“Those who come tell the truth are still not believed”
Leaving home and family behind, Fati takes the difficult and dangerous journey to Europe to give herself and her children a better future.
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“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.
Best Of DOK Spotters 2017
9 days, 8 nights, 15 DOK Spotters and 1000 beautiful moments. Let´s take a look!
Vaccinations – yes or no?
In his film “Eingeimpft” David Sieveking deals with one of the most important questions for parents: vaccination – yes or no?
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.
Popcorn behind bars
During the DOK festival the inmates of the juvenile prison in Regis-Breitingen share three of their favourite documentaries with guests.
Congo Crisis
It is often referred to as the Third World War – the, for twenty years ongoing, civil war in Congo. A legal processing of the crimes has not taken place yet.
Sandgirl
Veronika Raila describes herself as Sandgirl. At one point everything is fine, at another a gust lets Veronika slowly fall in separate components.
Poverty and Dreams
In his film „Enfants du teril“ the French film maker Frédéric Brunnquell accompanies the brothers Loïc (15) and Théo (10) through a certain stage in their lives. It is a film which deals with the life and dreams of a family in a very sensitive way.