How do people who alternate between teaching and practice achieve the balance between their own projects and educating? Is it possible to make your own films while teaching others the first steps? And what inspiration does teaching offer for one’s own practice? A talk about teaching and learning and the associated synergies.

Moderator: Luc-Carolin Ziemann

Guests:
Thomas Riedelsheimer (director "Tracing Light")
Sabine Herpich (director "Barbara Morgenstern – Doing It For Love")
Katrin Springer (producer "wo/men")
Heidi Gronauer (head of film school ZeLIG (Bozen) and project lead at ESoDoc – European Social Documentary)

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How is the concept of the political understood in current documentary film art, when the subject and aesthetics of the film are not readily recognisable as political positions? In order to sharpen our eyes to what lies hidden behind the images, we will discuss their aesthetic methods and approaches with guests of DOK Leipzig 2024.

Moderator: Borjana Gaković

Guests:
Paula Ďurinová (director "Lapilli")
Francesca Scalisi (director "Valentina and the MUOsters")
Léonard Pongo (director "Tales from the Source")

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People collect moving images. We capture certain events and store them in places of preservation. Treasures lie dormant in these archives, waiting to be discovered and transformed. What exciting possibilities does archive material offer as source material or component of animation films?

Moderator: Franka Sachse

Guests:
Max Ferguson (director "You Are the Truck and I Am the Deer")
Joery Santos Gomez (animator "Olivia & the Clouds")
Mélody Boulissière & Bogdan Stamatin (directors "Simply Divine")

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