All year round

All year round

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From audience favourites and insider tips to documentaries and animated films for children and adults alike, a number of DOK Leipzig films can be seen outside the festival all year round. We will keep you up to date on films that are running in cinemas or available from the comfort of home.
In der Osthalle vom Hauptbahnhof ist eine Kinoleinwand aufgebaut, viele Menschen sitzen auf Stühlen und schauen einen Trailer, in dem eine animiert Taube zu ihrem Nest voller Eier und Gewichten fliegt.
Film screening at Leipzig’s main station 2024
© Lukas Diller
DOK Days

Join us at our monthly cinema date in Leipzig! We are looking forward to sharing cinema evenings with you outside of our festival week. At the DOK Days, we show festival highlights and audience favorites in selected cinemas in Leipzig and the region. As soon as our next DOK Day is set, you’ll know all about it in this space.

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Cinema Releases

These DOK Leipzig films are soon screening in theaters in Germany.
Eine alte Frau mit weißen Haaren und rotem Lippenstift in einem bauschigen blauen Kleid wirft goldenes Konfetti über sich
Vika!
Starting in the cinemas: 16/1/2025

Directed by: Agnieszka Zwiefka

DJ Vika is 84 and a star of Warsaw’s nightclubs. She refuses to grow old and sit at home. Instead, she wants to celebrate life, enjoy herself and music.

Still from Tracing Light
Tracing Light
Starting in the cinemas: 16/1/2025

Directed by: Thomas Riedelsheimer

Without light, there would be no cinema – and no life. Searching for the origin of images, this film delves into two worlds that explore the magic of light: physics and art.

Still from Sisterqueens
Sisterqueens
Starting in the cinemas: 6/3/2025

Directed by: Clara Stella Hüneke

Jamila, Rachel and Faseeha – aged 9, 11 and 12 – belong to the Sisterqueens rap crew. In their rhymes, the friends raise poignant questions about self-determination and identity.

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Don’t miss a thing: We will keep film fans plugged-in to which films are appearing on TV and in online media libraries via Instagram and Facebook. You can also sign up to our monthly Newsletter to get all the festival news.

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