57th International Leipzig Festival for Documentaries and Animated Film
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Leipzig
The festival announces latest political films about the crises in Syria and the Ukraine. The opening film tells about another controversial political matter: Edward Snowden and the wiretap practices of the NSA which he made public. In total, till November 2nd the festival shows 368 documentaries and animated films. A watershed in the festival history will be the leave of festival director Claas Danielsen at the end of the year. He is in charge for ten years, since 2004.