Submit projects for the DOK.forum industry programme until 1st February!

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CHASING THE THUNDER – DOK.fest München meets TUM, 25th December, 6.30pm

For 110 days and over 10,000 nautical miles, we accompany the environmental activists from Sea Sheperd on a chase across the Antarctic seas. Their mission: to find the poacher ship, Thunder, detain it and escort it to Australia – a documentary action-thriller. DOK.aroundtheclock presents the documentary in cooperation with TU Munich on TUM Campus Garching as well as online. Free admission. Further information

FURTHER NEWS

Schule des Sehens as a guest in Würzburg

On tour in Bavaria: From 27th January to 27th February our online cinema rooms for school classes are visiting the International Film Festival Würzburg. Two touching films and matching supplementary material playfully impart media literacy and film education.

LEARNING BY DOCS – Kick-off for new learning platform

Europe in moving pictures: a digital pilot project takes students on a journey through the history of Europe via an internationally curated documentary film programme. Munich's Anita-Augsburg BOS launched the test phase of the film education platform 'nextus' with a kick-off event at the end of September.

Cinema Releases at the start of the new year

Many wonderful documentaries from this year's and last year's festival editions will be opening in cinemas nationwide in the coming weeks. We introduce you to the cinema starts and venues.

Documentaries on TV

We present you our TV recommendations of the week.

New award from 2022: Documentary Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut

The Goethe-Institut's renowned documentary film award will be presented alternately at DOK.fest München, the DOK Leipzig festival, the Duisburg Filmwoche and the Kassel Dokfest from 2022. The new procedure will start in May 2022 at DOK.fest Munich.

DOK.fest München awards prize to MONDSTEIN 66075

At the 44th Film Days of Bavarian Schools, our educational programme DOK.education again awarded a cash prize of 250 euros at the end of October 2021.

Cultural education in public space

Our educational programme DOK.education presents the documentary workshop and exhibition project "Stories aus der Stadt" at the digital dialogue forum on cultural education of the City of Munich on the topic of "Cultural Education in Public Space".

Selection of DOK.forum event recordings

Did you miss an industry event? Find here selected recordings of our panels, case studies and talks.

Festival network Doc Around Europe

Initiated by DOK.fest München, the new Doc Around Europe network brings together four relevant documentary film festivals across the European continent. The common goal is to promote and distribute European documentary films and to accompany them in all phases of production and exploitation.

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Enthusiasm unites: DOK.fest München Circle of Friends

In times of crisis nothing is more important than solidarity and good networking. Become a member of the DOK.fest Munich Circle of Friends now!