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In Petrila, a coal mining town in Transylvania (Romania), an ex-miner turned artist and activist uses art and absurdism to stop local authorities from demolishing the historic buildings of the oldest coal mine in the country after its' closure in 2015, at EU's recommendation. His quest is not only to preserve the history and the identity of his hometown, but also to find new ways of keeping the community from irreversibly falling apart.
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14. 7. 2017
Two films from East Silver Caravan competing for Heart of Sarajevo Award
EAST SILVER
The Sarajevo Film Festival is an international event with a special focus on the region of South-East Europe. On the list of films competing in the documentary section are included two titles from the selection East Silver Caravan.
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12. 6. 2017
Success of Planet Petrila at Transilvania International Film Festival
EX ORIENTE FILM
EAST DOC PLATFORM
EAST SILVER
EAST DOC FORUM
The 16th edtion of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) took place from 2 to 11 June in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This year’s Romanian Days section (June 8-10) presented 27 titles.
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19. 4. 2017
IDF: The traces of support at Visions du Réel 2017
EAST DOC PLATFORM
EAST SILVER
EAST DOC INTERACTIVE
CZECH DOCS
Visions du Réel, the Festival International de cinéma will be held from 21 to 29 April 2017 in Nyon, Switzerland. Thanks to the cooperation with IDF, the i dw Award was given to the best Doc Tank project during the East Doc Platform 2017.
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19. 4. 2017
For the first time Beldocs is opening the Market
EAST SILVER
Beldocs Pro is a creative documentary film workshop programme destined at young film professionals and film students from European countries with low audio-visual production capacity.
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19. 4. 2017
East Silver Caravan is bringing its goods to the Krakow Film Festival
EAST SILVER
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest events in Europe dedicated to documentary, animated and short feature films. During the eight festival days, the viewers have a chance to watch about 250 films from Poland and from around the world.
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12. 3. 2016
East Doc Platform Awards Winners 2016 Overview
EAST DOC PLATFORM
On Saturday, March 12, after the East European Forum pitching, the award ceremony took place at East Doc Platform in Prague. Each of the nine awards should support the winning project
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