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.

DOK.international Main Competition

Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the VIKTOR DOK.international Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The prize sponsor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.

KAPR CODE (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2022, Lucie Králová). How can you transform the dissonance of life into the harmony of being? – Jan Kapr.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #For Cineastes, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

Intense stories and the unusual on one's own doorstep: the competition presents films that deal with people and topics in German-speaking countries. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Competition is endowed with 7,500 euros. The prize sponsor is Sky.

JOURNEY TO THE SUN (Portugal 2021, Ansgar Schaefer, Susana de Sousa Dias). From Austria to Portugal: former "Caritas children" tell of their period of recuperation in the South after 1945.

#Reality in Black&White, #For Cineastes, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

Student Award

The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.

WOID – WOODLAND (Germany 2022, Verena Wagner). The forest as a leitmotiv in art, literature – and also in film. An experiment.

#Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #For Cineastes, #Europe

DOK.panorama

DOK.panorama shows innovative documentary films from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling – including many new discoveries and premieres.

BERG (Netherlands 2021, Joke Olthaar). Mountains in all their purity in beguilingly beautiful black and white footage – an immersive landscape experience.

#Reality in Black&White, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #For Cineastes, #Europe

HIPODROOM (Estonia 2021, Vladimir Loginov). The racecourse in Tallinn will be 100 years old next year. In theory.

#Reality in Black&White, #For Cineastes, #Europe

JOURNAL ABOUT ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK (Serbia 2021, Janko Baljak). Želimir Žilnik and the “Black Wave.” A road trip through half a century of film history.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #For Cineastes, #Europe

TEOREMA DE TIEMPO (Mexico 2022, Andrés Kaiser). From his grandparents’ hoard of amateur films, Andrés Kaiser compiles a cinematic family history.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #North and Central America, #For Cineastes, #Films with German Subtitles

WHY WE FIGHT? (Belgium, Germany 2021, Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt). Why do we fight? Platel’s performance of radical physicality displays both vulnerability and intimacy.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #For Cineastes, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks

BEST OF FESTS

Innovative cinema and intimate insights: The BEST OF FESTS series brings together films that have already been screened at other important festivals and celebrated or awarded prizes there.