DOKweb

DOKweb Content

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.

Minimalen Short Film Festival

Country Norway Type of link Festival Section short Formats 35 mm, Beta, DV Deadline month December Event month March

Minimalen is an annual, independent short film event, covering new international releases and classics, as well as first time screenings of new Norwegian shorts. The festival has a low budget competition for national participants, while international contributions are screened in panorama programmes. The festival has around 2000 attendants, and 160 different shorts are screened during three days. Entries for the international competition only on invitation.

Contact

Minimalen Short Film Festival
Postboks 1083
Lademoen
NO-7446 Trondheim

Phone:

+47 735 227 57

Fax:

+47 735 357 40

WWW:

www.minimalen.com

Email:

festival@minimalen.com

Minimax

Country Hungary Type of link Broadcaster

Contact

Minimax
Böszörményi út 20-22.
1126 Budapest

Phone:

+36 148 947 40

Fax:

+36 148 947 50

WWW:

www.minimax.hu

Email:

minimaxi@minimax.hu

Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

Country Italy Type of link Funding

Direzione Generale per il Cinema promotes the development and diffusion of Italian cinema and the national film industry. In particular: * intervenes financially to support and promote Italian cinematographic culture * acts as a financial intermediary with regard to the production and distribution, as well as in for the exhibition sector * authorises creation of cinemas * rates films * intervenes as a share holder in companies operating in the sectore and oversees the Scuola nazionale di cinema * exercises administrative and financial control and inspection over the bodies for which it is responsibile and which receive subventions from the Ministery of Culture As part of its competences, the Direzione Generale oversees the allocation of amounts dedicated to cinema of the Fondo Unico dello Spettacolo and manages the work of the related committees.

Contact

Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Via del Collegio Romano, 27
00186 Roma

Phone:

+39 667 231

WWW:

http://www.beniculturali.it

Email:

renzo.desimone@beniculturali.it

Ministerstvo kultury ČR - Ministry of Culture

Country Czech Republic Type of link Organization/Institute, Funding

The Ministry of Culture pursuant to Section 8 of Act No. 2/1969 Collection of Laws, on Establishment of Ministries and Other Central Governmental Agencies of the Czech Republic, as amended by the subsequent regulations, is a central governmental agency for art, culturally educational activities, cultural heritage, issues in connection with churches and religious societies, issues in connection with the press, including publishing non-periodical press and other informational means, preparation of bills and legal regulations in the sphere of radio and television broadcasting, the implementation of the Copyright Act, production and trade in the sphere of culture.

Contact

Ministerstvo kultury ČR - Ministry of Culture
Maltézské náměstí 471/1
118 11 Praha 1

Phone:

+420 257 085 111

Fax:

+420 224 318 155

WWW:

www.mkcr.cz

Email:

posta@mkcr.cz

Ministry of Culture - Support of Projects

Country Czech Republic Type of link Funding Deadline month September

Contact

Ministry of Culture - Support of Projects
Maltézské náměstí 471/1
118 11 Praha 1

Phone:

+420 257 085 111

Fax:

+420 224 318 155

WWW:

www.mkcr.cz

Email:

posta@mkcr.cz

Ministry of Culture and Arts Ukraine

Country Ukraine Type of link Organization/Institute

Ministry of Culture and Arts Ukraine

Contact

Ministry of Culture and Arts Ukraine
1030 Kiev

Phone:

+380 442 355 274

WWW:

mincult.kmu.gov.ua

Email:

kino@minicult.gov.ua

Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs Norway

Country Norway Type of link Funding

Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs Norway is responsible for: culture, church, media, sport and volunteer activities.

Contact

Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs Norway
P.O. Box 8030 Dep
0030 Oslo

Phone:

+47 22 24 78 39

WWW:

odin.dep.no/kkd

Email:

postmottak@kkd.dep.no

Ministry of Culture and Communications France

Country France Type of link Organization/Institute

News on the activities of the Ministry, cultural events across France, lists of professional organizations, online exhibitions, statistics and other practical information.

Contact

Ministry of Culture and Communications France
3, rue de Valois
75033 Paris

Phone:

+33 140 158 000

Fax:

+33 140 158 530

WWW:

www.culture.gouv.fr

Email:

point-culture@culture.gouv.fr

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Country Poland Type of link Organization/Institute

Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego

Contact

Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 15/17
00-071 Warsaw

Phone:

+48 224 210 240

Fax:

+48 228 261 922

WWW:

www.mkidn.gov.pl

Email:

rzecznik@mkidn.gov.pl

Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs Romania

Country Romania Type of link Organization/Institute

The Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs is a specialized body of the central public administration, with a juridical personality, subordinate to the Government, which elaborates and makes sure that the strategy and the policies in the fields of arts, culture, religious affairs and cinematography be applied. The Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs elaborates, in collaboration with the National Council of the Audiovisual, the strategy to be adopted in the audiovisual field.

