The 61st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film from October 29 to November 4, 2018 presents a grand total of 306 great films from 50 different countries in different sections. A full 50% of the films in the Official Selection with 160 films come from female directors.
All AWARD WINNERS 2018 here.

 

Werner Herzog is without a doubt among the most influential German filmmakers in the history of cinema. Over the course of his career as a director, he has made more than 60 documentary and feature films. At DOK Leipzig, he is not only presenting his new film MEETING GORBACHEV as the opening film – his documentary work is also the focus of a Homage bearing the title 'Estatic Truths'.

 

 

 

 

LineUp of german documentary productions and Co-productions, nomination and awards.

GERMAN COMPETITION | DEUTSCHER WETTBEWERB
with a total number of nine german documentaries.

  • BREATHING LIFE INTO STONE | DER STEIN ZUM LEBEN by Katinka Zeuner
    is the winner of The ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness as well as The Honorary Mention (Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize)
  • THE COMMUNIST | DER FUNKTIONAER by Andreas Goldstein
  • A DONKEY CALLED GERONIMO | DER ESEL HIESS GERONIMO by Arjun Talwar, Bigna Tomschin
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • IN SEARCH... by Beryl Magoko
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize, the Film Prize Leipziger Ring and the Young Eyes Film Award
  • LE CIEL, LA TERRE ET L'HOMME by Caroline Reucker
  • LORD OF THE TOYS by Pablo Ben Yakov
    Winner of The Golden Dove in the German Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film
  • NIGHTWANDERER | NACHTWANDERER by Benjamin Rost
  • THE SECOND ATTACK by Mala Reinhardt
    Honorary Mention - ver.di Prize for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness.
  • THE SYMPHONY OF UNCERTAINTY | DIE SINFONIE DER UNGEWISSHEIT by Claudia Lehmann
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize

 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME
with German documentary productions and co-productions 

  • (M)OTHER by Antonia Hungerland
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • ALL CREATURES WELCOME by Sandra Trostel
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • CHRIS THE SWISS by Anja Kofmel
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize and the MDR Film Prize
  • DREAMAWAY by Marouan Omara, Johanna Domke (Egypt, Germany)
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • EXIT by Karen Winther
    Winner of Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize, and the Young Eyes Film Award as well as Gedanken-Aufschluss [mindopener] to one of the films nominated for DOK Im Knast.
  • IN THE CLAWS OF A CENTURY WANTING by Jewel Maranan, P: Sutor Kolonko
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS by Gabrielle Brady
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • LIVING THE LIGHT - ROBBY MüLLER by Claire Pijman
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • MEETING GORBACHEV by Werner Herzog, André Singer
    The opening documentary of the festival is the international - UK, USA, Germany - co-production.
  • PALACE FOR THE PEOPLE by Boris Missirkov, Georgi Bogdanov, P: Filmtank GmbH
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize and the MDR Film Prize
  • THE PRICE OF PARADISE / Was kostet die Welt by Bettina Borgfeld, P: Filmtank GmbH
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize and the Film Prize Leipziger Ring
  • SPREELAND FONTANE by Bernhard Sallmann
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • UNA PRIMAVERA by Valentina Primavera
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • THE WAIT | DIE FRIST by Karin Becker, P: HFF Munich
    Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize
  • THE WAR ON MY PHONE by Elke Sasse, P: Berlin Producers
     Nominated for the Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize

 

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME SHORT FILM
with German documentary productions and co-productions

 

GERMAN COMPETITION SHORT
with German documentary productions and co-productions

  • BACKYARD by Khaled Abdulwahed, P: pong film GmbH
  • DOPPELGÄNGER by Michaela Taschek
  • MAN ON BLUE | MANN AUF BLAU by Friedrich Tiedtke
  • MARINA by Julia Roesler, P: Werkgruppe2
    Winner of the Golden Dove for the best German short documentary and animated film as well as Healthy Workplaces Film Award.
  • A MYTHOLOGY OF PLEASURE by Lara Rodríguez Cruz
  • NO END by Jakob Krese, Germanny, Slovenia
  • ORO BLANCO by Gisela Carbajal Rodríguez
    Nominated for the Healthy Workplaces Film Award
  • SORGE 87 by Thanh Nguyen Phuong

 

NEXT MASTERS COMPETITION
with the German/USA documentary co-production

  • STRESS by Florian Baron
    Winner of the DEFA Sponsoring Prize – for an outstanding long German documentary film

 

LATE HARVEST
with German documentary co-productions

 

Kids DOK



 

The DOK Co-Pro Market returns for its 14th edition in 2018. 35 projects from 30 countries will participate in 900+ individual meetings over 2 days. Each meeting, carefully curated, should open doors to new possibilities, creative partnerships, and inspiration.

DOKindustry continues the partnerships with EWA – the European Women’s Audiovisual Network – awarding once again the development prize for the best female-driven documentary, and the talent-development prize, courtesy of the Zonta Club Leipzig-Elster.
The Current Time TV and DOK Co-Pro Development Prize is endowed with prize money in the amount of 2,000 US dollars.
And there is a new prize at the DOK Co-ProMarket!
DOK Leipzig and the Russian-language network Current Time are teaming up to present a new award together. The prize, honouring an outstanding documentary film project from Central or Eastern Europe, will be awarded during the 14th edition of the DOK Co-Pro Market, which is to take place at the beginning of the festival on 29th and 30th October.
DOK Leipzig and EWA Development Prize of the DOK Co-Pro Market goes to the Lebanon/German co-production WE ARE INSIDE by Farah Kassem
EWA – the European Women’s Audiovisual Network has awarded the EWA Development Prize for the best female-driven documentary project for the third year in a row. The prize comprising financial support as well as assistance to further develop the project for one year, goes to We Are Inside by Farah Kassem. Once again, Saxon State Minister for Science and the Arts Dr. Eva-Maria Stange is the patron of the prize.

Last but not least we recommend the event of the German Documentary Association

AG DOK Talk • Zeitgeschichtliches Forum • Tuesday Oct 30, 2018 • 16:00

FRAUEN.DOK.FILM.REGIE.
was sich dringend ändern muss
[what needs to be changed]
On average, 70 percent of cinema films in Germany are financed by public funds, while many German television films are paid for almost entirely by radio contributions from ARD and ZDF. But although men and women pay equal taxes and radio contributions, it is mainly men who benefit from the awarding of contracts. Several studies in recent years have shown that in the fiction sector, both in cinema and on television, the majority of directorial commissions go to men. But what about the documentary sector?

Vera Linß based Berlin journalist will host the dicussion with:
• Leena Pasanen, CEO DOK Leipzig
• Prof. Dr. Karola Wille, CEO MDR/ARD
• Christine Berg, CEO FFA, Berlin
• Prof. Claudia von Alemann, director, Cologne
• Daniel Sponsel, CEO DOK.fest Munich
• Britta Wauer, producer & director, Berlin
• Barbara Teufel, director, Pro Quote Film
• Antonia Hungerland, director
• Esther Niemeier, director



The DOK Industry Programme is online for download here.