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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.
Aral - Death of a Sea
Director Dimitri Udovicky Producer Dimitri Udovicky Production company Dimitri Udovicki
Director of photography Dimitri Udovicky Editor Dalibor Krkobabić IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Aral - Death of a Sea

Aral - Death of a Sea, Russia, 2008, 26 min, Environmental, Social Issues
The Aral Sea was once the fourth inland sea in the world, with a flourishing fishing industry. In the 60's, with a need to increase the cotton production, the Soviet government decided to change the direction of the rivers that fed the sea to the dir...  more
At First Sight
Director Michael Pilz Producer Michael Pilz Production company Michael Pilz Film
Director of photography Michael Pilz Editor Michael Pilz IDF Events 2008 East Silver ...

At First Sight

A Prima Vista, Austria, 2008, 91 min, Digi Beta, Experimental, Personal View
It's not about new or interesting films, but about the constant awareness of seeing and hearing. About the constant opening of the heart." The foundations of A Prima Vista are based upon the unreleased film works from the personal archive of Michael ...  more
Attwenger Adventure
Director Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker Producer Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker Production company KM Film
Director of photography Markus Binder ... Editor Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Attwenger Adventure

Attwenger Adventure, Austria, 2007, 90 min, DV, Adventure and Sports, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Portrait
This infectious and often hilarious documentary follows the unlikely career of Attwenger, the world's only Alpine folk-punk band. For 17 years the band have been on the road, combining accordion, mantra vocals and local dialect with thrash drums and ...  more
Autumn of the Magician
Director Ruben Gevorgyants ... Producer Ruben Jaghinyan Production company SHARM Holding LLC
Director of photography Samvel Babassyan Editor Levon Hakhverdyan IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Autumn of the Magician

Autumn of the Magician, Armenia, 2007, 52 min, Arts and Culture, Portrait
Documentary portrait about director of photography Tonino Guerra, a man with an extraordinarily rich inner world that does not resemble our usual reality at all His whose literary works are included in school programs and at the university level, who...  more
Back to Africa
Director Othmar Schmiderer Producer Peter Rommel Production company The Match Factory Director of photography Herman Dunzendorfer ...
Editor Sarah Levin ... IDF Events 2008 East Silver WWW www.backtoafrica.de

Back to Africa

Back to Africa, Austria, Germany, 2008, 97 min, 35 mm, Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Music, Social Issues
They fascinate us with their show. They inspire us with their vibrant vitality and their zest for life. They show us their history and lead us to understand that we never knew about Africa until now … André Heller's circus "Africa! Africa!" is a m...  more
Bahrtalo! Good Luck!
Director Róbert Lakatos Producer András Muhi Production company Inforg Studio ... Director of photography György Réder
Editor Ági Mógor ... IDF Events 2006 Docu Talents From the East 2006 ... Sales Taskovski Films

Bahrtalo! Good Luck!

Bahrtalo! Jó szerencsét!, Hungary, 2008, 60 min, 35 mm, Anthropology, Entertainment, Society, Travel
How to hit the Jackpot? This question is not a simple one to answer for anybody. But it's even harder to solve for the two friends in this neo-realistic comedy: the "big hat" Gypsy and his Hungarian buddy - both of them Transylvanians. Many times the...  more
The Baluty Ghetto
Director Pavel Štingl Producer Pavel Berčík ... Production company K2 ... Director of photography Míra Janek
Editor Tonička Janková IDF Events 2007 East European Forum ... WWW http://www.baluty-film.com Financial Support State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography ...

The Baluty Ghetto

Ghetto jménem Baluty, Czech Republic, Poland, 2008, 87 min, Digi Beta, DV, DVD, Creative, History, IDF Video Library, Politics, Social Issues
I discovered the Baluty district three years ago, almost by chance. It looks much like in surviving wartime photographs. Today, the devastated houses are inhabited by a highly unusual social group which differs distinctly from the remaining populatio...  more
BAM - Railroad to Nowhere
Director Jouni Hiltunen Producer Kaarle Aho ... Production company Allfilm ... Director of photography Heikki Hirvonen
Editor Anne Lakanen IDF Events 2008 East Silver WWW www.allfilm.ee

