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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.

Institute of Documentary Film’s Activities

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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.

East Silver

DIGITIZED EAST SILVER MARKET 2008

Digitized East Silver market opened for the 5th time at the 12th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2008. The market offered 242 titles with the greatest international potential from total of 420 submissions and also 120 films from the festival program. There were 30 computers installed and just like the last year they were always busy. The printed version of catalogue served as a practical handbook distributed to all professionals for free, was mapping the documentary production and activities realized in the Eastern European region during the last year 2008 (especially the travelling showcase of the East Silver Caravan selection).

The video library was visited by 185 important European film professionals: representatives of TV stations, film festivals, media, film institutions and organisations, but also filmmakers, producers, distributors. In comparison to the last year’s market (130 professionals though out the whole market) the visits to the library / the markets success grew by 23 percent.

To name some filmmakers who took part in this years edition came for example:

Jaak Kilmi, Alena Polunina – film Revolution, That Wasn’t, Estonia, Beata Dzianowicz – film Kites, Poland, Michael Pilz – film At First Sight, Austria, Guyla Nemes – film Lost World, Hungary, Agne Nelk – film Lotman’s World, Estonia), Irina Shatalova + Nastia Tarasova – film No Borders, Children of the Great Lake, Russia, Tiazhlov Dmytro + Shtyka Ella – film The Difficult One, Ukraine, Jivan Avetisyan – film The Dawn is peaceful in Artsakh, Armenia, Vesela Kazakova + Bilyana Kazakova-Ugrinska + Mina Mileva – film Because of Her, Bulgaria, Giedre Beinoriute + Jurga Gluskiniene – film Grandpa and Grandma, Lithuania, Ilona Bruvere – film In Bed with Surrealism. Sukuts / The Stations, Latvia, Alexey Telnov – film Vixen Academy: How To Be a Bitch, Russia, Boris Mitić – film Good Bye, How are you?, Serbia, Marko Doringer – film (Half) the Time of My Life, Austria, Dariusz Kowalski – film Optical Vakuum, Austria, Tomaš Krupa – film In India Between the Light and The Dark, Slovakia, Jacob Dammas – film A Cupboard, Poland, and on behalf of the Czech filmmakers: Karel Vachek, Linda Jablonska, Martin Mareček, Viera Čakanyova, Filip Remunda, Vit Klusak, Vit Janeček, Margareta Hruza, Veronika Janečkova, Filip Apostolsky, Helena Třeštikova, Erika Hnikova…

Professionals, who attended East Silver Market 2008:

BUYERS:
Claire Colart, RTBF Belgium – 22 films
Dusan Jurčik, Czech Television TV Czech Republic 28 films
Dimitra Kouzi, ERT Digital Greece 52 films
Daniela Kuzmanova, BNT Bulgaria 14 films
Andras Monory Mesz, MTV Hungary 29 films
Jennifer Ngaire Ross, Al Jazeera Witness UK 71 films
Martina Šantava, HBO CR Czech Republic 14 films
Sandra Whipham, UK Coproductions UK 3 films

COMMISSIONING EDITORS:
Claudia Bucher, ARTE Stasbourg France 14 films
Victoria Dunaeva, Belsat TV Poland 36 films
Charlotte Gry Madsen, DR TV Denmark 7 films
Cynthia Lopez, P.O.V. USA 4 films
Katarzyna Malinowska, TVP Poland 20 films

SALES AGENTS:
Filippo D’Angelo, Vitagraph Italy 18 films
Danielle DiGiacomo, Indiepix Films + Gucci Tribeca Doc Fund USA 13 films
Zecki Gerloff, TVF International UK 36 films
Suzanne Guggenberger, Autlook Filmsales Austria 15 films
Gitte Hansen Schnyder, First Hand Films Switzerland 11 films
David Hooper, Espresso TV UK 18 films
Stefan Kloos, Rise and Shine World Sales Germany 5 films
Luc Ntonga, Insomnia Worldsales France 17 films
Jarmila Outratova, Taskovski Films Czech Republic 11 films
Montse Portabella, Motion Pictures S.A. Spain 7 films
Michael Treves, JMT Films Distribution Israel 31 films

INSTITUTIONS:
Laurien ten Houten, Docs for Sale The Netherlands 18 films
Barbora Ondrejčakova, Media desk Czech Republic, 9 films
Marketa Šantrochova, Czech Film Center, 9 films

FESTIVAL REPRESENTATIVES:
Bernd Buder, goEast Filmfestival, Germany, 81 films
Sean Farnel, Hot Docs, Canada, 22 films
Asako Fujioka, The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Japan
Gerald Harringer, CrossingEurope, Austria, 22 films
Elisabeth Marschan, DocPoint Helsinky, Finland, 41 films
Jean Perret, VISION DU REEL – Nyon Festival International,De Cinema Doc, Switzerland, 6 films
Jean-Piere Rehm, FIDMarseille festival international du documentaire de Marseille, France
Katarzyna Wilk, Krakow Film Festival, Poland
David Drummond, Edinburgh International Film Festival, UKi, 56 films