The Institute of Documentary Film is sending a delegation to the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) from November 14 – 24, 2024. The delegation of industry professionals from Central and Eastern Europe will promote new projects and completed films from IDF’s East Silver collection at Docs for Sale, join the IDFA Academy, participate in Producers Connection and more.
The IDF will be represented by: Zdeněk Blaha, Veronika F. Dvořáčková and Anna Kaslová.
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The delegation led by three IDF representatives consists of a wide variety of film industry representatives from producers, festival representatives, screenwriters, and editors, to directors. The delegates you can meet at IDFA are - Tereza Horská, Ivana Pauerová Miloševičová, Filip Remunda, Gabriela Daniels, Andris Gauja, Elza Gauja, Ralitsa Golemanova, Azza Hourani, Vít Janeček, Arturas Jevdokimovas, Marie-Magdalena Kochová, Margit Lillak, Céline Loiseau, Monika Loštáková, Glib Lukianets, Madara Melberga, Timo Novotny, Silvia Panáková, Michał Pietrak, Małgorzata Prociak, Sebastian Rieker, Maris Salumets, Ella Shtyka, Jerem Tonteri and Oliwia Tonteri.
In addition, films from the IDF East Silver collection will return to IDFA, specifically Docs For Sale. The complete list of East Silver films can be found below.
Creative Europe, the Ministry of Culture Czech Republic, the Czech Film Fund, APA Czech Producers, and the Deutsch-Tschechische Zukunftsfonds support the IDF delegation.
East Silver market documentaries at IDFA Docs for Sale 2024:
Becoming Roosi
Date of Premiere: available for World Premiere / 93 min / 52 min / Estonia, Germany
Director: Margit Lillak, Producer: Margit Lillak (Tiny Desk Productions), Dirk Manthey (Dirkmantheyfilms)
The Birdhill
Date of Premiere: 15. 8. 2024 / 70 min / Slovakia, Czech Republic
Director: Eva Križková, Producer: Silvia Panáková (Dayhey)
Do Painters Die Elsewhere?
Date of Premiere: N/A / 72 min / Poland
Director: Michał Pietrak, Producer: Wiesław Łysakowski (Orient Film)
Flowers of Ukraine
Date of Premiere: 27. 5. 2024 / 70 min / 52 min / Poland, Ukraine
Director: Adelina Borets, Producer: Glib Lukianets (Gogol Film)
Life and Death of a Christmas Tree
Date of Premiere: 15. 11. 2023 / 85 min / Lithuania, Denmark, Georgia
Director: Arturas Jevdokimovas, Producer: Ringaile Lescinskiene (Zero Copy)
My Sweet Land
Date of Premiere: 13. 6. 2024 / 86 min / USA, France, Ireland, Jordan
Director: Sareen Hairabedian, Producer: Azza Hourani (HAI Creative)
The Other One
Date of Premiere: 29. 6. 2024 / 87 min / Czech Republic, Slovakia
Director: Marie-Magdalena Kochová, Producer: Aleš Hudský, Vít Poláček, Petr Kubica (m3 Films), Barbora Drtílková
Revolution 3.0
Date of Premiere: N/A / 79 min / Czech Republic, USA
Director: Reza Bird, Producer: Gabriela Daniels, Kaveh Farnam (Europe Media Nest), Reza Bird (NXT Animal)
Scent Evidence
Date of Premiere: 28. 10. 2024 / 78 min / Czech Republic, Slovakia
Director: Zuzana Piussi, Producer: Vít Janeček (D1film)
When the Wind Becomes Silent
Date of Premiere: 12. 6. 2024 / 60 min / Poland, Norway
Director: Mateusz Golebiewski, Producer: Małgorzata Prociak (ZK Studio)
