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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.

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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
William Lee
Producer
Pavlína Kalandrová
Production company
Duracfilm
Director of photography
Gašper Šnuderl
Editor
Tomáš Vrána
IDF Events
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Financial Support
Ambasáda Dánského království v Praze

An Application for Asylum in the Czech Republic on Ecological Grounds

Žádost o azyl z ekologických důvodů, Czech Republic, 2010, 20 min, Beta SP, HD, Environmental, Human Rights, Reportage

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“My name is Brian Kulkaer Larsen, I am forty three years old, I come from Copenhagen and I am applying for asylum in the Czech Republic for ecological reasons." Filmed in Denmark, this film demonstrates two of the country's cutting-edge ecological projects while poking gentle fun at the “dinosaur” mentality of high carbon emission and energy generation. Kulkaer Larsen is a figure, that is shunned by Danish society. He has a dream of freedom to rival the first pilgrim fathers, however, until he visits the Czech Republic he has nowhere to realise it. This "real-life" investigation explores the environmental technology and Kulkaer and his shovel's struggle for dirty justice in a spotless world.

Director:

William Lee

Producer:

Pavlína Kalandrová

Director of photography:

Gašper Šnuderl

Screenplay:

Gašper Šnuderl, William Lee

Editor:

Tomáš Vrána

Sound:

Ladislav Greiner