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29 Oct – 4 Nov 61st International Leipzig Festival 2018 for Documentary and Animated Film POCKET GUIDE 2018 53 Events at 15 Venues
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Table of Contents TIMETABLE p. 4 DOK INDUSTRY PROGRAMME p. 10 PROJECTS p. 10 INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES p. 16 INTERACTIVE p. 24 MEET THE FILMMAKERS p. 26 DOK FILM TALKS p. 28 ANIMATION NIGHT EXTENDED p. 31 EVENTS IN GERMAN p. 34 FURTHER The DOK Industry Programme is realised with the support of Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government INFORMATION Commissioner for Culture and the Media by a resolution of the German Bundestag (BKM). p. 42 GOOD TO KNOW p. 42 FESTIVAL CENTRE FLOOR PLAN p. 44 VENUES AND CITY MAP p. 46 DOK Neuland and the Masterclass with Ruth Beckermann, are also funded by the Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (SLM) as part of DOK Nachwuchs. DOK Preview Germany is organised by DOK Leipzig in cooperation with German Films and AG DOK.
4 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 5 29 Oct 30 Oct 31 Oct 9:00 – 21:00 15:30 – 17:30 9:00 – 21:00 13:00 – 14:00 16:00 – 18:00 9:00 – 21:00 12:00 – 13:00 14:30 – 16:30 DOK FILM DOK PREVIEW DOK FILM DOK INDUSTRY AG DOK DOK FILM DOK INDUSTRY DOK MARKET GERMANY MARKET HELPDESK FRAUEN.DOK. MARKET FIRST TIMER SHORT ’N’ Festival Centre, Leipziger Festival Centre, Festival Centre, FILM.REGIE Festival Centre, TOUR SWEET Basement Floor Pfeffermühle Basement Floor Ground Floor – Was sich dringend Basement Floor Festival Centre, Zeitgeschichtliches • • p.16 • • p.12 • • p.16 • • p.17 ändern muss! • • p.16 Ground Floor Forum Zeitgeschichtliches • • p.18 • • p.11 9:30 – 18:30 19:00 – 22:00 9:30 – 18:30 14:30 – 16:00 Forum 10:00 – 11:00 DOK CO-PRO OPENING DOK CO-PRO MEET THE • • p.34 MEET THE 13:00 – 14:00 15:00 – 16:40 MARKET CEREMONY MARKET EXPERTS EXPERTS DOK INDUSTRY ARD „TOP OF Medienforen Leipzig CineStar 8 #141 Medienforen Leipzig Festival 18:00 – 19:00 Interactive HELPDESK THE DOCS“ • • • p.10 CineStar 6 #131 • • • p.10 Programmers GET TOGETHER Professionals •• / ••• / •••• Festival Centre, SHORTLIST Festival Centre, DOK Leipzig Festival Centre, Ground Floor PRÄSENTATION 10:30 – 12:00 Basement Floor Festival Centre, Basement Floor • • p.17 22:00 – 1:00 DOK FILM TALK • • p.20 2nd Floor • • p.20 CineStar 6 #332 • • p.35 OPENING Ecstatic Truths. • • p.22 14:30 – 16:00 RECEPTION A Conversation 10:30 – 13:00 DOK INDUSTRY 18:00 – 19:00 Festival Centre, with Werner Herzog 19:00 – 20:30 DOK PREVIEW FACE TO FACE Ground Floor GET TOGETHER Kupfersaal DOK FILM TALK TRAINING Festival Centre, Film Center Serbia •• / ••• Chiffre 68 Ground Floor #HER Leipziger & Film Centre of • • • • p.28 Zeitgeschichtliches Pfeffermühle • • • p.19 Forum • • • p.14 Montenegro Festival Centre, 12:00 – 20:00 • p.29 2nd Floor DOK NEULAND 11:00 – 12:30 • • p.22 Nikolaistraße 23 22:00 – 3:00 MEET THE • p.24 DOK LOUNGE FILMMAKERS 22:00 – 3:00 ARTE Party Post-Yugoslavia – DOK LOUNGE Beyerhaus New Nationalisms? MDR Lounge • • / • • • p.22 Festival Centre, Elsterartig Basement Floor • • / • • • p.22 • p.26 12:00 – 20:00 DOK NEULAND Nikolaistraße 23 • p.24 • EVERYBODY WELCOME •• ACCREDITED GUESTS WELCOME • • • INVITATION ONLY • • • • TICKETS ONLY
6 THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7 1 Nov 2 Nov 3 Nov 9:00 – 21:00 11:00 – 12:30 13:00 – 14:00 14:30 – 16:00 9:00 – 21:00 12:00 – 20:00 9:00 – 21:00 12:00 – 20:00 DOK FILM MEET THE DOK INDUSTRY DOK INDUSTRY DOK FILM DOK NEULAND DOK FILM DOK NEULAND MARKET FILMMAKERS HELPDESK FACE TO FACE MARKET Nikolaistraße 23 MARKET Nikolaistraße 23 Festival Centre, Victor Kossakovsky. Festival Centre, Festival Centre, Festival Centre, • p.24 Festival Centre, • p.24 Basement Floor Committed to Ground Floor Ground Floor Basement Floor Basement Floor • • p.16 Experiment • • p.17 • • • p.19 • • p.16 13:00 – 14:00 • • p.16 19:30 – 21:30 Festival Centre, DOK INDUSTRY AWARD 10:00 – 11:00 Basement Floor 14:30 – 15:30 16:30 – 18:00 