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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.
15 Young by Young
Director Andrey Afrin ... Producer Ilona Bicevska ... Production company Avantis Promo
IDF Events 2011 Doc Launch ... WWW www.15youngbyyoung.com Financial Support MEDIA+ ...

15 Young by Young

15 Young by Young, Estonia, Latvia, 90 min, Creative, Docu Series
A multimedia documentary project consisting of a series of fresh, colourful insider point-of-view short stories on the present-day life of young people, linked by animated episodes and directed by 15 young and talented filmmakers from the 15 republic...  more
The Band from Técső
Director Sándor Silló Producer Eszter Csepeli
Production company Triangulum Film- és Produkciós Iroda IDF Events 2005 Ex Oriente Film

The Band from Técső

A técsői banda, Hungary, Creative, Music
The film’s musicians, the Técső Band live in Ukraine’s Sub-Carpathian territory, in Técső. We present them to the audience not in the form of a musical portrait but using the tools and approach of a sociographic documentary. Their lives, music and en...  more
Belarusian Toys
Director Lina Luzyte Producer Dagne Vildžiunaite Production company Just a Moment Director of photography Vilius Maciulskis ...
IDF Events 2011 East European Forum ... WWW vimeo.com/18809958 Financial Support Lithuanian Ministry of Culture

Belarusian Toys

Igrushki, Belarus, Lithuania, 52 min, HD, Personal View, Portrait, Social Issues, Society
Toys captures the life in the small town of Zhlobin, Belarus, sometimes nicknamed the "town of fairytales". The locals have come up with a business idea to make and sell plush toys. There are tons of toys in the town and they are everywhere: in the s...  more
Belgrade, Kosovo
Director Marko Popović Producer Miloš Dukelić ... Production company Samaljot Production ... Director of photography Bojana Andrić
Editor Nikola Bižić IDF Events 2011 Ex Oriente Film WWW http://vimeo.com/18616490

Belgrade, Kosovo

Serbia, 90 min, HD, Creative, Current Affairs, Personal View, Portrait, Social Issues
Petar, the world accordion champion and a passionate cyclist, is one of 500.000 young people who have left Serbia in the last decade to escape war and lack of opportunities. Now, he decides to get familiar with Serbia on his bike – he will cycle from...  more
Bells of Happiness
Director Jana Bučka ... Producer Jana Belišová ... Production company Zudro Director of photography Štefan Bučka
IDF Events 2011 Ex Oriente Film WWW www.zudro.sk Financial Support Slovak Audiovisual Fund ...

Bells of Happiness

Zvonky šťastie, Slovak Republic, 80 min, 35 mm, Creative, Drama doc
The pregnant Mariena and her cousin Roman live in a poor Roma settlement in Eastern Slovakia. They have two idols, Czechoslovak pop stars - Karel Gott and Dara Rolins. Mariena and Roman love their songs and lifestyle and so they decide to send them a...  more
Beyond the Mountains
Director Natia Arabuli Producer Natia Arabuli ...
Production company Nukleus Film IDF Events 2008 East European Forum ...

Beyond the Mountains

Croatia, Georgia, Creative
A documentary film about the everyday life of refugees in Georgia, who escaped from the war in Grozny. The sphere of the story is Pankisi Gorge in Georgia, the neighbouring country of Chechnya, where hundreds of Chechen refugees run for shelter. Ther...  more
Blueberry Spirits
Director Astra Zoldnere Producer Kaspars Braķis Production company Fly For Film ... Director of photography Kaspars Braķis
IDF Events 2011 Ex Oriente Film ... WWW www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVUbRW... Financial Support Latvia State Culture Capital Foundation

Blueberry Spirits

Melleņu gari, Latvia, 52 min, HD, Personal View, Social Issues, Society
A Gypsy family is forced to make their living in a Latvian forest by picking berries. These people might seem happy, humorous and a bit wild. But when the night falls, the noisy crowd gets silent. The Gypsies confess that the forest is inhabited by g...  more
Brothers
Director Wojciech Staroń Producer Malgorzata Staroń Production company Staron Film
Director of photography Wojciech Staroń Editor Agnieszka Bojanowska ... IDF Events 2010 East European Forum ...

