixty years ago.... more

Director Michal Lánský ... Production company Cinepoint s.r.o.

Editor Michal Lánský

My Dear Soul

Dušenka, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, 1992, 16 min

Portrait of a person choosing homelessness.... more

Director Bernard Šafařík Production company SAFILM s. r. o. ...

Director of photography Miroslav Čvorsjuk IDF Events 2005 East Silver

My Enchanted Castle

Můj zakletý zámek, Czech Republic, 2004, 57 min, Beta SP, History, Politics, Society

The director is one of the descendants of Baron Schebek, a significant railway constructor in the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy and the owner of vast estates in the Sazava region. After the Revolution, the family got back among others the castle in Zru... more

Director Libuše Rudinská Producer Libuše Rudinská Production company Rudinska Film ... Director of photography Libuše Rudinská

Editor Miloš Málek IDF Events 2011 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... Financial Support State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography ...

My Father Voskovec

Můj otec George Voskovec, Czech Republic, USA, 2011, 75 min, Digi Beta, DVD, Archive, Arts and Culture, Creative, Portrait

The documentary film captures the personal life and artistic career of Jiří Voskovec from his arrival in the United States in 1950 to his death in 1981. The film is narrated from the perspective of his younger daughter Gigi, who is trying to find out... more

Director Marcel Petrov

My Father: The General

Můj otec generál, Czech Republic, 2009, 57 min, History, Portrait

A man who devoted his whole life to the nation was sentenced to death and executed. Was it a just sentence or a judicial political murder? A story of general of the army Heliodor Píka is presented by his son who has been following the injustice done ... more

Director Petr Ruttner Production company AD film ...

Director of photography Andrej Barla Editor Vladimíra Wildová

My Finest House

Můj nejkrásnější dům, Czech Republic, 2000, 29 min, Arts and Culture

Documentary film on the story of restored national cultural monuments - the Loos villa built in 1928 - 1930 in Prague-Střešovice.... more

Producer David Boháč Director of photography Pavel Vildomec

Editor Tomáš Pchálek

My Friend the Murderer

Můj přítel vrah, Czech Republic, 2004, 56 min

A documentary film about the Czech organized crime and confessions of a man sentenced for a murder.... more

Director Zuzana Wismer-Meisnerová Production company Originální videojournal

Director of photography Martin Matiášek Editor Lenka Polesná

My Grandfather Jan Langhans

Můj dědeček Jan Langhans, Czech Republic, 2000, 30 min, Beta SP

Documentary film on the history of the Langhans photostudio and on the discovery of a hidden archive of glass negatives.... more

Director Jakub Wagner Director of photography Viktor Smutný

Editor Pavel Kolaja

My Grandpa 2002

Můj děda 2002, Czech Republic, 2002, 18 min

Short film on a long life, or an afternoon with my hundred-year-old grandpa. - Department of documentary film, FAMU - 3rd year (bachelor degree film).... more

Director Pavla Frýdlová Producer Petr Morávek Production company Czech TV

Director of photography Miroslav Šnábl Editor Krasimira Veličková IDF Events 2010 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films

My Great-Grandfather Genghis Khan

Můj pradědeček Čingischán, Czech Republic, 2011, 57 min, 16 mm, Beta, DVD, HD, Arts and Culture, History, Human Rights, Philosophy, Social Issues, Society

The documentary illustrates the fact given by the location of the Czech territory as well as the historical turn of events, i.e. that in most Czech families, there is an ancestor who came from elsewhere, belonged to another ethnicity, another culture... more