The power of narrative to heal
TRAUMA: An innovative, challenging, and disturbing examination of rape told through a narrative explored by survivors – and perpetrators of sexual violence.
DOK Leipzig
Located in Leipzig, Germany
DOK LEIPZIG is one of the world’s leading festivals for documentary and animation films, unique in combining these two disciplines in its festival history of more than 60 years. Every year at the end of October, the festival attracts more than 47,000 viewers and presents more than 300 films from all over the globe.
Is something amiss up the mountain?
CAPITALISM: At the heart of the capitalist world, the Swiss mountain town of Davos is a case study in equilibrium and contrast.
Point of no return
CORRUPTION: In his new film, Marco Ferrari focuses on the heavy personal consequences when you turn into a whistleblower at your own workplace.
Excavating war in the South Caucasus
CONFLICT: 5 female de-miners look to clear the land of danger in the still disputed territory after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh
Family Relations
IRAN: A severe critique of the Muslim model of a family from within, and subtle analysis of patriarchy and authoritarianism
Self-irony and its failures of seduction
CREATIVITY: An Estonian enfant terrible of literature flights writer’s block with absurd experiments.
Unpredictability is a very good trait
IDENTITY: A kaleidoscopic portrait of a strange and divided nation behind the scenes
Fishing in tidal waters
ECOLOGY: Director Renu Savant gives us the opportunity to see the ancestral, small-fishing methods of the men of Mirya on the west coast of India.
All talk: ethical diplomacy or bubble of complicity in Davos?
CAPITALISM: With a world at the crossroads, is the annual economic forum of elites a destination of tangible change or another chance to push a «global agenda»?
The space she lives in
DOK Leipzig: The Singaporean filmmaker Tan Pin Pin is holding a masterclass as part of her extended homage at this year’s Dok Leipzig festival.
Elegy for the imprisoned
REHABILITATION: In viewing Vilnius prisoners serving life sentences, Exemplary Behaviour examines the paradox between justice and forgiveness.