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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 Judita Křížová

Prague Quadriennale

Pražské quadrienále, Czech Republic, 1999, 60 min

A documentary from the documentary series Closely about the 9th edition of the International Exhibition of Stage Design and Theatre Architecture, the Prague Quadriennale 1995. The most famous and, in terms of scope, the only global exhibition of stag... more

Director Jindřich Honzík Production company OK VISION ...

Director of photography Jindřich Honzík Editor Jindřich Honzík

Prague without Barriers

Praha bezbariérová, Czech Republic, 2001, 73 min, Beta SP, Social Issues

Can someone confined to a wheelchair be a "tourist" in Prague?... more

Director Dávid Bán Production company Anthropolis Association Director of photography Csaba Ádám

Editor Dávid Bán IDF Events 2005 East Silver

Praising the Masters

Mesterek koszontése, Hungary, 2005, 61 min, DV, Anthropology, Portrait, Society

A few years ago only, a lot of typical urban professions existed - the turner, soda maker, quilt maker or hat maker, shoemaker, ladder-mender etc. They were symbols of the city and the masters appreciated them for generations. Nowadays, it seems we m... more

Director Michal Pěchouček

Pram Room

Kočárkárna, Czech Republic, 2004, 14 min, Creative, Experimental

Living together in blocks of flats has also its blackouts - Pěchouček's Odyssey is penetrating into the very core of disparate sounds and images, ordinary, dull and interchangeable, forming the unconscious mechanism of one third of the Czech popula... more

Director Ulrike Ottinger Producer Kurt Mayer Production company Kurt Mayer Film Director of photography Ulrike Ottinger

Editor Bettina Blickwede IDF Events 2007 East Silver WWW http://www.prater-derfilm.com/ Sales Kurt Mayer Film

Prater

Prater, Austria, Germany, 2007, 104 min, 35 mm, Entertainment, Personal View

People, monsters, sensations. The beguiling images in Ulrike Ottinger's Prater transform this mythical Viennese attraction into a cinematic experience. A captivating succession of intention and coincidence, an amusement ride through time and space. A... more

Director Mohi Sándor Producer Sándor Buglya Production company Danube Region Foundation

Director of photography Mohi Sándor Editor Péter Szalay IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Prayer

Imádság, Hungary, 2007, 26 min, DV, Personal View, Portrait, Society

This is the last five years in the lives of an elderly couple who, living in the country, keep fighting for their daily bread...... more

Director Ewa Stankiewicz Production company Polish National Film ... Director of photography Slawomir Berganski ...

Editor Ewa Stankiewicz IDF Events 2005 East Silver

The Prayer

Modlitwa za nie przypadkowych ludzi, Poland, 2005, 17 min, 35 mm, Experimental

Night. The City. A young, slightly drunk couple, about 19 years of age, struggle out of a large puddle of water. A group of thus are fighting on the street. A woman hovers around the staircase trying to change 20 zl. "The Prayer" is the result of a y... more

Preaching to the Fish - Ascending the Summit

Director Pavel Kačírek Production company Czech TV ... Director of photography Jaromír Kačer

Editor Ivana Kačírková Financial Support - specific grant: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography - grant of the capital city of Prague

Preaching to the Fish - Ascending the Summit

Kázání rybám - Výstup na vrchol, Czech Republic, 1999, 45 min, Arts and Culture, Music

Continuation of the documentary series on the life of composer Gustav Mahler.... more

Preaching to the Fish - Descent to Eternity

Director Pavel Kačírek Production company Czech TV ... Director of photography Jaromír Kačer

Editor Ivana Kačírková Financial Support - specific grant: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography - grant of the capital city of Prague