10:30 – 12:00 HELPDESK 11:00 – 12:30 CEREMONY MEET THE • p.26 MEET THE DOK FILM TALK AG Festival Centre, MEET THE Kupfersaal EXPERTS FILMMAKERS Lithuanian ANIMATIONS- Ground Floor FILMMAKERS ••• Sales Agents 12:00 – 13:00 Adina Pintilie. Documentaries FILM • • p.17 Definitely Hybrid? Festival Centre, DOK INDUSTRY The Body as a Gift – A Poetic Look Pro/Kontra Festival Centre, 22:00 – OPEN END Basement Floor at Reality 16:30 – 18:00 Basement Floor CLOSING FIRST TIMER Zeitgeschichtliches Regionaleffekte • • p.20 TOUR Forum Polnisches Institut Zeitgeschichtliches MEET THE • p.26 PARTY Festival Centre, • p.26 • p.30 Forum FILMMAKERS Beyerhaus 10:00 – 18:00 Ground Floor • • p.37 Vitaly Mansky. •• / ••• DOK • • p.18 18:00 – 19:00 Post-Soviet, EXCHANGE GET TOGETHER 11:00 – 12:30 Pre-Future? Diskothek 12:00 – 14:00 Lithuanian Film MEISTERKLASSE Polnisches Institut • • • • p.25 GET TOGETHER Centre Ruth Beckermann. • p.26 Interreligious Festival Centre, Gegenwarts- Reception 2nd Floor bewältigung 18:00 – 19:00 Propsteikirche • • p.22 Kupfersaal GET TOGETHER • p.22 • • p.36 Filmuniversität 22:00 – 3:00 Babelsberg 12:00 – 20:00 DOK LOUNGE KONRAD WOLF DOK NEULAND Party Goethe- Festival Centre, Nikolaistraße 23 Institut 2nd Floor • p.24 Telegraph • • p.22 • • / • • • p.22 19:00 – 22:30 ANIMATION NIGHT EXTENDED Meet Cartoon Saloon + The Breadwinner Schaubühne • EVERYBODY WELCOME Lindenfels •• ACCREDITED GUESTS #583 • • • • p.31 WELCOME • • • INVITATION ONLY • • • • TICKETS ONLY
DOK INDUSTRY PROGRAMME p. 10– 37
10 PROJECTS PROJECTS 11 14 TH DOK CO - PRO MARKET DOK SHORT’N’SWEET The DOK Co-Pro Market returns for its 14th edition in WHEN DOK Short’n’Sweet is a short film pitch focusing on the WHEN Mon 29 Oct Wed 31 Oct 2018. 35 projects from 30 countries will participate in and Tue 30 Oct financing and distribution of short documentary and 14:30–16:30 900+ individual meetings over 2 days. Each meeting, care- 9:30–18:30 animated films. After its successful kick-off in 2017, WHERE fully curated, should open doors to new possibilities, WHERE we are looking forward to bringing together short film Zeitgeschichtliches creative partnerships, and inspiration. Medienforen Leipzig professionals and creative new ideas. Forum Leipzig Welcoming a record number of producer delegations LANGUAGE DOK Short’n’Sweet invites 10 film professionals to pitch LANGUAGE this year, we are very happy to use our resources to give English their short film project in front of a panel of buyers English up-and-coming talents their first taste of the inter- and distributors as well as an interested audience of ACCESS ACCESS national marketplace. Invitation only producers and peers. No prizes, no promises, but Accredited guests DOK Leipzig and the Industry department continue great opportunities if done right! welcome MODERATORS to ask ourselves what the pathways are for sustainable, Brigid O’Shea, Each filmmaker selected for the pitch will have MODERATOR nurturing and non-exploitative conditions for pro- DOK Leipzig 7 minutes to present their project: 3 minutes to pitch the Elizabeth Klinck, fessionals working in our field. We hope you will use this Ulrike Schmidt, idea and 4 minutes to answer questions from the E Klinck Research, DOK Leipzig Collingwood opportunity not just to present your projects or hunt panelists. for new, beautiful titles for your catalogues, but also to PANELISTS Catherine Colas, discuss transparently and constructively the future of ZDF/ARTE, Mainz our industry. Kate Cox, Deutsche Welle, Berlin We are very happy to continue our partnerships with EWA Lindsay Crouse, – the European Women’s Audiovisual Network – NY Times Op-Docs, awarding once again the development prize for the best New York City Maike Mia Höhne, female-driven documentary, and the talent-develop- Berlinale Shorts, ment prize, courtesy of the Zonta Club Leipzig-Elster. Berlin Shanida Scotland, For the first time this year, a new development prize The Guardian, will be awarded by Current Time TV to one project from London Eastern and Central Europe.
