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POCKET GUIDE 2018 53 Events at 15 Venues - DOK Leipzig
29 Oct – 4 Nov   61st International Leipzig Festival
2018             for Documentary and Animated Film

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53 Events at 15 Venues
POCKET GUIDE 2018 53 Events at 15 Venues - DOK Leipzig
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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.
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               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
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                                   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
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               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.
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                 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
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                  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
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                        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.
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          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.
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                      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
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                         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
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                           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.
EVENTS
IN GERMAN
p. 34–37
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.
NOTES   NOTES
FURTHER
INFOR-
MATION
p. 42–45
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                               GOOD TO KNOW                                                     Opening Ceremony
                                                                                                Accredited guests can pick up tickets at the
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                                                                                                Festival Centre ticket desk any time on            5 min walk from Festival Centre
                                                                                                Monday, subject to availability. If there are no   Delicious Business Lunch offers and relaxed
                                                                                                more tickets available at the ticket desk,         atmosphere
                                                                                                please go to the rush queue out the front of
                                                                                                CineStar theatre 8, for any remaining seats,       Kümmel Apotheke
                                                                                                half an hour before the event starts. Entry        Mädler-Passage
                                                                                                will not be granted to late guests, the            2 min walk from DOK Neuland, Messehof
GUEST COUNTER IN THE FESTIVAL CENTRE        TICKET PROCEDURE FOR ACCREDITED GUESTS              Opening Ceremony and Screening are linked          Cosy café/bar & restaurant
Opening Hours                               Film Screenings                                     events. A German-language version of the
                                                                                                                                                   Luigi’s – Pizza Pasta Grill Bar
Sun 28 Oct, 15:00–18:00                     All accredited guests must have tickets for         film will be shown at the public screening in
                                                                                                                                                   Katharinenstraße 12
Mon 29 Oct – Sat 3 Nov, 9:00–18:00          screenings, available free of charge from           the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof Osthalle)
                                                                                                                                                   1 min from Festival Centre
Sun 4 Nov, 9:00–14:00                       all DOK Ticket Counters, either one day in          parallel to the Opening Ceremony, accessible
                                                                                                                                                   Festival Hub, 1st floor
                                            advance or on the day of the screening.             without a ticket.
Phone +49 (0)341 30864-2010                 Accredited guests can take a maximum of 5                                                              Michaelis Café
                                                                                                All Industry Events                                Katharinenstraße 10
DOK INDUSTRY GUIDE
                                            tickets per day but not for parallel film           Entry with accreditation or invitation.
                                            screenings. Only guests with valid tickets                                                             In the Festival Centre at the Museum
                                                                                                Please be on time to ensure entry (15 min
Access DOK Industry Guide                   and their accreditation will be admitted                                                               der bildenden Künste
                                                                                                in advance) because of limited capacity.
Login to your MYDOK account to find         to cinemas. DOK Leipzig reserves the right                                                             Festival Café
further information about all accredited    to reassign seats that are not occupied to          Ecstatic Truths.                                   Oskar
guests including contact details in their   other guests. All information is available on-      A Conversation with Werner Herzog                  Harkortstraße 21 / Floßplatz
profiles. mydok.dok-leipzig.de              line under Ticket Info: filmfinder.dok-leipzig.de   Public event. Tickets can be purchased for         10 min from CineStar
                                            If you don’t need your ticket anymore,              €12, at all DOK Ticket Counters and online.        Restaurant & Bar
WIFI                                        kindly return it to one of the DOK Ticket           No free tickets available to accredited guests.
                                            Counters before the screening. Subject                                                                 Renkli
Free wifi access                            to the DOK Leipzig General Terms &                  Animation Night Extended
Free wifi access is available at all                                                                                                               Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 2
                                            Conditions viewable at www.dok-leipzig.de           Public event. Tickets can be purchased             10 min walk from CineStar
DOK Leipzig venues.                                                                             for €11,50, at all DOK Ticket Counters and         Wine bar
                                            Ticket Counters                                     online. No free tickets available to
TRANSPORT
                                            Festival Centre:                                    accredited guests.                                 Tobagi
Public Transport                            Sun 28 Oct –Sat 3 Nov, 10:00–18:00 and                                                                 Riemannstraße 52
Please note! Google Maps doesn’t feature    Sun 4 Nov, 10:00–14:00                              Grassimuseum Exhibition                            10 min walk from CineStar
                                            CineStar, Passage Kinos, Schaubühne                 Free entry to the public exhibitions with          Korean food & exhibition
Lepzig’s public transport. Please use
                                            Lindenfels, Cinémathèque Leipzig (naTo),            a cinema ticket for screenings in the
the DB Navigator app or bahn.com for Bus
                                            Grassimuseum:                                       Grassimuseum. (Present your accreditation          Zur Pleißenburg
and Tram (STR) connections.
                                            60 min before the first screening until 30          and ticket for that day in Grassimuseum            Ratsfreischulstraße 2
Taxi                                        min after the start of the last screening           at the museum counter.)                            50 m from CineStar
Löwentaxi: +49 (0)341 98 22 22                                                                                                                     Typical German Saxon dishes, open
Leipzig Taxi 4884: +49 (0)341 4884          Online                                              WHERE TO GO IN LEIPZIG ?                           everyday until 5 am
(Or download their mobile apps)             You can reserve tickets online via
                                            the Filmfinder (using your MYDOK login              Apels Garten
CleverShuttle Ride Sharing app                                                                  Kolonnadenstraße 2 / Dorotheenplatz
                                            details) and pick them up at any DOK
                                            Ticket Counter up to 30 minutes prior to            10 min walk from Festival Centre
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
                                            each screening. filmfinder.dok-leipzig.de           Typical German and Saxon dishes
Please call 110!
Emergency Room                                                                                  Di Pasquale
Paul-List-Straße 27, 04103 Leipzig                                                              Karl-Heine-Straße 63                               FURTHER INFORMATION
+49 (0)341 9717800                                                                              Opposite Schaubühne Lindenfels
                                                                                                Italian slow food bistro & café                    www.dok-leipzig.de
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