KineDok

forthcoming

KineDok is an international project of the Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) that provides an alternative platform for the distribution of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Since its start in 2014, the project has focused on building a stable network of around 200 alternative venues. The IDF created a long-term collaboration with project partners who work together every year on the KineDok project. The project focuses on event-based community-building distribution and film education as well as online distribution, which includes online events and a VOD platform. The project supports the diversity of cultural offer across five participating European countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Croatia. In 2026-2028, KineDok aims to reach new audiences, introduce innovative approaches to capacity-building, create new digital tools for capacity building by expanding the KineDok Point feature of the kinedok.net website and by adding three more chapters to How to Set Up a Screening Venue manual and built on its activities of providing a new distribution platform for VR films which lacks the distribution infrastructure worldwide (beside of festivals) and especially in the CEE region. Newly, the VR program will also target young audiences by implementing programs for schools. KineDok expands its community-driven screenings and film education activities at schools by addressing more venues and schools. The project will continue to organize documentary screening events both at unique venues and online, as well as international online events. KineDok will extend its know-how and collaborate with cinemas on theatrical distribution of selected titles answering the issue of decreasing number of audiences in cinemas. KineDok will offer curated documentary film heritage programs in collaboration with local online VOD platforms. The documentary content is provided with films subtitled into each partner language (EN, CZ, SK, HU, HR, RO).