Since 2021, the Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) has supported and highlighted Central and Eastern Europe creative documentary films. Now, in celebration of its 20th anniversary, IDF and #DAFilms# have put together 20 films that covering various activities IDF activities, while showcasing the many faces and talents of the region’s non-fiction filmmakers.
The selections feature films from across the years which have appeared via various IDF’s activities including Ex-Oriente Film, East Doc Platform, East Silver Market, #KineDok, and Silver Eye award winners. You can watch the entire programme «Beast from the East: 20 Years, 20 Films» via DAFilms – HERE
«Beast from the East: 20 Years, 20 Films»
- Sofia’s Last Ambulance (dir. Ilian Metev) – Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia
- At the Edge of Russia (dir. Michał Marczak) – Poland
- Bahrtalo! Good Luck! (dir. Róbert Lakatos) – Hungary
- The Sound Is Innocent (dir. Johana Ožvold) Czech Republic, Slovakia, France
- Srbenka (dir. Nebojša Slijepčević) – Croatia
- Trains of Thoughts (dir. Timo Novotny) – Austria
- Blind Loves (dir. Juraj Lehotský) – Slovakia
- Rabbit a la Berlin (dir. Bartosz Konopka) – Poland, Germany
- Wall of Death, and All That (dir. Mladen Kovačević) – Serbia, Croatia
- Putin’s Witnesses (dir. Vitaly Mansky) – Latvia, Switzerland, Czech Republic
- Sand and Blood (dir. Matthias Krepp, Angelika Spargel) – Austria
- A Hole in the Head (dir. Robert Kirchhoff) – Slovakia, Czech Republic
- Solar Eclipse (dir. Martin Mareček) – Czech Republic
- Solar Eclipse – CZ versions (dir. Martin Mareček) – Czech Republic
- A Woman Captured (dir. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter) – Hungary
- Ramin (dir. Audrius Stonys) – Lithuania, Georgia
- Bakhmaro (dir. Salomé Jashi) – Georgia, Germany
- The Dazzling Light of Sunset (dir. Salomé Jashi) – Georgia, Germany
- Brothers (dir. Wojciech Staroń) – Poland
- Village Without Women (dir. Srdjan Šarenac) – Georgia, France
