“It made me more confident”
The movie “mySELFie” tells about Maya, a girl who suddenly loses her hair when she is 12 years old. The DOK spotters have watched the movie
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“One always learns something”
The DOK spotters met with Leopold Grün – one of the three jury members of DOK Leipzig, to learn a bit more about the work of the jury.
It was not a mistake, rather a hard lesson.
The film “Where We Belong” introduces the topic of divorce children to the audience. The DOK Spotters report on their impressions and asked visitors about their impressions.
Gun violence in Chicago
The documentary “On Another Corner” deals with the common gun violence in Chicago. We met the filmmaker Mihaela Popescu.
Focus: Turkey
Every year the DOK-Festival portrays one country and his documentary film scene. This years focus was set on Turkey.
Between Cabagge and Potatoes
Between cabagge and potatoes: Serban Georgescu film “Cabbage, Potatoes and Other Demons” is a selfexperiment.
Failed Rememberance
Sergei Loznitsa shows the failed rememberance culture of the visitors of former concentration camps in this film “Austerlitz”. The DOK Spotters asked him questions in an interview.
One Master of the Simpsons
Who did actually invent the Simpsons? We met up with one of the “Masters” of the popular family – David Silverman.
“Misusing of History”
Jasmila Zbanić, director of the film “One Day in Sarajevo”, talked to us about the history of Bosnia, nationalistic movements, her time as a jury member and of course – about her film.
Bodycheck – Beyond a cult of the body
The DOK Spotters talked to Kim Busch, who curated the Special Programme. In this Interview she tells us what the topics Body and New Media have in common and describes her image of the perfect body. But does that really exist?