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.

Norsk Redaktørforening - Association of Norwegian Editors

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

The association has approx. 730 members - editors-in-chief and news editors working in newspapers, radio and television, news agencies, internet, etc.

Contact

Norsk Redaktørforening - Association of Norwegian Editors
Rådhusgaten 17
Postboks 624 Sentrum
0106 Oslo

Phone:

+47 224 050 50

Fax:

+47 224 050 55

WWW:

www.nored.no

Email:

post@nored.no

Norskanimasjon.no

Country Norway Type of link Film Website

Norskanimasjon.no is a Norwegian website started and run by Foreningen For Animert Film (The Norwegian Animation Association). The site mainly features information about Norwegian animation and the main target group is domestic.

Contact

Norskanimasjon.no

WWW:

www.norskanimasjon.no

Email:

info@norskanimasjon.no

Norske Filmregissører - Norwegian Directors Guild

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

The organization currently has approx. 104 members - directors of short, feature, documentary films and TV programmes.

Contact

Norske Filmregissører - Norwegian Directors Guild
Wedel Jarlsbergs vei 36
1358 Jar

Phone:

+47 675 251 58

WWW:

www.filmdir.no

Email:

nfr@filmdir.no

North American Picture

Country Czech Republic Type of link Producer

Production company

Contact

North American Picture
Filmařská 21
152 00 Praha 5

Phone:

+420 251 680 068

Fax:

+420 251 680 068

WWW:

www.northamericanpictures.com/

Email:

admin@northamericanpictures.com

North by Northwest

Country Denmark Type of link Other Events

Training and development for European screenwriters, script editors, producers, directors, commissioning editors, development executives, and other audiovisual professionals. Screenwriters from different cultures could help make the stories more universal, and the tutors could share their insights into screenwriting craftsmanship and audience awareness. Script editors from the various countries could also benefit from this experience by joining the programme as trainees.

Contact

North by Northwest
The Danish Film Institute
55, Gothersgade
1123 Copenhagen K

Phone:

+45 3374 3400

Fax:

+45 3374 3401

WWW:

www.n-nw.com

Email:

info@n-nw.dk

North Finland Film Commission

Country Finland Type of link Organization/Institute

The North Finland Film Commission helps film and media production companies by searching for locations and providing information on local services and companies in the North of Finland. NFFC also helps production companies to get shooting permissions and to recruit local crew members.

Contact

North Finland Film Commission
Kirkkokatu 19 A 10
90100 Oulu

Phone:

+358 855 847 532

Fax:

+358 855 847 533

WWW:

www.nffc.fi

Email:

info@nffc.fi

North Karelian Regional Film Association

Country Finland Type of link Organization/Institute

The North Karelian Regional Film Association is a non-profit organization. The purpose of the North Karelian Regional Film Association is to promote film and AV culture and education in North Karelia. The aim is to improve general conditions for the film sector in the region. The North Karelian Regional Film Association organizes, among other things, Viscult - Intl. Festival of Visual Culture.

Contact

North Karelian Regional Film Association
c/o Pekka Silvennoinen - Film Secretary
Länsikatu 15
80100 Joensuu

Phone:

+358 132 285 15

WWW:

www.pkey.fi

Email:

pekka.silvennoinen@netmail.fi

North West Film Archive

Country United Kingdom Type of link Organization/Institute

The Archive cares for over 31,000 items from the pioneer days of film in the mid 1890s to video production of the present day. The work of both the professional and the amateur is collected. The North West Film Archive is interested in acquiring film or video footage featuring people, places, events and activities in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire. The Archive collects material on any subject illustrating life in the region - this could be newsreel from the 1920s, home movies of local events in the 1960s or a corporate video from the 1990s.

Contact

North West Film Archive
The Manchester Metropolitan University
Minshull House, 47-49 Chorlton Street
M1 3EU Manchester

Phone:

+44 161 247 3097

Fax:

+44 161 247 3098

WWW:

www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk

Email:

n.w.filmarchive@mmu.ac.uk

North West Vision

Country United Kingdom Type of link Organization/Institute

Northwest Vision and Media works on behalf of the digital and creative industries in the Northwest to grow a world-class digital and creative economy within the region.

