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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.
Billion Dollar Fish
Director Alfred Schwarzenberger Producer Michael Schlamberger Production company Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH ...
Director of photography Rolando Menardi Editor Omer Sacic ... IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

Billion Dollar Fish

Austria, 2012, 52 min, HD, Environmental, Nature
The River Danube is home to a fish that grows larger than the Great White Shark. Although it leads a secretive life, the Beluga Sturgeon produces the most prized food in the whole world. “Billion Dollar Fish” tells the tale of a giant survivor from p...  more
The Black Box
Director Krzysztof Kowalski Producer Olga Bieniek Production company Studio 1 Director of photography Krzysztof Kowalski
Editor Dawid Garncarek IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Financial Support The Polish Film Institute, Gdynia Centre of Culture

The Black Box

Czarna skrzynka, Poland, 2013, 80 min, DVD, History, Politics, Portrait, Travel
Tomasz Tomaszewski (*1953 in Warsaw) is a famous photographer who was working for many Polish newspapers, documenting historical events in Poland (such as Lech Wałęsa and Gdańsk Shipyard, Solidarity, protests in Warsaw). Since December 1981, during t...  more
The Blockade
Director Igor Bezinović Producer Nenad Puhovski ... Production company Restart ...
Director of photography Haris Berbić ... Editor Hrvoslava Brkušić ... IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

The Blockade

Blokada, Croatia, 2012, 93 min, Beta SP, DCP, Digi Beta, HD, Culture, Human Rights, Social Issues
"The Blockade" is a unique view from within on the most massive, longest and politically most significant student protest in the country, since 1971, that started in April of 2009 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. The strugg...  more
Born in the USSR. 28 Up
Director Sergej Miroshnichenko Producer Sergej Miroshnichenko Production company Studio Ostrov ...
Director of photography Vyacheslav Sachkov ... Editor Arthur Anayan ... IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

Born in the USSR. 28 Up

Rozhdennye v SSSR. 28 let, Russia, 2012, 209 min, 104 min, 105 min, HD, Anthropology, Portrait, Society
A documentary project about children born in different republics of the USSR. We filmed them every seven years, following their life choices, achievements, challenges. Who have they become at 28, people whose birth certificate has a seal of a vanishe...  more
The Breath of the Tundra
Director Mikhail Gorobchuk Producer Svetlana Dalskaya ... Production company DC FILM
Director of photography Mikhail Gorobchuk Editor Mikhail Gorobchuk IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

The Breath of the Tundra

Dykhanie tundry , Russia, 2012, 26 min, Beta SP, Digi Beta, DVD, Environmental, Experimental, Philosophy
Far from civilization, where there is still no gap between human and natural world, one can feel the real breath of the earth, the unity of living and non-living matters. The picture directs towards the world of one’s sensory experience, induces to t...  more
The Captain and His Pirate
Director Andy Wolff Production company Brockhaus/Wolff GbR Director of photography Yusuf Guul ...
IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Sales Doc & Film International

The Captain and His Pirate

Der Kapitän und sein Pirat, Belgium, Germany, 2012, 76 min, DCP, Current Affairs, Society
Imagine you are the captain of a container ship: You get hijacked by Somali pirates. The seizure of the Hansa Stavanger is one of the most notorious cases in modern piracy and the longest hostage taking at sea known in German history. The documentary...  more
Children of Flamenco
Director Kateřina Hager Producer Kateřina Hager Production company Bohemian Productions Director of photography Aleš Blabolil ...
Editor Lucie Haladová IDF Events 2012 Catalogue of Upcoming Czech Documentary Films ... WWW www.vimeo.com/43179305 Financial Support Prague Film School

Children of Flamenco

Niños Flamencos, Czech Republic, Spain, 2013, 66 min, 52 min, HD, Anthropology, Arts and Culture, Music, Portrait, Society
If you know flamenco mainly as a passionate Spanish dance, this documentary will introduce you to the genre from a different and original angle. Amós and Abraham are two twelve year old boys celebrated as child prodigies of the flamenco scene today. ...  more
Children of Socialism - Replace My Head
Director Brane Bitenc Producer Andrej Štritof Production company PERFO Production Director of photography Darko Herič ...
Editor Uroš Truppe IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Financial Support Ministry of Culture-Slovenia (30.000 EUR)

