HATE: Turkish-German Seyda Kurt is preoccupied with the concept of hatred as a catalyst for tenderness. Hatred often has its roots in racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and prejudice.
NEOLIBERALISM: Capitalist realism is a term for the late capitalist world where it is not possible to imagine a different and better one - it is what it is. Did neoliberal capital take the form of a wall-to-wall ideology, constituting an affective regime? And was the 'end of history' nothing more than a class project?
LAW ENFORCEMENT: In a collage of archival tapes, delve into the stormy era of the 1960s in the United States with a detailed investigation of the period's incidents and their public reception through the lens of police militarization.
MEDIA: Profiling, information control, behavior-regulating nudges and the sale of personal data should prove to be the reality, rather than the realisation of the internet as a publicist network.
POVERTY: The gritty Hungarian documentary Kix, about growing up in urban poverty in Budapest, is not always easy to watch but tugs at the heartstrings.
The #DOK Leipzig# Film Festival celebrated its 2024 edition by awarding some of the year’s best documentary and animation films. Winners in major categories...