Meet DOK Leipzig: Leena Pasanen
Leena Pasanen talks to the DOK Spotters about the changes she implemented at the DOK festival – and how the festival has changed her.
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Meet DOK Leipzig: Kim Busch
Kim Busch, program coordinator of DOK Festival, tells the DOK Spotters in which moment the impossible is demanded from her.
Best Of DOK Spotters 2017
9 days, 8 nights, 15 DOK Spotters and 1000 beautiful moments. Let´s take a look!
A midwife for documentaries
Jutta Krug decides if the WDR co-produces a documentary. During the DOK festival she gave us an insight in her work.
Congo Crisis
It is often referred to as the Third World War – the, for twenty years ongoing, civil war in Congo. A legal processing of the crimes has not taken place yet.
Poverty and Dreams
In his film „Enfants du teril“ the French film maker Frédéric Brunnquell accompanies the brothers Loïc (15) and Théo (10) through a certain stage in their lives. It is a film which deals with the life and dreams of a family in a very sensitive way.
Three grannys, three grandsons and three countries
Granny Project – a film about three friends and their grandmothers. A journey through the past, present and future.
Destination is clear: Funeralopolis
DOK Spotter Helene wrote this poetic text after watching „Funeralopolis“.
Gun violence in Chicago
The documentary “On Another Corner” deals with the common gun violence in Chicago. We met the filmmaker Mihaela Popescu.
“I knew that I had to keep making films”
Jay Rosenblatt is this years honors guest at Dok Leipzig and juror for the Next Masters Competition. He made some time for us, aside from all his other appointments.
Small Guests – Big Cinema
The DOK festival is not only for grown-ups. For this reason the special program KIDS DOK also takes place. Different short animation films are compiled for different age groups.
Impressions of the festival
The red logo with the white dove is visible in every corner of the city: Everything is about the festival and its visitors these days in Leipzig.