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 […]
The festival opening of the 67th edition of DOK Leipzig offers illuminating insights into the peculiarities of the film industry – while many are enthusiastic about it, others are unfamiliar with it. A field report by our DOK Spotter Wendel.
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.
In her video diary the Ukrainian director Hanna Trofimova takes us into her life, in the midst of war. She shows images of fear and tells about the guilt she feels, leaving her homeland behind. We met her for an interview about her film “When will the Winter of 2022 end ?“
Lilian from Guatemala hopes for a better life in the USA. Thus, the caravan with Lilian, her 4 children, her grandmother and the camera team begins the 4000 km long journey through Central America.
Lilian from Guatemala hopes for a better life in the USA. Thus, the caravan with Lilian, her 4 children, her grandmother and the camera team begins the 4000 km long journey through Central America.
In her feature film debut “May God Be With You”, Cléo Cohen embarks on a personal search for traces of her own identity and roots. The young Frenchwoman has an identity crisis: Is she Jewish? Arab? Even her grandparents seem unclear about this. Cléo struggles for clarity: intensely, playfully.
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.
Martha & Niki on their trip to the hip hop street dance heaven and the musical life of a subway station in New York: Two special films from the hip hip special programme of DOK Leipzig.
Who did actually invent the Simpsons? We met up with one of the “Masters” of the popular family – David Silverman.