DORF is a

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featuring music

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s. The festival was started in 2007 and was organized by Association of movie fans "RARE" in

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. The festival is held annually in the first half of March. Movies of all formats are selected in three categories—regional, international and out of competition. DORF largely concentrates on covering regional documentary production, and after several years of activity, it opened to international works, and became a member of the Association of music film festivals. DORF is hosted simultaneously in Vinkovci and

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, in a variety of venues. Previous guests of the festival include

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, who attended in 2008 and presented his movie on

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, David Kleijwegt,

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... In addition to screenings, its off programme comprises photography and painting art exhibitions, workshops, concerts, book promotions and round tables. Each year after the festival, DORF goes touring to other countries and cities in this region—in 7 years, highlights of the festival were presented in 69 cities throughout

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, Macedonia and

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. In 2013 DORF was presented in Vienna, Austria

References

* www.filmfestivaldorf.com * http://www.musicfilmweb.com/events/dorf/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20141219214713/http://www.havc.hr/hrvatski-film/festivali-u-hrvatskoj/popis-festivala/dorf-2014-festival-dokumentarnog-rock-filma * https://web.archive.org/web/20120402185708/http://croatia.hr/en-GB/Activities-and-attractions/Events/Event/Town/Vinkovci/Culture/Festival/DORF-%E2%80%93-Festival-of-Documentary-Rock-Film?ZXZcNDI4 * http://eng.exitfest.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2012{{Dead link, date=November 2019 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes * https://web.archive.org/web/20111011130853/http://www.palicfilmfestival.com/eng/component/content/article/34-news/117-documentary-film-workshop-at-the-eff-palic.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20120425063513/http://en.splitculture.hr/dorf-opened-new-season-of-cinematheque/66 Recurring events established in 2007 Film festivals in Croatia Documentary film festivals in Croatia 2007 establishments in Croatia Spring (season) events in Croatia