12 PROJECTS 13 DOK PREVIEW GERMANY In cooperation with German Films, DOK Leipzig is happy WHEN DOK Preview Mon 29 Oct to once again present seven new and unusual German 15:30–17:30 Germany projects creative documentaries ready for international circu- WHERE lation. Each film has a unique and ambitious style, and Leipziger Die Aufseherin The Other Side of the River our charming moderators Simone Baumann and Pfeffermühle – Der Fall Johanna L. by Antonia Kilian Tanja Georgieva, as well as the film teams, will give you LANGUAGE by Wladek Jurków, Germany, Slovenia a sneak peek into new titles ready for your slots, English Gerburg Rohde-Dahl Doppelplusultra slates, and festivals. Stay for a drink and a snack at the Germany, Poland Film und TV Produktion, ACCESS end of the presentation as the unofficial kick-off Accredited guests Arkadia Film, Pink Shadow Films, of the 61st edition of DOK Leipzig. welcome Rohde-Dahl Filmproduktion Stevanova Stala MODERATORS Simone Baumann, Congo Calling (WT) Perfect Black Saxonia Entertainment, by Stephan Hilpert by Tom Froehlich Leipzig Germany Germany Tanja Georgieva, Stephan Hilpert, HFF München, Neue Celluloid Fabrik Elemag Pictures, Leipzig ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehspiel Playland USA Organised by DOK Leipzig in cooperation with German A Donkey Called Geronimo by Benjamin Schindler Films and AG DOK . by Arjun Talwar, Bigna Tomschin Germany Germany, Switzerland zeitgebilde Filmproduktion, Lo-Fi Films Hübner/Wallenfels An Uphill Battle by Theresa Breuer, Erin Trieb Germany Kobalt Documentary
14 PROJECTS 15 DOK PREVIEW TRAINING The second of three works-in-progress presentations WHEN DOK Preview Wed 31 Oct of the DOK Industry Programme, we are happy to present 10:30–13:00 Training projects six new documentary projects from European training WHERE initiatives and a wildcard from Docs by the Sea, Indonesia. Leipziger Deliberate Lies One of Us Recognising the catalysing results of participating in Pfeffermühle by Oleksiy Radynski by Đuro Gavran training events for projects, this showcase of new docu- LANGUAGE Ukraine Croatia mentary talents and their films will inspire you to English Inspiration Films Pipser select their films for your festivals and slots. Ex Oriente Docu Regio ACCESS Each team has been trained by mentor and moderator Invitation only Rough Cut Boutique Stefano Tealdi in the days preceding, providing Dying to Divorce MODERATOR new networking opportunities for the graduates of these Stefano Tealdi, by Chloe Fairweather Searching Eva initiatives to create new close working ties. Stefilm International, UK, Turkey by Pia Hellenthal Turin Dying to Divorce Ltd. Germany ESoDoc CORSO Film- und Fernsehproduktion An Elegy to Forgetting DOK.Incubator by Kristoffer Brugada Philippines You Will Be a Man Brigade Productions by Isabel de Ocampo Docs by the Sea Spain Gris Medio, Lash Orreaga Filmak, by Yoonsuk Jung Ad Hoc Studios South Korea, Hong Kong EWA Network Seesaw Pictures, 70s Production Company EURODOC
16 INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES 17 DOK FILM MARKET DOK INDUSTRY HELPDESK The festival’s video library – DOK Film Market – WHEN Open daily, drop past the Helpdesk to discover more WHEN Mon 29 Oct until Tue 30 Oct until offers accredited professionals who hold a DOK Film Sat 3 Nov about the services offered by DOK Leipzig, get in Fri 2 Nov Market accreditation the opportunity to view all the 9:00–21:00 contact with other festival guests, and gain tailored 13:00–14:00 documentary and animated films from the festival’s WHERE advice on making the most of your time at the festival. WHERE Official Selection independently of scheduled Festival Centre, You can sign up for the Face to Face meetings and Festival Centre, screenings and, for the first time this year, 360°-films Basement Floor also a First Timer Tour, and take advantage of our insider Ground floor Guest Counter selected for DOK Neuland. Additionally, we ACCESS tips on DOK Leipzig. showcase around 100 new and outstanding docu- DOK Film Market ACCESS accredited guests Accredited guests mentaries with international appeal. These come welcome recommended by the DOK Leipzig Selection Committee or are submitted by renowned world sales companies and our international partners; Croatian Audiovisual Centre; DMZ Docs; Doc/it – Italian Documentary Association; Docudays UA; East Silver & Institute of Documentary Film; Krakow Film Foundation & Polish Docs; Taiwan Docs and Visions du Réel & Swiss Films. All presented films have been produced in the course of the past year. DOK Film Market pass holders are welcome to book one of the twenty viewing booths in advance via email: film-market@dok-leipzig.de or at the DOK Film Market counter, basement floor in the Festival Centre. The video library is also available online via our website throughout the festival week and for an additional six months after the conclusion of the festival.
