The film “Im Prinzip Familie” offers a touching insight into the daily life of youth welfare. It follows five boys in a rural group home who long for a place to call home, and the people striving to provide exactly that for them. We met with the film team for an interview.
In her film “Blueberry Dreams”, director Elene Mikaberidze takes a very loving look at a family in the mountains of Georgia. They struggle with their blueberry harvest. At the same time, current troubles bring back memories of the Caucasian war – and worries about the future of their children. We met Elene Mikaberidze for an […]
In her film “I Shall not Hate”, Israeli filmmaker Tal Barda tells the story of Palestinian doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish, who lives in Israel. He loses three of his daughters in an attack. With incredible strength, he remains convinced that only understanding can create peace. A message that Tal Barda carries into the world with her […]
It’s almost a ritual – before the actual start of DOK Leipzig, we meet the festival director for an interview. DOK Spotter Wendel asked Christoph Terhechte the questions of the youth journalists and learned more about this year’s theme and the director’s personal film recommendation.
DOK Neuland – the extended reality exhibition at DOK Leipzig – is about inevitable change under the name “Fluxusopolis”. It was curated for the first time by the filmmaker Dana Melaver. We met her for an interview to find out more about the exhibition.
“For the Time Being” by Nele Dehnenkamp is a film that tells the story of Michelle’s fight for justice while her husband, Jemaine Archer, has been imprisoned for murder since 1998. Michelle firmly believes in his innocence. The film explores whether their bond is strong enough to withstand 22 years of separation.
Not many people are aware of the story, but the genocide in Rwanda claimed one million lives. It’s a topic that continues to weigh on the people living there. “I thought we would never be able to speak again,” says one of the protagonists in the film “Kumva – Which Comes from Silence.”
“Beauty and the Lawyer,” directed by Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, follows an Armenian family that, at first glance, appears like any other – mother, father, child. However, appearances can be deceiving. Hasmik advocates for the rights of queer individuals, while her husband Garik is known as a drag queen. The director spent over five years documenting their family’s journey.
In his short film “The Wages of John Pernia,” Ben Young explores the life of his famous ancestor, the explorer Meriwether Lewis. However, the film focuses more on Lewis’s alleged love story with his companion John Pernia than on his well-known expeditions.
In her father’s winery in southwestern France, an old family secret has long been fermenting. For decades, it went unspoken. Now, filmmaker Lucie Dèche attempts to work through her own family history in “Mamie 44.”
“Where are you from? Do you have a home?” Sofia Brockenshire, the director of “The Dependents”, deals with this question in her film. Together with her family, she moved to a new country every few years until adulthood.
In her video diary the Ukrainian director Hanna Trofimova takes us into her life, in the midst of war. She shows images of fear and tells about the guilt she feels, leaving her homeland behind. We met her for an interview about her film “When will the Winter of 2022 end ?“