The first episode of our new podcast season is out! Further five episodes will be monthly leading up to the festival in October. As in our previous seasons, we will continue exploring burning issues in the film industry with a special focus on power structures and lack of representation as well as offering pathways into films, criticism and works of creators and writers from marginalized groups.

“Our podcasts are a source of inspiration and education to envision a more diverse film industry,” explains Nadja Tennstedt, head of DOK Industry. “We believe in the power of a broad range of experiences, aesthetics, storytelling and perspectives.”

Season 4 will include a profile of the Re-Present Media initiative, which works to promote personal stories by filmmakers from groups that are underrepresented in documentary and non-fiction media. Other episodes will discuss the current working conditions of filmmakers from Hong Kong, reflect on the role of documentaries in the critical discussion of the decolonisation of museums, and explore documentary animated film.

The DOK Industry podcasts are produced in collaboration with the Programmers of Colour Collective (POC2) and the creators of the “What’s Up with Docs” podcast, Toni Bell and Ranell Shubert. The podcast Docs-in-Orbit is on board as a supporter. Among this year’s curators are Lucy Mukerjee, Karen Cheung, Aisha Jamal and Maria-Christina Villaseñor from POC2, Toni Bell and XR Creator Weronika Lewandowska.

In the first episode “The Ghost of Time”, filmmakers Sameer Farooq and Marley McDonald join host Aisha Jamal to reflect on the specific role that documentary films can play in the decolonisation of museums. Read more and tune in here