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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.

Waiting Room for Adulthood

Waiting Room for Adulthood
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Kari is a notorious troublemaker who has already had problems with the law. He likes graffiti the most. Petr doesn’t get along with his family and communicates through rap. Michal never goes out without his skateboard. Jakub is fine, but often he had no idea where to go after school. Not long ago these youths had nothing to do in their spare time. But then they started to go to the low-threshold club for children and teenagers. This is a documentary, filmed by the clients of the low-threshold clubs, who received cameras and filmed their daily routine at home, on the street, at school and at these very clubs. The main endeavor of its creators was to capture the authentic atmosphere of adolescent life, and to record how teenagers spend their free time.

Odessa

Odessa
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Florin Iepan embarks on a process to reveal the largest mass execution perpetrated by an ally of Nazi Germany in Odessa (now Ukraine) which should lead to a public debate about Romania’s fascist past and conclude with an official reaction on behalf of the Romanian people. At first hand, this seems to be an impossible mission. In a story full of spectacular turn of events, with the director in front of the camera, we discover his weaknesses, his doubts, the self-irony, the ups and downs of his campaign. Unorthodox measures are employed in order to put the topic on the public agenda. During four years of conferences, news coverage, TV programmes and internet commentaries, Florin Iepan managed to attract hostility and hatred from thousands of Romanians and from public figures known for their anti-Semitic and nationalist opinions. At the same time he is encouraged by other fellow Romanians who understand that if we don’t act now, when the country faces an economic crisis and a weak democracy, history can repeat itself.

Northern Vietnam is Cruel (or Travels in the Northern Vietnam with a Singing Chef)

Northern Vietnam is Cruel (or Travels in the Northern Vietnam with a Singing Chef)
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Le Quang Dao is a chef cooking noodles at various events and festivals in the Czech Republic. He loves Czech and American folk and country music, he likes to play it and even translates it into Vietnamese; he was spotted by an organizer of one of the music festivals, who pushed him onto a stage. He performed with famous Czech musicians and appeared on TV. When we however join him in Vietnam, a story of a bizarre character turns into a deep personal drama - both his parents are dying.

Puskás Hungary

Puskás Hungary
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This documentary tells the story of legendary soccer player Ferenc Puskás, who started from the Budapest slums and became an international star, living his life irrespective of politics, war and conventions of society, doing the one thing he loved and knew best: play soccer. This movie is about this mystic figure, the captain of the legendary Magical Magyars Team of the 1950s, who overcame poverty, calamities such as World War II, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and who, after a physical and mental breakdown, returned to the top with an amazing effort once again in his 30's, and became a world- renowned forward for the Real Madrid.

100 Days

100 Days
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Life is going on, people work and have children, out of love or out of lack of other motivation in life. As there is no God, the only certitude is 24 hours open Tesco hypermarket. 40 years ago, Apollo 11 landed on the the surface of the Moon. Next destination is Mars. No human project can go on without a hope of being completed in a reasonable time-limit. Maximal reasonable time-limit is the duration of a human life. What does fit into it? Béla, a retired Hungarian bio-molecular scientist is waiting for death. In the meantime, he has some things to say.

If Nobody's Playing

If Nobody's Playing
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The film follows the beginnings of the band "Bernays Propaganda" and the everyday challenges the band leader Vasko Atanasoski faces in order to do what he lives for. Along the road there are all kinds of obstacles and sometimes silly and absurd incidents. Vasko is facing this harsh reality with courage, humor and sheer determination. Music is his lifelong mission. Following the "Do It Yourself" principles, he also organises concerts, works for a music label and runs a radio programme with an energy that absorbs and inspires. There isn’t a thing he wouldn’t do in order to keep the music alive. Music has changed his life, and now it’s payback time.

Souvenirs: Healing After War

Souvenirs: Healing After War
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“Some souvenirs are very heavy.” Phong Phan, Vietnam Veteran. Lyrical, intimate, and sometimes humorous, “Souvenirs” is a moving eulogy in film. Following her father’s suicide, director Mara Pelecis reveals the hidden layers of Ivars ‘Andy’ Pelecis’ elusive mental health, as his case for service related mental illness is reopened post-mortem. Seeking to understand Why he was the way he was, Mara finds healing in the lives and stories of other war veterans, including Rolling Thunder bikers, National Guard members, Vets for Peace, and Native American veterans. Combining her father’s Bolex film footage and photography together with her documentation of him and their family for nearly 20 years – this is a true story of the impact of war on a veteran and family over decades.

Midnight

Midnight
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An essay on the sources of light, the meaning of darkness and light pollution, with several layers of interwoven meaning. In one of them, the author describes her experiences during an experiment in which she was shut up in total darkness. Another layer of the film describes the activity of "darkers" who interrupt electricity supplies and then have fun recording the spectacular results of their "ecoattacks." This polemical collage also points out how terribly dependent humans are on electricity, and how much of it they waste. One of the most interesting passages in this imaginative mosaic on the crisis of current civilisation is a meditation by Václav Bartuška on the limits of progress.

17th of August

17th of August
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The first prison in Russia for those sentenced to life terms. A single cell. "Prisoner Boris Bezotechestvo. Life sentence. Article 102. Triple murder." Communing with a God who is indifferent to his fate. He prays, but is not a believer. His words filled the air of the cell. He talks and listens to himself. The space within the cell consumes him. His world is four walls and the view from the window. The prison physically thrusts the prisoner into TIME. A long succession of days and nights allotted to him, after which comes “hell” or “heaven”.

3 Weddings: Bernadett & Sanju

3 Weddings: Bernadett & Sanju
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Love through the Internet. A fairy tale about an adventurous marriage connecting three continents. Is a 2 month-old internet acquaintance enough to know that She/he is Mr/Mrs Right? A Bollywoodlike story about a marriage of a Hungarian girl and a guy from India. This short documentary is part of the "3 Weddings" series (3 esküvő, 3 x 26 min).

 

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