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03.11.2017 | DOK Leipzig 2017

One of the most important German festivals for documentary and animated films is entering its next round: the 60th DOK Leipzig will take place from 30 October to 5 November. With "Die fünfte Himmelsrichtung", "Wildes Herz" and "Talking Money", three FFHSH-funded documentaries will be shown in this year's programme.

A total of 340 productions from 57 countries will be presented at the60th International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (DOK Leipzig for short) on the big screen. Under the motto "After Fear", the festival's selection of works is once again dedicated to socially relevant, current but also everyday topics that concern us day in, day out.

Far away from the glamour of Wall Street, Directors Sebastian Winkels shows withTalking Money(production company solo:film gmbh) about how difficult our relationship with money is and how we talk about it one-on-one with our bank advisor - no matter what part of the world we live in.

In the musician portraitWild heart (production company Eichholz Film GmbH), actors Charly Hübner and Sebastian Schultz accompany the punk band Feine Sahne Fischfilet and their frontman Jan "Monchi" Gorkow in their commitment against the right. The film shows the singer's determination, commitment and drive in impressive images and conversations.

The documentationThe fifth cardinal point by Martin Prinoth (production company Against Reality Pictures) celebrates its German premiere in Leipzig. The Directors follows Markus, who was adopted as a child by an Italian couple and now travels to Latin America in search of his biological parents. He embarks on the same journey as his adoptive brother Georg, who had the same plan in 2009 and then died in a plane crash.

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