The DOK Leipzig Film Festival completely lived up to its great potential as the biggest documentary film festival 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 back the creatives around
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This year's DOK Leipzig festival got to roll out its unique DOK Neuland virtual reality experiences at the Museum der bildenden Künste just before the second lockdown shuttered all cultural institutions. Two of us got to partake in these unique works of art and we now compare and contrast our thoughts on the special extended
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"The most conservative city in the US?" Filmmaker Fernanda Pessoa talks about how her recent documentary, "Arid Zone," brought her back to a formative place in her youth. #DOKLeipzig
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LeipGlo contributors Justina, Áine and Heiner all went to see DOK Leipzig 2019 competition entry "Photographer of War" by Boris Benjamin Betram. Their diverging reactions and thoughts on the film are chronicled in our feature.
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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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"I spent two days at DOK Leipzig 2019 watching as many movies as I could, and recommend that you do the same if you have the time."
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