Short films

Nadia Parfan’s “I Did Not Want to Make a War Film”

“The way you hug people in Kyiv is different,” Ukrainian film director Nadia Parfan tells me, her words speaking volumes about the fragility of life there at the moment. Rather than write volumes, this year Nadia has produced a documentary film about the war in Ukraine.

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interaction Leipzig: a chance to connect creatively

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You can say hi to the folks at interaction Leipzig at their winter party. Finally the pandemic has let up and is allowing the community to meet again. I hope you can also find kindred spirits and stimulating activities from among their offers.

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DOK Leipzig 2022 in review

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The DOK Leipzig Film Festival completely lived up to its great potential as the oldest and one of the largest documentary film festivals in Europe. It boasted 246 films in the program and over 41,000 visitors, either digitally or in person. After a number of smaller DOKs, under more acute pandemic circumstances, DOK 2022 brought

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Dependency captured in a poetic & tragic 10 minutes

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DRC is seen as one of the world's worst basket cases. In an animated short presented at DOK Leipzig, filmmakers from both the former colony and its European metropole brilliantly illustrate what dependency means for the African country, and our role in it.

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Visiting different earths in virtual reality

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DOK Neuland has turned Messehof at Leipzig city center into a capsule where you get to explore different realities, or worlds, without leaving the safety of your small area.

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