Goethe-Institut
Le P'tit Ciné
DOK Leipzig
Domino Effekt - Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski
DOK Leipzig, Germany’s biggest festival and one of the world’s leading international platforms for documentary and animation film, is coming over to Brussels for the sixth time - and for the first time to BOZAR CINEMA.
BOZAR CINEMA, Le P’tit Ciné and the Brussels Goethe Institute present a selection of the latest Leipzig festival edition’s best films. DOK Leipzig was established in 1955 by the ‘Club der Filmschaffenden der DDR’ (GDR filmmakers). Each autumn, some 350 documentaries and animation films from about 50 countries are showcased in four competitions, retrospectives and special programmes. The Leipzig festival has a strong tradition of focusing on films which contribute to peace and human dignity and it resolutely takes a political stand.
Domino Effekt - Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski
Grit Lemke, Director of the documentary section of DOK Leipzig.
At the moment things are quiet in Abkhazia, the semi-autonomous Caucasian mini state. Too quiet, says Minister of Sports Rafael. As stubborn and single-minded as Don Quixote he wants to use sports to bring back former glory to Abkhazia - after all, it worked under the Soviets. Ignoring the rusted ships that litter the beaches like stranded whales and the hopelessly decrepit mansions along the esplanade of Sokhumi, he fights for his event: a domino world championship. With admirable determination Rafael braves all obstacles: the lack of electricity, the lack of talented athletes and the tears of his wife, Moscow singer Natasha, who gave up her country for him. She feels foreign and crushed in the cultural conflict between Russia and Georgia who both claim territory in this region. Elwira Niewira and Piotr Roso?owski link the private family disputes of a mésalliance with the sometimes absurd political reality of Abkhazia with near masterly flair. Like the couple who have yet to find each other, the country is looking for its identity.
Golden Dove of the German competition - DOK Leipzig 2014
Preceded by the short film Micki - Alexander Lahl & Izabela Pluciñska
BOZAR CINEMA, Le P’tit Ciné and the Brussels Goethe Institute present a selection of the latest Leipzig festival edition’s best films. DOK Leipzig was established in 1955 by the ‘Club der Filmschaffenden der DDR’ (GDR filmmakers). Each autumn, some 350 documentaries and animation films from about 50 countries are showcased in four competitions, retrospectives and special programmes. The Leipzig festival has a strong tradition of focusing on films which contribute to peace and human dignity and it resolutely takes a political stand.
Domino Effekt - Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski
Grit Lemke, Director of the documentary section of DOK Leipzig.
At the moment things are quiet in Abkhazia, the semi-autonomous Caucasian mini state. Too quiet, says Minister of Sports Rafael. As stubborn and single-minded as Don Quixote he wants to use sports to bring back former glory to Abkhazia - after all, it worked under the Soviets. Ignoring the rusted ships that litter the beaches like stranded whales and the hopelessly decrepit mansions along the esplanade of Sokhumi, he fights for his event: a domino world championship. With admirable determination Rafael braves all obstacles: the lack of electricity, the lack of talented athletes and the tears of his wife, Moscow singer Natasha, who gave up her country for him. She feels foreign and crushed in the cultural conflict between Russia and Georgia who both claim territory in this region. Elwira Niewira and Piotr Roso?owski link the private family disputes of a mésalliance with the sometimes absurd political reality of Abkhazia with near masterly flair. Like the couple who have yet to find each other, the country is looking for its identity.
Golden Dove of the German competition - DOK Leipzig 2014
Preceded by the short film Micki - Alexander Lahl & Izabela Pluciñska
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