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 […]
Without light, there’s no cinema – and no life. In its search for the origin of images, the film “Tracing Light” delves into two worlds that explore the magic of light: Physics and art. And it does so with some impressive images. But do the people of Leipzig recognize what the film is about only […]
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.
“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 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.
“What actually is squirting?” – this is how openly Grandma Sylvia and mother Janet talk to each other. For the lockdown, the two of them moved in together, to support each other. We met filmmaker Dana Reilly for an interview about her film “favorite daughter”.
For several years now, DOK Neuland, an exhibition for innovative virtual and augmented reality projects, is part of DOK Leipzig. We met with DOK Neuland Lars Rummel for an interview.
Christoph Terhechte is head of the DOK Leipzig for three years now. The DOK Spotters had the chance to interview him even before the official start of the festival.