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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.
Ada Gallery
Director Uladzimir Kolas Producer Mirosław Dembiński Production company Film Studio Everest ... Director of photography Uladzimir Babaryka ...
Editor Uladzimir Kolas IDF Events 2007 East European Forum ... Sales Studio Filmowe Everest

Ada Gallery

Galeria Ady, Belarus, Germany, 2007, 53 min, Beta, Arts and Culture, Creative
Ada Raichonak and her husband Aleh are an aged couple of farmers. Most of their neighbors are still forced to work in kolkhoz. But the life of farmers in Belarus is not much easier. Working hard at the farm, Ada founded an art gallery in her village ...  more
Afghan Women Behind the Wheel
Director Sahraa Karimi Producer Katarina Krnáčová ... Production company Alef Jo Filmštudio s.r.o. Director of photography Sahraa Karimi ...
Editor Sahraa Karimi ... IDF Events 2006 East European Forum ... WWW www.afghanwomenbehindthewheel....

Afghan Women Behind the Wheel

Afganské ženy za volantom, Slovak Republic, 2009, 56 min, DV, Current Affairs, Gender, Social Issues
The desire for freedom is natural for people all over the world.Obtaining a driving license is becoming a key factor towards personal freedom for Afghan women. However, is the Afghan society prepared for women behind the wheel? This topic and many o...  more
Aftermath
Director Raphael Barth Producer Michael Seeber ... Production company Golden Girls Filmproduktion & Filmservices GmbH ... Director of photography Raphael Barth ...
Editor Alexandra Löwy IDF Events 2010 Doc Launch ... Financial Support Filmfonds Wien ...

Aftermath

Austria, Germany, Ireland, 52 min, Anthropology, Current Affairs, Social Issues
The Nicobars are a small archipegalo in the Indian Ocean, where one of the last indigenous people lived almost like in a time capsule for 900 years. When the Tsunami struck them in 2004 not only a third of their population died but they were also thr...  more
All About Tesla - The Research
Director Michael Krause Producer Michael Krause ... Production company maxim berlin ... Director of photography Michael Krause ...
Editor Michael Krause IDF Events 2005 East European Forum ... WWW http://www.allabouttesla.com/ Sales Michael Krause

All About Tesla - The Research

All about Tesla - The Research, Germany, 2007, 81 min, HD, Creative, Portrait, Science and Technology
The film about Nikola Tesla - the inventor and the visionary of free energy for everybody. Rade Serbedzija, who played Nikola Tesla in a TV series about Tesla’s life, will go on a journey to find the “real” Nikola Tesla, who’s 150th anniversa...  more
All That Glitters
Director Tomáš Kudrna Producer Tomáš Kudrna Production company Armada Films ... Director of photography Jakub Halousek ...
Editor Joe Bini IDF Events 2010 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... Sales CAT&Docs

All That Glitters

Mlčeti zlato, Czech Republic, 2010, 90 min, HD, Environmental, Personal View, Politics, Social Issues
Situated at the crossroads of global interests, Kyrgyzstan reflects the political rivalry between Russian and American influence, reveals the religious rivalry between Christianity and Islam, and lies between the economic predominance of China and Ru...  more
Amateurs
Director Svetoslav Draganov Producer Svetoslav Draganov Production company Cineaste Maudit Production Bulgaria ... Director of photography Plamen Bakardjiev
Editor Svetoslav Draganov ... IDF Events 2003 East European Forum ... WWW http://www.cine-ma.com/ Sales Cineaste Maudit Production Bulgaria

Amateurs

Samodeici, Bulgaria, 2006, 78 min, Digi Beta, Creative
A documentary about the hilarious and heartbreaking moments in the life of the provincial Bulgarian town of Topolovgrad. There’s no work and no money…But there’s culture of amateur arts!Defying the poverty, the 110-year-old “Chitalishte”- a...  more
At the Edge of Russia
Director Michał Marczak Producer Marianna Rowinska Production company Ozumi Films ... Director of photography Radoslaw Ladczuk
Editor Dorota Wardeszkiewicz IDF Events 2006 East European Forum ... Sales DR - Danish Broadcasting Corporation

At the Edge of Russia

Koniec Rosji, Poland, 2010, 72 min, Digi Beta, Society
Alexei is a nineteen year old recruit being flown in to perform his military service on the frontier of northern Russia. The base is one of few such remaining outposts on the Arctic Ocean. There are five other seasoned and long serving soldiers stati...  more
Bahrtalo! Good Luck!
Director Róbert Lakatos Producer András Muhi Production company Inforg Studio ... Director of photography György Réder
Editor Ági Mógor ... IDF Events 2006 Docu Talents From the East 2006 ... Sales Taskovski Films

Bahrtalo! Good Luck!

