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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.
The Jail Team
Director Petko Gyulchev Producer Galina Shtarbeva Production company Izograph Ltd. Director of photography Petko Gyulchev
Editor Petr Gaulov IDF Events 2011 East European Forum ... Financial Support Applied for funding from Bulgarian National Film Center and Bulgarian National Television

The Jail Team

Otbora na zatvora, Bulgaria, 52 min, DVD, HD, Drama doc, Social Issues, Society
A film about one man's efforts to overturn the value system of people who, after a bottle of rakia, think that human life is worthless. The story takes place in the Kazichene prison. The characters in the film have been sentenced for attempted murder...  more
Larger than Life
Director Gints Grube Producer Inese Boka-Grūbe Production company Mistrus Media
Director of photography Andrejs Rudzats Editor Davis Simanis IDF Events 2009 East European Forum ...

Larger than Life

Vairak neka Dzive, Latvia, Arts and Culture, Culture, Portrait
A creative documentary about Europe´s new theatre star - a director and storyteller who claims it´s possible to transform any real life story into an extraordinary theatre performance. ...  more
The Life of My Father
Director Margareta Hrůza Producer Margareta Hrůza Director of photography Petr Koblovský ...
Editor Jan Zajíček IDF Events 2012 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... Financial Support FITES ...

The Life of My Father

Život mého otce, Czech Republic, 90 min, 52 min, DVD, Arts and Culture, Creative, Culture, History, Personal View, Portrait
Luboš Hrůza was the most influential stage designer in Scandinavia in the 1970s and 1980s, and was one of the leading factors in changing the conceptual way of using space on stage. He brought in a new dramaturgy and very much formed the developmen...  more
Mechanical Figures
Director Helena Bulaja Producer Helena Bulaja Production company Alt F4 - Bulaja Publishing & Studios Director of photography Joshua Sternlicht
IDF Events 2010 East European Forum ... WWW www.mechanicalfigures.net Sales Taskovski Films

Mechanical Figures

Mechanical Figures, Croatia, 90 min, 52 min, Animated, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology
Inspired by Nikola Tesla, this visually intriguing animated/interactive documentary guides the viewer through the creative process. Twirling around the world, from Zagreb, through London, Paris, Budapest, New York, Tokyo and New Zealand, capturing th...  more
Noah's Rainbow
Director Tereza Nvotová Producer Pepe Rafaj
Production company Jacket Bros. Production IDF Events 2008 East European Forum ...

Noah's Rainbow

Noemova duha, Czech Republic, Creative
Noah's rainbow is the metaphor of our vision of human existence on the Earth together with God's promises to forever protect mankind from the flood. The story of the project is specific in a way, it moves from macrocosms to microcosms and vice versa,...  more
Ramadan - Guide to Fame
Director Svetla Neykova Producer Martichka Bozhilova
Production company Agitprop Ltd. IDF Events 2007 East European Forum ...

Ramadan - Guide to Fame

Bulgaria, Creative, Music
Have you ever heard Bulgarian folk music? In this documentary which main characters have dedicated their lives to bring this music through centuries you certainly will. This film will present the spiritual leader of this music style – the charming ...  more
Rings of Burma
Director Monika Pawluczuk Producer Katarzyna Ślesicka Production company Wajda Studio Director of photography Wojciech Staroń
Editor Marcin Latanik IDF Events 2010 Ex Oriente Film WWW www.wajdaschool.pl Financial Support Polish Film Institute

Rings of Burma

Obręcze Birmy, Poland, 52 min, HD, Anthropology, Drama doc, Personal View, Social Issues
Having fled from junta-governed Burma Madzi and Lame hoped for freedom and better life in Thailand. But the fear for their daughters, who stayed behind, is overwhelming. With determination and strenght they fight to keep their family intact. Madzi a...  more
Sable Trapper – Killing for a Living
Director Zoltan Szalkai Producer Attila Kiraly
IDF Events 2004 Ex Oriente Film

Sable Trapper – Killing for a Living

Hungary, Creative
How and why the fragile rodents has to die, in the glory of the fancy and well organized fashion shows? The story leads us to the gorgeous forests of Kamchatka, in the Siberian taiga, where Yurij makes his living hunting for one of the most precious ...  more
Show!
Director Bohdan Bláhovec Producer Pavla Kubečková Production company nutprodukce ... Director of photography Šimon Dvořáček ...
Editor Šimon Hájek IDF Events 2012 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... Financial Support FAMU

Show!

