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Join talks organised by our partners: AG DOK discusses audience development; DPA presents the Ethics Resource Library; AG Festivalarbeit discusses labour conditions at festivals; ASIFA Germany reflects on the use of AI in animation; WIFT sheds a light on FLINTA* perspectives.
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AG DOK

Dokumentarfilm meets Filmvermittlung – We Have a Match!

Filmvermittlung als Form des nachhaltigen Audience-Developments

Künstlerische Dokumentarfilme begeistern bei Festivals regelmäßig ein großes Publikum. Doch beim nächsten Auswertungsschritt wird es oft kompliziert – nicht immer gelingt der große Kinostart. Gerade Dokumentarfilmen bietet der Einsatz in Bildungszusammenhängen die Möglichkeit, mit Schulvorstellungen oder Community-Screenings ein dankbares und zahlreiches Publikum zu finden. Das gilt besonders dann, wenn die Filme ihren künstlerischen Ausdruck nicht zugunsten von Formatvorgaben einschränken, sondern sich erzählerische Freiheiten nehmen und Sehgewohnheiten hinterfragen und weiterentwickeln. Filmvermittlung kann genau hier ansetzen: die Wirkung filmischer Mittel untersuchen und dennoch mit Inhalten in schulischen und außerschulischen Kontexten anschlussfähig sein.

Wie finden Dokumentarfilme ihren Weg in Bildungszusammenhänge? Wie unterscheidet sich die Vermittlung von dokumentarischen und fiktionalen Filmen? Welche Chancen bietet die Filmvermittlung langfristig für Dokumentarfilme?

 

Language
German

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Öffentlich

Konzept und Moderation

Luc-Carolin Ziemann (sie/ihr)
Filmvermittlerin, Kuratorin, Dramaturgin

Podiumsgäst*innen

Leopold Grün (er/ihm)
Leitung Vision Kino, Dokumentarfilmregisseur

Susanne Kim (sie/ihr)
Dokumentarfilmregisseurin

Stefan Kloos (er/ihm)
Verleiher und Produzent

Martin Ostermann (er/ihm)
Leitung Katholisches Filmwerk

 

AG DOK – Dokumentarfilm meets Filmvermittlung

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Documentary Producers Alliance

Good Doc, Bad Doc? Introducing the Ethics Resource Library

Where can documentary filmmakers turn for guidance when they face ethical dilemmas on their projects? In the summer of 2025, the Documentary Producers Alliance launched the Ethics Resource Library, a free and practical tool to support ethical decision-making at all stages of production. In this frank, judgment-free conversation, DOK Leipzig 2025 filmmakers share how they’ve navigated real-life challenges in their own work as we explore the relevant resources available in the Library.

Co-hosted by The Documentary Producers Alliance

 

Language

English

Access
Accredited guests welcome

Moderation

Samuel Döring (they/he)
Filmmaker, Germany

 

Panellists

Zaradasht Ahmed (he/him)
Documentary Filmmaker, Indie Film as, Norway

Laura Coppens (she/her)
Director/producer/lecturer in visual anthropology, Srikandi Films/University of Bern, Germany/Switzerland

Documentary Producers Alliance – Good Doc, Bad Doc?

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AG Festivalarbeit

Labour Conditions for Festival Workers: Roundtable & Fair Festival Award Launch

Join us for the launch of the 4th Fair Festival Award survey, taking the pulse of film festival workers in Germany and celebrating festivals that champion fairer labour conditions. In a roundtable discussion, festival workers and directors will share best practices and explore how to make festival work more sustainable for festivals and their increasingly international teams.

Since 2016, AG Festivalarbeit in ver.di, the Workgroup Festival Labour within ver.di, has been working to promote fair labour conditions for film festival workers in Germany. Since 2021, we use anonymous surveys of film festival workers to award the Fair Festival Award to a festival that demonstrates good practice – to raise awareness for the challenges festival workers as well as festivals are facing.

Language
English

Access
Accredited guests welcome

Moderator

Andrea Kuhn (she/her)
Festival Director, Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival

Panellists

Svenja Böttger (she/her)
Managing & Artistic Director, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis

Michelle Carey (she/her)
Selection Committee, International Film Festival Rotterdam

Susana Fernandez (she/her)
Film Industry Programmer, Freelance

Afsun Moshiry (she/her) 
Cultural Practitioner, Berlinale Forum & Interforum Script Pitch

AG Festivalarbeit – Labour Conditions for Festival Workers

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AG Animationsfilm

AI in Animation: Curse, Blessing, or Both

In times of short videos on streaming platforms, we are flooded with animations – often quickly produced and of questionable quality. Therefore, the industry faces a central question: Where is the medium of animation heading? The AI technological shift is changing not only production processes but also the viewing habits of audiences.

The panel invites a constructive discussion on exploring how creative, personal voices and styles can stand out and prevail in the oversupply of purely AI-generated content. And how can we counter the impoverishment of visual language driven by AI and budget cuts – especially in animation for children and young adults? What opportunities exist for alliances in artistic animation to gain visibility? And does the current trend toward “adult animation” open up new possibilities for more complex and bolder content?

Language
English

Access
Accredited guests welcome

The recording of the event will be available on this page the day after.

Moderator

Maurice van Brast (he/him)
Independent producer and writer, Germany

Panellists

Rèka Bucsi (she/her)
Animation Filmmaker, Hungary

Alexa Steinbrück (she/her)
Software Developer and Artist, Superstruktur
Germany

Tristan Schulze (he/him)
Professor for Design Practices with Artificial Intelligence, School of Design, Mainz University of Applied Sciences
Germany

AG Animationsfilm – AI in Animation: Curse, Blessing, or Both

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WIFT

FLINTA* Perspectives in Documentary

In collaboration with WIFT Germany, DOK Leipzig invites you to a networking event that centers around FLINTA* (women, lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans, agender) creatives in the documentary industry. International FLINTA* keynote speakers share their perspectives as feminist, and intersectional storytellers, while the event creates a room for exchange, where inspiration, dialogue, and collaboration feed off each other across countries.

Language
English

Access
Accredited guests welcome

Panellists

Karoline Rößler (she/her)
Filmmaker, Director of "Intersection - It's political", Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, Germany

Lucia Cavalchini (she/her)
Producer, deputy director at Ambulante Documentary Film Tour, Fedora Productions, Mexico 

WIFT – FLINTA* Perspectives in Documentary

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DOK Industry is realised with the support of Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union, the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media upon a Decision of the German Bundestag.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the MEDIA sub-programme of Creative Europe. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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