For eight days, seven youth journalists came together to cover the 69th edition of DOK Leipzig in a total of 17 articles. They’ve had an intense few days: they wrote articles, shot videos, recorded audio pieces, and, of course, watched countless films at the festival.
Nazieh, Shazieh, and Hanieh from Afghanistan actually wanted to go to Germany with their family. But then they were separated: their mother traveled to Germany, while the sisters remained in a refugee camp in Greece. The film “Moving Sisters” tells their story. We met with two of the sisters and the director for an interview.
Paul Dallas’s short film *Division* centers on a man named RC, who is forced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to leave his apartment and the country within a matter of days. Who is RC, and what inspired Paul Dallas to tell this particular story? The director answers these and other questions in our interview.
Before the official festival week began, we had the opportunity to speak with Luc-Carolin Ziemann, who is part of the selection committee for the German competition at DOK Leipzig. She also shared her personal film recommendations for the festival with us.
The film “An Octopus Destroyed the Moon” begins with the image of an idyllic garden in the heart of Berlin. As the film progresses, we get to know some of the pupils at the August Sander School, an integrative pre-vocational school, who work in this very garden, an outdoor area of the school in Berlin-Friedrichshain. […]
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.