DOK Leipzig: Internationales Leipziger Festival für Dokumentar- und Animationsfilm
DOK Leipzig: International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film
Founded in 1955, DOK Leipzig is the biggest German and one of the leading international festivals for documentary and animated films. DOK Leipzig presents up to 400 films from 50 countries. The Festivals comprises of four competitive programmes, a broad international programme, an annual retrospective, several special programmes and hommages and master-classes with famous film-makers. The awards donated at DOK Leipzig amount to 58,500 Euro.
51st edition
2008 | 27 October - 2 November
Best Animated Film - Jury Award
16
Audience Award
7
Berni's Doll
France | 2007 | 12:00
Director: Yann J
Berni, minor employee of a factory, makes up for his loneliness by buying a woman in kit form from the Third World.
9
Camera Obscura
France | 2007 | 7:00
Directors: Thierry Onillon, Jean-Michel Drechsler, Matthieu Buchalski
There he was, that blind man. We put a helmet on his head to see what was inside. It was dark, but not empty.
7
Chainsaw
Australia | Nov 2007 | 24:10
Director: Dennis Tupicoff
Frank and Ava Gardner live out in the country, amongst the kookaburras and the cattle. Their jobs are menial, but they are true romantics at heart. Mo...
12
Hezurbeltzak, una Fosa Comun
Hezurbeltzak, a Common Grave
Spain | 2007
Director: Iziben Onederra
The Basque word Hezurbeltzak does not appear in any
dictionary – its literal translation is “black bones”. It
describes those who exist on the edge ...
dictionary – its literal translation is “black bones”. It
describes those who exist on the edge ...
5
The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl
United States | Jan 2008 | 5:07
Director: Mike Roush
A Burrowing Owl is in love.
4
Hot Dog
United States | Feb 2008 | 5:50
Director: Bill Plympton
This is the third film in the DOG series. In this episode our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affec...
3
Jiro a Miu
Jiro and Miu
Czech Republic | Sep 2007 | 7:51
Director: Jun Nito
Film tells a story of two friends, girl Miu and boy Jiro, which by his crazy ideas sometimes makes life harder for both of them. This time he decide a...
KJFG No. 5
Hungary | 2007 | 2:00
Director: Alexey Alekseev
Three “professional” musicians, the Bear, the Rabbit and the Wolf, are practicing their art in the forest, but suddenly the hunter turns up on the sce...
7
Le Jour de Gloire...
The Day of Glory...
France | 2007
Director: M Bruno Collet
The night before the offensive, a soldier hides in the bottom of an underground. Outside, the war shakes the ground and the man prepares himself with ...
4
Oktapodi
France | 2007 | 2:29
Directors: Emud Mokhberi, Quentin Marmier, Thierry Marchand, Olivier Delabarre, François Xavier Chanioux, Julien Bocabeille
Two octopuses help each other in their comical escape from the grasp of a stubborn restaurant cook. However, even after overcoming insurmountable odds...
5
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The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl
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Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action
Animation Documentary
Experimental Music videoCompetition and rewards
International competition No cash awards No screening fees
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