VIVE LA DOK produces films, initiates and leads industry events, accompanies projects as a service provider from the development stage to completion or supports authors or production companies in the various stages of their projects: from the idea to the finished film.
VIVE LA DOK was founded by Eva Rink in early 2021. Eva Rink has been working as a creative producer for major German documentary production companies for over 20 years and has been responsible for a large number of international co-productions, both in terms of content and finance, has led creative and production teams as well as developed elaborate projects for cinema and public television and supervised them until completion. Many of her films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and have won multiple awards.
ABSTRACT AND RADICAL
Mondrian's legacy
A film by Mathias Frick
52min. – In co-production with NDR/arte
Mondrian's supposedly simple compositions, initially consisting of black lines, colored squares and rectangles on a white, light blue or gray background, revolutionized the art world and forever changed the way we view the reality of images. Countless artists around the world continue to engage with Mondrian's neoplastic masterpiece to this day.
ODE TO THE SUN
An art history
A film by Mathias Frick
52min. – In co-production with ZDF/arte
The sun is one of the most powerful and widespread symbols that define our humanity. It is a spiritual and physical power, it embodies power, creation and destruction.
With selected artistic works from all over the world, the film approaches the topic in a special way and goes on a journey into art, culture, time and technology history and tells of our relationship to the flaming star over the course of time.
PETRO-MELANCHOLIE
The Age of oil in the mirror of art
A film by Mathias Frick
52min. – In co-production with ZDF/arte
In co-production with NAVIGATOR Film (Austria).
