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All DOK Leipzig articles
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NewsClaire Simon on her Annie Ernaux documentary ‘Writing Life’ and the magic of listening
Source: © DOK Leipzig / Susann Bargas Gomez DOK Talk with Claire Simon Acclaimed French documentary director Claire Simon has an unusual but not very lucrative way to ensure her fans can watch her old films – she makes them available on her website. Anyone ...
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NewsFrom colonial horrors to rebuilding Ukraine, the buzzy documentary projects at DOK Leipzig’s co-pro market
Projects pitched this week at DOK Co-Pro Market received mixed responses from sales agents and festival programmers
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Reviews‘Balentes’ review: Enigmatic Sardinian animation boasts striking visuals but thin story
Giovanni Columbu’s 1940-set equine adventure blends various animation techniques
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NewsSales agents call on filmmakers to regard them as strategic partners rather than an afterthought
Sales agents, speaking on a DOK Leipzig panel, urge documentary filmmakers to work with them from early stages of a project
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FeaturesChristophe Terhechte reflects on six years at DOK Leipzig and gives key advice to his successor
“Maintaining institutional funding, ensuring fair pay, and securing third-party funding” are key challenges going forward.
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FeaturesCo-production markets are becoming more vital than ever, says DOK Industry head Nadja Tennstedt
As financing sources change, doc filmmakers need to work with more partners.
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NewsDOK Leipzig sets Roman Bondarchuk, Gal Rosenbluth projects among 2025 co-pro market selection
Documentary projects by Ukraine’s Roman Bondarchuk, Israel’s Gal Rosenbluth and Germany’s Julia Fuhr Mann among 35-strong line-up at German event.
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NewsThessaloniki and Leipzig festivals launch initiative to support exiled or displaced filmmakers
Doc Together will support filmmakers by giving them access to industry decision-makers and training opportunites.
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NewsGlasgow, Locarno, IDFA join European film market alliance
The F.A.M.E. Alliance also includes CPH: Dox, Les Arcs and Zurich.
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NewsDominique Cabrera’s ’La Jetée, The Fifth Shot’ tops DOK Leipzig winners
The documentary won the Golden Dove prize of €10,000.
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Reviews‘La Jetée, The Fifth Shot’: DOK Leipzig Review
Meandering doc explores a personal connection to Chris Marker’s 1962 short La Jetée
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Reviews’Barbara Morgenstern: Doing It For Love’: DOK Leipzig Review
Niche documentary follows German electro-pop musician Barbara Morgenstern as she creates her new album
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FeaturesIn profile: the eight projects selected for DOK Leipzig’s 2024 DOK Preview International
The selected projects have already made an impact at other European development and training initiatives
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FeaturesHow DOK Leipzig’s Animation Lab is working hard to bring documentary and animation closer together
The Lab’s second edition will feature UK filmmaker Daniel Gough’s hybrid feature debut ’Night Gardener’
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Reviews‘Tracing Light’: DOK Leipzig Review
DOK Leipzig opener takes a deep dive into the concept of light through both science and art
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NewsDOK Leipzig opening film ‘Tracing Light’ acquired for world sales (exclusive)
The documentary explores the boundaries of physics and art through the subject of light.
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Reviews‘Flowers Of Ukraine’: DOK Leipzig Review
A Kyiv woman fights to maintain her city garden under the shadow of war in this life-affirming documentary
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Features“Collaboration not competition”: DOK Leipzig’s Nadja Tennstedt on the 2024 industry programme
DOK Industry is designed to facilitate creative cooperation and encourage best practice at all levels
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FeaturesFilmmakers are focusing on beauty and enrichment, says DOK Leipzig’s Christoph Terhechte
The festival’s artistic director hopes to raise the profile of animation and documentary in all their forms.