DOK Industry

DOK Industry

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Every year, more than 1,800 professional guests from more than 60 countries come to Leipzig to participate in over 50 events under the umbrella of DOK Industry.

Up-and-coming filmmakers gaining their first experiences as well as award-winning, veteran filmmakers from across the globe mingle with the highest-quality German and international decision makers and funders in a cosy, laid back atmosphere. This is the meeting place for artistic documentary and a growing hub for interactive and immersive arts practitioners and experts.

  • 120+ festival programmers
  • 300+ commissioners, buyers, distributors, sales agents and funders
  • 350+ producers
  • More than 1,100 scheduled individual meetings at the Co-Pro Market and Meet the Experts Meetings
  • Daily networking Get Together cocktails and parties
  • Over 20,000 € in services and prizes to win
  • Interactive Conference Day with 80 immersive artists and experts
Don't miss our key dates!
We don't want to miss your projects.
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Call for Entries for Films and Interactive Works
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First Entry Deadline for Films
Call for DOK Co-Pro Market Projects
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Final Entry Deadline for Films and Interactive Works
Final Entry Deadline for DOK Co-Pro Market Projects
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63rd International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film

Discover what the DOK Industry Programme has to offer.

This is your starting point to dive into all of our different events.
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DOK Co-Pro Market

35 extraordinary new creative documentary projects in development meet decision makers and potential co-financiers over two days at this exclusive networking event.

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DOK Film Market

Discover more than 200 new documentary and animation titles ready for international circulation and distribution in our curated video library. Rights holders can also take advantage of priority access to the DOK Industry Services.

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Interactive Conference Day

Take a day for inspiration and community at the DOK Interactive Conference Day if you are curious about new ways of telling stories and forms of artistic expression. Look here for connection with peers also working in the fields of immersive arts!

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DOK Short n’ Sweet

3 minutes to convince a panel of experts to finance your next short! Open for animation, documentary and whatever border-pushing format you can dream of.

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DOK Preview

Get a sneak peek into new artistic documentaries ready for distribution and circulation at our two works-in-progress presentations. Mingle with your colleagues at their exclusive networking receptions after the screenings.

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Meet the Experts

Not all meetings require a formal introduction, but we love to share our network with you! Join a "Meet the Experts: Talk" for up-to-date information and new sources or inspiration, or sign up for "Meet the Experts: Meetings" to expand your network and find new partners for your projects and films.

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Masterclasses

Discover the secrets of master filmmakers as they discuss their artistic and professional development throughout their careers.

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Industry Services

Accessible to all accredited festival guests, DOK Industry Services will help you connect with our expert international network. Make the most of your time at the festival and take advantage of our insider tips.

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Get Togethers and Lounges

Mingle over a drink and a snack, discuss what you’ve seen in the cinema or at a panel, make dinner plans or dance the night away at our daily social events.

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What’s happening at DOK Industry?
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Meet us at Berlinale’s EFM DocSalon

DOK Leipzig returns to Potsdamer Platz with a new festival director, Christoph Terhechte, as official partner again at the European Film Market's DocSalon.

Christoph Terhechte will be present at the SalonTalk Documentary Community: A Ghetto or Necessity? on Monday, 24 February at 17:00, together with Emilie Bujès (Visions du Réel), Tine Fischer (CPH:DOX) and Orwa Nyrabia (IDFA).

Please join us for a drink afterwards at 18:00 at the DocSalon stand. All guests with a festival accreditation or market badge are welcome at the Happy Hour.

As of 21 February, you can meet our Programme Department at Meet the Festivals speed dating:

21 Feb, 12:00-13:00
22 Feb, 11:00-12:00
23 Feb, 12:00-13:00
24 Feb, 11:00-12:00
25 Feb, 11:00-12:00

at DocSalon Stand #201, Martin Gropius Bau, 2nd floor.

Read more about the complete DocSalon programme
 

Individual Meetings

For programme-related meetings and inquiries please contact: programm [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de
For strategy and partnership-related meetings please email: info [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de

Wishing you all productive days in Berlin!

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Filmmakers awarded at the Co-Pro Market

Three prizes have been awarded to new documentary projects participating in the 15th DOK Co-Pro Market.

DOK Leipzig and the Russian-language network Current Time are teaming up honour an outstanding documentary film project from Central or Eastern Europe. This year’s winner is Irena by Giedrė Žickytė. The award is endowed with prize money in the amount of 2,000 US dollars.

In addition, Zonta Club Leipzig-Elster has awarded their talent-development prize of up to 1,000 € to cover the travel and accommodation of one participating female producer, in this case Godisamang Khunou with the project Black Women and Sex.

EWA – the European Women’s Audiovisual Network has awarded the EWA Development Prize for the best project by filmmakers in the Circle Women Dok Accelerator for the fourth year in a row. This year the prize was split to award two projects. The financial support goes to Between Two Wars by Alina Gorlova and Anna Savchenko will receive mentorship support to further develop her project 72 Hours for one year.

We congratulate all Co-Pro winners 2019, thank our award partners and look forward to the further development of all the outstanding participating film projects.

Read more about the DOK Co-Pro Market

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DOK Preview Germany award winner

Seven new and unusual German creative documentaries were presented at DOK Preview Germany in cooperation with German Films. Each film has a unique and ambitious style and our charming moderators Simone Baumann and Tanja Georgieva gave a sneek peak into the new titles. All projects were presented in more detail by their film teams.

This year we welcome our new partner D-Facto Motion. For the first time the “DFM Work-in-Progress Prize” valued at 10,000€ is given out to one of the selected German documentary project. The prize is awarded to the film deemed most prospective for distribution.

This year’s winner is the project Who owns my Village by Christoph Eder. With the curious eyes of a child from years gone by, Eder returns to the village where he was born, on the shores of the Baltic, to watch the inhabitants awaken from their political lethargy and battle for the fate of the popular tourist destination. The film is currently in post-production and planned to premier in 2020.
More info about DOK Preview Germany

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Art Minister’s prize awarded

The festival has only just launched and we already have a prize winner! The Development Prize for the Best Female Director by the Saxon State Minister for the Arts was awarded at our opening event on 28 October at the CineStar 8 cinema before an audience of some 700 invited guests. Dr. Eva-Maria Stange, Saxon Minister for Science and the Arts, presented the 5,000-euro prize to South African director Godisamang Khunou for her project Black Women and Sex.

The jury, which included Toni Bell, Anca Paunescu and Katja Wildermuth, decided on the winner in the run-up to the festival. Their jury statement reads:

“We on the jury were so proud to review the 20 projects that were selected for the inaugural Female Director Prize for the DOK Co-Pro Market. The projects spanned the globe and truly demonstrate the uniqueness and universality of female driven stories. The project selected showcases black female sexuality in Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia, through the eyes of a trans woman, an entertainer, and a mother who has the audacity to believe and teach that God meant for sex to be equally pleasurable for both men and women. For her unique and brave voice, and for tackling a topic that will certainly resonate with women throughout the African diaspora, we award this inaugural prize to Godisamang Khunou for Black Women and Sex.”

The South Korean project My Missing Aunt by director Juyeon Yang received an honourable mention.

Projects by female directors selected for the DOK Co-Pro Market were eligible for the award, which was donated by the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts.