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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
Petr Jančárek
Original idea
Petr Jančárek
Producer
Petr Jančárek
Production company
Czech TV
Director of photography
Petr Jančárek
Editor
Jan Turek
IDF Events
2010 East Silver

Václav Havel, Prague - Castle

Václav Havel, Praha - Hrad, Czech Republic, 2009, 57 min, Digi Beta, History, Politics, Portrait

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When Václav Havel was elected president on 29 December 1989, he and his advisors' immediate goal was to lead the country to its first free elections as quickly as possible. Petr Jančárek's documentary devotes itself to the first six months of Havel's presidency. We also discover the personality of Václav Havel, as seen through the eyes of those around him. The film chronicles his first trips to European countries, the USA and the Soviet Union. It also depicts his historically significant speech to the United States Congress as well as the first visits of Pope John Paul II and the Dalai Lama to the former Czechoslovakia. Jančárek's film presents the complex personality of the former president, who suddenly went from being a dissident to become the head of a free democratic state.

Director:

Petr Jančárek

Producer:

Petr Jančárek

Original idea:

Petr Jančárek

Screenplay:

Martin Vidlák

Editor:

Jan Turek

Director of photography:

Petr Jančárek