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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.

Director Madli Lääne Producer Kätlin Jensen-Tiigi Production company Allfilm

Director of photography Rein Kotov IDF Events 2007 East Silver Sales Estonian Television

Ready, Steady, Go!

Tähelepanu, Estonia, 2006, 27 min, Beta SP, Society

7-year-old Otto is a little boy who likes to play, but also going to school. He already needs to make big decisions, wheather to become a salesman or an architect. Do you really need to make your choices so early? In the success orientated society th... more

Director Krzysztof Lang Production company Polish Television Director of photography Marcin Koszałka

Editor Marcin Mironowicz IDF Events 2004 East Silver

Real Corps - Krzysiek i Slawek

Prawdziwe psy - Krzysiek i Slawek, Poland, 2003, 35 min, Beta SP, Society

An epilogue of a popular documentary series about police. After a year the director returns to two of the characters featured in the series - operational officers in the Homicide Division of the Warsaw Police Department. The documentary is a psychol... more

A Real Life Behind the Balcony, or Romeo and Juliet Make their Getaway

Director Carla Degenhardt Production company sixpackfilm Director of photography Carla Degenhardt

Editor Carla Degenhardt ... IDF Events 2006 East Silver Sales sixpackfilm

A Real Life Behind the Balcony, or Romeo and Juliet Make their Getaway

Ein wirkliches leben hinter dem balkon - ein abseilen von Romeo und Julia, Austria, 2006, 45 min, Beta SP, Human Rights, Portrait

The protagonist Hiltraud Schmidt, a sufferer of a neurological disease, is lovingly called princess by her partner Franz Bittermann. The two of them talk about how they got to know each other and their current relationship; he, primarily through spee... more

Director Melanie Liebheit Producer Maren Lüthje Production company lüthje schneider hörl | FILM

Director of photography Philip Vogt Editor Melanie Liebheit ... IDF Events 2009 East Silver

Reborn in Westphalia

Wiedergeboren in Westfalen, Germany, 2008, 88 min, Digi Beta, Religion, Society

In the middle of German province the tireless priest Sri Paskaran built the biggest Tamil Hindu temple in Europe. In 2002, he inaugurated it amidst industrial plants in the Westphalian village Hamm-Uentrop. The film accompanies the priest in his busy... more

Director Diliya Ruzieva ... Production company The Institute For Social and Gender Policy (Russia)

Director of photography Khasan Kydyraliev IDF Events 2004 East Silver

Red Butterflyes Where Two Springs Merge

Red Butterflyes Where Two Springs Merge, Kyrgyzstan, 2002, 14 min, Beta SP, Gender, Society

This film is a part of "Gender Montage: paradigms from post-soviet space" documentary film collection, supported by Network Women`s Program of Open Society Institute and Institute for Social and Gender policy (ISGP).A lyrical portrait of the 64-years... more

Director Andrea Asch ... Production company InstinktFilm ... Director of photography Eric Asch ...

Editor Andrea Asch ... IDF Events 2007 East Silver Sales InstinktFilm

The Red Carpet

Der Rote Teppich, Germany, 2006, 88 min, 35 mm, Arts and Culture, Health

The autistic author Axel Brauns tells the story of how he has conquered and still battles his present developmental disabilities in everyday life, in order to fit into a so-called "normal world". After having completed a German bestseller novel, he n... more

Director Leo Kantor Producer Ernest Zawada Production company P.A.Y. Studio

Director of photography Witold Adamek Editor Milenia Fiedler IDF Events 2012 East Silver

Redcurrants

Tam gdzie rosna porzeczki, Poland, 2011, 35 min, DVD, Personal View, Social Issues

Based on memories and reflections of the director, this is a documentary that discusses the story of political and social issues.... more

Redemption Attempt of a TV Repairman Josef Lávička in Nine Scenes

Director Lukáš Kokeš Producer Věra Hoffmannová Production company FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Director of photography Lukáš Kokeš

Editor Lukáš Kokeš IDF Events 2009 East Silver WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv...

Redemption Attempt of a TV Repairman Josef Lávička in Nine Scenes

Pokus o duchovní nápravu opraváře televizí Josefa Lávičky v devíti obrazech, Czech Republic, 2008, 14 min, 16 mm, Creative, Portrait, Youth Documentary

The short film recounts the pursuit of redemption of Josef Lávička, a village alcoholic. In its course, Lávička tries to get to grips with the Catholic tenets of a text given to him by a local pastor. Making use of staging and re-enactment, the f... more

Director Maria Royo Producer Maria Royo Production company En Pasant Films

Director of photography Maria Royo Editor Maria Royo IDF Events 2009 East Silver

Rediscovering Pape

Rediscovering Pape, Poland, Spain, 2009, 26 min, HD, Personal View, Portrait, Youth Documentary

Director Maria Royo attempts to reconcile her memories of a close childhood relationship to her great-grandfather, with the discovery of his past as a Nazi official. In this heartfelt documentary, Maria travels through Europe to trace her great-gran... more

Director Magda Kowalczyk Production company Wajda School Director of photography Magda Kowalczyk

Editor Magda Kowalczyk IDF Events 2006 East Silver Sales Wajda School

The Reflection

Odbicie, Poland, 2005, 6 min, DVD, Experimental, Youth Documentary

There are some people, for whom values like freedom, honesty, fair play are more important then their private life. Let’s see the short story of a glazier, who proved by his choices that life and work can by beautiful. Surprisingly good style of th... more

Director Almat Zhaxylyk Producer Timur Tokushev Production company Kazakhfilm National Film Production Studios

Director of photography Almat Zhaxylyk Editor Almat Zhaxylyk IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

Reflection

Otrazhenie, Kazakhstan, 2012, 28 min, DVD, HD, Gender, Personal View, Portrait, Society

It's a story of a young transvestite trapped in a society that won't accept him. It's the story of his struggle for definition and love. ... more

Director Ulrike Koch Producer Rose-Marie Schneider Production company Doc Productions GmbH ... Director of photography Pio Corradi

Editor Magdolna Rokob IDF Events 2012 East Silver WWW www.regilaul-film.com Financial Support various

Regilaul – Songs of the Ancient Sea

Regilaul - Lieder aus der Luft, Estonia, Switzerland, 2011, 104 min, DCP, Anthropology, Arts and Culture, Creative, Music

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, the ancient Finno-Ugric peoples gave birth to a singing tradition of a mysterious power called the Regilaul. These songs are the roots of Estonia’s renowned singing culture. Based on the continuous repetition o... more

Director Ivan Vojnár Producer Ivan Vojnár Production company Czech TV ... Director of photography Martin Štěpánek

Editor Ivan Vojnár IDF Events 2006 East Silver ... WWW http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/iv... Financial Support - specific grant: State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography (2006)

Remembering

Rozpomínání, Czech Republic, 2006, 57 min, Beta SP, Creative, IDF Video Library

Are Czechs happy? What do they strive for? Are Czechs impassive or do they desire personal and social changes? What is the feeling of a contemporary citizen of Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic? In March 2006 Ivan Vojnár's documentary s... more

Director Thomas Draschan ... Producer Thomas Draschan ... Production company Amour Fou Filmproduktion GmbH ... Director of photography Thomas Draschan ...

Editor Thomas Draschan ... IDF Events 2007 East Silver WWW http://www.memoire-enfants.com... Sales sixpackfilm