DOK Leipzig
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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.…
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Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN: Set in rural Iran yet reaching far beyond it, this is a quietly incendiary portrait of female autonomy under pressure.
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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.
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Peacemaker
CONFLICT: Witness accounts, banned interviews and shocking street scenes reveal how hatred was engineered and a peace chief silenced as Yugoslavia fractured.
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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.
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The Thing to Be Done
LABOUR: A frontline portrait of cross-border exploitation and quiet solidarity.
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Melt
CLIMATE: Geyrhalter’s latest observes global snowscapes and people amid tourism and research, documenting vanishing ice, extreme weather, and urgent climate-policy questions.
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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…