Show!, Czech Republic, 75 min, 52 min, Digi Beta, DVD, HD, Arts and Culture, Creative, Entertainment, Music, Personal View, Society, Youth Documentary
Five young girls aged 11 to 13 and five young boys of the same age entering the world of show business. One producer. One musical. Many castings. Many rehearsals. Show! follows the lives of several child singers - the rising stars of Czech pop on the...  more
Slavic Film Odyssey 2012
Director Piotr Kielar Producer Karolina Zielonka Production company Lifetime Productions ... Director of photography Andrzej Wojciechowski
Editor Krzysztof Raczyński IDF Events 2010 East European Forum ... Sales JMT Films

Slavic Film Odyssey 2012

Poland, Russia, 90 min, 52 min, HD, Arts and Culture, Personal View, Portrait
Andriej Kudinienko, Ivan Vyrypayev, Xawery Żuławski. A triple portrait following the process of filmmaking in Belarus, Poland and Russia. In the background - the legendary studios: Belarusfilm, Lodz, Mosfilm. A new generation of filmmakers enter o...  more
Summerhouses
Director Veronika Zapletalová Producer Taťána Marková ... Production company Film & Sociology Director of photography Veronika Zapletalová
Editor Šárka Sklenářová IDF Events 2010 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... WWW http://www.zapletalova.cz/chat...

Summerhouses

Chatařství , Czech Republic, 57 min, DVD, HD, Arts and Culture, Creative, Docu Series
The art documentary film Summerhouses will capture the rapidly disappearing, specifically Czech phenomenon, the architecture of summerhouses. It is about summerhouses in which the striking personality of their builder – in the negative or positive ...  more
Under (the) Construction
Director Ivo Bystřičan Producer Radovan Síbrt Production company Pink Productions s.r.o. ... Director of photography Tomáš Pavelek
Editor Adam Patyk IDF Events 2012 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... Financial Support Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography

Under (the) Construction

Hranice dálnice, Czech Republic, 75 min, HD, Creative, Current Affairs, Docu drama, Environmental, Nature, Personal View, Politics, Society
The final stretch of the D8 highway across the České středohoří national park is the last project for a 72-year-old engineer. He would like to see it finished, to show it to his grandsons as his legacy and to finally retire. However, the 16-kilo...  more
Velvet Terrorists
Director Peter Kerekes ... Producer Peter Kerekes Production company Peter Kerekes s. r. o ... Director of photography Martin Kollar
Editor Marek Šulík IDF Events 2012 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... Financial Support Slovak Audiovisual Fund ...

Velvet Terrorists

Zamatovi teroristi, Slovak Republic, 90 min, 35 mm, Creative, History, Social Issues
Velvet Terrorists is a film about minor and foiled terrorist plots in former Czechoslovakia. The film focuses on three protagonists. The first one wanted to blow up a decorated stage during the May 1 celebrations in the 1970s. The second one planned ...  more
Wednesday to Wednesday: Durer
Director Paweł Kuczyński Producer Paweł Kuczyński Production company Delos Films
Director of photography Paweł Kuczyński Editor Paweł Kuczyński IDF Events 2004 Ex Oriente Film ...

Wednesday to Wednesday: Durer

Poland, 50 min, HD, Arts and Culture, Creative, Experimental, Personal View
Pawel Kuczynski uses his autobiographical and often humorous documentary camera to probe humanity's existential fears, interweaving his daily experiences with the themes of Nietzsche, in Monday to Monday, and Dionysus, in Tuesday to Tuesday (both epi...  more
Welcome to the Rich Men's World
Director Pawel Ferdek Producer Wojciech Szczudlo Production company eastart pictures ...
Director of photography Wojciech Staroń Editor Mateusz Romaszkan IDF Events 2010 East European Forum ...

Welcome to the Rich Men's World

Witamy w klubie bogatych, Poland, 55 min, Digi Beta, Arts and Culture, Environmental
Papua New Guinea, Sandaun province. Interior covered with impenetrable forest. A film about the secret murder of wives of the chieftain leads us directly to a conflict of two tribes. Imbiniss people are clearing their virgin jungle and they work with...  more

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