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greeting<br />
Dok leipzig<br />
The production process of a film is long and challenging<br />
for everybody involved. Film makers and producers<br />
struggle for developing, financing and realising their<br />
vision whilst financiers and supporters take risks and have<br />
to trust one another until the very end. To bring<br />
the film to its audience, to find international distribution<br />
and recognition is also<br />
Welcome to the<br />
demanding. Even though<br />
the huge world-wide<br />
55th International <strong>Leipzig</strong><br />
film and TV market might<br />
Festival for Documentary<br />
seem anonymous, people<br />
are standing behind<br />
and Animated Film<br />
it who are interested in<br />
and to our <strong>DOK</strong> Market!<br />
meeting the team behind<br />
the films and hearing<br />
a film’s heartbeat. To get to know each other is a key tool to<br />
enter the Film Industry and succeed. To be here at<br />
<strong>DOK</strong> <strong>Leipzig</strong> is a marketing tool which film professionals<br />
should capitalize on and enjoy.<br />
The <strong>DOK</strong> Market team is glad to welcome you to its 8th<br />
edition. We showcase all documentary and animated<br />
films from the official festival programme plus 175<br />
further brand new documentaries recommended by the<br />
selection committee or our partner organisations.<br />
We are happy to continue our partnership with Switzerland<br />
(Vision du réel and Swiss Films), Czech Republic<br />
(East Silver and Institute of Documentary Film), Chile<br />
(Chile Doc) and Poland (Krakow Film Foundation).<br />
This year we entered into new partnerships with Greece<br />
(StoryDoc) and Canada (Hot Docs). Moreover we are<br />
proud to present the first results of our new training<br />
initiative, <strong>DOK</strong>.Incubator, which supports documentaries<br />
in post-production.<br />
All presented films have been produced within the last<br />
year 2011 – 2012 and they reflect the philosophy of<br />
<strong>DOK</strong> <strong>Leipzig</strong>: They have a unique access to their subject,<br />
they prove the critical point of view of the director and<br />
they stand out for their aesthetic quality. The <strong>DOK</strong> Market<br />
is the place to discover new creative documentaries with<br />
international appeal. Here you have the opportunity<br />
to quickly get an overview of the festival’s programme<br />
and the current developments in documentary and<br />
animated film making – whenever your schedule in <strong>Leipzig</strong><br />
allows you to watch films. Our digital library is open for<br />
accredited guests with a Market badge during the<br />
whole week of the festival. Decision makers are welcome<br />
to book one of the 30 viewing booths in advance.<br />
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greeting<br />
Dok leipzig<br />
Four of the most outstanding and recent German<br />
documentary productions have been selected for an<br />
exclusive screening on the big screen: The <strong>Leipzig</strong> Screenings<br />
for International Buyers and Distributors take place on<br />
Monday.<br />
Since <strong>DOK</strong> <strong>Leipzig</strong> is a partner of the online distribution<br />
platform www.dafilms.com many of the best films of<br />
the festival programme will be available to all web users<br />
and documentary lovers after they have completed the<br />
festival circuit.<br />
The <strong>DOK</strong> Market in <strong>Leipzig</strong> is meant to be a personal<br />
networking place in a friendly atmosphere where you go to<br />
meet and discover films, talents, old and new partners<br />
and, of course, friends. Our aim is to help producers pro-<br />
moting their films to national and international<br />
industry representatives and to present a fine selection<br />
of documentary vintage 2011–2012.<br />
We also invite you to take advantage of the broad <strong>DOK</strong><br />
Industry and <strong>DOK</strong> Training offers in order to listen<br />
and discuss, to network and get inspired, to refresh your<br />
mind: Get Togethers, <strong>DOK</strong> Industry Talks, <strong>DOK</strong> Summits<br />
and Panels, Case Studies, the Wild At Heart Think-Tank and<br />
many more. Please check our Pocket Guide with detailed<br />
information about the different events.<br />
We want to say Thanks to our partners and supporters<br />
who enable us to get the <strong>DOK</strong> Market and our<br />
<strong>DOK</strong> Industry offers going. The <strong>DOK</strong> Market is mainly<br />
organised with the support of the Mitteldeutsche<br />
Medienförderung (MDM), the MEDIA Programme of<br />
the European Union and the Federal Government<br />
Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM). We are<br />
especially grateful to Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt,<br />
Jörg Dittmer and the staff of the Museum of Fine Arts<br />
for accommodating <strong>DOK</strong> <strong>Leipzig</strong> and the <strong>DOK</strong> Market<br />
again this year in their wonderful locale.<br />
Have a fruitful time in <strong>Leipzig</strong> and enjoy many thrilling<br />
encounters in our <strong>DOK</strong> Market and at the <strong>DOK</strong><br />
Industry events. We are looking forward to a great festival<br />
week! All The Best,<br />
claas Danielsen<br />
festival Director<br />
katharina Bergfeld<br />
Dok Market coordinator
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