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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.

Victor

Victor
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The only thing we can be sure of in this world is that one day we shall die. In spite of that, we tend to live our lives as if it was never going to happen. Yet there are many among us who are deprived of the right to think that way. Victor (31) has a rare form of cancer in an advanced stage; moreover, his wife is about to divorce him. Trapped in the antechamber of death and with his family falling to pieces, he knows that perhaps the most important decisions of his life must be taken here and now.

Agapitova and the Rescued

Agapitova and the Rescued
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This is a film about the return of an individual to the Far North and to the past. Agapitova, Igarka – the vast lands of Siberia to which Ilmārs Knaģis and 4,000 other children from Latvia were deported in 1941. In the autumn of 1942, 700 mothers and children of different nationalities were sent to the death island of Agapitova. Only 60 survived, and among them were six Latvian children – Biruta Kazaka, Pāvels Kliesbergs, Venta Grāvīte, Ilmārs Grāvītis, Pēteris Bērziņš and Valentīna Voiciša. Their memories are bitter and even unbelievable.

Children On Death Row

Children On Death Row
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Amnesty International says Iran is the only country that executes young people for crimes they committed when they were younger than 18 years old. The film is a story of Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei and his four young clients. Mr. Mostafaei has already presented in court the case of some 40 juvenile offenders facing the death penalty. He has managed so far to save the life of 14 of them. He says three more of his clients are likely to be released. Four young clients were executed. Mohammad Mostafaei is a leading lawyer against juvenile execution, he represents the highest number of children on death row in Iran and so in the world. According to unofficial figures - Iran does not release figures of executed children - between 80 to 100 juvenile offenders have been hanged in the Islamic Republic since 1990. In no other country so many children have been executed in that time period. The sentencing of minors to death is a violation of Iran's international human rights commitments, including the Convention of the Rights of the Child. Iranian courts follow the Islamic law of Sharia under which boys older than 15 and girls older than 9 years old are considered to be adults. Eight of his clients have been sentenced to death and are currently being waiting to be executed. His other clients are in jail, waiting for the decision of the courts, in come cases they've appealled against their sentences and are waiting for the decision of the appeal court. 

Copper Age

Copper Age
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A documentary exploration set in Zambia which, despite being one of the largest exporters of copper in the world, is increasingly more dependent on international aid. Having privatized the copper mines, Zambia no longer has earnings from copper export.

Dance of Elves

Dance of Elves
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“Dance of Elves” is a fantastic journey of a young girl between dreams and reality. Adrija lives in one of the peripheral areas of Latvia, called Latgale. She regularly takes the long way to the capital Riga, because it opens new opportunities for her. Adrija finds herself free, happy, overtaken by ideas and successful, because all her wishes come true – there are trips, there is a victory in Biology Olympiad, interesting meetings and many other wonderful things. But what to do when you suddenly realize that you don't know what you really want?

Estonian Stories. Babyface

Estonian Stories. Babyface
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The film is about 28-year-old Andrus Elbing aka Babyface who's life is like a ghetto-movie. He has left behind a tough journey from a street-kid to a jailbird. Inspite of his rough past, he has grown into a flaming poet and rapper. We follow Babyface after getting out from prison, adjusting to the newly-found freedom, and finding a way to deal with his past.

Eternal Girl

Eternal Girl
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The Execution Show

The Execution Show
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The Guardian

The Guardian
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The Guardian is a story about a mountain man and his struggle to save the forests of the Rugova Mountain from over-logging and environmental destruction. As we learn the stories of his youth, we begin to understand the history behind Fatos’ frustration with post-war politics, his sense of refuge in the mountains, and ultimately, his spiritual connection and dedication to preserving them.

On Rubik's Road

On Rubik's Road
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If the entire world can be reflected in a single drop of dew (and it can!), then why couldn’t it fit onto a single bicycle road in Latvia? A film about a world that walks, runs, crawls, sits, rides, flies. And falls. A world alive.

 

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