18 INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES 19 DOK INDUSTRY FIRST TIMER TOUR DOK INDUSTRY FACE TO FACE Are you new in documentary? Do you want to know how WHEN Sign up for individual meetings with experienced film WHEN Wed 31 Oct and Wed 31 Oct and to move in this international market? Do you have Thu 1 Nov professionals for personal conversations in order to get Thu 1 Nov a film running at the festival or a project you want 12:00–13:00 expert advice, a customised assessment, and the 14:30–16:00 to push? LANGUAGE opportunity to make contacts. WHERE In small groups we discuss do’s and don’t’s of Wed in English Experts from the following areas are available for Face Festival Centre, the documentary film industry. How to best prepare Thu in German to Face talks: festival representatives, sales agents, Ground floor DOK Industry your stay, what to do when attending and how to WHERE commissioning editors, experienced international and Lounge follow up. Festival Centre, German producers, representatives of funding Ground floor ACCESS Katharina Bergfeld, documentary film producer at DOK Industry institutions and European producer workshops, VOD Accredited guests Flare Film and former coordinator of the DOK Film Lounge specialists and interactive experts. welcome, Market, will give a basic introduction to film Directors and producers with a film in the DOK Film prior registration ACCESS required marketing and distribution. Questions and individual Accredited guests Market or in the Official Festival Programme will case studies are welcome. welcome, have priority access. MATCHMAKER prior registration Roland Löbner, encouraged More information about the participating experts is DOK Leipzig Prior registration encouraged at film-market@dok-leipzig.de. available at the DOK Industry Helpdesk. Please MODERATOR Katharina Bergfeld, register in advance for slots with the experts at the DOK Flare Film, Berlin Industry Helpdesk or via email to film-market@dok-leipzig.de.
20 INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES 21 MEET THE EXPERTS Attend a Meet the Experts session, not just Meet the Festival Meet the Interactive Meet the Sales Agents to learn more about certain professions and Programmers Professionals Thu 1 Nov, 10:00–11:00 work practices, but also to expand your net- Tue 30 Oct, 14:30–16:00 Wed 31 Oct, 10:30–11:00 MODERATOR work and meet exciting DOK Industry guests. Laura Klöckner, DOK Leipzig MODERATOR MODERATOR WHERE Daniel Saltzwedel, Brigid O’Shea, Festival Centre, OKSALTZA, Berlin DOK Leipzig PANELISTS Basement Floor Ben Bassauer, PANELISTS PANELISTS Monoduo Films, Berlin LANGUAGE All festival programmers Zeina Abi Assy, Maëlle Guenegues, English attending DOK Leipzig Tribeca Film Institute, CAT&Docs, Paris will be present. New York City Orly Ravid, The Film ACCESS Susanne Dickel, Collaborative, All accredited Into VR 3sechzig, Los Angeles guests welcome Berlin Ina Rossow, Sandra Rodriguez, Deckert Distribution, MANIC VR, Montreal Leipzig Annina Zwettler, ARTE Deutschland, Baden-Baden
22 INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES 23 GET TOGETHERS AND LOUNGES Join us and the accredited guests for a drink at ACCESS Tue 30 Oct Thu 1 Nov Accredited guests the daily Get Togethers and Lounges. We want you to welcome be inspired in the cinema, at our presentations, Get Together Get Together talks, workshops and networking events, but also to meet Organised by DOK Leipzig DOK Leipzig Interreligious Reception in cooperation with its with friends and peers or make totally new connec- partners. 18:00–19:00, 12:00–14:00, tions whilst enjoying our relaxed atmosphere. Stop by Festival Centre, Propsteikirche St. Trinitatis the Festival Centre for the happy-hour-style daily 2nd floor Get Togethers to catch up with friends and meet other Get Together industry professionals. And don't forget to visit the DOK Lounge Lithuanian Film Centre up-late DOK Lounges and parties. Find your next ARTE-Party 18:00–19:00, collaborator and blow off some steam from the 22:00–3:00, Beyerhaus Festival Centre, day whilst you’re at it. Lounges and Get Togethers are 2nd floor kindly hosted by one of our partners. Cheers! Wed 31 Oct DOK Lounge Party Goethe-Institut Get Together 22:00–3:00, Telegraph Film Center Serbia & Film Centre of Montenegro 18:00–19:00, Fri 2 Nov Festival Centre, 2nd floor Get Together Filmuniversität Babelsberg DOK Lounge KONRAD WOLF MDR Lounge 18:00–19:00, 22:00–3:00, Elsterartig Festival Centre, 2nd floor
