DORF is a film festival featuring music documentary films. The festival was started in 2007 and was organized by Association of movie fans "RARE" in Vinkovci. The festival is held annually - usually in the first half of March. Movies of all formats are selected in three categories—regional, international and out of competition (Secret history of Rock). 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 and Music Film Festival Network. Last festival edition was held in 2024. Finally, DORF monography was published in 2024.
DORF was hosted several years simultaneously in Vinkovci and Rijeka/Cres/Ozalj/Primošten/Pula, in a variety of venues. Previous guests of the festival include Don Letts, who attended in 2008 and presented his movie on The Clash, Donald McGlynn, Vincent Moon, David Kleijwegt, Peter Braatz... In addition to screenings, its OFF DORF 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 18 years, highlights of the festival were presented in 84 cities throughout Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2013 DORF was presented in Vienna, Austria.
From 2010. - 2023. editions of the festival included 2 awards - 1 for "lifetime achievement" and 1 for "underground contribution".
DORF awards Year Title Author(s) Country 2007 Dolgcajt Igor Zupe Slovenia 2008 Sevdah O Rodama Silvio Mirosnicenko Croatia 2009 Kike Turmix Roger Sommerseth Norway 2010 Prvi Pravi Ženski Zvuk Brankica Draskovic Serbia2011 We Don't Care About Music Anyway Cedric Dupire / G. Kuentz France Ako Nikoj Ne Sviri Gjorgji Janevski Macedonia 2012 V Letu Hip Hopa Boris Petkovič Slovenia 2013 Kako Smo Ušli U Europu - Slučaj SexA Ines Pletikos Croatia 2014 Pravi Človek Za Kapitalizem Dušan Moravec Slovenia 2015 Izgubljeno Dugme R. Bubalo / R. Tonković / M. Vukadin Croatia2016Ne grem na kolenoD.Moravec / M.ŠaleharSlovenia2017LP film Buldožer - Pljuni istini u očiVarja MočnikSlovenia2018Glasnije od oružjaMiroslav SikavicaCroatia2019PutniciTina ŠimurinaCroatia2020TustaAndrej KorovljevCroatia2021IndexiZ. Kubura / B. HadžiabdićBiH2022Bite of paradiseMagda MasCroatia2023Uspon i pad SFT-aRela PetricCroatia2024SanjaliceVladimir PetrovićSerbia +DORF special awardsYearWinnerCategoryCountryWinnerCategoryCountry2010Peter BraatzLifetime achievementGermany2012VIS UraganiLifetime achievementCroatiaVelid ĐekićUndergroundCroatia2014Marko BreceljSlovenia2015Zdenko FranjićLifetime achievementCroatia2016Don LettsLifetime achievementUK2017Dubravko MatakovićLifetime achievementCroatiaDamir Bartol IndošUndergroundCroatia2018Vojo ŠindolićLifetime achievementCroatiaŠareni dućan i Krunoslav JajetićUndergroundCroatia2019Slobodan Šijan Lifetime achievementSerbiaRambo AmadeusUndergroundSerbia2020Želimir BabogredacLifetime achievementCroatiaIgor HofbauerUndergroundCroatia2021Radislav JovanovLifetime achievementCroatiaMate ŠkugorUndergroundCroatia2022Stjepan Jimmy StanićLifetime achievementCroatiaDamir AvdićUndergroundBiH2023Saša AnočićLifetime achievementCroatiaMario KovačUndergroundCroatia
References www.filmfestivaldorf.com https://mffn.org/about-mffn/festivals-a-z/dorf/ 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
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