From 21 to 25 April Doc Alliance Selection 2009 will be available for FREE streaming.

• Maggie in Wonderland by Ester Martin Bergsmark, Beatrice "Maggie" Andersson und Mark Hammarberg (Sweden, Finland 2008, 72 min)
  Maggie, a young woman from Kenya, films her world in the Swedish city of Malmö. A creative portrayal of the meaning of social isolation.

  WINNER OF DOC ALLIANCE AWARD 2009

  Trailer

• Auto*Mat by Martin Mareček (Czech Republic 2009, 90 min)
  Martin Marecek invents a militant, jubilatory film-action to combat the automatisms generated by Prague’s automobile culture.

• Big John by Håvard Bustnes (Norway 2008, 86 min)
  The rise and fall of a young boxer, coached by his father “Big John”, who was also his trainer, impresario and agent. A story worthy of a Scorsese film. Trailer

• Survival Song by Yu Guangyi (China 2008, 94 min)
  How a family of Chinese peasants is condemned to poverty and is broken apart in the name of modernity. A deeply moving and sublime social tale.

• Hotel Sahara by Bettina Haasen (Germany 2008, 85 min)
  Nouhadibou in Mauritania: a melting pot of dreams and hopes and the terminus of countless young African emigrants who end up here. Trailer

You are invited to submit your latest documentary or animated films for the 53rd edition of DOK Leipzig, the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, which is held from 18 to 24 October 2010.

ENTRY DEADLINES

For films completed before 1 May 2010: 31 May 2010

For any other films: 10 July 2010

Later entries to the festival cannot be considered.

Please find the complete regulations, the online entry form and further information here.

We look forward to receiving your films.

The DOK Leipzig Team

From 29 March till 4 April- BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS by Jan Sparta (CZ) 1990. The photographs of Jindrich Streit and the lives of his subjects in the border region.
FREE WORLDWIDE STREAM FOR ONE WEEK!

EDN has announced that THE EDN AWARD 2010 is presented to IRDFA - Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association. IRDFA receives the award for their outstanding contribution to the documentary culture.

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THE WOMAN WITH THE 5 ELEPHANTS by Vadim Jendreyko and THE HEART OF JENIN by Marcus Vetter and Leon Geller have become nominated for the German Filmprize 2010 and will be competing in the category Feature Length Documentary.

Congratulations to the directors, producers and the hole teams of both films!

Like every month, March brings another outstanding batch of international docs on all topics. The following films are recently new to the portal:

100 DAYS by Viera Cakanyova

GRANDMOTHERS OF REVOLUTION by Petra Seliskar

ALDA by Viera Cakanyova

THE MONASTERY: MR. VIG AND THE NUN by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer

SQUATTER PUNK by Khvan de la Cruz

FOOTBALL FATHER by Michal Jozwiak

SESTRENI by Veronika Janeckova

Each month, Doc Alliance Films offers a select of few docs to stream for free. These are the first free titles in the coming weeks...and there´s more come to Spring.

RUGBY BOYZ by Khvan de la Cruz - March, 22

UKRADENO (O SLOVECH) by Andrea Slovakova - March, 25

OUR DAILY BREAD by Khvan de la Cruz - April, 1

Have a Look!