24 INTERACTIVE INTERACTIVE 25 DOK NEULAND DOK EXCHANGE In his essay ‘The Ultimate Display’ from 1965, Ivan WHEN This year’s DOK Exchange shifts its focus to VR. WHEN Tue 30 Oct until Thu 1 Nov Sutherland formulated the almost prophetic dream of a Sat 3 Nov As headset technology has gathered speed in the last 10:00–18:00 computer display of reality that creates a perfect 12:00–20:00 years, it has vaulted digital content to new levels WHERE illusion of materiality. Films like The Matrix interpreted WHERE of immersion. We, the next generation of pioneers, are Diskothek this as a nightmare, generating a fundamental Nikolaistraße 23 developing a new medium. There is no such thing scepticism of mediated spaces. At the same time, in LANGUAGE as a construction toolkit for VR and there might not be LANGUAGE English 2015, hopes were raised that VR was an ‘empathy German / English one in the near future. Every project makes a new machine’ that would make us all better human beings. contribution to the shape of VR, adding surprising and ACCESS ACCESS Pre-registration only Immersing yourself in other worlds via a headset, Everybody welcome exciting elements to the ways we can express our- however, does not necessarily produce empathy. Today selves. VR simply cannot only be an ‘empathy machine’, MODERATORS CURATORS Brigid O’Shea, artists are exploring new aspects of immersion and Lars Rummel, it can and must reflect on so much more. DOK Leipzig leaving more space for a more complex experience of DOK Leipzig DOK Leipzig has invited guests from the arts, literature, Lars Rummel, absorption. Marie Hinkelmann, science, and of course film to explore a new level of DOK Leipzig DOK Leipzig The festival motto ‘Demand the Impossible!’ serves as interdisciplinary exchange. We want you to embrace this In cooperation with the guiding principle of our exhibition of interactive DOK Neuland is supported diversity. Let’s find ways together to add new layers DREFABRIK . and VR works, too. We are transported to worlds that by ARTE . of texture to VR. DOK Exchange is kindly supported by DOK Neuland is part of expand, defamiliarise, distort or temporally bend the DOK Nachwuchs Creative Europe Desk Berlin-Brandenburg. programme and realised in our present environment. This is where places that exist cooperation with the SLM . Keynote speakers: only in our imagination or in individual perceptions – Zeina Abi Assy, Tribeca Film Institute, New York City can be made accessible. This year, DOK Neuland focuses – Ana Brzezińska, Petersdottir Media, Warsaw on works that turn their users into explorers: not – Jürgen Hagler, ARS Electronica, Linz like Neo in the matrix, but like Alice in Wonderland. – Mika Johnson, VRwandlung, Prague – Sandra Rodriguez, MANIC VR, Montreal – Niki Smit, Monobanda PLAY, Utrecht – Philipp Wenning, INVR.SPACE, Berlin – Annina Zwettler, ARTE Deutschland, Baden-Baden
