DOK.fest @home Selection in February: 1001 NIGHTS APART

Sheherazade had to tell stories to stay alive – we have to dance! From February we present 1001 NIGHTS APART, the fourth film in our online film library. Watch the film now! (only available in Germany)

 

DOK.education: School of Seeing at the cinema & online

The cultural trip to the film festival: DOK.education cordially invites teachers and their school classes in May 2023 to use an age-appropriate film to develop an initial understanding of the readability of film and to sharpen their eye for the media's representation of reality. The online edition can be booked until the end of July 2023! Discover our programme

 

FURTHER NEWS

DOK.aroundtheclock: NATURA URBANA on 14 February

The wasteland – an uncultivated field: first an eyesore, then a habitat for a very special flora and fauna. Now, in the capital's building boom, they are gradually disappearing. We present the film in our film series Green Visions at Einstein 28. Free admission!

DOK.education: School of Seeing as guest in Würzburg

On tour in Bavaria: From 27 January to 17 February 2023, our online cinema rooms for school classes will be guests at the International Film Weekend in Würzburg. Three moving films from the 2022 festival programme and suitable accompanying material teach media competence and film education in a playful way (content only available in German).

Documentary film competition for young people

Submit now! (Content only available in German)

Peace to the palaces, war to the huts?

Our festival director Daniel Sponsel formulates a plea for the amendment of the Film Funding Act: for a radical reversal of German cultural policy, which should be oriented towards the social relevance and merits of cinematic art.

Film festivals in times of Amazon & Co – the last bastion of film culture?

The panel discussion on current challenges facing the festival industry, in which DOK.fest festival director Daniel Sponsel was a guest at the Frankfurt Book Fair, is now available as a podcast episode. Listen now!

Film culture for all: Online film talks

We invite you to take a look behind the scenes of Germany's largest documentary film festival and learn the latest, exciting and surprising facts about the making of non-fictional films at our diverting online film talks, supported by the Kulturfonds Bayern – Bildung und Kultus. Discover the film talks now!

Cinema releases in autumn and winter 2022/2023

Our overview of nationwide documentary film release dates

Documentary films on TV, in media libraries and on other platforms

We present you our recommendations.

The best festival impressions

Award ceremonies, premieres & guests: In our gallery you will find the most beautiful images of the 37th DOK.fest München 2022, in addition to impressions of the overwhelming festival opening.

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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.

Enthusiasm unites: DOK.fest München Circle of Friends

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