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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.
At Equilibrium
Director René Eckert Producer René Eckert Production company blickinsfreie Director of photography René Eckert
Editor René Eckert IDF Events 2011 East Silver Financial Support Sponsored by BigAirBag ...

At Equilibrium

Bulgaria, Germany, 2010, 32 min, HD, Adventure and Sports, Society
Like the ubiquitous Coca Cola came appearing in Africa in the 80s, the American invention of snowboarding has been exported to nearly every snowy locale in the world. But access to snowboarding in most former Communist countries and the Near East did...  more
Awakening
Director Irena Fabri Producer Mirjana Tomic Production company Filmme Fatale Director of photography Lazar Bogdanovic
Editor Mateja Rackov IDF Events 2011 East Silver ... Sales Filmme Fatale

Awakening

Budjenje, Serbia, 2011, 85 min, DVD, HD, Current Affairs, Personal View, Politics, Social Issues
Ten years after Slobodan Milosevic was overthrown and the democracy officially came to Serbia, the society is still in chaos, burdened with corruption, violence towards minorities, strikes… The movie portrays this transitional chaos from a generati...  more
The Bad Field
Director Bernhard Sallmann Producer Julia Eisenberg Production company Feld GbR Eisenberg/Sallmann Director of photography Bernhard Sallmann
Editor Christoph Krüger IDF Events 2011 East Silver Financial Support bmukk ...

The Bad Field

Das schlechte Feld, Austria, Germany, 2011, 64 min, Digi Beta, HD, Environmental, Experimental, Personal View, Social Issues
The view of "The Bad Field" from the window of my room in my parents' house is the starting point of this video work. The field is both a doorway to and a surface onto which themes of the film can be projected: childhood, war, the disappearance of ru...  more
Bakhmaro
Director Salome Jashi Producer Heino Deckert Production company Sakdoc Film ... Director of photography Salome Jashi
Editor Derek Howard IDF Events 2010 Doc Launch ... Sales Deckert Distribution GmbH

Bakhmaro

Bakhmaro, Georgia, Germany, 2011, 58 min, HD, Social Issues, Society
A journey into a lively, yet desolate building in a provincial Georgian town. It once used to be a hotel called ‘Bakhmaro’. At the center of the building there is a restaurant with its walls covered in bright green and orange plastic foam and whe...  more
Balka: Three Stories
Director Anya Meksin ... Producer Sophie Pinkham Production company Columbia University ... Director of photography Anya Meksin
Editor Anya Meksin ... IDF Events 2011 East Silver Financial Support Open Society Institute Institute for International Education

Balka: Three Stories

Ukraine, 2010, 35 min, DVD, Health, Human Rights, Portrait, Social Issues
The fall of the Soviet Union led to a surge in injecting drug use and skyrocketing rates of HIV spread through shared injecting equipment. Balka: Three Stories chronicles the lives of women struggling with drug use and HIV in Ukraine. Through the cou...  more
The Barge
Director Mikhail Kolchin Producer Mikhail Kolchin Production company Marina Razbezhkina Studios
Director of photography Mikhail Kolchin Editor Mikhail Kolchin IDF Events 2011 East Silver

The Barge

Barzha, Russia, 2010, 25 min, Beta SP, HD, Portrait, Social Issues
For a whole month, Misha has been watching after a barge confiscated for debts. It seems nothing ever happens here. All day long he follows the shade thus saving himself from heat and hangover. He invents senseless duties and waits for a manager to c...  more
Barzakh
Director Mantas Kvedaravičius Producer Aki Kaurismäki ... Production company Extimacy Films ... Director of photography Mantas Kvedaravičius
Editor Mantas Kvedaravičius IDF Events 2011 East Silver ... WWW www.barzakhfilm.com Sales The Match Factory

Barzakh

Finland, Lithuania, 2011, 60 min, DCP, Human Rights, Social Issues
In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. The peope, trying to find him, are drawn into a world where they see encounters, diviners and legal advisors, the torturers and the tortured, secret prisons and mythical lakes. When the mi...  more
Beauty
Director Carolin Schmitz Producer Titus Kreyenberg Production company unafilm e. K. ...
Director of photography Hajo Schomerus Editor Stefan Oliveira IDF Events 2011 East Silver

