The 67th edition of #DOK Leipzig# will take place from 28 October to 3 November 2024. The event will feature a rich selection of 209 films and XR works from 55 countries, with 33 world premieres across its four main competition categories.
The International Competition for Documentary Film will showcase a variety of both short and feature-length films. Noteworthy entries include Flowers of Ukraine, a poignant documentary by Adelina Borets that highlights a woman’s resilience in cultivating land in #Kyiv amid the ongoing war. Additionally, French director Dominique Cabrera’s latest work, La Jetée, the Fifth Shot, pays homage to Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 film La Jetée, connecting personal and familial history with cinematic heritage.
The competition lineup also delves into #gender identity# and socio-economic struggles in Manuel Besedovsky’s Luciano and the historical legacy of Catalonian architect Enric Miralles in Maria Mauti’s Miralles. Other films explore the impact of colonial history, such as Céline Ségalini’s Things of a Lifetime, Intimate Archeological Exercises, and the legacy of violence in the Dominican Republic, highlighted in Pierre Michel Jean’s Twice into Oblivion.
The festival’s animated film section will present five feature-length films vying for the Golden Dove. Highlights include Pelikan Blue, a Hungarian story of friends who forge train tickets to explore post-communist Europe, and Ghost Cat Anzu, an imaginative Japanese-French collaboration where a young girl befriends a giant talking cat.
Germany will be well-represented in the competition, with several films making their world premieres. The German Competition will feature nine feature-length documentaries, including Thomas Riedelsheimer’s Tracing Light, which opens the festival, and Lichter der Straße by Anna Friedrich, which explores the nomadic lifestyle in modern Germany. Additionally, Aysun Bademsoy’s Spielerinnen revisits the lives of Turkish-German female footballers, and Truth or Dare by Maja Classen offers a post-lockdown exploration of sexual identity and boundaries.
This year, the festival will once again feature an Audience Award, with a five-member jury made up of local audience members from Leipzig. The award, a Golden Dove, will be presented to the best feature-length documentary, with several films nominated, including Wishing on a Star by Peter Kerekes and Elementary by Claire Simon.
DOK Leipzig will not only offer in-person screenings but will also make select films available online for 24 hours each day via the DOK Stream. The full schedule and tickets are now available on the festival’s website, allowing both local and global audiences to participate in the event.
