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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.

One Rabbi in Zagreb

One Rabbi in Zagreb
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The film follows the everyday life of an orthodox rabbi family from the Jewish community Chabad in the city of Zagreb. Several rabbis are active in the city of Zagreb, one of which, the most picturesque is rabbi Pini Zaklas. Rabbi Pini adds colour to the city of Zagreb... The Hasidic movement was not developed in Croatia before World War II, therefore the arrival of rabbi family Zaklas to Zagreb is a unique and authentic phenomenon. The documentary sensitizes citizens and expands the visions of civil society, elevating the standards of religious freedom and tolerance in Croatia, considering the question of freedom within the framework of religious regulations and laws.

Messenger

Messenger
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Ten years ago two 13-year old Tibetan boys escaped over the Himalayas like hudreds of other refugees leaving behind their families. Since the escape one has had no contact with his parents, the other seldom calls home. It is too risky to keep in contact and unthinkable to return. Now after studying several years in Dharamsala India, both boys send their video messages to their parents in Tibet, delivered in person by an Estonian messenger. Scenes of meetings in an idyllic rural place as well as in militarized Lhasa, paint a picture of the sad reality of contemporary Tibet.

Sisters Across Gulf of Finland

Sisters Across Gulf of Finland
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This historical-psychological documentary tells a story of the cooperation and friendship between the members of the Estonian and Finnish voluntary auxiliary organizations for women, that began in the 1920’s and was cut off by World War II, the Soviet occupation of Estonia. The reminiscences of Estonian and Finnish women, supplemented by rare archival materials and footage, illustrate the vulnerability of ordinary people and small nations in the power politics maelstrom of large totalitarian nations.

4th Revolution - Energy Autonomy

4th Revolution - Energy Autonomy
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This film presents the truly thrilling vision of a world community with an energy supply that derives entirely from renewable sources – accessible to everyone, affordable, clean and free of pollution. A global restructuring process, shifting the balance of power and distributing capital more fairly, is now within our reach – all we have to do is embark upon it! Introducing us to exemplary projects in ten different countries, and to the pioneers behind them, Carl Fechner‘s film shows us how to do just that.

Brothers

Brothers
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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 relationship. A pragmatist and a dreamer, water and fire. One painted great maps and the other one – great paintings. Alfons is a painter and an acrobat; the archetype of artist. Mieczyslaw is a cartographer, looking after the house and trying to simpilify his brother’s grand plans.The film revolves around a dream – before he dies, Alfons would like to present his paintings in Brussels. However, on his return from Brussels, Alfons finds out that his paintings had been destroyed in a fire. Once again they are homeless and they have to start all over again. Will they succeed?

Dust Dream

Dust Dream
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Charismatic coach Jagdish Singh and his boxing protégées have garnered success and awards, including the first Olympic medal for India, placing the dusty Indian city of Bhiwani firmly on the international sporting map. Yet controversial training methods remain under scrutiny by suspicious sports authorities with Coach Jagdish excluded from key champion fights. Dust Dream charts Jagdish’s fight for official recognition alongside the personal journey of three of his students – including one of the first female Indian recruits – as they dedicate their lives to the demanding regime of the Bhiwani Boxing Club and the promise of a better future. As Jagdish Singh prepares his boxers to compete at London 2012, he is simultaneously fighting for the recognition of his own name and that of his boxing club.

Escaping Riga

Escaping Riga
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Escaping Riga is a cinematic journey, a docu-fiction trying to find answers to the question how the history of the 20th century has influenced people from the same place to lose their childhood illusions of comfort and become totally disillusioned. The main characters of the film are two world-class 20th century geniuses, the British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin and the Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein who were born in the city of Riga around a hundred years ago. Blending small everyday episodes of the lives of the two personalities and narrated by the director, the film is a personal interpretation of their life stories in the time period from their first meeting at the beginning of the 20th century to their second and last meeting after two world wars in 1945.

Welcome to the Rich Men's World

Welcome to the Rich Men's World
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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 a Chinese corporation to start an oil palm plantation here. They want to have shoes, money, the road and normal houses as people of the modern world. Neighbouring Ossima maintains the traditional lifestyle like thousands of years before. A dispute about the border piece of the jungle is breaking out, and in the background – a dispute over values. Let us see from close up how another fragment disappears from the tropical forest, let us get to know the hopes and conflicts of people who are behind this decision.

Theatre Svoboda

Theatre Svoboda
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Theatre Svoboda portraits the life and work of the director’s grandfather, world-famous stage designer Josef Svoboda (1920–2002), who tried to juggle creative freedom, family life and political allegiances during the times of a communist regime. Svoboda was able to work for the top of world theatres, such as The Old Vic in London, The Metropolitan Opera in New York and La Scala in Milano. The film takes the viewer literally behind the scenes and reveals some of the secrets of Svoboda’s fascinating lifework through archive materials that have not been published yet.

You Too

You Too
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