Brothers

Bracia, Poland, 80 min, HD, Creative
The film is a journey through Stalin gulags and European Union salons. It is a story about determination, dreams, obstacles and the power of fraternal love. The film will tell the story of an unusual life of two brothers and their complicated relatio...  more
Caught in Transition
Director Bram Crols ... Producer Bram Crols ...
Production company Studija 2 ... IDF Events 2009 East European Forum ...

Caught in Transition

Belgium, Lithuania
Every change is a transitional momentum within time, caught between past and future. The present moment is there to be faced, with homage to the past, and respect for the future. The transition is eternal, time does not change people. It just unfolds...  more
The City of Women
Director Radka Franczak Producer Anna Wydra
Production company Wajda School IDF Events 2008 East European Forum ...

The City of Women

Město žen, Poland, Creative, Portrait
The City of Women is a documetary film about a woman who was a star, a heroine created by the Soviet system. Valentina Golubyeva’s career path was brilliant. From being a worker she was promoted to the grade of manager and later on she became the own...  more
Concrete Stories
Director Lorenz Findeisen Producer Veronika Janatková ... Production company Axman Production ...
Director of photography Sebastian Zurita IDF Events 2008 East European Forum ... Financial Support Ministery of Culture of Czech Republic

Concrete Stories

Concrete Stories, Czech Republic, France, Germany, 75 min, Beta, HD
Both a capitalist invention and a Soviet symbol, the concrete slab buildings link a whole destiny of people. A film about a shared reality. In Concrete Stories, people from different countries who live in concrete buildings tell their stories as they...  more
The Devil's Choice
Director Monica Lazurean-Gorgan Producer Martin Roelly ... Production company 4 Proof Film
Director of photography Barbu Balasoiu ... Editor Andrei Gorgan IDF Events 2010 East European Forum ...

The Devil's Choice

The Devil's Choice, Romania, 52 min, Digi Beta, HD, Social Issues
How can you best understand a town – Copsa Mica – that by the end of the year 2008 was considered the most polluted town in Europe? I presume that through the people of the place and through their inheritance: their children, a lot of scrap iron, chr...  more
Diana's List
Director Dana Budisavljević Producer Dana Budisavljević Production company Hulahop Film & Art Production
IDF Events 2011 Ex Oriente Film WWW vimeo.com/18625385 Financial Support Croatian Audiovisual Centre ...

Diana's List

Dianina lista, Croatia, 80 min, HD, History, Human Rights
Fifteen years ago, atop a box containing worn-out children’s clothes, a diary of an extraordinary woman was discovered – a wartime testimony of a charity taking at that time probably incredible proportions. On a cold winter day, in February 1942, Dia...  more
Disco Transit
Director Gergő Somogyvári Producer Sára László
Production company Campfilm Production IDF Events 2009 East European Forum ...

Disco Transit

Hungary, 52 min
Obligations, obligations, obligations. Always running, always behind schedule, never a minute to relax, to do nothing. Spending one day in the Debrecen Refugee Camp, these thoughts suddenly lose their negative connotation and at least for some time, ...  more
Djangarchi
Director Zoran Krema Producer Barbara Jukopila ... Production company Nukleus Film Director of photography Vjeran Hrpka
Editor Ana Marija Sremec IDF Events 2010 East European Forum ... Financial Support City of Rijeka Culture Fund ...

Djangarchi

Djangarchi, Croatia, 52 min, Digi Beta, Personal View, Social Issues
Djangarchi is a film about Oleg Mankuev, one of four throat singers, the Djangarchi, from Kalmikija. Kalmikija is an autonomous republic of the Russian Federation and the only Buddhist country in Europe. Djangar is an epic poem that has been sung si...  more

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