Grandfather Mao – a nickname of Mao Zedong
The Chinese director came up with the idea for her film when she couldn’t pay in cash at the register, but only with her cell phone. Later, Tan Hang took a closer look at her 100 yuan banknote.
“I’m looking for a hero for my film”
“What is the point of the film?” asks a passer-by. “I don’t know myself,” answers Pawel – filmmaker of the “Balcony Movie”.
“I could really be a kid once again”
In the film “My Chambers of Wonders”, four children, who couldn’t be more different and wonderful, take us on a journey into their own world.
Foreign language as a “quiet room”
Together with its protagonist Aliona Gloukhova, the film “Our Quiet Place” explores the limits of memory and the possibilities of reconnecting with past. DOK Spotter Cassia has watched it for us.
“My step tracker is off charts!”
Every year the DOK Spotters start the festival week with an interview with the director. This year Christoph Terhechte told us what is special about his second year at the festival, what he does during the week and which films we cannot miss at the 64th edition of DOK Leipzig.
“It made me more confident”
The movie “mySELFie” tells about Maya, a girl who suddenly loses her hair when she is 12 years old. The DOK spotters have watched the movie
It’s a regular thing today
What do you think of the subject of “divorce children”? The DOK Spotters speak with people of Leipzig about their experiences and associations.
We did what we always do
Erika and Tine have been living together for 40 years. With the DOK Spotters they talk about their life in the GDR.
It was not a mistake, rather a hard lesson.
The film “Where We Belong” introduces the topic of divorce children to the audience. The DOK Spotters report on their impressions and asked visitors about their impressions.
Meet DOK Spotters: Leena Passanen
Festival director Leena Pasanen talks to DOK Spotters 2019 about her personal highlights and recommendations for young audiences.
A quick judgement and a sad filmmaker
In “Sentenced to Death” Ahmad Jalili Jahromi portrays a group of woman in Iran who have committed a crime. The DOK Spotters talked to him about his film.
Imagine, that…
…you are complimented on your german skills as a german. The performance artist Shahib knows that. How will people from Leipzig react in a fotointerview?