Contact

Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs Romania
Soseaua Kiseleff, nr. 30, Sector 1
011374 Bucharest

Phone:

+40 212 227 147

Fax:

+40 212 228 291

WWW:

www.cultura.ro

Email:

cabinet.ministru@cultura.ro

Ministry of Culture and Sports - Canton of Sarajevo

Country Bosnia and Herzegovina Type of link Organization/Institute, Funding

Ministry of Culture and Sports - Canton of Sarajevo / Ministarstvo kulture i sporta - Kanton Sarajevo

Contact

Ministry of Culture and Sports - Canton of Sarajevo
Reisa Džemaludina Čauševića 1

Phone:

+387 335 620 62

WWW:

mks.ks.gov.ba

Email:

mkis@ks.gov.ba

Ministry of Culture and Tourism Turkey

Country Turkey Type of link Organization/Institute, Funding

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is operating three funding schemes for the support of feature films, documentaries, short films and animation; script development and production support; distribution and promotion support. Minority co-productions are eligible to apply with a Turkish producer on board. Production grants are in the form of soft loans and range from 125,000 - 200,000 euro per project.

Contact

Ministry of Culture and Tourism Turkey
Atatürk Bulvari 29
06050 Ankara

Phone:

+90 312 309 08 50

Fax:

+90 312 312 43 59

WWW:

www.kultur.gov.tr

Email:

info@kulturturizm.gov.tr

Ministry of Culture Bulgaria

Country Bulgaria Type of link Funding

The aims of the Ministry of culture of Bulgaria are: the transformation of cultural collaboration in head form of international collaboration, with accent over the Bolkan region| synchronization of legislation of Republic Bulgaria with the european legislation in the region of culture, development of law frames, mechanism and forms for realisation of the bulgarian authors of international cultural markets, participation in the programs of EU, Europe Council, UNESCO and others, collaboration with internation government and non-government organizations, initiation and acomplishment of projects for cultural collaboration at regional level| concurrence activity of the bulgarian cultural institutes in foreign countries, attendance of the bulgarion culture at different languages in Interent.

Contact

Ministry of Culture Bulgaria
Al. Stambolijski 17
1040 Sofia

Phone:

+359 2 940 0900

Fax:

+359 2 981 8145

WWW:

mc.government.bg

Email:

press@mc.government.bg

Ministry of Culture Bulgaria

Country Bulgaria Type of link Organization/Institute

The aims of the Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria are: the transformation of cultural collaboration in head form of international collaboration, with accent over the Balkan region; synchronization of Bulgaria's legislation with European legislation in the region of culture, development of law frames, mechanism and forms for realisation of Bulgarian authors of international cultural markets, participation in the programs of EU, Europe Council, UNESCO and others, collaboration with international government and non-governmental organizations, initiation and accomplishment of projects for cultural collaboration at regional level; concurrence activity of Bulgarian cultural institutes in foreign countries, presentation of Bulgarian culture in different languages on the internet.

Contact

Ministry of Culture Bulgaria
Al. Stambolijski 17
1040 Sofia

Phone:

+359 294 009 00

Fax:

+359 298 181 45

WWW:

mc.government.bg

Email:

press@mc.government.bg

Ministry of Culture Lithuania

Country Lithuania Type of link Organization/Institute

The Ministry of Culture is the governmental body of the Republic of Lithuania in charge of formulating and implementing the state culture policies in the fields of professional and amateur art, theatre, music, fine arts, cinema, museums, libraries, publication as well as in the area targeted at the safeguard of copyright and neighbouring rights and the protection of cultural values.

Contact

Ministry of Culture Lithuania
J. Basanavičiaus g. 5
LT-01118 Vilnius

Phone:

+370 261 94 86

Fax:

+370 262 31 20

WWW:

www.lrkm.lt

Email:

culture@lrkm.lt

Ministry of Culture Macedonia

Country Macedonia Type of link Organization/Institute

Ministry of Culture Macedonia

Contact

Ministry of Culture Macedonia
ul. Gjuro Gjakovik br.61
10000 Skopje

Phone:

+389 232 405 74

Fax:

+389 232 405 75

WWW:

www.kultura.gov.mk

Email:

info@kultura.gov.mk

Ministry of Culture of Spain

Country Spain Type of link Funding

The Ministry of Culture promotes and supports all activities that contribute to the conservation of audiovisual heritage and improve the economic structure of the film and audiovisual industry. The Spanish Ministry of Culture established the Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA, Instituto de la Cinematografia y las Artes Audiovisuales) in order to provide funding for a range of film-related activities, such as production, distribution, script development, festivals, etc. In 2006, the total budget of ICAA was 64.5 million euros.

