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.
Category: interview
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.
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.
“My team is my superpower”
Leena Pasanen is very busy during the festival, but made time for the DOK Spotters on sunday night.
Brother Jakob – A Conversation Between Two Brothers
A sensitive movie about two brothers. We met them after the film screening for an interview in the Passage Kino.
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.
Journey to #holocaust
Israeli students on a class trip through former concentration camps in Poland: #uploading_holocaust is a complilation of videos made by these students themselves.
Talking to David Sproxton
Aardman is the production team of the childhood heros “Shaun the sheep”, “Wallace and Gromit” and “Morph”. We met David Sproxton, one of the creative masterminds of the studio, and put some clay in his hands!
Looking like my Mother
“Looking like my Mother” is a film by the swiss filmmaker Dominique Margot. Her mother had a bipolar disorder. The film gives an insight into being the daughter of a manic-depressive mother.