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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.

Finalists

Finalists
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Why is it that people don't go to galleries, claiming they don't understand art dealing with everyday issues? Why do people believe that art requires craft only? What makes a social project, such as painting somebody's fence without permission, a piece of art? The observational documentary follows the five finalists of the 2010 Jindřich Chalupecký Award from the moment of their presentation in the Dox Centre for Contemporary Art, following them for the next five years. The final shortlist of the prestigious award included three artists and two art duos. Alice Nikitinová, a painter of almost abstract canvases , a street artist Jakub Matuška, a conceptual artist and theorist Václav Magid, a duo of draughtsmen David Böhm and Jiří Franta and a cross-media art duo Vasil Artamonov and Alexej Klyuykov. Not only do the authors vary in the means of expression, they have dofferent origins and mentality. The only thing they have in common is the fact that they studied at Czech art schools. In the form of interviews and scenes, the film captures their rises and falls, personal worries and joys. The film contrasts their diverse means of artistic expression with respect to their varied output, audiences, admirers and critics. In an unbiased and humorous way, the film confronts the controversial environment of the Czech art scene, including the distinctively dull audience, mistaken reactions of the media and the lack of possibilities for a professional art career.

Leninland

Leninland
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Lenin museum in the Gorky village was built at the end of the Soviet epoch, in the year 1987. And it was the most ambitious “Temple of the God” in the USSR. Twenty years later, when Russia is still in the process of transformation in the new political system, the Museum is still in operation, while it reflects the social situation in the country.

The End of Light

The End of Light
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The screenplay for “The End of Light“ is inspired by the motives from “ Road to the end of the Road (literally “A way to the end of the way) “ - a poem by Josip Sever, which employs abstract terms to talk about the importance of the path as a goal. The motives inspirde the plot of this hybrid film.We took 7 individuals and we are determined to give them a chance to fulfill their dreams,whether they want to be orchestra conductors, playmates, stage actors, poets, or just embarking on a journey going back in time or where the sun hides at night ...and give them a chance to be what they always wanted, even for just one day.

Exercise of Life

Exercise of Life
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There are stories constantly inspiring our imagination. There are unforgettable people who become legends of our times. We read about them, we admire them and, usually, we recognise their genius only after they are gone… Michael Meschke is not one of them, he is among the greatest living marionette masters in the world. His marionette masterpieces are a pretext allowing to delve into his own life and the stories behind his numerous international collaborations. He created the Marionetteatern and has been the cultural ambassador of Sweden for over 60 years. His theatre introduced the art of puppetry to modern Europe and brought back into the universal dimension characters like Antigone, Don Quixote, Odysseus, Faust, so significant to human nature and, at the same time, symbolising the struggle of virtue against vice in the last hundred years. Through his story, sketched on the canvas of modern history, we can touch on the most important values of humanity, as well as simple, essential human emotions: love, fear of death and unlimited passion, choices and regrets…

Without Fear

Without Fear
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In 2004, Larissa Trembovler, a philosophy professor and a mother of four, leaves her husband and marries Yigal Amir – the assassin of Yitzhak Rabin. Three years later she gives birth to their son. This unique story of life, death and love is be told by the veteran filmmaker Herz Frank.

Makhachkala Fight Star

Makhachkala Fight Star
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The story of a Soviet Bruce Lee and a Martial Arts school that has become a safe haven inside a violent conflict zone. Dagestan, a Russian Caucasus Republic on the lawless verge of economic and political collapse. Once it was Chechnya, today it is the republic of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea that is the most explosive place in Russia - and in Europe. There are bomb attacks almost daily, shootouts between police and militants, tales of torture and of people going missing. An escape from the bleak reality comes in the form of a collective national obsession with wrestling, martial arts and masculine strength that goes way beyond the sphere of sports.

God Has a Hard Time with Us

God Has a Hard Time with Us
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In a small town in eastern Bosnia, a group of EUFOR soldiers are fighting with humanitarian problems. In December 2004 European Union launched a military operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina called Althea. Since then EUFOR troops from 27 European countries have been stationed in Bosnia. Their task is to keep in touch with local population and to provide security. But here are more humanitarian problems to be solved then military ones. The documentary shows a group of EUFOR Soldiers from Austria fighting with everyday problems in a small town in eastern Bosnia. A documentary about sense and nonsense of the European military mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

We Will Be Happy One Day

We Will Be Happy One Day
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„We Will Be Happy One Day“ is a documentary film about Daniel, a young man from Lipiny - the poorest town in the southern Poland. Daniel wants out of the omnipresent misery. With a cell phone camera in his hand he wanders around his neighbourhood asking kids and grownups questions about their dreams. Are they going to come true, at least, for some of them? However, in the process of Daniel’s filming there emerges a hidden layer: the love between him and his charismatic grandmother. But will he ever manage to complete his film?

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Little known and unloved in Europe, vagabond gypsies consider themselves to be Children of God, happy to live under the open sky. Their mobility is part of a traditional culture that is seemingly simple and carefree. However, real life is harsh for them. Nevertheless, vagabond gypsies have strong faith and believe in giving. This film bears witness to their spirituality, and the beauty and simplicity of their life.

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In a mystical place where rivers are running from two different countries to join into one, there are two villages standing side by side. These villages are so close to each other that it is difficult to determine where one village ends and the other one starts. These villages and their inhabitants are divided; not just by the river, but by the barbed wire of the Armenian-Turkish border.

 

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