Bahrtalo! Jó szerencsét!, Hungary, 2008, 60 min, 35 mm, Anthropology, Entertainment, Society, Travel
How to hit the Jackpot? This question is not a simple one to answer for anybody. But it's even harder to solve for the two friends in this neo-realistic comedy: the "big hat" Gypsy and his Hungarian buddy - both of them Transylvanians. Many times the...  more
Bakhmaro
Director Salome Jashi Producer Heino Deckert Production company Sakdoc Film ... Director of photography Salome Jashi
Editor Derek Howard IDF Events 2010 Doc Launch ... Sales Deckert Distribution GmbH

Bakhmaro

Bakhmaro, Georgia, Germany, 2011, 58 min, HD, Social Issues, Society
A journey into a lively, yet desolate building in a provincial Georgian town. It once used to be a hotel called ‘Bakhmaro’. At the center of the building there is a restaurant with its walls covered in bright green and orange plastic foam and whe...  more
The Baluty Ghetto
Director Pavel Štingl Producer Pavel Berčík ... Production company K2 ... Director of photography Míra Janek
Editor Tonička Janková IDF Events 2007 East European Forum ... WWW http://www.baluty-film.com Financial Support State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography ...

The Baluty Ghetto

Ghetto jménem Baluty, Czech Republic, Poland, 2008, 87 min, Digi Beta, DV, DVD, Creative, History, IDF Video Library, Politics, Social Issues
I discovered the Baluty district three years ago, almost by chance. It looks much like in surviving wartime photographs. Today, the devastated houses are inhabited by a highly unusual social group which differs distinctly from the remaining populatio...  more
Die Bienen Flogen schon
Director Karel Čtveráček Producer Jarmila Poláková Production company Film & Sociology Director of photography Karel Čtveráček ...
Editor Šárka Sklenářová IDF Events 2006 East European Forum ... WWW http://www.vcelyletelykrasne.c...

Die Bienen Flogen schon

Včely letěly krásně, Czech Republic, 2008, 70 min, Digi Beta, History, Portrait, Society
The reconstruction of the photographic Atelier Seidel in Český Krumlov and the rediscovery of a unique collection of nearly 140,000 historical photographs becomes not only the basis for the narrative of a life-story of two photographers – father ...  more
Blind Loves
Director Juraj Lehotský Producer Juraj Chlpík ... Production company Artileria Director of photography Juraj Chlpík
Editor František Krähenbiel IDF Events 2006 Docu Talents From the East 2006 ... WWW www.slepelasky.sk Sales Autlook Films

Blind Loves

Slepé lásky, Slovak Republic, 2008, 77 min, 35 mm, Creative, Health, Human Rights, IDF Video Library
It is very often difficult for us, those who can see, to find our true fulfillment and happiness in the world. The more complicated, but maybe the more interesting this journey might be for the blind. Their perspective of the world is much more essen...  more
Cash & Marry
Director Atanas Georgiev Producer Atanas Georgiev ... Production company Nukleus Film ... Director of photography Dimitar Popov
Editor Vladimir Gojun IDF Events 2006 Docu Talents From the East 2006 ... WWW http://www.cashandmarry.com/ Sales Autlook Films

Cash & Marry

Plati i ženi, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, 2009, 56 min, Digi Beta, Personal View, Society
Marko and Atanas are two dudes whose lives would be sweet as strudel but for an annoying little problem with their papers. They need a European passport and they are prepared to do almost anything to get one, including buying a wife. With nothing but...  more
Chemo
Director Pawel Lozinski Producer Pawel Lozinski Production company Paweł Łoziński Produkcja Filmów
Director of photography Kacper Lisowski Editor Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk IDF Events 2007 East European Forum ...

Chemo

Chemia, Poland, 2009, 58 min, Digi Beta, Health
Patients in an oncology clinic receive chemotherapy. Their faces can be seen in a close-up. They lie in pairs and hold fascinating conversations. Life seen from a different perspective, a distance offered by a hospital, reveals its value, sense and c...  more
The Children of Pyramide
Director Anna Wieckowska Producer Radek Stys Production company SPI International Polska sp. z o.o.
Director of photography Artur Zurawski Editor Sławek Gozdzik IDF Events 2003 East European Forum

The Children of Pyramide

Dziecy piramidy, Poland, 2007, 27 min, Creative
A story about life on former state-owned farms where, after the collapse of the system, people can’t find prospects for themselves. They watch indifferently the crowds of tourists who come to visit the monuments of the pre-war Prussian noblemen. Th...  more

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