26 MEET THE FILMMAKERS 27 MEET THE FILMMAKERS Sometimes post-screening Q&As aren’t long Post-Yugoslavia – Adina Pintilie. Definitely Hybrid? enough to cover all the thought-provoking New Nationalisms? The Body as a Gift Sat 3 Nov, 11:00–12:30 themes that films from our Official Selection Wed 31 Oct, 11:00–12:30 Thu 1 Nov, 14:30–15:30 WHERE might bring up. Discover more about the Festival Centre, Basement Floor WHERE WHERE works and get the chance to discuss them Festival Centre, Basement Floor Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig with the artists behind our festival films. MODERATOR Annina Wettstein, MODERATOR MODERATOR LANGUAGE Ralph Eue, Leena Pasanen, Selection Committee DOK Leipzig English Programmer DOK Leipzig Festival Director DOK Leipzig André Eckardt, Selection Committee DOK Leipzig ACCESS FILMMAKERS FILMMAKER Everybody welcome FILMMAKER Filmmakers from the Adina Pintilie, Filmmaker, Balkans attending Bucharest Filmmakers working with hybrid forms Victor Kossakovsky. Vitaly Mansky. Committed to Experiment Post-Soviet, Pre-Future? Thu 1 Nov, 11:00–12:30 Fri 2 Nov, 16:30–18:00 WHERE WHERE Festival Centre, Basement Floor Polnisches Institut MODERATOR MODERATOR Saskia Walker, Barbara Wurm, Selection Committee DOK Leipzig Advisor to DOK Leipzig FILMMAKER FILMMAKER Victor Kossakovsky, Vitaly Mansky, Filmmaker, Riga Filmmaker, St. Petersburg
28 DOK FILM TALK DOK FILM TALK 29 ECSTATIC TRUTHS CHIFFRE 68 A conversation with Werner Herzog Werner Herzog often portrays humans caught in WHEN The years around 1968 are often associated exclusively with WHEN Tue 30 Oct Tue 30 Oct extreme situations. Whether it’s face-to-face with a real 10:30–12:00 the student movement, protests and street fighting. 19:00–20:30 live grizzly bear, waiting for a volcano to erupt or the But what was going on outside of the centres of revolt WHERE WHERE execution of a prisoner on Death Row, Herzog’s Kupfersaal during this highly charged period? What were Zeitgeschichtliches protagonists are often confronted with existential filmmakers on the periphery watching, where were they Forum Leipzig challenges. How does he find his subjects and how LANGUAGE English pointing their cameras and microphones? How did LANGUAGE does he deal with these experiences himself ? the echoes of the chanting crowds resonate out in the English/German Herzog will speak with Kristina Jaspers, curator of the ACCESS countryside? What were the differences between the Tickets only ACCESS homage, about his most important documentary # HER West’s ’68 and its Eastern counterpart? Everybody welcome films, with a particular emphasis on his work from recent Where was the centre located, where was its blurred MODERATOR MODERATOR years. The majority of these films were made in the Kristina Jaspers, edge? And what sort of influence did the era’s Barbara Wurm, USA, and only a limited number of them have received Curator, Berlin unorthodox acts of medial self-empowerment have, Humboldt theatrical releases in Germany. which although perhaps not managing to turn Universität, Berlin FILMMAKER Werner Herzog is without a doubt among the most Werner Herzog, the dominant media paradigm upside down, nonetheless PANELISTS influential German filmmakers in the history of cinema. Filmmaker, made significant contributions to the diversity of Claudia von Alemann Munich/Los Angeles Filmmaker and Over the course of his career as a director, he has the period’s cinematography. Professor, made more than 60 documentary and feature films, in A lively exchange between filmmakers, curators and Cologne / Havanna Michael G. Esch, a time where the two genres experience unparalleled historians looking back at the era to accompany Leibniz-Institut für fluidity. Herzog’s work is defined by the pursuit of unusual the retrospective. Geschichte und lines of inquiry, capturing novel images in ways we Kultur des östlichen Europa, Leipzig have never seen before. Federico Rossin, With the aid of film excerpts, in this special talk Werner Cinéma du Réel, Paris Herzog will relate details from his productions and also speak about his own film academy, the “Rogue Film In cooperation with Leibniz- School”. In addition lesser-known aspects of Herzog’s Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa. work will be discussed, including his cameos in animated films, appearances as an actor and highly successful art installation Hearsay of the Soul.