Contact

North West Vision
BBC, Oxford Road
M60 1SJ Manchester

Phone:

+44 870 609 4481

WWW:

www.northwestvision.co.uk

Email:

info@northwestvision.co.uk

Northbank Studios

Country The Netherlands Type of link Producer

Production company

Contact

Northbank Studios
Lloydstraat 5
3024 EA Rotterdam

Phone:

+31 10 244 4050

Fax:

+31 10 244 4058

WWW:

www.northbank.nl

Email:

info@northbank.nl

Northern Broadcasting Network Llc

Country Estonia Type of link Producer

TV- and film production company NBN (Northern Broadcasting Network, www.nbn.ee) was established in 2001 in February. Testfilm Ltd, what is hosting company of Northern Broadcasting Network Llc, was established in 1996 to support the studies of the students in Tallinn University in the field of media and cinema. Main activity fields of the Northern Broadcasting Network have been producing TV shows and films, renting professional video- and editing equipment and offering interactive new media products and services. In the beginning of 2007 it was decided to focus to develop and produce documentary series about human-environment-technology relationships in various societies and throughout the history. At the moment we have prepared and developed that project almost one year, we have been shooting three times, two times in Norway and once in England. Shootings will continue in 2008 all over the world.

Contact

Northern Broadcasting Network Llc
Pärnu mnt 139C
11317 Tallinn

Phone:

+372 650 948 1

Fax:

+372 650 9482

WWW:

www.nbn.ee

Email:

nbn@nbn.ee

Northern Film & Media

Country United Kingdom Type of link Funding, Workshop

Northern Film & Media is the Regional Screen Agency for the North East of England. Through partnership-working, service provision, funding schemes, advice and guidance, Northern Film & Media aims: to develop an advantage for companies and individuals through creating specialist networks and expert guidance to audiences and markets, to develop a commercial, creative, connected and competitive environment, to build networks of expert providers to stimulate and meet demand for sustainable access to moving image culture and activity, to build the expertise of companies and talents in the commercial and community media sectors, to create a network of informed regional partners aligned to provide successful filming in the region and maximise benefit from inward investment, to broaden awareness and support for moving image culture and business.

Contact

Northern Film & Media
Central Square, Forth Street
NE1 3PJ Newcastle upon Tyne

Phone:

+44 191 269 9200

Fax:

+44 191 269 9213

WWW:

www.northernmedia.org

Email:

info@northernmedia.org

Northern Film and Media Foundation

Country Finland Type of link Organization/Institute, Funding

The POEM Foundation is an audiovisual production resource centre. The foundation provides grants for scriptwriting, as well as interest-free loans and investment funding for development and production. In addition, the POEM Foundation allocates funding for projects developing the operating environment and entrepreneurial activity or services in the audiovisual sector. The North Finland Film Commission (NFFC) functions as a part of The POEM Foundation. NFFC provides production services for domestic and international productions. The POEM Foundation coordinates the development of cultural activities in the film and audiovisual sector in the Oulu audiovisual network. The network consists of Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu Film Center, Nuku Film School and the Science Centre Tietomaa.

Contact

Northern Film and Media Foundation
Kirkkokatu 19 A 10
PL 42
90015 Oulu

Phone:

+358 855 847 527

Fax:

+358 855 847 533

WWW:

www.poem.fi

Email:

poem@poem.fi

Northern Lights

Country Denmark Type of link Film Magazine

Northern Lights is an annual publication published by the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Each yearbook is devoted to a specific theme. In addition, every volume may include articles on other topics as well as review articles. It covers the full range of media – from film and television, the press and radio, to the internet and other computer media, and welcome contributions from all traditions of inquiry within the interdisciplinary field of film and media studies.

Contact

Northern Lights
Professor Ib Bondebjerg Film and Media Studies - University of Copenhagen
Njalsgade DK-2300 Copenhagen

Phone:

+45 35 32 81 02

Fax:

+45 35 32 81 10

WWW:

http://www.media.ku.dk

Email:

bonde@hum.ku.dk

Northern Lights Film Festival

Country United Kingdom Type of link Festival Deadline month September Event month November

Northern Lights Film Festival exists to promote and exhibit independent UK, Baltic and Northern European moving Image. The festival is committed to providing and nurturing opportunities to advance the education, production and discussion of film, offering illuminating experiences for all.

