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From a VHS library to the Oscars: 25 years of the Institute of Documentary Film
Since 2001, IDF has built routes through which documentary filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe can develop projects, find international partners and reach audiences. Its history shows what sustained cultural infrastructure can change.
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One World in Brussels rolls out 2026 lineup across EU capital
One World Brussels, the international outpost of the Czech Republic’s long-running One World human rights documentary festival, will return for its 19th edition from April 20–24, 2026, rolling out a five-day program of screenings and debates across venues in the Belgian capital. The Brussels event is tied to the wider One World platform, organised by…
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80 Angry Journalists
JOURNALISM: As political and institutional pressure tightens around Hungary’s largest independent news outlet, a newsroom is pushed from exhaustion into collective rupture.
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Death of Death
MORTALITY: A witty and unsettling journey through cryonics, anti-ageing science, and transhumanist fantasy, Death of Death explores the growing pursuit of immortality while exposing the inequality and power that may shape who gets to outlive death.
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One World 2026 announces award winners in Prague
The 28th One World International Human Rights Film Festival closed in Prague on March 19 with Maasja Ooms’ My Word Against Mine winning the International Jury Award for Best Film, capping a 2026 edition that drew 22,843 attendees and reaffirmed the event’s position as one of Central Europe’s key documentary showcases. The Prague leg ran…
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The Voices That Defy the Kremlin
RUSSIA: In today’s Russia, even the smallest act of dissent can end in disappearance.
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Surviving the Death Committee
IRAN: A decades-long pursuit of accountability turns personal grief into political evidence, tracing how survivors, exiles, and chance encounters forced a hidden massacre into public view.
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East Doc Platform 2026 returns to Prague with full public programme
East Doc Platform will return to Prague from March 19 to 25 for its 15th edition, offering a programme that brings together industry debate, documentary craft and a selective public-facing strand at a moment of wider change for the nonfiction field. Organised by the Institute of Documentary Film in cooperation with the One World Festival,…
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Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN: Set in rural Iran yet reaching far beyond it, this is a quietly incendiary portrait of female autonomy under pressure.