International Leipzig Festival For Documentary and Animated Film
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DOK Leipzig // Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationasfilm
60th edition
Oct 30 - Nov 05, 2020
Estimated
Leipzig, Germany
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Hybrids
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description
DOK Leipzig is one of the leading international festivals for artistic documentary and animated films.
From now on documentaries, animated films and animated documentaries of all len…gths as well as interactive works can be submitted. We are looking for strong artistic handwriting, intriguing points of view and works that bring their genres to the next level.
Your submitted film could be nominated for one of our six prestigious competitions and several special awards with a total prize money of up to 75,000 euros. Additionally, DOK Leipzig is a qualifying festival for both, the ACADEMY AWARDS© and the European Film Awards.
Too good to miss:
All films submitted until 05/05/2017 will receive a binding feedback on their selection status by end of June. It’s worth to submit as early as possible! The final entry deadline for films and for interactive works is 07/07/2017.
Eligible films for submission are from 2016 and 2017 and have not been screened publicly before 01/10/2016. Premieres might get priority.
History:
It was founded in 1955 by the 'club of film-makers of the German Democratic Republic' (Club der Filmschaffenden der DDR) under the title "All-German Leipzig Week for Cultural and Documentary Film", as the first independent film festival of the GDR.
During the Cold War, the festival was a unique place of encounter and exchange for film-makers from East and West. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Leipzig Festival has developed into one of the most dynamic festivals for documentary and animated film, providing a high-quality programme and – since 2004 – additional industry offers.
Artistic animated film is an integral part of the festival for decades and is represented with its own, independent competition since 1995. This 'twin-track character' makes Leipzig unique in the festival landscape.
Traditionally, the Leipzig Festival stands for films advocating peace and human dignity. In view of its varied and exciting history, it celebrates freedom of mind and speech, as well as pointedly illustrated images. High-quality art house cinema, superbly narrated stories, a critical eye, subtle observation, tracing back history and scrutinizing the "memory of images" shape the Leipzig Festival's character and diversity.
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Festival website http://www.dok-leipzig.de
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Celebrating 55 editions, Dok Leipzig is a massively industry connected festival. Although very German focussed, I have seen the festival work harder and harder every year to achieve an international presence and relevance. Unfortunately I only attended one day and night of the festival this year but I will make sure I attend the entire week in 2013 to achieve a deeper understanding of its emerging influence.
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
DOK Leipzig // Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationasfilm
60th edition
Oct 30 - Nov 05, 2020
Estimated
Leipzig, Germany
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Animation, Documentary, Hybrids
Film length Full length, Mid-length, Short
Mission / description
DOK Leipzig is one of the leading international festivals for artistic documentary and animated films.
From now on documentaries, animated films and animated documentaries of all len…gths as well as interactive works can be submitted. We are looking for strong artistic handwriting, intriguing points of view and works that bring their genres to the next level.
Your submitted film could be nominated for one of our six prestigious competitions and several special awards with a total prize money of up to 75,000 euros. Additionally, DOK Leipzig is a qualifying festival for both, the ACADEMY AWARDS© and the European Film Awards.
Too good to miss:
All films submitted until 05/05/2017 will receive a binding feedback on their selection status by end of June. It’s worth to submit as early as possible! The final entry deadline for films and for interactive works is 07/07/2017.
Eligible films for submission are from 2016 and 2017 and have not been screened publicly before 01/10/2016. Premieres might get priority.
History:
It was founded in 1955 by the 'club of film-makers of the German Democratic Republic' (Club der Filmschaffenden der DDR) under the title "All-German Leipzig Week for Cultural and Documentary Film", as the first independent film festival of the GDR.
During the Cold War, the festival was a unique place of encounter and exchange for film-makers from East and West. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Leipzig Festival has developed into one of the most dynamic festivals for documentary and animated film, providing a high-quality programme and – since 2004 – additional industry offers.
Artistic animated film is an integral part of the festival for decades and is represented with its own, independent competition since 1995. This 'twin-track character' makes Leipzig unique in the festival landscape.
Traditionally, the Leipzig Festival stands for films advocating peace and human dignity. In view of its varied and exciting history, it celebrates freedom of mind and speech, as well as pointedly illustrated images. High-quality art house cinema, superbly narrated stories, a critical eye, subtle observation, tracing back history and scrutinizing the "memory of images" shape the Leipzig Festival's character and diversity.
full text
Festival website http://www.dok-leipzig.de
Rating Summary
One-on-One
Celebrating 55 editions, Dok Leipzig is a massively industry connected festival. Although very German focussed, I have seen the festival work harder and harder every year to achieve an international presence and relevance. Unfortunately I only attended one day and night of the festival this year but I will make sure I attend the entire week in 2013 to achieve a deeper understanding of its emerging influence.