DOK Industry Podcast · DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film

Burning Bridges, Building Constellations

·1 hr 26 min·7 clips

Rahma exposes how funders demand three-act structures from Southern filmmakers, stifling their creative freedom.

This episode explores decolonising cinema aesthetics, featuring conversations with filmmaker Rahma Chow, editor Nils Bay-Hanarsson, and guests Samia Labadi and Nazihah Arabi. They critique Western dominance in film, discuss funding inequalities, and advocate for diverse storytelling from the Global South. The dialogue highlights systemic barriers and personal experiences in the industry.

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A serious film-world conversation about aesthetics, power, and who gets to shape storytelling on its own terms.

The episode keeps its focus on cinema aesthetics, representation, authorship, and access, and it does so without flattening the argument into a slogan.

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Press play for a thoughtful conversation about cinema beyond the dominant Western frame.

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