Children of Socialism - Replace My Head

Otroci socializma - Zamenite mi glavo, Slovenia, 2012, 45 min, HD, Music, Politics, Portrait
Director Brane Bitenc tells a story of a cult Slovenian punk music group Otroci socializma, the so called Slovenian Joy Division that first came to life as "trio without a vocalist" in 1981. A few months later the author of presented film contributed...  more
Common Ground
Director Charlotte Grégoire ... Producer Besson Marie Production company Eklektik Productions Director of photography Charlotte Grégoire ...
Editor Thomas Vandecasteele IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Sales Ventes-CBA/WIP-Sales

Common Ground

Charges communes, Belgium, 2012, 52 min, Digi Beta, DVD, Anthropology, Society
The daily life of an appartment building in Bucharest, true indicator of social and economic impact in a Romanian society in transition, going through government's austerity mesures. We encounter its inhabitants with their history, their lifestyle, t...  more
Crooks
Director Silvie Dymáková Producer Hana Třeštíková Production company Czech TV ...
Director of photography M. Konečný Editor Tonička Janková IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

Crooks

Šmejdi, Czech Republic, 2013, 74 min, HD, Current Affairs, Personal View, Reportage, Society
Manipulation, pressure, humiliation, aggression. Hidden cameras have captured the rough background of goods presentation events for seniors. What is really going on at the popular tours with free lunches?...  more
Czech Children
Director Karel Strachota Production company Člověk v tísni ... Director of photography Jaromír Kačer
Editor Tomáš Potočný IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Financial Support Education for Competitiveness Operation Programme (ECOP) – European Social Fund in Czech Republic

Czech Children

České děti, Czech Republic, 2012, 38 min, DCP, DVD, HD, History, Youth Documentary
The Czech Children movement was one of the most notable anti-communist initiatives of the late 1980s. Its manifesto was published in May 1988, and its signatories were predominantly young people. The movement expressed independent thought and contrib...  more
Dancing Alone
Director Biene Pilavci Producer Max Milhahn Production company Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion GmbH Director of photography Armin Dierolf
Editor Biene Pilavci IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition WWW www.alleinetanzen.de Financial Support Filmbüro Bremen / Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg

Dancing Alone

Alleine Tanzen, Germany, 2012, 98 min, DCP, Personal View, Social Issues, Society
Will my four siblings and I be able to build healthy relationships with others after years filled with hate and violence? One day my sister Ilknur comes home late. My mother confronts her and starts beating her up. Ilknur pulls herself away and runs ...  more
Documentarian
Director Inese Klava ... Producer Aija Berzina Production company Vides Filmu Studija
Editor Inese Klava IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Sales Taskovski Films

Documentarian

Latvia, 2012, 82 min, Beta SP, DCP, Arts and Culture, Gender, Society
Inta is a brusque, crusty woman who lives alone on the edge of a picturesque marsh. One day her solitude is intruded upon by the arrival of a documentary filmmaker. In his eyes Inta is an outstanding would-be film protagonist but the wild woman would...  more
Donkey Island
Director Vardan Hovhannisyan ... Producer Vardan Hovhannisyan ... Production company Bars Media Director of photography Vahagn Ter-Hakobyan
Editor Tigran Baghinyan IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition Sales ZED

Donkey Island

Donkeymentary, Armenia, 2012, 52 min, DVD, Creative, Society
A humorous documentary about a small island with many donkeys. Lamu, just off the coast of Kenya, is the home of 24,000 people, 6,000 donkeys, just 2 cars and a 14-year-old donkey race champion, Shee Famao, whose fondest dream in life is nothing more...  more
A Dream in the Making
Director Bartosz M. Kowalski Producer Jerzy Dziegielewski ... Production company HBO Poland
Director of photography Bartosz M. Kowalski Editor Jerzy Zawadzki IDF Events 2013 East Silver / Prague edition

A Dream in the Making

Moja Wola, Poland, 2012, 50 min, DCP, Personal View, Portrait, Social Issues, Society
We are in Warsaw's Wola district, one of the poorest and shadiest areas of the Polish capital. We meet Bartek and Pawel, two best buddies struggling with a day to day ordeal. Bartek has a dream of becoming a stuntman in the film industry. His vision ...  more

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