Contact

Ministry of Culture of Spain
Plaza del Rey, 1
28071 Madrid

Phone:

+34 91 701 70 00

Mobile:

+34 91 701 71 56 /57/59

Fax:

+34 91 701 73 52

WWW:

www.mcu.es

Email:

info.cine@mcu.es

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia

Country Croatia Type of link Organization/Institute

Contact

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia
Runjaninova 2
10 000 Zagreb

Phone:

+385 148 666 66

WWW:

www.min-kulture.hr

Email:

srecko.sestan@min-kulture.hr

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia

Country Macedonia Type of link Funding

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia

Contact

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia
ul. Gjuro Gjakovik br. 61
1000 Skopje

Phone:

+389 2 3240 574

Fax:

+389 2 3240 575

WWW:

www.kultura.gov.mk

Email:

info@kultura.gov.mk

Ministry of Culture Portugal

Country Portugal Type of link Organization/Institute

The Department of Culture is the governmental department that coordinates policies in the area of culture and related domains. The department wants to stimulate, support and promote policies and events that facilitate access to new cultural opportunities, and supports diversity within cultural creation. The task of the department is to improve access of the citizens to culture and, at the same time, defend and safeguard Portugues cultural heritage.

Contact

Ministry of Culture Portugal
Palácio Nacional da Ajuda
1349-021 Lisbon

Phone:

+351 213 614 500

Fax:

+351 213 649 872

WWW:

www.min-cultura.pt

Email:

gmc@mc.gov.pt

Ministry of Culture Serbia

Country Serbia Type of link Funding

Ministry of Culture Serbia

Contact

Ministry of Culture Serbia
Vlajkoviceva street 3
Belgrade

Phone:

+381 011 / 3398-498

Fax:

+381 011 / 3398-936

WWW:

www.kultura.sr.gov.yu

Email:

dejan.maslikovic@min-cul.sr.gov.yu

Ministry of Culture Slovakia

Country Slovak Republic Type of link Organization/Institute, Funding

The Ministry of Culture of Slovak Republic was founded in 1969. It is considered the protection and development of cultural heritage, support for contemporary artistic production, as well as the development of culture in general as an important investment in the moral, intellectual, social and economic development of the society. The Government will prepare and adopt a state cultural policy concept. The mains aims of the Ministry of Culture are protection and cultivation of national culture, arts, monuments, as well as the nature protection.

Contact

Ministry of Culture Slovakia
Nám. SNP č. 33
813 31 Bratislava

Phone:

+421 220 482 111

Fax:

+421 220 482 174

WWW:

www.culture.gov.sk

Email:

mksr@culture.gov.sk

Ministry of Culture Slovenia

Country Slovenia Type of link Organization/Institute

The Ministry of Culture is the part of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia responsible for regulating those matters in the sphere of culture which are in the public interest. These include attending to the coordinated cultural development of Slovenia, protection of the cultural heritage, ensuring the plurality of the media landscape, providing suitable conditions for the creation, communication and accessibility of cultural assets, guaranteeing the special cultural rights of minorities, international cooperation in the sphere of culture and the promotion of culture at home and abroad.

Contact

Ministry of Culture Slovenia
Maistrova 10
1000 Ljubljana

Phone:

+386 136 959 00

Fax:

+386 136 959 01

WWW:

www.mk.gov.si

Email:

gp.mk@gov.si

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media Montenegro

Country Montenegro Type of link Organization/Institute, Funding

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media Montenegro

Contact

Ministry of Culture, Sports and Media Montenegro

Phone:

+382 202 315 61

Fax:

+382 202 315 40

WWW:

www.gov.me

Email:

biro@gov.me

Ministry of Education Finland

Country Finland Type of link Organization/Institute

In the state government, matters relating to film and AV culture come under the Department for Cultural Policy and its Cultural Division. Subordinate to the Ministry of Education are the Finnish Film Archive and the Board of Film Classification. The promotion of domestic film production and its distribution has been delegated to the Finnish Film Foundation, which receives an annual appropriation of some EUR 8.7 million for financing film, television and video production and distribution. The sum is used to subsidise about ten feature films and 35 short and documentary films annually. Finland also has a Television and Radio Foundation, which supports domestic production with EUR 2.2 million a year.