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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 Önne Luha ... Production company Rühm Pluss Null Director of photography Erik Norkroos

Editor Kersti Miilen IDF Events 2005 East Silver

Buy An Elephant

Osta elevant ara, Estonia, 2005, 27 min, Beta SP, Human Rights, Society

Once a month a Hostess invites 5-6 elderly ladies over for a memorable presentation of the cleansing agents. Usually one would clean the house before the Guests come, but this Hostess prepares quite a few "dirty spots" for the guests, only to show th... more

Director Herz Frank Production company Riga Film Studio

Director of photography Juris Podnieks Editor Jevgenijs Margoļins

By Ten Minutes Older

Vecāks par 10 minūtēm, Latvia, 1978, 10 min, 35 mm, Experimental

This documentary film without words observes the faces of children watching a theatre play.... more

Director Magda Kowalczyk Production company Wajda School

Director of photography Piotr Niemyjski ... IDF Events 2006 East Silver

By the river

Przy rzece, Poland, 2006, 12 min, DVD, Youth Documentary

At dawn, workers along the bank of the river are carrying piles of branches, doing their best not to let the river overflow…... more

Director Ondřej Smrž

Editor Ondřej Smrž

Bye and Thanks for the Climbing

Ahoj a Díky za lezení, Czech Republic, 2011, 35 min, Adventure and Sports

This film describes two expeditions of the Dolní Žleb Company undertaken in 2008. The first destination was the Todra Gorge in Morocco and a half year later the Cimbar Vadisi valley in Turkey. Both expeditions created in the sheer limestone walls n... more

Director Jana Boková Producer Anna Becková ... Production company Endorfilm s. r. o. ... Director of photography Claudio Beiza ...

Editor Jan Daňhel IDF Events 2007 Doc Launch ... WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv... Financial Support The Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography

Bye Bye Shanghai

Bye Bye Shanghai, Argentina, Czech Republic, 2008, 114 min, Digi Beta, Creative, Personal View, Society

Distinguished Czech documentarist Jana Boková, who lives in Argentina, decided for her latest film to find out exactly what the word "exile" means. Her first stop is Prague, where after a period of 40 years, she meets up with a friend, the philosoph... more

Director Rafael Lewandowski Producer Janusz Skalkowski

Director of photography Radek Ładczuk Editor Agnieszka Glińska

Bye, bye Dublin!

Poland, 2010, 47 min

Like thousands of other young Poles, Klementyna and Wojtek immigrated to Ireland in 2005. Four years later, like so many other Polish people, they decided to go back home. The economic crisis which has suddenly affected Irish economy within the last ... more

Director Radim Špaček Producer Petr Morávek Production company Czech TV Director of photography Jakub Halousek

Editor Kateřina Krutská Vrbová IDF Events 2009 East Silver ... WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv...

Bystander Effect

Efekt přihlížejícího, Czech Republic, 2008, 57 min, DVD, Creative, Society

On 13 March, 1964, 28-year old Kitty Genovese was stabbed to death on the street in NYC. It was revealed later that 38 people in the neighbourhood in some way witnessed the crime that lasted 50 minutes. None of the witnesses called the police. The fi... more

Director Marc Bader ... Producer Petra Kunčíková Production company MBFilm

Director of photography Marc Bader ... Editor Marc Bader ... IDF Events 2006 East Silver

Bystrany Settlement

Osada Bystrany, Czech Republic, 2006, 32 min, DV, Social Issues

The eastern Slovak village of Bystrany has 2,500 inhabitants, two thirds of them are the Roma whose ancestors settled here in the 14th century. Most of them live on social benefits. In 2004, the government cut the benefits dramatically, and life in R... more

Director M. Blecha ...

Čačipen - Pravda

Čačipen - Pravda, Slovak Republic, 1998, 24 min, Society

Director Kateřina Procházková Producer Miloň Terč Production company Independent Film College in Písek

Editor Jan Štindl Sales Filmexport Prague Distribution s.r.o.

Cactusman

Kaktusář, Czech Republic, 2004, 15 min, Youth Documentary

A documentary film about cacti, and everything that is needed for their keeping. ... more

Director David Spáčil Producer David Spáčil Production company Indust

Director of photography David Spáčil Editor David Spáčil IDF Events 2005 East Silver

Cafe La Manana

Cafe la maňana, Czech Republic, 2005, 9 min, Beta SP, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Experimental

This experimental music documentary was shot when Cafe la manana, a band from Valmez (Valasske Mezirici), was recording their CD "Kolo od podzimu".... more

Director Andrey Kaminski Production company Fama Films Director of photography Ekaterina Bazhenova

Editor Andrey Kaminski IDF Events 2004 East Silver

The Cage

Kletka, Poland, 2002, 23 min, Beta SP, Human Rights, Society

These children haven`t been outside not a single time; they haven`t seen the sky. They see masks instead of human faces; they feel rubber gloves instead of warm hands. During several years the small children left by their HIV-infected parents, have b... more

Director Gilad Melzer Producer Gidi Avivi ...

Sales Ruth Diskin Films Ltd.

The Cahana Sisters

The Cahana Sisters, Israel, 52 min, DVD, History, Portrait, Society

The unique story of the four Cahana sisters reveals a one-of-a-kind family drama that took place in the Nazi camps during the final year of World War II. The movie follows the ongoing attempts of the sisters to rebuild their lives after the war, in p... more

Director Jaroslava Panáková Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Director of photography Jaroslava Panáková

Editor Jaroslava Panáková IDF Events 2006 East Silver Sales FAMU - Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze