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Step Into the River

Dans la rivière
Weijia Ma
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Animated Film
China,
France
2020
15 minutes
Chinese
Subtitles: 
English

Lu and Wei live in a village in rural China. The young girls often go to the nearby river to play or fish with their fathers. The river has a special meaning for them because China’s one-child policy has led to some parents drowning their newborn daughters there. A poetic and touching animation in which Weijia Ma explores the consequences of this tragic chapter in the lives of many Chinese families.

Lina Dinkla

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Weijia Ma
Producer
Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty
Sound
Didier Falk
Score
Pablo Pico
Animation
Marion Chopin, Juanjuan Chen, Ziteng Qi, Kun Yu, Thilbault Dumoulin, Mathilde Poigniez, Jihua Zhu, Mengshi Fang, Joseph Roth, Emilie Pigeard, Le Van Ho, Yann Song, Alix Boiron Albrespy
Winner of: Silver Dove (Competition for the Audience Award Short Film)
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The Gray Shrimp Report

Le constat de la crevette grise
Rémi Murez
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Belgium
2021
21 minutes
Arabic,
French,
Dutch
Subtitles: 
English

Barely a kilometre off the Belgian coast, 35,000 tons of chemical munitions are buried at the bottom of the sea. The scraps of yesterday’s wars are secreting toxic gases today and the film explores the effects this will have – from fishing boats to delicatessen counters. An ominous droning lies over the impressive images of already dubious production processes. The shrimp end up in fish cakes. The seagulls lament the calamity. The people are at a loss.

Sarina Lacaf

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Rémi Murez
Cinematographer
Basile Krämer
Editor
Dorian Colin
Producer
Sébastien Andres
Sound
Eliott Puttemans
Score
Augustin Izoard
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To Pick a Flower

To Pick a Flower
Shireen Seno
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2021
Documentary Film
Philippines
2021
17 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

Trees and other plants during the period of American colonial rule in the Philippines, photographed from the perspective of those in power. The images not only document the rich flora, they categorize and classify the resources of the colony. The forest becomes inventory. From potted plants to sawmills, from logging to reforestation: In her essay Shireen Seno takes us to the essence of photography itself – and to its relationship with colonialism. Because both are trying to pick something.

Marie Kloos

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Shireen Seno
Script
Shireen Seno
Editor
Shireen Seno
Producer
Shireen Seno, John Torres
Sound
Shireen Seno
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We Have One Heart

We Have One Heart
Katarzyna Warzecha
Competition for the Audience Award Short Film 2020
Animated Film
Poland
2020
11 minutes
English,
Polish
Subtitles: 
English

The letters Halina receives from Farouk in the late 1970s are as haunting as they are hopeful. They have a long journey between them: from Iraq to Poland. But at some point the contact breaks off, and the reasons remain a secret. Their son Adam manages to build a bridge. And the latter’s son, Ignacy, tells the story from his perspective. It’s a delicate visual treatment behind which complicated fates are hidden.

Carolin Weidner

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Katarzyna Warzecha
Script
Katarzyna Warzecha
Cinematographer
Grzegorz Hartfiel
Editor
Piotr Kremky
Producer
Ewa Jastrzebska
Co-Producer
Stanisław Zaborowski, Barbara Igielska
Sound
Jakub Jerszyński
Score
Adam Witkowski
Animation
Yellow Tapir Studio
World Sales
Katarzyna Wilk