Water, water everywhere
SEXUALITY: A phenomenon that remains largely unknown, Deep Waters is an immersion into the mysterious continent of female pleasure
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.
Counterbalancing the traditional narrative
MIGRANTS: In 2001, Fahed reached the UK filled with dreams. By 2018 he is on the brink of a mid-life crisis.
In service to performance
CONFLICT: Following one South Korean recruits’ journey of mandatory service reveals how an individual is shaped into being part of a collective identity.
DokLeipzig to feature contemporary documentaries from Iran
DokLeipzig: A look into the extended programme of Iranian documentary featured at DokLeipzig 2019.
«And then there was silence»
WAR REPORTER: Living a life in a state of emergency, renowned war photographer Jan Grarup’s work has taken him to conflict zones around the world, from Darfur to Mosul.
Until death do us part
HEALTH: A deeply intimate film, telling the story of a life together that has weathered all crises.
Werner Herzog: «Facts do not constitute the truth»
Acclaimed German film director Werner Herzog talks about his most recent film Meeting Gorbachev, while also warning against trying to articulate the truth in precise terms.
Theo Angelopoulos, the filmmaker of migration
In Letter to Theo, French director Élodie Lélu revisits Angelopoulos’ unfinished film, reminiscing on their collaborative work on the project that was in some ways prophetic of the present-day Greece.
One of the greatest leaders of the 20th century
RUSSIA: Meeting Gorbachev is an intimate and engaging portrait of the man who unwittingly prompted the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Ralph Eue – DOK Leipzig
Through the Revision section of this year’s edition of Dok Leipzig, the festival takes a retrospective glance at past documentaries that are still potent today.
Archival disaster tourism
The archival footage from a court action against leading scientists in the Soviet Union of 1930 has been reconfigured into a narrative drama, which leads today‘s audience to believe the opposite of contemporary spectators.