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

simplified structure chrono structure geo structure

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
Vít Klusák ...
Original idea
Vít Klusák ...
Producer
Michal Bregant ...
Production company
Hypermarket Film ...
Director of photography
Jaromír Kalina ...
Editor
Zdeněk Marek
IDF Events
2005 Czech Documentary 1989 - 2004 ...
WWW
http://www.czech-dream.com
Sales
Taskovski Films

Czech Dream

Český sen, Czech Republic, 2004, 87 min, 35 mm, Adventure and Sports, Entertainment, IDF Video Library, Mockumentary, Society

Synopsis Staff Languages Production Sales Distribution IDF Events Festivals Financial support Photogallery Articles

Prague, Czech Republic, 31 May, 2003, a few minutes before 10a.m.; there are more than 3000 people jostling on a remote parking place. Many of them are clutching plastic bags in their hands; some of them are armed with trolley. Assistants are handing out plastic cups and the host on the lit stage urges people to have a drink from the nearby water tanker. The "hyper-anthem" of CZECH DREAM rings out once again from the speakers: "Try to see as a child, many things will seem wild..." Suddenly the managers of the hypermarket rush out on stage, greet their customers and briskly cut the glittering ribbon. Guards remove the metal barriers and the crowd starts moving. They still have 300 metres to reach the hypermarket. People start running... A moment later, the fastest of them are struck dumb: the hypermarket that they have reached is nothing but a huge film decoration... The documentary hyper-comedy CZECH DREAM is a feature film about a hypermarket that never existed.
An original, cheeky treatise on capitalism, with more than a whiff of exploitation, “Czech Dream” follows two film students who used a state grant to promote the opening of an entirely fictitious bigbox mega-market in a Prague field. The resulting scandal, alternately hilarious and discomforting, illuminates the waking nightmare of cosumerism in a country still adjusting to the strenghts and pitfalls of the concept. -- Eddie Cockrell, Variety

Director:

Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda

Original idea:

Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda

Screenplay:

Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda

Producer:

Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda, Michal Reitler, Damián Kaušitz, Petr Král, Ivan Hronec, Michal Bregant, Irena Taskovski

Executive producer:

Roman Blaas, Filip Čermák, Jaroslav Petr

Dramaturgy:

Anna Becková, Rudolf Růžička, Jan Gogola ml.

Director of photography:

Vít Klusák, Jaromír Kalina

Editor:

Zdeněk Marek

Sound:

Michal Gábor, David Hysek

Languages:

Czech

Subtitles:

English

Hypermarket Film Kubelíkova 27
130 00 Prague 3, Czech Republic

Phone:

+420 223 018 119

WWW:

www.hypermarketfilm.cz

Email:

email@hypermarketfilm.cz

Czech TV Kavčí hory
140 70 Prague 4, Czech Republic

Phone:

+420 261 131 111

WWW:

www.ceskatelevize.cz

Email:

info@ceskatelevize.cz

Film Europe Branická 1950/209
140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic

Phone:

+420 261 216 318

Fax:

+420 244 400 075

WWW:

www.filmeurope.cz

Email:

info@filmeurope.cz

Taskovski Films 7 Granard Business Centre
Bunns Lane
NW7 2DQ London, United Kingdom

Phone:

+387 65 652 046

Fax:

+44 207 247 0238

WWW:

www.taskovskifilms.com

Email:

info@taskovskifilms.com

Studio Mirage spol. s.r.o. Smolenská 137/22
101 00 Prague 10, Czech Republic

Phone:

+420 271 742 040

Fax:

+420 271 740 306

WWW:

www.mirage.cz

Email:

studio@mirage.cz

FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Smetanovo nábřeží 2
116 65 Prague 1, Czech Republic

Phone:

+420 234 244 311

Fax:

+420 2 211 97 222

WWW:

www.famu.cz

Email:

famu@famu.cz

Film Europe Branická 1950/209
140 00 Praha 4, Czech Republic

Phone:

+420 261 216 318

Fax:

+420 244 400 075

WWW:

www.filmeurope.cz

Email:

info@filmeurope.cz

Taskovski Films 7 Granard Business Centre
Bunns Lane
NW7 2DQ London, United Kingdom

Phone:

+387 65 652 046

Fax:

+44 207 247 0238

WWW:

www.taskovskifilms.com

Email:

info@taskovskifilms.com

Czech Documentary 1989 - 2004 East European Stand at Sunny Side of the Doc East Silver 2004East Silver Caravan

Golden Gate Award - IFF San Francisco 2005
Audience Award& Honorable Mention - IFF Cracow 2005
FIPRESCI Award - IFF Ljubljana 2005
EFF Brusel 2005
IFF Jeaoniu 2005
Special Prize - IFF Oslo
IFF Ekofilm 2005
Prize for the best Czech documentary in Czech Joy Section - IFF Jihlava 2004
Audience Award - FAMUfest 2004
Film Critique Prize Kristian for the Best Documentary Film in 2004 - Kristian 2004
IFF Copenhagen
FF London
Sheffiled DFF
Gottenborg FF
Special Award for Remarkable Work - Finále Plzeň 2005
Trilobit Beroun 2004
Spar Nord Award for the Best International Documentary Film - 7th International Film Festival of the short and documentary film (Århus Filmfestival), Århus 2004
Hot Docs 2010

Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography