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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.

Director Galina Krasnoborova Producer Vladymir Malyshev Production company VGIK - Gerasimov Institute of Cinema

Director of photography Oksana Gracheva Editor Galina Krasnoborova IDF Events 2009 East Silver

Nine Forgotten Songs

Dewjat' zabytyh pesen, Russia, 2008, 19 min, 35 mm, Anthropology, Creative, Personal View

Documentary Parable of the Komi-Permyaks, a small ethnic group living in the Northern Urals. Story based on the ancient curse. This is the curse of the ancient ancestors as punishment for forgetting. As if under the power of the curse the small peopl... more

Director Jan Reinisch Production company Pavel Zvolánek Director of photography Pavel Zvolánek

Editor Krasimira Veličková IDF Events 2005 East Silver

NING - Story of the Lost Girlfriend

NING - Příběh ztracené přítelkyně, Czech Republic, 2005, 25 min, DV, Human Rights, Portrait

Czech traveller Pavel Zvolánek made an emotional documentary about the search for his Thai girlfriend just after the tsunami in 2004.... more

Director Radek Buchlovský Producer Radek Špinka Production company ADRA Director of photography Jan Skriečka

Editor Tomáš Polenský IDF Events 2011 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films Financial Support ADRA Foundation

Nirmol

Nirmol, Czech Republic, 22 min, DVD, Culture, Portrait, Reportage, Social Issues, Travel

Nirmol describes a day in the life of a seventeen-year-old boy studying at a boarding school in Bangladesh.... more

Director Nastia Tarasova Producer Nastia Tarasova Production company Albatross Film Studio

Director of photography Irina Shatalova Editor Nastia Tarasova IDF Events 2008 East Silver

No Borders

Bez granic, Russia, 2007, 30 min, 35 mm, Personal View, Social Issues

Four short stories - the winter, spring, summer and autumn cyclicity of the Russian-Chinese relations on the border of two countries. The attitudes of two small cities on opposite coasts - the Russian Blagoveshchensk and the Chinese HeiHe - develop q... more

Director Jakub Stożek Producer Jakub Stożek Production company Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television (University of Silesia)

Director of photography Jakub Stożek Editor Jakub Stożek IDF Events 2008 East Silver

No Collapse

Bez upadku, Poland, 2008, 33 min, Beta SP, Health, Portrait, Social Issues

Two men - Rafal and Wiktor have gone through an ordeal. The first one - nine years ago, the other one is going through it now. They meet in a hospital where Rafal helps patients to recover physically and mentally. Each of them, in their own way, trie... more

Director Viktor Polesný Producer Petr Morávek Production company Czech TV

Editor Lenka Polesná IDF Events 2011 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/po...

No Exodus

Neodcházení, Czech Republic, 2012, 52 min, Digi Beta, HD, Creative, Current Affairs, Health, Personal View, Society

Czech doctors have repeatedly threatened with an exodus. In most cases the problem was money. The category of love for this highly demanding profession seemed out of question. So did the drama, creativity, beauty of the profession; as well as ethics,... more

Director Ján Novák Producer Lenka Poláková Production company Czech TV

Director of photography Krunoslav Kiko Keteleš ... IDF Events 2011 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films

No Hope for Haiti?

Haiti bez naděje?, Czech Republic, 57 min, HD, Current Affairs, Social Issues

The country could be a Caribbean paradise; however, to its inhabitants, it is rather hell. As one of the poorest countries in the world, it is overwhelmed by problems, the earthquake being but one of them. The apocalypse of January 12, 2010 has only ... more

Director Svetlana Fyodorova Producer Victor Skubey Production company NordWestFilm

Director of photography Evgenyi Goncharuk Editor Svetlana Fyodorova IDF Events 2008 East Silver ...

No More Fear

No More Fear, Russia, 2007, 28 min, Digi Beta, Health, Social Issues, Youth Documentary

A young, separated couple meet again for a film. In a small house by a lake they perform something that could be daily life: chopping wood, frying meatballs, arguing about minced meat, heating the oven, swimming, looking at the water and playing harm... more

Director Florian Flicker Production company Mischief Films Director of photography Birgit Gudjonsdottir

Editor Dieter Pichler IDF Events 2006 East Silver Sales Mischief Films

No Name City

No Name City, Austria, 2006, 86 min, 35 mm, Human Rights, Society

In a Wild West setting, 30 km outside of Vienna, a handful of people attempt to realize their dream of living a life of self-determination. The ailing theme park No Name City was built five years ago and this group has banded together to keep it aliv... more

Director Lorenzo Castore ... Producer Paolo Benzi ... Production company joon film ... Director of photography Lorenzo Castore ...

Editor Radka Franczak ... IDF Events 2011 Doc Launch ... Sales joon film

No Peace Without War

Germany, Italy, 2012, 37 min, Archive, Arts and Culture, Creative, Personal View

Ewa and Piotr Sosnowski are descended from a now-impoverished noble Polish family. Today the two elderly siblings, both heavy drinkers and chain-smokers, share a run-down flat in an old building. Photos in black and white bear silent witness to bette... more

Director Taisya Reshetnikova Producer Alexey Uchitel

Director of photography Taisya Reshetnikova IDF Events 2012 East Silver

No Problems

Net problem, Russia, 2012, 26 min, 35 mm, Docu Series

A portrait of the contemporary generation of young people. The filmmakers ask each of the characters the same question: "What are you concerned about the most? What are you anxious about? "It turns out that many problems are not as horrible as they s... more

Director Olga Sommerová Producer Petr Nezval ... Production company Czech TV ...

Director of photography Josef Nekvasil Editor Jakub Voves WWW http://master.ceskatelevize.cz...

No Punishment, No Penitance

Bez trestu, bez pokání, Czech Republic, 2003, 54 min, DV

Confessions of political prisoners from the 1950´s giving views on guilt, punishment and repentance. ... more

Director Gregory Portnoy Producer Gregory Portnoy Production company Gregory Portnoy Director of photography Gregory Portnoy

Editor Gregory Portnoy ... IDF Events 2012 East Silver Financial Support Self produced by the director

No Reason to Leave

Nie ma powodu by stąd odejść, Poland, 2012, 18 min, HD, Experimental, Personal View, Philosophy, Society

Living in one city, one country, one neigborhood is one man. For him, all this looks like an enclosed, nice box with games, fears, worries and everyday life. And when “it” got opened and sun shone down on it, it became absolutely clear for him wh... more

Director Theodora Remundová Producer Jiří Ptáček Production company Bistro Films ... Director of photography Jiří Lívanec ...

Editor Zdeněk Marek IDF Events 2005 Czech Documentary 1989 - 2004 ... WWW https://docalliancefilms.com/f... Financial Support - financial contribution: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (2001)