Beauty

Schönheit, Germany, 2011, 80 min, Portrait, Social Issues, Society
The full-length documentary film Beauty describes people’s approaches to life. Having cosmetic surgeries is a common thing for the protagonists. What is the way of life for people whose desire for beauty exceeds the physical integrity of their bodi...  more
Being Kosher
Director Ruth Olshan Producer Arek Gielnik Production company INDI FILM GmbH ...
Director of photography Dietmar Ratsch Editor Karin Jacobs ... IDF Events 2011 East Silver

Being Kosher

Nicht Ganz Kosher, Germany, 2010, 89 min, 52 min, Digi Beta, HD, Docu drama, Personal View, Portrait, Religion
Being Kosher is a tragicomic exploration of Jewish purity laws. From kosher food to ritual hygiene, sex by the book to the "not quite kosher" Jewish identity and family history of the filmmaker Ruth Olshan herself - a documentary journey into the aut...  more
Between the Frames
Director Nina Altaparmakova Producer Nina Altaparmakova Production company Bulfilm
Director of photography Miroslav Gaydoshik Editor Nina Altaparmakova IDF Events 2011 East Silver

Between the Frames

Mezhdu kadrite, Bulgaria, 2011, 62 min, DVD, Archive, Arts and Culture, Culture, Portrait
What lies between the frames to tell their stories? Hard work, dedication and love. Several ladies of Bulgarian editing remember the time when they worked with scissors and glue....  more
Book Smugglers
Director Jeremiah Cullinane Producer Rasa Miškinyté Production company Era Film ... Director of photography Audrius Kemezys
Editor Kostas Radlinskas IDF Events 2011 East Silver WWW www.booksmugglersthemovie.com Financial Support LR Culture Ministry; Irish Language Broadcasting Fund (ILBF); Foras na Gaeilge; Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI).TG4 (Republic of Ireland); BBC-NI (Northern Ireland); LRT (Lithuania); Czech TV.

Book Smugglers

Knygnešiai, Afghanistan, Australia, United Kingdom, 2010, 73 min, 52 min, Beta SP, Creative, Docu drama, History, Personal View
From 1863, Tsar Alexander II decreed an outright ban on all usage of the Lithuanian language which covered education, press, and publishing. Simple possession of literature in Lithuanian became a crime. A new type of linguistic resistance fighter eme...  more
Born In The Year Of The Hare
Director Ebba Sinzinger Producer Vincent Lucassen Production company WILDart Film
Director of photography Robert Winkler Editor Oliver Neumann IDF Events 2011 East Silver

Born In The Year Of The Hare

Im Jahr Des Hasen, Austria, 2010, 90 min, Beta SP, Personal View, Portrait, Society
Spit out by the Maelstrom the awkward journey of a permanent alien Tai, a sleepwalking samurai, lost in the swirl of events around him. Chaos, carnage and history. He’s saved, but somehow everything in life passes him by. Mothers, fathers, brothers...  more
Bottoms Up
Director Maciej Glowinski Producer Maciej Glowinski Production company Headowsky Studio Director of photography Marcin Drewnowski ...
Editor Maciej Glowinski IDF Events 2011 East Silver Financial Support non

Bottoms Up

Do dna, Poland, 2010, 20 min, Beta SP, HD, Personal View, Portrait, Social Issues, Society
It is possible to live without the bottle. Jurek quit drinking thanks to ice cold baths, yoga and meditation....  more
The Boy Who Was a King
Director Andrey Paounov Producer Martichka Bozhilova Production company Agitprop Ltd. ... Director of photography Georgi Bogdanov ...
Editor Georgi Bogdanov ... IDF Events 2008 East European Stand at Sunny Side of the Doc ... Sales Autlook Filmsales

The Boy Who Was a King

The Boy Who Was a King , Bulgaria, Germany, 2011, 90 min, HD, Creative, History, Politics, Portrait
A story of one of the most fascinating monarch figures in contemporary history - Simeon II of Bulgaria, cousin to the House of Windsor and a descendant of William the Conqueror. From his adventurous life as an exiled boy king who became a symbol of h...  more
Breath
Director Kullar Viimne Producer Erik Norkroos Production company Rühm Pluss Null Director of photography Kullar Viimne
Editor Kaisa Pitsi IDF Events 2011 East Silver Financial Support Eesti Filmi SihtasutusEesti Kultuurkapital

Breath

Hing, Estonia, 2011, 59 min, Beta SP, Digi Beta, Creative, Gender, Portrait
Breathing and souls are connected. So connected that when breathing in the same rhythm with somebody, you may meet their soul when you are lucky. For such an encounter, a trusting bridge is needed, which connects a soul to another. If trust is broken...  more

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