DOK Leipzig
DOK Leipzig retrospective traces the buried archive of Latin America’s Third Cinema
A new retrospective at DOK Leipzig is doing something the festival circuit rarely attempts. Rather than simply screening the canon of 1960s and 70s Latin American political cinema, «Cinema and Struggle: Latin America Between East and West» turns its attention to the physical films themselves and to the improbable, divided-city infrastructure that kept them alive.…
Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN: Set in rural Iran yet reaching far beyond it, this is a quietly incendiary portrait of female autonomy under pressure.
Active Vocabulary
PROPAGANDA: A Russian teacher flees to Berlin after questioning the war. Her story exposes ritualised school propaganda, then throws an uncomfortable mirror at Western «neutrality» and the new glamour of military service.
Peacemaker
CONFLICT: Witness accounts, banned interviews and shocking street scenes reveal how hatred was engineered and a peace chief silenced as Yugoslavia fractured.
Conbody vs. Everybody
JUSTICE: Street skills meet entrepreneurship as a fitness venture builds community, educates clients about life inside, and pushes back against cycles of stigma.
Melt
CLIMATE: Geyrhalter’s latest observes global snowscapes and people amid tourism and research, documenting vanishing ice, extreme weather, and urgent climate-policy questions.
Chile sets a focused slate for DOK Leipzig 2025
Chile will arrive at the 68th #DOK Leipzig# (27 October–2 November 2025) with two official selections and one project at the DOK Co-Pro Market, alongside a 14-strong industry delegation coordinated by Chiledoc. Five producers travel with backing from the Ministry of Culture’s programme for participation in international markets, which has reinstated Leipzig after several years…
