Chile Sets Focused Slate for DOK Leipzig 2025
Including Documentary & Animation Competition Films
Chile will arrive at the 68th DOK Leipzig (27 October–2 November 2025) with two official selections and one project at the DOK Co-Pro Market, alongside a 14-strong industry delegation coordinated by Chiledoc. Five producers travel with backing from the Ministry of Culture’s programme for participation in international markets, which has reinstated Leipzig after several years away.
Green Desert, a film by Meliza Luna
In the International Feature Film Competition, Green Desert by Meliza Luna will have its world premiere. The film traces a decade of environmental damage in south-central Chile, linking pine monocultures, drought and wildfires, while weaving archival materials and family testimony. Araucaria Cine and Vestigio Cine produce it.
Chilean animation is represented in competition by Petra and the Sun from Malu Furche and Stefania Malacchini, receiving its German premiere after winning a Special Jury Prize at Tribeca. The short follows Petra, 71, who discovers the preserved body of a mountaineer amid an extreme thaw in Chile’s southern Andes.
Fossil Matter, a film by Tiziana Panizza
At the DOK Co-Pro Market, Tiziana Panizza’s Fossil Matter documents the extraction of a 130-million-year-old ichthyosaur from the southern ice fields, drawing connections to museum objects from a region once described as «the end of the world.» The market is a financing and networking platform that connects producers and filmmakers with international partners.