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Opening speech by festival director Claas Danielsen at the 54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film 17 October 2011

Award Winners of the 54th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, 22 October 2011

The 54th edition of DOK Leipzig will feature 341 films from 47 countries. 3012 films were submitted – a new festival record...

New Animation Film Association to be founded at DOK Leipzig

For the past 15 years, DOK Leipzig has screened annual programmes of new animated documentaries under the title “Animadoc”...

• 3012 films from 100 countries were submitted

• 341 films were selected
• 47 countries are represented in the festival programme

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Archaic and ultra modern – DOK Leipzig shows the contradictions of India ...

Rada Šešić, curator of the special programme Filmmakers as Changemakers – The Rhythms of India, talks about strict censorship, film as an expression of societal dissidence and what makes a good Indian film.