DOKweb Content

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

simplified structure chrono structure geo structure

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.

Ex Oriente Film

Tutors, experts and guests we cooperate with:

Tue Steen Müller (Denmark), Paul Pauwels (Periscope Productions, recently VRT - Canvas, Belgium), Stefano Tealdi (Stefilm, Italy), Kristiina Pervilä (Oy Filmikonttori Ltd., Finland), Simon Drewsen Holmberg (Baltic Media Center, Denmark), Marie Clemence Paës (Laterit Productions, France), Ike Bertels (Ike Bertels Filmproducties, The Netherlands), Nenad Puhovski (Factum, Croatia), Emma Davie (director, U.K.), Claas Danielsen (Discovery Campus Masterschool Germany). Leena Pasanen (YLE/European Documentary Network), Fleur Knopperts (IDFA Forum, Netherlands), Cecilia Lidin (EDN, Denmark), Serge Lalou (Les Films d'Ici, France), Mikael Opstrup (Final Cut Film Productions), Steven Seidenberg (DE–CAF TV Production, United Kingdom), Heino Deckert (MA.JA.DE Film, Germany), Karoline Leth (Tju-Bang Film, Denmark), Alan Fountain (EAVE, Luxemburg), Filip Remunda (director, Czech Republic), Jan Gogola ml. (director, Head of Programming, Czech TV, Czech Republic), Miroslav Janek (director, Czech Republic), Simone Bauman (producer, Germany), Oliver Schwem (ARTE Thema, Germany), Uldis Cekulis (Vides Filmu Studio, Latvia), Dr. Stefan Ruell (Stefan Rüll Law Office, Germany), Jeppe Ronde (director, Denmark), Irena Taskovski (Taskovski Films, UK), Steven Seidenberg (De-Caf, UK), Sybille Kurz (Pitching and Communication Skills: Training, Presentation Consulting, Germany), Marijke Rawie (ExpertDocs, Netherlands), Lucinda Broadbent (director and producer, UK), Fredrik Gertten (filmmaker and journalist, Sweden), Ema Dawie (director, UK), Florin Iepan (director, Romania), Sergey Dvortsevoy (director, Russia), Rolf Orthel (producer-director, Netherlands), Philip Gröning (director, Germany), Jan Šikl (director, Czech Republic), Hanne Skjødt (EDN manager, Denmark), Arunas Matelis (director, Lithuania), Timo Novotny (director, Austria), Gabor Zsigmond Papp (director, Hungary), Stephanie von Lukowicz (independent producer, Germany), Adriek van Nieuwenhuyzen (Head of Industry Office, IDFA, Netherlands), Pernille Rose Groenkjaer (director, Denmark), Eva Mulvad (director, Denmark), Phie Ambo (director, Denmark), Ruth Beckermann (director, Austria), Debra Zimmerman (Women Make Movies, USA), Adnan Hadzi (expert, UK), Juraj Lehotský (director, Slovakia), Alexandre Cornu (Les Films du Tambour de Soie, France), Martichka Bozhilova (Agitprop, Bulgaria), Jenny Westergaard (YLE, Finland), Signe Byrge Sorensen (Final Cut Film Production, Denmark), Don Edkins (director and producer, RSA), Iikka Vehkalahti (YLE, Finland), Joan Morselt (IDFA, Netherlands), Jean-Jacques Peretti (Sunny Side of the Doc, France), Josée Brossard (Sunny Side of the Doc, France), Victoria Dunaeva (Belsat TV, Belarus).

TV commissioning editors we cooperate with:

Sabine Bubeck-Paaz (ZDF/ARTE, Germany), Madeleine Avramoussis (ARTE THEMA Strasbourg, France), Hans Robert Eisenhauer (ARTE G.E.I.E. Germany/France), Leena Pasanen (YLE Teema, Finland), Iikka Vehkalahti (YLE, Finland), Philippe Van Meerbeck (VRT, Belgium), Wim Van Rompaey (Lichtpunt, Belgium), Cees Van Ede (NPS, Netherlands), Franz Grabner (ORF, Austria), Martin Stoll (Czech TV, Czech Republic), Björn Arvas (SVT, Sweden), Caroline Mutz (ARTE THEMA, France), Marijke Rawie (AVRO, Netherlands), Kathrin Brinkmann (ARTE/ZDF, Germany), Bert Janssens (Humanist Broadcasting Foundations, Netherlands), Philippe Muller (ARTE G.E.I.E., France), Heino Deckert (MAJA.DE Film, Germany), Esther Van Messel (First Hand Films, Switzerland), Nick Fraser (BBC 4, UK), Mette Hoffmann Meyer (TV2, Denmark), Flemming Grenz (DR TV, Denmark), Jordi Ambros (TV3 CAT), Paul Pauwels (VRT, Belgium), Marijke Huijbregts, Caroline Behar (France 5, France), Marijke Huijbregts (AVRO, Netherlands), Rasa Miskinyte (LRT, Lithuania), Dr. Claudia Schreiner (MDR/ARD, Germany), Andrzej Titkow (PTV, Poland), Christian Popp ( RBB/ARTE, Německo), Sari Volanen (YLE, Finland), Jenny Westergaard (YLE, Finland), Elisabeth Hulten (ARTE France, France), Rada Šešič (Jan Vrijman Fund, Netherlands), Charlotte Gry Madsen (DR TV, Denmark), Christiane Hinz (VRD, Germany), Katarzyna Malinowska (TVP Kultura, Poland), Claudia Nedelescu (TVR, Romania), Marek Šebeš (Czech TV, Czech Republic), Andras Monory Mesz (MTV, Hungary), Joke Goovaerts (Lichtpunt, Belgium), Heribert Schneiders (MDR, Germany), Jessica Raspe (AVRO, Netherlands), Jane Jankovic (TVO, Canada), Viola Salu (ETV, Estonia), Vera Bonnier (SVT, Sweden), Klara Toth (Duna TV, Hungary), Flora Gregory (Al Jazeera English, UK), Margje de Koning (IKON, Netherlands), Lejla Babovic (BHRT, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Claudia Bucher (ARTE, France), Rudy Buttignol (Knowledge, Canada), Cynthia Kane (ITVS International, USA), Wilbur Leguebe (RTBF, Belgium), Cynthia López (PBS, USA), Jenny Ross (Al Jazeera English, UK), Milka Pavlicevic (ZDF/ARTE, Germany), Alex Szalat (ARTE France, France), Rahdi Taylor (Sundance Documentary Fund, USA), Lois Vossen (ITVS, USA), Sandra Whipham (producer, consultant, UK), Katja Wildermuth (MDR, Germany).
>