DOK Leipzig annonce son programme
- Parmi les films qui concourront à la 67e édition de l'événement allemand figurent les nouveaux travaux de Dominique Cabrera, Adelina Borets, Maria Mauti et Francesca Scalisi
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The competition titles set to screen at the 67th DOK Leipzig have been announced. One of the largest European documentary film gatherings, it will run from 28 October-3 November. A total of 73 feature-length and short films, 33 of them world premieres, will be in the running for the Golden and Silver Doves in four categories.
“It is hard to reduce the films of DOK Leipzig 2024 to a common denominator, and that’s a good thing,” said festival director Christoph Terhechte. “They bear witness to a diverse and complex world. Many of them point out alternatives to the status quo. They give hope. They do not deny the looming destruction of our natural resources; instead, they are dedicated to examining what we want to preserve,” he added.
The International Competition Documentary Film presents eight feature-length works hailing from Europe, and North, South and Central America. Among them is the section's opening film Flowers of Ukraine [+lire aussi :
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On top of 20 shorts, this year’s International Competition Animated Film showcases five feature-length works coming from Hungary, France, Germany, Japan, Chile and the Dominican Republic. László Csáki’s Pelikan Blue [+lire aussi :
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The German Competition comprises nine feature-length documentary films, all of which are world-premiering. The topics encompass a portrait of a pioneer of so-called “living-room pop music” in Sabine Herpich’s Barbara Morgenstern – Doing It for Love; the daily routine of the youth welfare system in Daniel Abma’s The Family Approach; the life of vagrants in contemporary Germany in Anna Friedrich’s The Vagabond Garden; the case of a 2020 fire at a refugee camp on Lesbos, for which six young men were sentenced, in Jennifer Mallmann’s Moria Six; a portrait of a model town set up by a religious community in Siberia in Kristina Shtubert’s Abode of Dawn; and an exploration of non-binary lust in Maja Classen’s Truth or Dare. Ten more shorts will also be showcased in this section.
Five selected jury members hailing from the ranks of the local Leipzig audience will award the Golden Dove to one of the ten selected documentaries. Some of them come fresh from a festival tour (such as Wishing on a Star [+lire aussi :
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The remaining sections include Doc Alliance Award, Camera Lucida and Panorama: Central and East Europe. The festival will present a total of 209 films and XR works from 55 countries. You can find the complete programme here.
(Traduit de l'anglais)
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