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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 End of the World

The End of the World
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A story of a remote village, almost completely abandoned. All the youth have left, looking for a better life in the city. Only a few village elders have remained, and they spend their days waiting for a mobile cart to come along and sell bread and wares - their only contact with the outside world.

Kruzenshtern

Kruzenshtern
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Sailing ship „Kruzenshtern” is the Russian pride. Documentary film of Maciej Cuske tells the story about training cruise for future shipmen of the Russian Merchant Navy.

The Dog Hill

The Dog Hill
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A story about three men of different age who spend six months each year working as shepherds, away from their families and civilization. They have a lot of time to talk about the most important and leaving aspects of life. The highlander’s philosophy in short.

Honeymoon

Honeymoon
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35 year-old Tomek is just out of jail after 7 years. The day he is scheduled to leave, he takes a fellow inmate, Agnieszka, as his wife. He leaves, but she has to stay. Tomek tries to begin his free life again, while staying in touch with his wife.

North from Calabria

North from Calabria
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The film is an attempt to create a place – a town, where living is easy. Where people know each other, tolerate their faults, meet each other to talk and just be together. Making of this film was a kind of a happening. Actors and outside people moved into a small Silesian town and along with its inhabitants they were organizing a big fest. In a confined space of market and a few small streets, working, talking and spending time together has dominated life of Chełmsko Śląskie. For one summer month Chełmsko has become a decoration in the film about an ideal town.

Pictures From the Death Factory

Pictures From the Death Factory
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This documentary tells about pictures and drawings created in the Auschwitz concentration camp. It is an attempt to answer the question of why so many prisoners put their lives at risk drawing a morning assembly in the camp or depicting the selection of Jews who were transported to Auschwitz. Why did they draw gas chambers or their fellow prisoners? Did they want to leave the testimony of their existence? Former prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp take part in Pictures from the Death Factory, as well as employees of The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum located in the former concentration camp.

Underground Women’s State

Underground Women’s State
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“Underground Women’s State” is an image of Polish reality, where anti-abortion law exists only on paper. Eight women who had illegal abortion decided to talk about their experiences, for the first time. The number of illegal abortions performed in the country is around 200 thousand yearly. Despite such frequent illegal abortions, there is no movement to change the law in Poland. The film shows helplessness of the social movement in the face of political bargains. Searching for answers, we turn to leading activists of the pro-choice movement, from different generations.

Slowly

Slowly
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Out of Reach

Out of Reach
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Karolina and Natalia seek refuge from their domineering father and reminiscence about sad childhood without a mother in a basement of their block of flats. When the younger sister’s poor eyesight starts to deteriorate, the girls decide to find Bożena, their mother, who left the family when they were young. The director, Jakub Stożek, accompanies Karolina on her journey to Paris where the older sister is supposed to meet the mother whom the girls know only from the voice message left on the phone she never answers. Will the daughter be able to establish a bond with the mother she has not seen for fourteen years?

The Work of the Machines

The Work of the Machines
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Poland. A typical industrial town. Here begins “The Work of Machines”. This dance was created in 1968 to celebrate the Factory. Following the memories, it was possible to recreate the forgotten dance. This reconstruction becomes a time vehicle to the past, allowing for a trip to the era where production was supposed to mean a happy life.

 

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