This year, DOK Leipzig will once again present the Young Eyes Award, which is given by a youth jury. Twelve young people are coming together this week to evaluate the films and select the best one. The DOK Spotters met with them.
The film “Active Vocabulary” is about Maria, a young Russian teacher who speaks out against the war in her school lessons shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After being denounced by one of her students, Maria is forced to flee to Germany. We met the filmmaker for an interview.
“Weißer Rauch über Schwarze Pumpe,” the documentary film by Martin Gressmann and Peter Badel, follows the small town of Schwarze Pumpe in Saxony. To learn more about his film and the people in “Weißer Rauch über Schwarze Pumpe,” we had the opportunity to interview Martin Gressmann.
The film “Melt” focuses on life in snowy regions. Despite using few words and only making small references to climate change, director Nikolaus Geyrhalter succeeds in making people think. We spoke to Nikolaus Geyrhalter about his film and asked him, among other things, about the difficult filming conditions and his favorite type of snow.
Before the official festival week began, we had the opportunity to speak with Luc-Carolin Ziemann, who is part of the selection committee for the German competition at DOK Leipzig. She also shared her personal film recommendations for the festival with us.
Christoph Terhechte has been the director of DOK Leipzig since 2020, and this year’s festival will be his last. He spoke to us about his time at DOK Leipzig and the many experiences he has gained over the past few years.
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.
“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.