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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.

Ticking Man

Ticking Man
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The Ticking Man project depicts the past, present and future of the hip hop band WWW; one of the most interesting art groups of the present and the near future. WWW is a unique phenomenon on the Czech music and cultural scene. Their first music video Nightmare introduced one of the first rap songs made in the Czech Republic. WWW is a mark of difference and originality.

Children of Stalinism

Children of Stalinism
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The documentaries about the sons of political prisoners from the "Children of Stalinism" series reflect the destinies of the descendants of people imprisoned during the times of the Stalinist totalitarian regime in former Czechoslovakia. Their parents were sent to prisons and uranium mines for many years because of their personal or political belief, status or possession (farms, private companies, factories etc.); sometimes also because they were only helping other people. These sons, now nearly seventy, were called "children of criminals and enemies of the state" at the time of their childhood and youth. They share their personal testimonies of the dark past in the post-war period of former Czechoslovakia. They experienced a rather obscure type of persecution, sentenced by the totalitarian system to the "life of the guilty without guilt". They often grew up with just one parent or their relatives, or even in orphan homes. They could not study at the schools of their desire and usually had to complete their education later on. Each of the protagonists dealt with their destiny in a different manner – through sport, poetry, family life, or emigration. The six documentaries try to understand their contemporary life which is still influenced by their childhood experiences of many years ago. EPISODES: The Story of Josef Frolík, Long Live the Memory, Musical Chairs, Everything Is Different, The Swiss Robinson, With Dad Over a Distance.

On the Way Home

On the Way Home
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This story is about a journey, a relationship and returning home. He’s already been driving his truck for twenty years throughout Russia while she waits for him at home. He is alone on the road. She’s together with her beloved pet, faithful friend and protector Irbis. This could continue for longer if he wasn’t terminally ill.

Pit-Hole

Pit-Hole
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"Pit-hole" is a story about an unusual Kiev family fighting against real estate lawlessness. Nataliya, the head of the family, is trying to preserve the family village house, now surrounded by modern living quarters. Besides that she has to take care of her four children, two husbands and a little herd of mischievous goats. Will Nataliya manage to keep the family life style and privatize the land or will they be kicked out for superior reasons? Is Ukraine really a democratic country?

Belgrade, Kosovo

Belgrade, Kosovo
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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 north to south, from the capital of Belgrade to the divided city of Kosovska Mitrovica in Kosovo. As we follow his journey, the grotesque, sad, funny and true picture of Serbia unfolds before us.

Punk in Africa

Punk in Africa
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Three chords, three countries, one revolution… Punk in Africa is the story of the multi-racial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. In these societies, the punk subculture represented a genuinely radical political impulse, playing out against a backdrop of intense political struggle, economic hardship and even civil war.

Six Degrees

Six Degrees
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A Film inspired by the theory ‘Six degrees of separation’ by Stanley Milgram. The theory is based on an assumption that every single person in the world can be reached through a maximum of 6 personal connections. Six degrees is a road movie: a four-person crew sets off on a journey to find the chain of connections between two people (chosen at random) who are complete strangers. Who will be the first and the last person on this chain? The crew travels around for around 3 months to examine how strong the relationships between human beings are and if the ideas about the others’ lives are in line with reality. In this ever shrinking world are we really closer to each other?

Obscurantist and His Lineage

Obscurantist and His Lineage
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Karel Vachek’s latest documentary essay deals with the fine line between an internal belief in God and institutionalized religion. At the same time it brings up the need for a healthy sense of skepticism and the benefit of not believing in anything that advertises itself as certain. The filmmaker sets out for the USA, Japan, Great Britain, Poland, and the Balkans in his sometimes amusing investigation of spiritual substitutes, such as esoteric “teachings” or various fraudulent and magical practices. In addition to a Czech “prefab” family, who describe the carryings-on of their poltergeist, well-known mystery buffs appear in the film: Erich von Däniken, Raymond Moody Jr., and Ivan Mackerl. Director Vachek, however, uses no irony or ridicule, and although his position of skepticism in the film is clear, he is quick to point out surprising correspondences between the newest scientific hypotheses and the most ancient religious texts.

The Declaration of Immortality

The Declaration of Immortality
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In his new film Marcin Koszałka returns to a forgotten genre, namely a mountain film. The protagonist of his story is Piotr “Mad” Korczak, somewhere in the background there is his rival Andrzej Marcisz. The director focuses on the decline of the career of the great master, provoking his reflection on his future life, when he will no longer be able to climb mountains. It’s a moving story about inability to come to terms with old age and about desire of immortality.

Komeda - A Soundtrack for a Life

Komeda - A Soundtrack for a Life
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Krzysztof Komeda – jazz pianist and film composer. With compositions like the lullaby for “Rosemary´s Baby” by RomanPolanski, Komeda succeeded in writing his own chapter in the history of soundtracks. As a jazz pianist he gained cult-status inPoland. As a film composer he made it into Hollywood’s first ranks. But there his career came to a sudden end.Claudia Buthenhoff-Duffy’s film essay follows the dramatic life story of the musician and film composer Komeda by the means of the melodic sounds of Komeda’s music.

 

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