BAM - Railroad to Nowhere

BAM, Estonia, 2008, 72 min, Digi Beta, History, Politics
BAM, or Baikal-Amur Magistral, was Leonid Brezhnev's plan to build more than 3500 km of railroad, along with 200 stations and communities in five years in Southern Siberia. The work was to be done mainly by Komsomol elite youth. "BAM - Railroad to N...  more
Bangbaby
Director Martin Babka ... Producer Bedřich Jetelina Production company AWR studio ...
Director of photography Edvard Miškej IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Bangbaby

Chodíme do školy díky vám, Czech Republic, 2008, 37 min, DV, Human Rights, Social Issues
Documentary about humanitarian aid project of ADRA Foundation, called Bangbaby, a sponsorship of school attendance to Bangladeshi children...  more
BAR DE ZI and Other Stories
Director Corina Radu Producer Corina Radu Production company Corina Radu
Director of photography Dragan S. Nikolic Editor Corina Radu IDF Events 2008 East Silver ...

BAR DE ZI and Other Stories

BAR DE ZI si alte povestiri, Romania, 2007, 53 min, HD, Society
What would we discover if we took the time to look more closely at the people we casually come across in our everyday lives? This is what BAR DE ZI AND OTHER STORIES does in its poetic, very real, and above all, warm intertwining of the personal hist...  more
Bartok's Requiem
Director Jan N. Lorenzen Producer Olaf Jacobs Production company Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH
Director of photography Peter Badel Editor René Frölke IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Bartok's Requiem

Bartóks Requiem, Germany, Hungary, 2008, 87 min, DV, Anthropology, Arts and Culture, Music, Travel
Bartók's Requiem travels to the most remote villages of Transylvania in the footsteps of the famous composer, Béla Bartók. Like Bartók, who at the beginning of the 20th Century documented his surroundings with the help of a phonograph, film direc...  more
Because of Her
Director Vesela Kazakova ... Producer Vesela Kazakova ... Production company Activist 38 Ltd. Director of photography Filip Gulyashki ...
Editor Aleksander Antonov ... IDF Events 2008 East Silver WWW www.becauseofher.com

Because of Her

Zaradi Lelia Sneje, Bulgaria, 2007, 58 min, Beta, Arts and Culture
This is a film about love. 27 young people who grew up during late communist era in Bulgaria, had turned up at a place in very intriguing, strange or conspiratorial manner and it had changed their lives. All has started on a stage in 1982 and it stil...  more
Between Heaven and Earth
Director Hanna Doose Producer Hanna Doose Production company Deutsche Filmakademie e.V. - German Film Academy
Director of photography Markus Zucker Editor André Nier IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Between Heaven and Earth

Zwischen Himmel und Erde, Germany, 2008, 91 min, Digi Beta, Human Rights, Politics, Social Issues
Salina and Albert are fairly normal teenagers living in Berlin. But what makes them different is their dreams. How can you dream of the future if you don´t even know what tomorrow will bring? Seven years ago the family S. escaped from the war in the...  more
Beyond the Wall
Director Vita Żelakeviciute-Drygas Producer Maciej Drygas Production company Drygas production
Director of photography Józef Szymura Editor Vita Żelakeviciute-Drygas IDF Events 2008 East Silver

Beyond the Wall

Po tamtej stronie, Poland, 2007, 20 min, DV, Human Rights
A confined walking zone, a bitter meal, and a job at the tailor's shop. A daily intake of medicines consumed under the watchful eye of the medical staff. A cell crowded to the capacity - a day like any other. Without needless words, this film is a mo...  more
Black Hearts (…the Earth isn’t Round)
Director Břetislav Rychlík ... Producer David Boháč ... Production company Plum Production ... Director of photography Míra Janek ...
Editor Tonička Janková IDF Events 2008 East Silver ... Financial Support Visegrad Fund ...

Black Hearts (…the Earth isn’t Round)

Černá srdce (…zem není gulatá), Czech Republic, 2009, 86 min, Digi Beta, Creative, Human Rights, Social Issues, Society
Four Roma families, four lives in four countries during four seasons through the eyes of four people. This is the third of a series of year-long observational documentary films by Břetislav Rychlík that explores human communities. After his interna...  more

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