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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 Lubor Dohnal Production company Krátký Film Praha ...

Director of photography Ivan Marek Editor Miloslav Liška

The Short Life of Helmut Hirsch

O krátkém životě Helmuta Hirsche, Czech Republic, Germany, 1997, 90 min

A documentary film about the student Helmut Hirsch who was executed in 1937 in Berlin for allegedly planning the assassination of Adolf Hitler.... more

Director Martin Hanzlíček Producer Jarmila Poláková Production company Film & Sociology ... Director of photography Richard Krivda

Editor David Vojta IDF Events 2009 East Silver ... WWW http://www.kratkadlouhacesta.c... Sales Newface Films and Animation

Short Long Journey

Krátká dlouhá cesta, Czech Republic, 2009, 82 min, Digi Beta, DVD, History, Personal View

" About people, not only about Jews, about the evil in us, not only about the holocaust,about the present not only about the past" In April 1945 Vojtech Gál was murdered on the way from Sachsenhausen to Schwerin. In April 2008 his son walked the same... more

Director Shamil Najafzadeh Production company Lotos Director of photography Adil Abbas

Editor Samir Karimoglu IDF Events 2004 East Silver

Short Monologues

Qisa monoloqlar, Azerbaijan, 2003, 45 min, Beta SP, Health, Society

History of destinies of three heroes with disabilities living active lives. Each of them has found his place in the society.... more

Director Ismail Necmi Producer Ismail Necmi Production company In Works Istanbul Director of photography Ismail Necmi

Editor Ismail Necmi IDF Events 2010 East Silver WWW shouldireallydoit.com Financial Support REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF CULTURE

Should I Really Do It?

Vážně to mám udělat?, Turkey, 2009, 86 min, 35 mm, Docu drama

This real-life feature follows the extraordinary life of Petra, a German woman living in Istanbul, in an ironic inversion of the familiar story of Turkish migrants to Germany. Her life will take such strange turns you’ll think she’s following a scrip... more

Director Václav Borovička Production company Originální videojournal Director of photography Zbyněk Olmer

Editor David Šrám Financial Support - special grant: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic

Should the Nation Survive

Aby národ přežil, Czech Republic, 1993, 59 min, History

A documentary about different forms of collaboration of our nation during the Second World War. Historian comment on the unique archive films and reflect on the consequences resulting from that collaboration on the fundamental moralities of the natio... more

Director Vladimir Shterianov Producer Vladimir Shterianov

Production company Miramar Film Director of photography Nikolay Nikolov

The Show Goes On

Shouto Prodaljava, Bulgaria, 2010, 54 min, DVD, Adventure and Sports, Portrait

Neshka Robeva was the coach of Bulgarian rhythmic gymnastics team in the 80s and 90s. She led the team to the top and won numerous gold medals at world championships and Olympic Games. Neshka and her athletes were national celebrities. After she was ... more

Director Alexandru Solomon

Production company Fundatia Arte Vizuale

Shriek Into The Ear-Drum

Strigat In Timpan, Romania, 1993, 27 min, Archive

A visual essay on Romanian avant-garde. From the birth of the Dada movement, passing to futurism and constructivism until the last manifestations of surrealism, this film follows the development of Romanian avantgarde. Unknown documents from private ... more

Shuffle: Politics, Bullshit and Rock'n'roll

Director Edon Rizvanolli ... Production company Deebeeduss ... Director of photography Mehmedaliu Ylber Yascha

Editor Edon Rizvanolli IDF Events 2006 East Silver Sales 1244 Productions

Shuffle: Politics, Bullshit and Rock'n'roll

Shuffle: Politike, Laknuer dhe Rock'n'roll, Kosovo, 2006, 43 min, Beta SP, Arts and Culture, Politics

Kosovo, 2004: Five years after the NATO-led campaign against Yugoslav Army Troops, six alternative music bands from Kosovo give their reactions to life in the UN-administered province, in which poverty, corruption, political instability, lack of jobs... more

Director Matei-Alexandru Mocanu Producer Andrei Cretulescu Production company HBO Romania Director of photography David Lee ...

Editor Alin Flaidar IDF Events 2011 East Silver WWW www.tscp.ro Sales HBO Czech Republic

The Shukar Collective Project

Romania, 2010, 78 min, DVD, Culture, Music

The film follows, in a challenging and unconventional visual style, the coming together and the evolution of the Shukar Collective phenomenon. Consequently, the founding members of the dancing bears group Shukar, Napoleon (43, vocal and barrel percus... more

Director Aleksandar Manić Producer Anna Becková ... Production company Cabiria ... Director of photography Dominik Miškovský

Editor Ivana Davidová ... IDF Events 2007 East European Stand at Sunny Side of the Doc ... WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv... Financial Support - financial contribution (2000 ...