<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Exciting news:</font><span style="font-family: Helvetica-Light; font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class=""> two sixpack</span><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">film </span><font face="Helvetica-Light" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">premieres and a focus program at the upcoming</font><br class=""><br class=""><font size="5" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><b class="">DOK Leipzig - International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film</b></span></font><br class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">Oct 25 – 31, 2021</span></font><br class=""><br class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">International Competition Long Documentary and Animated Film</span></font><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">KRAI</b></span><br class=""><br class=""><font size="4" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">by Aleksey Lapin</span></font></font><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">AT 2021, 103 min</span></font><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">International Premiere</span><br class=""><br class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica-Light; font-size: 14px;" class="">Russian-born director Aleksey Lapin travels back to his relatives’ home village near the Ukrainian border, where he himself used to spend every summer. The film crew introduce themselves at a specially organized musical event, claiming that they have come to cast a historical film that is to be set in the village. What follows is a charming, semi-fictional documentary by and with the village community. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Helvetica-LightOblique" class=""><i class="">(Annina Wettstein, DOK-Leipzig)</i></font></span></font><br class=""><a href="https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/krai/programm" class="">—>></a><br class=""><br class=""><font face="Helvetica-LightOblique" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">also nominated for MDR-Film Prize, Young Eyes Award, FIPRESCI-Prize, Prize of the Interreligious Jury</i></span></font><br class=""><br class=""></font></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Oct, 27th, 5 pm, CineStar 4</span></font></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Oct, 28th, 2 pm, Passage Kinos Astoria</span></font></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Oct, 29th, 8.30 pm, Regina 4</span></font></font></div></blockquote><div class=""><font class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F6BA1899-2FF1-4401-8985-B48041A8BE33" class="" src="cid:165B7E39-EDE0-4444-88DD-8C6B7FF936A3"><img apple-inline="yes" id="7EB370A4-AA0A-46C6-BAB4-7FD2291789E1" class="" src="cid:6EBA45C6-0336-4551-9B29-93111451F04D"><img apple-inline="yes" id="30F5A9A2-38E5-4215-8422-D4205E39DBE1" class="" src="cid:913E0F04-3599-4431-BFE6-A76D85332B69"></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font class=""><br class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">more about the film </span></font></font><a href="https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/2696/" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Interview with Aleksey Lapin </span></font><a href="https://www.sixpackfilm.com/media/images/documents/INTERVIEW_WITH_DIRECTOR_ALEKSEY_LAPIN_Oct21.pdf" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">press contact Leipzig: Mirjam Wiekenkamp </font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">(</span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><a href="mailto:mirjam@noisefilmpr.com" class="">mirjam(at)noisefilmpr.com</a>)</span><font class=""><br class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">____</b></span><br class=""><br class=""></font><span style="font-size: large;" class="">International Competition Short Documentary and Animated Film</span><font class=""><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">Es ist genau genug Zeit / There is exactly enough time</b></span></font><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font size="4" style="font-style: normal;" class="">by Virgil Widrich & Oskar Salomonowitz</font></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">AT 2021, 2 min</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 14px;" class="">German Premiere</span><br class=""><br class=""><font class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica-Light; font-size: 14px;" class="">A very short film, infinitely sad and at the same time mischievous and playful. The opening credits tell us the devastating news: The filmmaker’s son died in an accident and left behind an unfinished flip book. The father resumes work on it and continues drawing the superhero tale, creating an animated film between deep mourning and carefree children’s logic. Capturing the proximity of happiness and loss in the most succinct form. </span><span class="" style="font-size: 14px;"><font face="Helvetica-LightOblique" class=""><i class="">(Lina Dinkla, DOK-Leipzig)</i></font></span></font></font></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/es-ist-genau-genug-zeit/programm" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font class=""><font face="Helvetica-LightOblique" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><i class="">also nominated for mephisto 97.6 Audience Award</i></span></font><br class=""><br class=""></font></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">Oct, 26th, 5 pm, Schauburg (Competition for the Audience Award)</font></span></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">Oct, 26th, 8 pm, Regina 4 (A farewell to pain)</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">Oct, 30th, 4.30 pm, Cine Star 5 (A farewell to pain)</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">Oct, 31th, 4.30 pm, Cine Star 5 (A farewell to pain)</font></span></div></blockquote><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="A422561F-4EDE-473F-8388-1DE5D056BDF4" class="" src="cid:4BE1B1F7-EEBE-4EB2-A3A1-0B47A6CFCBCD"><img apple-inline="yes" id="BF0D62CE-85F1-421A-8C13-C3F8BB665293" class="" src="cid:1EA8FBB6-4C8F-4386-9D20-928657ED092A"><img apple-inline="yes" id="979935D1-E4EE-4C83-92BA-897389E40AF7" class="" src="cid:C0F4AD17-D9C8-4815-95D7-AD5815335D39"></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">more about the film </span></font><a href="https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/2690/" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">making off </span></font><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekp6HRXZG9A" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 36px;" class="">____</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-style: normal; font-size: 36px;" class=""><b class="">Animation Perspectives: Claudia Larcher / Randa Maroufi</b></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">selected works by Austrian visual artist Claudia Larcher using advanced animation techniques as one of her artistic tools in exploring urban spaces, landscapes and architectures.</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">a program in dialogue with Moroccan artist Randa Maroufi.</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">to see the program in detail </font></span><a href="https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/programme/cinema" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">Oct, 28th, 9 pm, Passage Kinos Wintergarten</font></span></div></blockquote><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="4B6B53F7-8683-4F98-A6BE-00A8413D4129" class="" src="cid:964EFED0-F299-4033-9A5C-8416250268C5"><img apple-inline="yes" id="4D15175C-7AD4-479F-B56A-65AF40330080" class="" src="cid:6B7CA50C-A046-4A2B-8297-61D5050E9AD2"><img apple-inline="yes" id="CF25ED8B-4582-4B58-A71B-81A9C6525A7B" class="" src="cid:42F5947E-6658-4952-A417-003666425185"></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">more about Claudia Larcher @ sixpackfilm </span></font><a href="https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/filmmaker/4226/" class="">—>></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">——</font></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;" class=""><font face="Helvetica-Light" class="">contact during Dok-Leipzig: Gerald Weber (gerald(at)<a href="http://sixpackfilm.com/" class="">sixpackfilm.com</a></font></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica-Light; font-size: 14px;" class="">)</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica-Light; 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