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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.

Stuck in Stikine

Stuck in Stikine
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Five men from Latvia - 2 businessmen, an experienced traveler, a cameraman and their tough guide head out to tame the fastest flowing river in North America, Stikine, hoping to cover 150 miles of Pristine Northern wilderness in just 10 days. But winter sets in; their worst fears are realized, placing them in a survival situation that could cost them their lives.

Tell Me on Tuesday

Tell Me on Tuesday
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".... Is there in the world, Milena, as much patience as is necessary for me? Tell me on Tuesday." wrote Franz Kafka in a letter to Milena Jesenská. Kafka's longing to see Milena again, before he was able to spend four days with her in Vienna, was marked by delay, and a transition to written form in letters and diary entries. A trembling before and an drained after frame those days in July, 1920, the particulars of which remain a blank. Astrid Ofner matched Kafka's love letters to Milena with fragile images that permit the existence of that blank space, making it visible rather than filling it in.

VORGA - A Path of Two Banks

VORGA - A Path of Two Banks
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A documentary film about a dream, tundra and a nomadic nation of European Nenets. Vorga is the Nenets' sacred trail, which the herdsmen have used for centuries to move their herds across the tundra, all the way to the Barents Sea shore. Contemporary Nenets are different... they live in villages, they do not want to or cannot be nomads anymore. The traditional nomadic culture has almost merged with the Russian culture, a nomadic Nenet is disappearing... The oil refineries quickly take up the vast areas of tundra, parts of the sacred trail are damaged by trucks. Yet there still exists the original nomadic life at the end of VORGA, deep in the tundra! Silence and Peace. Rustle of the sea and noise of the wind. Slow time flows and limitless freedom! But only until the helicopter comes... A documentary about searching for the Path of two banks - for a civilization and tradition, the outer-materialist and the inner-spiritual, for what disappears and what stays forever... "VORGA - A Path of Two Banks" is the second film of the trilogy about unknown nations in the north of the European part of Russia. The first episode - "A Legend of the Bird's Egg" won the Golden Kingfisher Award at the 2006 Finále Plzeň Festival.

To live and sing

To live and sing
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Siblings František and Martina know that life was not very good to them, but they will never see what it begrudged them. They are both blind and use wheelchairs and are members of the Roma nationality, which is also a big handicap in their environment. But they both have beautiful voices, compose traditional Roma music and write lyrics for their songs. The sincerity of their words and their apparent vulnerability, along with the resoluteness and energy of their personalities, gives the film emotional energy and power.

Joe Zawinul's Earth Time

Joe Zawinul's Earth Time
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"When my wife has to leave us - and I too will have to go some time, whenever that may be - our certificates will not state that we have died, but the date of birth in earth time and the new date of birth in eternal time. Life goes on." The film was intended for Joe Zawinul's 75th birthday. Filming started in May 2006. However, his wife's illness meant that it was repeatedly postponed, and the original screening date was 7 July 2007. Now it has become a film about Joe Zawinul's earth time, a film about friendships and a great love. A film about his life with the greatest jazz artists; he was undoubtedly one of them. The film accompanies Joe Zawinul during the work on his last unpublished album with Kristjan Järvi and the Absolute Ensemble, visits Zawinul in his house in Malibu and shows him together with Wayne Shorter during their final sensational performance. The film is also a history of jazz. Cannonball Adderley, Weather Report, Zawinul's Syndicate and above all Miles Davis. In 1991 they played one more time together in Paris, In a silent way, the number Joe Zawinul composed for his friend Miles Davis. However, a Joe Zawinul who is less well known is also seen in the film.

Dike of Transience

Dike of Transience
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This experimental documentary is a three-year record of the barrage in the centre of Budapest on the peninsula Kopaszi that waits for demolition. Old film material cut right in the Admira camera breathes together with the environment and the locals. The sound is supplied by a recording of the train Dunakeszi, which is trying to play Egmont by Ludwig van Beethoven. FAMU, Department of Documentary Film (4th year)

Journey of a Red Fridge

Journey of a Red Fridge
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This is a story of a 17-year-old boy named Hari Rai, who lives in a small village in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal, and his extraordinary journey. Hari is a student, but he also works as a porter to pay for his tuition and cover his living expenses. Now he has landed a job carrying a huge red refrigerator from the top of the mountain to the nearest town. We follow Hari Rai on his journey through the fascinating Himalayan landscapes, we discover Hari's inner life, his thoughts, hopes and dreams and we also get to know the culture and the local people's way of life in this region. We learn about their relation with the most important aspects of their lives: family, nature and religion.

Turbodiesel

Turbodiesel
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Documentary about a man, who has "imprisoned" himself into his own car, where he has been living comfortable life for 7 years.

Valdez: The Whale Paradise

Valdez: The Whale Paradise
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A documentary on how the endangered world of whale is seen by film-makers and divers from a country that itself has nor ocean nor sea.

Cuba is Music

Cuba is Music
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In Cuba everything is expressed by music - the declaration of love and the rich harvest, the birth of a child and the loss of a donkey, the longing and the melancholy.The Cuban music is well-known all over the world but only a few people know what "son" and "bolero" mean, when these styles emerged and where they originated from. Thanks to the great Bulgarian singer Jordanka Hristova we are opening the secret room of Cuban music and the forgotten files where the history of "son" and "bolero" is kept.

 

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