Kyiv
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Love+War
CONFLICT: A first-person, morally unsettled reflection on what it means to document conflict when the storyteller is also part of the machine.
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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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Special Operation
UKRAINE: Unfiltered surveillance of wartime routine builds toward an unseen horror.
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Cultural resistance
UKRAINE: In Kyiv, cultural life is flourishing despite the war. We explore the city through artists, intellectuals, researchers, curators, cultural workers and poets who have stayed behind. Some say it feels like the ‘new Berlin’. Here, artists are neither commentators nor observers: they create bonds, build networks, tell small stories and provide a means of…
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The taste of Kyiv
UKRAINE: How can you think when you are surrounded by explosions? In Kyiv, the normal and the abnormal exist side by side. Here, UNESCO has reported at least 670 destroyed cultural sites, including 145 religious and 238 of historical/artistic significance. On this investigative journey, we meet European intellectuals on the front line. How can we…
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The endurance of the ordinary
UKRAINE: Olha Zhurba's meditative take on the war avoids frontline images to show how the conflict affects ordinary people.
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67th edition of DOK Leipzig set to feature 33 World Premieres
The 67th edition of #DOK Leipzig# will take place from 28 October to 3 November 2024. The event will feature a rich selection of 209 films and XR works from 55 countries, with 33 world premieres across its four main competition categories. The International Competition for Documentary Film will showcase a variety of both short…
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The war remains
UKRAINE: Collateral damage far from the frontlines of Ukraine's long struggle in the east with separatists and now Russian armed forces is seen in Lesia Diak's moving focus on a family torn apart by war.
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A million roses and coal
UKRAINE: The impact of war on three generations of women, blending personal stories, family archives, and historical parallels.