Contact

Northern Lights Film Festival
10 Pilgrim Street
NE1 6QU Newcastle upon Tyne

Phone:

+44 191 227 5522

WWW:

www.nlff.co.uk

Email:

info@nlff.co.uk

Northern Region Film and Television Archive

Country United Kingdom Type of link Organization/Institute

The public sector moving image archive serving County Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley and Tyne and Wear. The NRFTA operates from two sites: at the University of Teesside in Midddlesbrough, at which most of the staff and approximately half the collection are located, and at Tyne and Wear Archives Service (TWAS) in Newcastle, where an access officer (part-time) and the remainder of the collection are housed.

Contact

Northern Region Film and Television Archive
School of Arts and Media
University of Teesside
TS1 3BA Middlesbrough, Tees Valley

Phone:

+44 164 238 4022

WWW:

www.nrfta.org.uk

Email:

enquiries@nrfta.org.uk

Northern Sky Entertainment Ltd

Country Canada Type of link Producer

Contact

Northern Sky Entertainment Ltd
508 Riverside Dr.
M6S 4B5 Toronto (Ontario)

Phone:

+1 416 604 1178

Email:

northernsky@sympatico.ca

Norwaco

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

Established in 1983, Norwaco consists of 33 member organizations that organise more than 35 000 authors, performing artists, photographers and producers. Norwaco is an independent rights management organization that administers copyright in sound and image media such as film, radio and television. The organization enters into agreements for the extended use of the programme content in these media, and collects and distributes the agreed remuneration.

Contact

Norwaco
Postboks 8903 Youngstorget
NO-0028 Oslo

Phone:

+47 233 168 00

Fax:

+47 233 168 01

WWW:

www.norwaco.no

Email:

norwaco@norwaco.no

Norwegian Actors' Equity Association

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

The Norwegian Actors' Equity Association (NAEA) is an independent organisation whose purpose is to protect the artistic, judicial and financial interests of actors in Norway. Founded in 1898, the Association is one of the oldest Trade Unions in the world for actors and the only nation-wide Trade Union in Norway to represent professional actors within theatre, film, television, radio and other fields of work.

Contact

Norwegian Actors' Equity Association
Welhavensgate 1
0166 Oslo

Phone:

+47 210 271 90

Fax:

+47 210 271 91

WWW:

www.skuespillerforbund.no

Email:

nsf@skuespillerforbund.no

Norwegian Audiovisual Translators Association

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

NAVIO is an association for translators working within the audiovisual industry. The aims of the association are to unite translators working within the audiovisual media, to defend the common economic interests of its members, and to draw attention to the cultural importance of the work performed by translators and subtitlers.

Contact

Norwegian Audiovisual Translators Association
Arbeidersamfunnets plass 1 C
0181 Oslo

Phone:

+47 222 071 71

WWW:

www.navio.no

Email:

post@navio.no

Norwegian Critics’ Association

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

Norwegian Critics’ Association

Contact

Norwegian Critics’ Association
Boks 352 Sentrum
0101 Oslo

Phone:

+47 224 724 30

WWW:

www.kritikerlaget.no

Norwegian Film and TV Producers’ Association

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute

The Norwegian Film and TV Producers’ Association (Produsentforeningen) was established in 1933. As of today the association comprises approximately 80 independent production companies involved in film and TV production. Its members are spread throughout the country and produce everything from short films to documentaries, feature films, TV programs, commercial films, commissioned films, multimedia and more.

Contact

Norwegian Film and TV Producers’ Association
Dronningens gt. 16
0152 Oslo

Phone:

+47 231 193 11

Fax:

+47 231 193 16

WWW:

www.produsentforeningen.no

Email:

produsentforeningen@produsentforeningen.no

Norwegian Film Commission

Country Norway Type of link Organization/Institute, Training Programme

The Norwegian Film Commission provides information about film companies, insitutions and locations in Norway.

Contact

Norwegian Film Commission
Georgernes Verft 12
5011 Bergen

Phone:

+47 555 643 43

Fax:

+47 555 643 48

WWW:

www.norwegianfilm.com

Email:

post@norwegianfilm.com

Norwegian Film Development

Country Norway Type of link Funding

The Norwegian Film Development is a public body directly under the Norwegian Ministry of Culture acting as a centre for education, development and inspiration serving the professional audiovisual community in Norway. NFD organizes workshops, courses, seminars and conferences aimed at furthering technical and creative competence, as well as project-based training for the development and enhancement of individual skills. NFD runs a support system for screenplay development of full-length fiction, animation and documentary films, including several grants for professional training abroad.