DOCU/PRO People

Zdeněk Blaha

DOCU/PRO Expert: MEET PROFESSIONALS & UKRAINIAN DOC PREVIEW

Specialising in festival strategies and distribution, Zdeněk Blaha has been working for the Institute of Documentary Film since 2009 as a manager of the East Silver, a film market focused on documentaries from Central and Eastern Europe. Currently, Zdeněk is the Head of the East Doc Platform, a key networking event focused on upcoming documentary films from the CEE region. He is also responsible for the East Doc Interactive workshop and pitching forum, which is designed for interactive factual projects including webdocs and VR/AR programmes.

 

In January 2020, Zdeněk was appointed as the Programme Director of Institute of Documentary Film. Apart from his work for IDF, he maintains continuous cooperation with festivals within the Czech Republic such as Karlovy Vary IFF (as a consultant for documentary film) and the Uherské Hradiště Summer Film School (as a programmer).