FNE IDF DocBloc: Greta Stocklassa: I Feel an Obligation to the Protagonists

Greta Stocklassa is currently making Kiruna 2.0, a film about the relocation of a Swedish mining town.

08-02-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Czech Docs at FIPADOC, DocPoint Helsinki & Tallinn

Upcoming DocPoint Helsinki (28 January – 3 February 2019) included Helena Třeštíková's retrospective and Jan Gebert's When the War Comes in its programme, while DocPoint Tallin (30 January - 3 February 2019) will screen Šimon Šafránek's King Skate. Martin Páv's Vote for Kibera was selected for FIPADOC Biarritz (22-27 January 2019).

25-01-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Projects Selected for East Doc Platform 2019

Here are the projects selected for the 8th edition of East Doc Platform, the largest coproduction, funding and distribution platform tailor-made for Central and East European documentaries, which will take place in Prague from 9 to 15 March 2019.

11-01-2019

FNE IDF DocBloc: Another Success for Slovenian Doc The Last Ice Hunters

Slovenian documentary The Last Ice Hunters, which captures the vanishing world of the Inuit communities of Eastern Greenland, got two awards at the Autrans International Mountain Film Festival.

14-12-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: From Miner to Programmer: “I’ve Overcome My Own Prejudice,” Says Jindřich Andrš

Click HERE for the interview with Jindřich Andrš, the director of the documentary The Last Shift of Thomas Hisem, about the eponymous worker’s last day of work before a coal mine is shut down for good.

07-12-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Special Screening of My Granny from Mars

PRAGUE: My Granny from Mars by Aleksandar Mihalkovich, which was banned in Belarus, gets a special solidarity screening in Prague.

30-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Ex-Oriente at Jihlava

Ex-Oriente presented six days of training and workshops in Jihlava.

23-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: IDF Films Head to IDFA

Docs from IDF's programmes are part of the line-up at IDFA in Amsterdam.

16-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Central Bus Station Tops East Silver Viewers List

Czech docs topped the list of the most viewed films of the East Silver Video Market at Jihlava IDFF.

09-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: When the War Comes Wins Silver Eye

The Czech documentary When the War Comes by Jan Gebert won the Silver Eye Award at the Jihlava IDFF.

02-11-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Tožička To Head IDF

Tomáš Tožička has been tapped as director of the Institute of Documentary Film.
19-10-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Silver Eye at Jihlava IDFF

This year, 21 films will compete for the Silver Eye Award for the best documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe at the Ji.hlava IDFF.

12-10-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Helena Trestikova

The Institute of Documentary Film interviews one of the leading Czech documentary directors, HelenaTrestikova.

05-10-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Interview with Simon Safranek

The documentary King Skate has had its Czech premiere recently and the European premiere will take place later this year. Here is an interview with the director, Simon Safranek.

28-09-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: The Yes Men, Mansky and McAllister - First Tutors of Ex Oriente Film Workshop in Ji.hlava Revealed

Mike Bonanno (half of The Yes Men duo), Vitaly Mansky and Sean McAllister are among the tutors of the 2nd workshop of Ex Oriente Film 2018/2019, entitled Inside the Production, which will take place at IDFF Ji.hlava from 24 to 29 October 2018.

21-09-2018

FNE IDF DocBloc: Submit Your Projects to East Doc Platform 2019

Submit your feature length, short and interactive projects to the East Doc Platform 2019!

07-09-2018