DOK Leipzig
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DOK Leipzig unveils full 2025 competition lineup
DOK Leipzig (27 October – 2 November) has confirmed 78 films competing across four strands in 2025, including 30 world premieres. In the International Competition Documentary Film (feature-length), nine titles include five world premieres and three international premieres. The slate spans Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland. Selections include Melt…
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DOK Leipzig unveils full 2025 DOK Industry programme with focus on risk-exposed filmmakers
DOK Leipzig has released the complete #DOK Industry# line-up for the festival’s 68th edition, taking place 27 October–2 November. The programme combines panels, case studies and networking formats across funding, distribution and exhibition. A central strand addresses support for filmmakers working under precarious and politically sensitive conditions. Under the «Doc Together» initiative—launched with Thessaloniki International…
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Coexistence, My Ass!
PEACE: Noam Shuster Eliassi’s path from UN hopeful to fearless comedian, testing taboos and hope between Jews and Palestinians in Israel.
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Flowers of Ukraine
UKRAINE: On the outskirts of Kyiv, a woman in her 70s demonstrates her love of freedom.
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Cutting Through Rocks
IRAN In a conservative Iranian village, one divorced woman’s political rise sparks fierce resistance, gendered repression, and bold feminist defiance.
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Better Go Mad in the Wild
SOCIETY: Rural twin brothers resisting modern life, where imagination, memory, and rebellion shape a fading yet vivid freedom.
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Where Zebus Speak French
POST-COLONIALISM: A community compelled into powerful resistance to defend their culture and legacy against foreign forces seeking to erase their land, lives, and history.
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Balkan Documentary Center extends deadlines for 2025 submissions
The Balkan Documentary Center (BDC) has announced extended submission deadlines for its flagship training programs aimed at fostering independent journalism and documentary filmmaking across the Balkan region and beyond. The new deadlines are: DOCU Rough Cut Boutique: January 13, 2025 Balkan Watchers: January 19, 2025 BDC Discoveries: March 10, 2025 Key Programs Open for Submission…
