DOKweb Content
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.
Institute of Documentary Film’s Activities
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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

Ramin | Audrius Stonys | Latvia, Georgia | 2011

East Silver Caravan is a unique tool for supporting the festival distribution of Central and Eastern European documentary films. The region offers many talents that may get unnoticed to the international audience and key industry decision makers. A handpicked selection of some of the most interesting films from the market with high festival potential forms the core of the East Silver Caravan. East Silver Caravan helps filmmakers to access international festivals in form of a submission service, using a wide network of key international film festivals. Each year, a selection of approx. 30 films is submitted to international film festivals for programme preselection. Thanks to a wide and growing network of East Silver partner festivals, the chances of Caravan films to get screened at festivals are increasing (at the moment East Silver Caravan travels to more than 80 international film festivals).

 

The East Silver Caravan works well not only for films, but also for festival programmers as a tool of reference for East European documentaries, since we can help and recommend films on various topics as well. With recently introduced online videolibrary is even easier to recommend films to festival programmers with interest in Central and East European documentary films.

 

The East Silver Caravan had several major accomplishments last year. In 2011 the East Silver Caravan records 127 festival releases of included films. As the most successful film of the ES Caravan in 2011 was Pit no. 8 by Marianna Kaat, which was screened at 12 festivals, including Full Frame (USA), where the film received two main awards, or won the Silver Nanook Award at Flahertiana IDFF. Similar successes achieved also Silver Eye Winners from 2010, Family Instinct (Andris Gauja, Latvia, 10 releases) and At the Edge of Russia (Michal Marczak, Poland, 8 releases), who benefits from the East Silver Caravan service during the whole year. Exquisite Czech films are regular part of the ES Caravan, for example documentary film Matchmaking Mayor by Erika Hníková achieved 7 festival releases within the ES Caravan, such as HotDocs, DocAviv, Crossing Europe or BAFICI in Buenos Aires.