The drawing shows bluish ghosts with dachshund heads floating in a circle around a person lying on the ground. The person is huddled and looks sad. The background is black. On the sides there is a bed and a window with night sky.

Cinema for kids and their accomplices

Phantom dachshunds, „Planet B“ and the daughter of a Shaolin master – our Kids DOK programmes this year show documentary and animated films for kids and teenagers told from young people’s point of view, stories that are on their level and tales from worlds unfamiliar to them.

Five programmes for five age groups

The youngest filmfans aged 4 and up can marvel at sea creatures fending off a ravenous seagull, the tumultuous journey of a giant crate and life on a farm in Senegal.

For the 6+ age group, there is a programme of animated films about arriving, saying goodbye and belonging, as well as a documentary about fighting spirit and perseverance.

Eight- to eleven-year-olds can expect four stories in which their peers encounter things in their everyday lives that move them, challenge them, and prompt them to reconsider: a career wish is abandoned, a dream is adapted to the circumstances, an unplanned adventure is surmounted.

The programme for ages 12+ tells of female skateboarders who face a ban in their city, of girls in boot camps and of others who are on a mission to bring fledging puffins back to a cliff so that they can learn to fly.

For everyone over 14, there is a film about enthusiastic clima activists against climate change and an upbeat animated film about the most beautiful aspects of solitude.

Tickets for Kids DOK will be available from 21 September. Daycare groups can already register with us. Read more hot to sign up with your group here.

DOK Education: Inspiring offers for teachers and schoolchildren

DOK Education gives schoolchildren and teachers the opportunity to become familiar with documentary and animated film as a form of cinematic expression.

The DOK Spotters workshop is aimed at young people between the ages of 14 and 20 who are interested in film journalism. At this year‘s Teachers Day, a full-day workshop for teachers the focus is on “Sick Girls” by Gitti Grüter. This striking festival film, which is having its world premiere at DOK Leipzig, is a very personal reflection on dealing with ADHD. DOK Leipzig is also organising a school screening of “Sick Girls” in late November.

Registration for both – DOK Spotters and Teachers Day – is now open!

More on DOK Education on our German website