Am 1. November wurden in einer Hybridveranstaltung die Goldenen und Silbernen Tauben bei DOK Leipzig verliehen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch an alle Preisträger*innen!

Moderation: Julia Weigl und Christoph Terhechte

Am 1. November wurden im Rahmen einer Online-Präsentation die Partnerpreise bei DOK Leipzig verliehen. Wir gratulieren allen Gewinner*innen!

Vom existenziellen Notstand zur privilegierten Entschleunigung. COVID 19 hat gesellschaftliche Probleme freigelegt. Ob Film oder Virtual Reality, die Blicke nach Innen und Außen, auf Zustände und Befindlichkeiten sind geschärfter denn je.

Wir unterhalten uns mit den Filmemacher*innen, deren Filme sich in diesem Jahr bei DOK Leipzig aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven ausgehend von eigenen Familiengeschichten globalen Themen annähern. 

Im Dialog mit Annik Leroy und anhand von Werkbeispielen wird Radikalität besprochen. Sie ist subjektiv, unversöhnlich und minimal invasiv, so die These. Doch was sagt Annik Leroy?

Im Dokumentarfilm begegnen uns häufig abgeschiedene Orte, Bauernhöfe oder Menschen in Wohnungen. Was es selten zu sehen gibt, ist Sex. Wir fragen uns, warum das so ist, welche Kraft im Erzählen von Explizitem steckt und wo Hindernisse lauern.

Kaum ist das Festival eröffnet, gibt es schon eine Preisträgerin: Wir verleihen den Preis der Kunstministerin für das beste Dokumentarfilmprojekt einer Regisseurin.

Moderation: Knut Elstermann
Im Gespräch mit: Christoph Terhechte und Brigid O’Shea

Host: Amalia Córdova (Latinx Digital Curator for New + Emerging Media, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution)
Guests: David Hernández Palmar (CLACPI, The Wayaakua Indigenous Audiovisual Foundation of Venezuela),
Loreto Bustos Hernando (FicWallmapu), Fanny Huc (IFF Panamá)
Curated by: Themba Bhebhe

Language: English
Duration: 93 min

This conversation explores the many ways in which alliances, solidarities and joint platforms are being formed in Latin America between Indigenous-led film organizations and those led by Afro-descended peoples

Host: Claire Diao (Sudu Connextion, AWOTELE)
Guests: Euzhan Palcy, Alice Diop
Curated by: Themba Bhebhe

Language: French
Duration: 68 min

From the Oscars to the Césars, the needle of French cinema has been brought forward by a series of public debates on gender parity, inclusion and the representation of Black and other marginalised groups onscreen.

Host: Shakira Refos (California Film Institute)
Guests: Celeste Truffaut Wong (Mill Valley Film Festival), Nathan Murthy
Curated by: Lucy Mukerjee (POC² Programmers of Colour Collective)

Language: English
Duration: 77 min

Let’s start by having an honest conversation about whiteness and the role arts administrators play on the self-perception of Black kids through the media culture we curate.

Host: Chioma Onyenwe (AFRIFF)
Guest: Theresa Hill (AfriDocs)
Curated by: Lucy Mukerjee (POC² Programmers of Colour Collective)

Language: English
Duration: 67 min

In this podcast episode, Chioma Onyenwe and Theresa Hill tell us about some of their favourite African documentaries made by African filmmakers.

Host: Abby Sun (The DocYard)
Guests: Mahen Bonetti (New York African Film Festival), Rosine Mbakam (Tândor Productions)
Curated by: Lucy Mukerjee (POC² Programmers of Colour Collective)

Language: English
Duration: 62 min

Reflecting on current calls to decolonise documentary film practices and to expand filmic canons, filmmaker Rosine Mbakam and festival founder and director Mahen Bonetti (New York African Film Festival) discuss the particulars of community-oriented production and exhibition practices with independent programmer Abby Sun.

Guests: Lindsay Poulton (The Guardian), Sara Khaki and Mohammad Reza Eyni (Gandom Films Production)
Curated by: Ulrike Schmidt (DOK Leipzig)

Language: English
Duration: 49 min

Head of Documentaries Lindsay Poulton at The Guardian speaks with Mohammad Reza Eyni and Sarah Khaki about their experience working together on their short documentary about their experience in quarantine from their home in Teheran.

Host: Toni Bell (What’s Up With Doc Podcast)
Guests: Jessica Devaney (Multitude Films), Geeta Gandbhir (G2P2 Films)
Curated by: Toni Bell, Ranell Shubert (What’s Up With Docs Podcast)

Language: English
Duration: 91 min

Toni Bell speaks with Jessica Devaney and Geeta Gandbhir about the colonial roots of the documentary craft, the harmful and sometimes violent ways these practices and points of view are still upheld within the industry by filmmakers, funders and other so called gate keepers and what needs to be done to make the change.

Host: Toni Bell (What’s Up With Doc Podcast)
Guests: Quentin VerCetty (VerCetty Made It Studios)
Curated by: Toni Bell, Ranell Shubert (What’s Up With Docs Podcast)

Language: English
Duration: 94 min

Toni Bell speaks with Quentin VerCetty, one of the founding members of the Black Speculative Arts Movement. The term Afrofuturism adresses themes and concerns of the African diaspora through techno-culture and science fiction, envisioning Black futures that come from Afro diasporic experiences. Quentin explains his understanding and vision of Afrofuturism which includes to look into our past, to conquer the challenges of the present, so we can create an egalitarian future.

Host: Martine Joelle McDonald (Practice Wonder)
Guests: Jheanelle Brown (Los Angeles Filmforum), Maria-Christina Villasénor (New York Int'l Children's Film Festival)
Curated by: Lucy Mukerjee (POC² Programmers of Colour Collective)

Language: English
Duration: 77 min

How are BIPOC filmmakers uniquely dedicated to the practice of mapping joy and liberation? This conversation will focus on the films that exist as living maps, emotional, spiritual, or geographic, invitations to locate our own quest to develop belonging and resilience in relationship to each other as an act of infinite heart.