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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.

East Silver

The 7th East Silver Market that presented the latest documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe hosted 245 professionals, such as world sales agents, buyers, commissioning editors and many other guests who had access to the digitized video library with 308 documentary films produced in years 2009/2010 and another 124 titles from the festival programme. As innovation for this year, East Silver introduced a year-round online access to East Silver films for registered industry professionals.


East Silver runs a database with more than 2300 titles that provides the best insight into the documentary scene of Central and Eastern Europe. The database is accesible online at www.eastsilver.net. 

Current statistics of East Silver Market (as of October 30):

Total number of played films: 4036 films. Most watched films:
1 All for the Good of the World and Nošovice (Vít Klusák, Czech Republic, 2010): 39 views
2 Matchmaking Mayor (Erika Hníková, Czech Republic, 2010): 37 views
3 La Machina (Thierry Paladino, Poland, 2010): 35 views
4 Family Instinct (Andris Gauja, Latvia, 2010): 32 views
5 At the Edge of Russia (Michal Marczak, Poland, 2010): 32 views
6 100 Days (Viera Čákanyová, Czech Republic, 2009): 31 views
7 Czech Peace (Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda, Czech Republic, 2010): 30 views
8 Bear Islands (Martin Ryšavý, Czech Republic, 2010): 30 views
9 Michael Berger – A Hysteria (Thomas Fuerhapter, Austria, 2010): 28 views
10 All that Glitters (Tomáš Kudrna, Czech Republic, 2010): 27 views

Best rated films (rating: Very interesting):
1. All for the Good of the World and Nošovice (Vít Klusák, Czech Republic, 2010): 16x rated
2. La Machina (Thierry Paladino, Poland, 2010): 14x rated
3. Something about Georgia (Nino Kirtadze, France, Georgia, 2010): 13x rated