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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

Director of photography Richard Řeřicha

Světlana Sings Marlene

Světlana zpívá Marlene, Czech Republic, 1996, 28 min, Arts and Culture, Music

A documentary from the series On the Edge of Interest. The singer Světlana Nálepková sings Marlene Dietrich's songs with lyrics by Sergei Machonin and tells the story of her life and films. Světlana Nálepková (1960) graduated from the music and... more

Director Barbara Musil ... Production company sixpackfilm

IDF Events 2005 East Silver

SW-NO 04

SW-NO 04, Austria, 2005, 10 min, Beta SP, Experimental, Society

The village of Reinsberg, Lower Austria on he level of its images. Idyllic green landscapes of mountains and meadows recur in paintings and postcards in interior spaces such as living rooms and taverns, thereby making the natural surroundings omnipre... more

Director Milan Belegisan Producer Milan Belegisan Production company RTV Vojvodine

Director of photography Ljubomir Glusica Editor Saša Armbruster IDF Events 2008 East Silver

The Swallow

Lasta, Serbia, 2007, 17 min, Personal View

The old man found a swallow, fallen out of its nest, and made up his mind to raise it. Three times a day he would feed it with worms from over-ripe cherries. A few months later, the swallow became so bound to the old man that it stood on his shoulder... more

Director Viktor Vokjan Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Director of photography Darko Stulić Editor Viktor Vokjan

The Swan

Labuť, Czech Republic, 2003, 12 min, Creative, Youth Documentary

A poetical document on lief on the Vltava river on an autumn afternoon. - Department of animated film, FAMU - 4th year.... more

Sweat and Tears - The Making of the Prague Spring, Opus No. 2

Director Pavel Koutecký Producer Anna Becková Production company Film & Sociology ... Director of photography Vlastimil Hamerník ...

Editor Jan Petras IDF Events 2006 East Silver WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv... Sales Film & Sociologie

Sweat and Tears - The Making of the Prague Spring, Opus No. 2

Pot a slzy Pražského jara, Opus 2, Czech Republic, 2006, 58 min, DV, IDF Video Library

This documentary film is the second in the trilogy Prague Spring Comes Every Year, which disrupts the stereotype in which the world of classical music is presented by the media. The film is made up of four storylines. The story of conductor Sir Charl... more

Director Gerd Kroske Producer Gerd Kroske Production company Realistfilm Director of photography Dieter Chill

Editor Karin Gerda Schöning IDF Events 2007 East Silver ... WWW http://kehraus-wieder.de/ Sales Deckert Distribution GmbH

Sweep it up, again

Kehraus, wieder, Germany, 2006, 100 min, 35 mm, Personal View, Society

Directly after the elections in March 1990 Gerd Kroske filmed in the streets of Leipzig for the second time. His road sweepers swept away what wasn't needed any longer: posters, flags, cigarette butt. The film Sweep it up contained impressive images ... more

Director Helena Třeštíková

The Sweet Bitterness of Lída Baarová

Sladké hořkosti Lídy Baarové, Czech Republic, 1995, 30 min, IDF Video Library

A portrait of the 1930's, 1940' and 1950's film diva, Lída Baarová.... more

Director Alexandru Solomon

The Sweet Bread of Exile

Franzela Exilului, Romania, 2002, 26 min, Archive

Caragiale is the first Romanian great author to have left the country. During the last century so many others have tasted the bread of exile: Eugen Ionesco, Brancusi, Tristan Tzara became international personalities, integrated in the culture of thei... more

Director Helena Třeštíková Producer Josef Platz

Production company Man and Time Foundation ... Financial Support - specific grant: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (1995,1997) - grant of the City of Prague