30 DOK FILM TALK ANIMATION NIGHT EXTENDED 31 LITHUANIAN DOCUMENTARIES – MEET CARTOON SALOON + A POETIC LOOK AT REALITY THE BREADWINNER Two of the most prominent new Lithuanian directors, WHEN Join us on a journey behind the scenes of one of the most WHEN Thu 1 Nov Fri 2 Nov Giedrė Žickytė and Mindaugas Survila, both with films 16:30–18:00 famous Irish animation companies. Founded in 1999, 19:00–22:30 in the Lithuanian Country Focus, will talk about and Cartoon Saloon quickly developed their own handwriting WHERE WHERE show examples from their country’s beautiful tradition Polnisches Institut and style, conquered the hearts of many in the audi- Schaubühne of documentary cinema. They are members of a new ence, and carved a special place in the international Lindenfels generation of filmmakers; with their own unique style LANGUAGE English animation industry. LANGUAGE who maintain a bridge and bear the influence of The studio’s first feature, The Secret of Kells, surprised English those who came before, including old masters who made ACCESS with a unique Celtic look and outstanding animation at Everybody welcome ACCESS films during the Soviet occupation. Berlinale 2009 and was nominated for an Academy Tickets only (#583) According to Country Focus curator and filmmaker MODERATOR Award. Their follow-up feature, Song of the Sea, released Tue Steen Müller, MODERATOR Audrius Stonys, the poetic school of Lithuanian Film Critic and in 2015, was just as wonderful in style and story and Annegret Richter, documentary ‘created an independent world, free from Consultant, the studio continued its success. Their last feature is Advisor to DOK Soviet ideology, lies, and propaganda. It was a Copenhagen placed in Afghanistan. The Breadwinner was released Leipzig declaration of inner freedom. The black and white world PANELISTS in 2017 and nominated for an Academy Award too. It is PANELISTS of poetic documentary films was full of colours. Mindaugas Survila, based on the young adult novel by Canadian author Fabian Erlinghäuser, Filmmaker, Vilnius Cartoon Saloon, Sadness was full of joy. And joy was touched by deep Giedrė Žickytė, Deborah Ellis about a young girl that has to become a Kilkenny existential sadness.’ Filmmaker, Vilnius boy to rescue her father and her family in the difficult Žickytė & Survila will also discuss their own films, on times of the Taliban. working internationally in a European market, the In cooperation with the Lithuanian Film Centre Fabian Erlinghäuser has been working for Cartoon demands of television – and how they strive to keep their in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic Saloon for more than 18 years. As Head of Animation, he own voice. This meeting is an invitation to explore a of Lithuania in the Federal Republic of Germany and took part in almost all productions. At the Animation unique documentary cinema tradition before and after the NGO Meno avilys. Night he will present the studio, the team and their way independence, a wave of a personal free visual of making films, maybe the secret of their success, language that celebrates life and humanity. and hopefully a glimpse of what will be coming soon. Tue Steen Müller, the moderator of the session has After the presentation, the film The Breadwinner will be followed the Lithuanian documentary scene for 25 years. screened in English.
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34 AG DOK PRÄSENTATION 35 FRAUEN.DOK.FILM.REGIE ARD „TOP OF THE DOCS“ Was sich dringend ändern muss! SHORTLIST - PRÄSENTATION Kinofilme werden in Deutschland im Schnitt zu 70 WANN Seit 2012 schreibt die ARD jährlich einen Dokumen- WANN Dienstag 30. Okt. Mittwoch 31. Okt. Prozent aus öffentlichen Mitteln finanziert, viele 16:00–18:00 tarfilm-Wettbewerb aus und prämiert dabei ein 15:00–16:40 deutsche Fernsehfilme werden von ARD und ZDF fast dokumentarisches Highlight für einen Sendeplatz WO WO vollständig aus Rundfunkbeiträgen bezahlt. Doch Zeitgeschichtliches im Ersten. CineStar 6 obwohl Männer und Frauen gleichberechtigt Steuern Forum Leipzig Der diesjährige Wettbewerb verzichtet erstmals auf und Rundfunkbeiträge zahlen, profitieren vor allem eine konkrete Themenvorgabe. Gesucht werden innovative ZUGANG Nur mit ZUGANG Männer von der Auftragsvergabe. Mehrere Studien haben Nur mit Filmprojekte, die ein politisch und gesellschaftlich Akkreditierung in den letzten Jahren gezeigt, dass im fiktionalen Bereich Akkreditierung relevantes Thema aufgreifen, einen klaren Bezug zu und Ticket #332 sowohl im Kino als auch im Fernsehen die Mehrzahl MODERATIOM Deutschland haben und auch internationale Rele- der Regieaufträge an Männer gehen. Wie aber sieht es Vera Linß, vanz besitzen. Sie sollen herausragen durch tiefgründige MODERATION Medienjournalistin, Jens Hänisch, MDR im dokumentarischen Bereich aus? Berlin Recherche, exklusive Zugänge und eine außer- Die AG