The balance between work and leisure
We met Leena Pasanen – the director of the DOK Festival to talk about her filled time schedule and her love for documentaries and animations.
Category: 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.
Playing games with John Smith
Why does John Smith like to play with the expectations of the audience? And what happens if someone is playing with his expectations? We tried it out!
“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?
“Neuland” at DOK Leipzig
“DOK Neuland” is a new way to tell documentary stories – interactive and multimedia-based. Will there be more bubbles than screens in ten years? Just one of our question for the curator Britta Senn.
The festival director and her fat, little pony
It’s almost a year since the new festival director Leena Pasanen has moved to Leipzig. Before the DOK really started, we had the opportunity to meet her and to ask her a few exclusive questions – about the festival, but also about her as a person.
“You say goodbye and I say hello”
After 10 years and 11 festivals director Claas Danielsen is leaving DOK Leipzig. His successor is the Finn Leena Pasanen. Will there be mulled wine on the 58. DOK Leipzig? And how does a women change the festival atmosphere?
FEMMEfille – Beauty as we Know It?
What is beauty? Maybe you would answer that question with one of the big names of the model business. But the story of the model Isabelle Caro is the best example, that the pursuit of beauty can have fatal consequences.
Reality – Which Reality?
Reality, what is reality? Isn’t it the way, we see the world? The way we feel, the thing everything is based on? “Reality always wears a mask” says Jon Bang Carlsen.
Art War – Revolutionary Art
Art is a weapon! The protagonist Ganzeer in Marco Wilm’s documentary “Art War” shows, that it is possible to use graffiti for political messages. He uses his art to present his own inner revolution.