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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 des Leipziger Hauptbahnhofs sitzen Menschen in Sitzreihen und schauen auf eine große Leinwand, die von der Decke hängt. Auf der Leinwand ein Baum in einer kargen Landschaft.
Film screening at Leipzig’s main station 2023
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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.

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Cinema Releases

These DOK Leipzig films are soon screening in theaters in Germany.
Ein Paar in traditioneller Tracht küsst sich umringt von anderen Paaren auf einer Tanzfläche.
We Call Her Hanka
18/4/2024

Directed by: Grit Lemke

Sorbian life in Lusatia, today. Encounters with a population who are reclaiming their identity, language and culture out of the local museums into present-day Federal Germany.

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Ein Rettungsschiff mit vielen Personen in roten Rettungswesten an Deck im Meer. Im Hintergrund drei kleinere Boote.
One Hundred Four
23/5/2024

The rescue of 104 castaways in the Mediterranean, person by person, step by step, in a real time documentary. Help against the clock – and the organised ignorance of the authorities.

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Eine leere Straße führt zwischen zwei Gewässern hindurch. Das Wasser links ist bläulich, das Wasser rechts der Straße rot-braun.
The Gate
25/7/2024

Directed by: Jasmin Herold and Michael David Beamish

How does the omnipresence of war affect life? The film looks for answers in the “American Way” of everyday life in the vast deserts of Utah, where the U.S. Army are testing new weapons systems.

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