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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
Hanna Polak
Original idea
Hanna Polak
Producer
Hanna Polak
Co Producer
Jan Rofekamp ...
Production company
Goats Hill
Director of photography
Hans Juergen Burkard ...
Editor
Grażyna Gradoń
IDF Events
2013 East Doc Platform ...
Planned premiere
September 2012
WWW
http://www.childrenofleningrad...
Financial Support
Polish Film Institute

Yula's Dream

Zvałka, Poland, USA, 70 min, 50 min, HD, Creative, Human Rights, Social Issues

Synopsis Credits Languages Production IDF Events Festivals Financial support Photogallery Articles

This is an 11-year odyssey into the harsh realities of Russia's underclass, it's a homeless and poor who live at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Moscow. We follow Yula from age 11 to 22, from her childhood to her pregnancy at 16, until she is 22 and finally realizes the need to prevail and escape Zvalka. Yula's story is one of countless tales that haunt Russia's as well as the world's garbage dumps. Yula has ''been there, done that, seen it all and is done''. Most importantly, Yula's life is a story od change, of ability of the human spirit to rise up and prevail from a heap of degradation and shame.

Director:

Hanna Polak

Producer:

Hanna Polak

Executive producer:

Hanna Polak

Co Producer:

Piotr Uzarowicz, Jan Rofekamp

Dramaturgy:

Hanna Polak

Original idea:

Hanna Polak