Dokumentarfilm hat, in Kooperation mit gewöhnliche, neuartige und kreative Handschrift. JURY dem BVR und unterstützt von ProQuote Film, eine PODIUMSGÄSTE Die besten fünf Einreichungen werden im Rahmen Rainald Becker, ARD Claudia von Dr. Ulrich Brochhagen, Untersuchung zur Genderverteilung im Bereich Alemann, von DOK Leipzig vor einer Jury aus programm- MDR Dokumentarfilmregie vorgelegt, die nahelegt, dass es Regisseurin, Köln verantwortlichen Vertreter/innen der beteiligten Petra Felber, BR Christine Berg, Kai Henkel, SWR auch hier noch erheblichen Handlungsbedarf gibt. FFA, Berlin Rundfunkanstalten unter der Leitung des ARD- Christiane Hinz, WDR In unserer Veranstaltung FRAUEN.DOK.FILM.REGIE Petra Hoffmann, Chefredakteurs präsentiert. Akkreditierte Gäste von Dirk Neuhoff, NDR Vorstand AG DOK, DOK Leipzig sind zur Präsentation herzlich ein- Martina Zöllner, RBB – Was sich dringend ändern muss! präsentieren wir Köln die Ergebnisse und diskutieren mit Regisseur/innen, Jörg Langer, geladen. Das Gewinnerprojekt des Wettbewerbs wird Redakteur/innen, Festivalmacher/innen und Medienwissen- beim Branchentreff „Top of the Docs“ während der schaftler, Berlin Filmförder/innen darüber, wie ein Kulturwandel Susann S. Reck, Berlinale gekürt. gestaltet werden kann, um strukturelle Benach- Vorstand BVR, Berlin Daniel Sponsel, Im Anschluss an die Präsentation lädt teiligungen von Frauen in der Dokumentarfilmbranche DOK.fest München, auszugleichen. München der Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk zum Empfang. Britta Wauer, Regisseurin und Produzentin, Berlin Prof. Dr. Karola Wille, Intendantin des MDR und ARD- Filmintendantin, Leipzig
36 MEISTERKLASSE AG ANIMATIONSFILM 37 RUTH BECKERMANN PRO/KONTRA REGIONALEFFEKTE Gegenwartsbewältigung Die Arbeiten von Ruth Beckermann stehen für ein WANN Wer in Deutschland Förderung bei einer regionalen WANN Freitag 2. Nov. Freitag 2. Nov. gleichermaßen realitätshaltiges wie poetisches 11:00–12:30 Förderanstalt erhält, weiß, dass ein Mehrfaches 10:30–12:00 Verständnis von Dokumentarfilm. Dabei interessiert sie dieser Summe in der Region ausgegeben werden muss. WO WO vor allem das Verdrängte, die vergessenen Bilder und Kupfersaal Damit wird gewährleistet, dass die Steuergelder für Zeitgeschichtliches Geschichten. Mit kritischem Blick und dennoch bereit eine nachhaltige Branchenentwicklung vor Ort Forum Leipzig zum lyrischen Treiben, hat sie sich zu einer großen ZUGANG eingesetzt und Kreative der Filmbranche in der Region Nur mit ZUGANG Geschichtsschreiberin Österreichs entwickelt. In ihrem Akkreditierung gehalten werden. Aber was tun, wenn die Experten, Nur mit Umgang mit Geschichte betont sie genau das, was die man braucht, nicht vor Ort zu finden sind? Wie kann Akkreditierung MODERATION sonst gern verleugnet oder übersehen wird. Ralph Eue, ein Produzent sicherstellen, dass die Qualität des MODERATION Ruth Beckermann wurde 1952 in Wien geboren. Ihre Programmer Films nicht am Mangel an Fachpersonal leidet? Was Vera Linß, DOK Leipzig Medienjournalistin, Eltern sind Holocaustüberlebende. Sie studierte in Patrick Holzapfel, tun, wenn internationale Koproduktionen an den Berlin Tel Aviv Publizistik und in New York Fotografie. Sie sieht Filmpublizist und Bedingungen der Regionaleffekte scheitern? sich als Kosmopolitin und doch kehrte sie immer Kurator, Wien In dem Podium der AG Animationsfilm soll gemeinsam PODIUMSGÄSTE Dr. Markus Görsch, wieder in ihre schwierige Heimat nach Wien zurück. PODIUMSGÄSTE mit verschiedenen Förderern der Grundgedanke MDM, Leipzig Unzugehörig heißt eines ihrer Bücher – es handelt Ruth Beckermann, von Regionaleffekten für die Medienbranche genauer Ralf Kukula, Balance Regisseurin, Wien Film, Dresden von Österreichern und Juden nach 1945. beleuchtet, positive Entwicklungen aufgezeigt und Jakob Schuh, Mit der diesjährigen Hommage und Meisterklasse wollen In Kooperation mit dem bestehende Herausforderungen und Probleme für die Regisseur, Berlin einzelnen Beteiligten im Kontext der Finanzie- Oliver Zeller, wir uns dem Schaffen einer Regisseurin annähern, Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur – Medienboard der geschlossene Erzählformen ebenso suspekt sind wie Simon Dubnow. rungsstrukturen in Deutschland diskutiert werden. Berlin-Brandenburg, Die Meisterklasse mit Ruth ein lineares Geschichtsbild. Von ihren ersten Filmen Beckermann ist Bestandteil Eine einfache Lösung wird es hier sicher nicht Potsdam des DOK Nachwuchs- (z.B. Auf amol a Streik, 1978) bis zu ihrem aktuellen Film Angebotes und wird von geben, aber vielleicht viele neue Denkanstöße. der SLM unterstützt. Waldheims Walzer (2018) haben sich die Bilder, Töne und Gedanken immer freier und mutiger zu großen Flechtwerken zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegen- wart, dem Hier und Anderswo, dem filmenden Ich und der Welt gefügt.
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