FNE IDF Doc Bloc: Directors Dammas and Renner on Polish Illusions

IDF spoke with Polish director Jacob Dammas and German producer/director Helge Renner about the six year long process of creating their documentary Polish Illusions.

14-09-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Documentary Seminar Deadline Extended

The deadline for the Coproducing Documentaries in Europe seminar, taking place in Slovakia, has been extended until 31 August 2012.

31-08-2012

Worldfilm Accepting Documentary Film Submissions

The 10th Worldfilm (www.worldfilm.ee) festival to be held 18 – 24 March 2013 in Tartu, Estonia, has opened its call for submissions.

The deadline for film submissions is 15 October. There is no entry fee.

24-08-2012

DOK.Incubator Applications Open

BRATISLAVA: The second session of the postproduction workshop DOK.Incubator (docincubator.net) is accepting observer and consultation applications from Slovak, Czech and Polish film professionals and Slovak film students for the Final Cut workshop, to be held in Bratislava 14-20 September 2012.

17-08-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: The New Silk Way

TALLINN: Estonia and Russia are coproducing a Russian-language
documentary The New Silk Way directed by Evdokiya Moskvina.

10-08-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Soilmania

PRAGUE: Director Dora Kapralova is in production with Soilmania, a feature length Czech-German coproduction filmed in Czech, German, and English.

03-08-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Kesaj Tchave

PRAGUE: Czech company Fresh Films is planning an April 2013 premiere for Rozalie Kohoutova's Roma-themed documentary Kesay Tchave.

27-07-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Steam and Faith

The Bulgarian documentary Steam and Faith is participating in the 2012 Ex-Oriente Workshop as it prepares for a March 2013 completion date.

09-07-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: A Classroom Story from Bulgaria

Bulgarian production company tanaki films plans a January 2014 premiere for the documentary A Classroom Story from director David Djambazov.

 

29-06-2012

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Marcel Łoziński

{mosimage}The Institute of Documentary film interviews Polish documentary director Marcel Łoziński

22-06-2012

FNE - IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente Selects 13 Workshop Projects

{mosimage}PRAGUE: Thirteen films representing twelve countries will participate in the first session of the Ex-Oriente documentary workshop, beginning on 18 June 2012.

25-05-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ten Films Compete for Koutecky Award

{mosimage}PRAGUE: Ten Czech documentary films have been selected to compete for the 2012 Pavel Koutecky Award, named for the respected Czech documentary filmmaker who died in 2006 while working on his film about the iconic Czech leader Vaclav Havel.

25-05-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Sofia's Last Ambulance at Critics' Week in Cannes

The only documentary in this year's selection, Sofia's Last Ambulance by Bulgarian filmmaker Ilian Metev will be presented in the Critics' Week competition in Cannes (May 17 - 25). Co-produced by Bulgaria, Germany and Croatia, the film attended the 2010 East European Forum and the 2011 Doc Launch presentation.

18-05-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: An Interview with Richard Komárek

An Interview with Czech filmmaker Richard Komárek about the collapsing Twin Towers, lawsuits, disco lounges and patriot trucks in his documentary project Play 9/11.

Richard Komárek belongs among emerging Czech directors who are experienced in local models of Czech TV production formats. With Play 9/11, an ambitious documentary investigation of the post-9/11 world, he attended the 2012 East European Forum to look for fresh inspiration and potential co-production partners.

11-05-2012

FNE - IDF DocBloc: It's All Czech in Pilsen + ZOOM:Poland, Martin Šulík

PLZEN: Some of the Czech Republic's leading filmmakers will be represented in the more than 20 films screening in the Finale Plzen documentary competition.

06-04-2012