The film programme of DOK.fest München. At the cinema. At home.

3 to 14 May 2023 at the Munich venues
8 to 21 May 2023 @home

As always, DOK.fest München opens the view out to the world: with 130 of the best and most current international documentaries from 55 countries. Our goal is the greatest possible participation in our films, which is why we bring them to the big screen in Munich cinemas as well as to home screens throughout Germany: DOK.fest stays dual.

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A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine 2022, Simon Lereng Wilmont, DOK.international Main Competition). A children’s home in eastern Ukraine – and the question of how moments of hope can arise amid suffering.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #StandWithUkraine, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Europe, #Best Doks

CHILDREN OF THE MIST (Viet Nam 2021, Ha Le Diem, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Facebook and bride kidnappings – girls’ dreams and traditions in the mountains of North Vietnam.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Best Doks, #Asia

IF YOU ARE A MAN (Burkina Faso, France 2022, Simon Panay, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). ​​13-year-old Opio does dangerous work in a gold mine so that he can go to school.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Limited Films, #Africa

LEJOS DE CASA – FAR AWAY FROM HOME (Mexico 2022, Carlos Hernández Vázquez, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). In a shelter in Tijuana, children and young people dream of life in the USA.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #North and Central America, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

THE ONE WHO RUNS AWAY IS THE GHOST – 九樓日記 (China, Germany 2021, Qinyuan Lei, DOK.panorama). A magical concrete jungle. Two children cast a spell over a Chinese electronics market.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Asia

IMAD'S CHILDHOOD (Sweden 2021, Zahavi Sanjavi, BEST OF FESTS). Imad doesn’t like toys. He likes decapitated dogs. Imad is four and a half years old and was captured by the IS.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Asia

KALLE KOSMONAUT (Germany 2022, Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth, BEST OF FESTS). Lunch at “The Ark,” playing Uno, coming of age, jail. Adolescence on the Avenue of the Cosmonauts in Berlin.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Limited Films, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

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