GDR
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DOK Leipzig 2025 unveils US-focused Retrospective and twin Homages
The 68th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (27 Oct–2 Nov) will pair a historically framed Retrospective on critical U.S. cinema with Homages to filmmaker Lee Anne Schmitt and the abstract-animation platform Punto y Raya. Titled «Un-American Activities: Films from the ‘Other America’ at the Leipzig Documentary Film Week from 1962 to 1989,»…
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DOK Leipzig to shift focus back to in-person festival formats
DOK Leipzig will host its 65th edition in local cinemas and venues from 17 to 23 October 2022. Turning the focus back to on-site events is the festival’s response to the need for direct exchanges among visitors and industry professionals — which were missing in the last two years due to pandemic adjustments. However, some…
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Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened
DOK.REVUE: Olaf Möller remembers Karel Vachek, who died in December 2020 at the age of 80
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What they didn’t learn in school
CONTROL: Years after its fall, the remains of the GDR socialist education are pasted over, hidden, and forgotten.
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The most hated man in the east
REUNIFICATION: Netflix' first German original documentary series looks at the unsolved mystery at the heart of the country's tumultuous reunification.