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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 Vladimír Voříšek Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Jakub Halousek Editor Petr Štěpánek

Eraser Castle. Part One, Fuels

Zámek zmizík. Díl první, paliva, Czech Republic, 2004, 21 min, Experimental

An experimental film that freely employs poetical visual associations. - Department of documentary film, FAMU - 3rd year (bachelor degree film)... more

Director Zdeněk Pojman Production company Czech TV

Director of photography David Cysař ... IDF Events 2006 East Silver

Erika HIV+

Erika HIV+, Czech Republic, 2005, 18 min, Beta SP, Human Rights

A documentary film about a brave and honest woman, Erika, who, by fighting her tragic fate, sets an example for other HIV-infected patients and their families. ... more

Director Peter Begányi Producer Ondřej Zach Production company HBO Czech Republic ... Director of photography Norbert Hudec ...

Editor Marek Kráľovský IDF Events 2009 East Silver Sales HBO Czech Republic

Erotic Nation

Erotic Nation , Slovak Republic, 2009, 90 min, HD, Reportage, Society

The main line of the movie is comprised by a story of the first ever Sex shop in Slovakia. Karol Raffay had started his own business after the November revolution in 1989. He and his family sex-business as well as democracy in Slovakia basically unde... more

Director Jana Počtová Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Director of photography Tomáš Choura ...

Editor Jakub Hejna IDF Events 2005 East Silver

ESHQ

ESHQ, Czech Republic, 2004, 52 min, Beta SP, Anthropology, Gender, Society

What is love like in the Muslim world? How do Afghan women perceive their ideal partner and how do they reconcile themselves with the tradition of arranged marriages? Jana Počtová, a student at FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing ... more

Director Hana Nováková Producer Věra Hoffmannová Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Martin Kohout ... Editor Hana Nováková IDF Events 2010 East Silver ...

Eternal Life

Život věčný , Czech Republic, 2009, 13 min, 16 mm, Creative, Youth Documentary

Report on eternality between the walls, among the walls, as well as inside the walls of the Prague National Museum, accompanied by the comments of the curators and the larder beetles. A reportage on the form and changes within the memory of a nation,... more

Director Jaromír Štětina Production company Czech TV ...

Director of photography Libuše Rudinská Editor Alice Nussbergerová

Ethiopia - Land of My Blood

Etiopie - Země mé krve, Czech Republic, 2001, 32 min, Beta SP, DV, Religion

A documentary film about Ethiopian Christians in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. In the story's bacground of Ethiopian runners we become acquainted with the Ethiopian orthodox church.... more

Director Tomáš Brabenec Producer Tomáš Brabenec Production company Dokumentaristicko-publicistické sdružení KAMPAK ...

Director of photography Tomáš Brabenec Editor Tomáš Brabenec IDF Events 2007 East Silver

EURIZONS 2006

EURIZONS 2006, Czech Republic, 2006, 30 min, DVD, Politics

Documentary about Eurizons 2006 - campaign of 50 young people hitch-hiking across Europe with the intention to refer to involvement of Europe in the solving of situation in the "third world".On their way to European Parlament, they have informend in... more

Europe around us - Do we belong together?!

Producer Pavel Löffelmann

Production company Free Art Records

Europe around us - Do we belong together?!

Evropa kolem nás aneb Patříme k sobě?!, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, 2004, 104 min, Creative

Director Jana Tomsová Producer Jana Tomsová Production company Studio Fáma 92 Director of photography Zdena Čermáková ...

Editor Ladislav Platil IDF Events 2011 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... WWW www.smutekpanisnajederove.cz Financial Support OHL ŽS Company

European Babylon

Evropský Babylon, Czech Republic, 27 min, DVD, Creative

What is the cooperation with several European nations on one film work like? How do the mentalities of Czechs, Albanians, Slovaks, Italians and Kosovo Albanians go together? It is a European Babylon.... more

Director Petr Hajn Producer Lukáš Šenk Production company Czech TV ...

Director of photography Petr Vejslík Editor Pavel Stříbrný

European Roots: Sword Dances

Evropské hudební kořeny: Mečové tance, Czech Republic, 2006, 57 min, Digi Beta

This film is inspired by the unique discovery of a silent film shot by the ethnographer František Pospíšil in the 20th century. It includes material from various countries, such as Croatia or Great Britain. Author traces the old footage and contem... more

Director Petr Lokaj Production company Czech TV

Director of photography Ivo Popek

The European Star of Edvard Beneš

Evropská hvězda Edvarda Beneše, Czech Republic, 2004, 57 min, Portrait

A film portrait of the "president-builder" Edvard Beneš focuses on his private life and his character. It attempts to answer questions concerning the influence of his personality (together with his illness, his wife, his surroundings...) on his poli... more

Director Alena Krejčová Producer Zdeněk Krejčí

Director of photography Alena Krejčová

Eva

Eva, Czech Republic, 2011, 15 min, DVD, Arts and Culture, Portrait

A documentary on renowned Ústí nad Labem artist Eva Vágnerová.... more

Director Drahomíra Vihanová Production company Krátký Film Praha ...

Director of photography Ivan Vojnár Editor Hana Sakařová

Everyday I Step In Front of Your Face

Denně předstupuji před tvou tvář, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, 1992, 29 min

After the "Velvet Revolution" of 1989, a number of previously taboo subjects opened up to Czech documentary filmmaking. One of these was the theme of the post-war resettlement of the Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia. Director Drahomira Vihanova ma... more

Director Tomáš Weinreb Producer Laďka Souralová Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Director of photography Tomáš Weinreb

Editor Tomáš Weinreb WWW www.vsechnojesracka.cz Financial Support State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography