The film programme of the 40th DOK.fest München: In the cinema. At home.

Presale starts on 24 April 2025.

 
 
 

Like every year, DOK.fest München 2025 opens up a view of the world: with 105 of the best and most current international documentaries from 58 countries.

For the 40th DOK.fest München, the former programme scheme is being dissolved. The festival films are divided into 16 thematically focussed sections based on current themes. 

Our aim is to ensure the greatest possible participation in our films, which is why we bring them to the big screen in Munich cinemas and cultural venues as well as to home screens throughout Germany as barrier-free as possible: DOK.fest München stays dual!
918 NIGHTS – 918 GAU (Spain 2021, Arantza Santesteban, DOK.guest Spain). A woman in jail – what actually happens there? A chronicle of identity and the power of interpretation.
#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past
ALTSASU (THAT NIGHT) – ALTSASU (GAU HURA) (Spain 2021, Marc Parramon Bori, Amets Arzallus Antia, DOK.guest Spain). A judicial scandal involving eight young Basque women is causing a stir in Spain: They are accused of terrorism.
#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Controversial: Let's discuss!
EL CÍRCULO – A CIRCLE OF MEN (Spain 2021, Iván Roiz, Álvaro Priante, DOK.guest Spain). A men’s circle somewhere in Spain – talking therapy to combat machismo.
#Sol Y Sombra, #Power of the People: Politics & Society
MAGALUF GHOST TOWN (Spain 2021, Miguel Angel Blanca, DOK.guest Spain). A ghost town and a tourist stronghold – the two faces of a small town in Mallorca.
#Sol Y Sombra, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Best Doks
SEDIMENTOS (Spain 2021, Adrián Silvestre, DOK.guest Spain). Six trans women on a richly layered journey of exploration in the Castilian province.
#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Sol Y Sombra, #Limited Films, #Films with German Subtitles
EL AÑO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO (Spain, Switzerland 2020, Luis López Carrasco, Retrospective Franquismo in Spain). The year 1992 should have been triumphant – but in Cartagena, protests erupt.
#Sol Y Sombra, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Films with German Subtitles, #Looking back: Coping with the Past
EL DESENCANTO (Spain 1976, Jaime Chávarri, Retrospective Franquismo in Spain). A national poet, an enfant terrible, bizarre brothers and a beautiful mother: los Panero.
#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past
FRANCO ON TRIAL: THE SPANISH NUREMBERG (Germany, Spain 2018, Lucía Palacios, Dietmar Post, Retrospective Franquismo in Spain). An international trial should finally provide justice for the crimes of the Franco dictatorship.
#True Crime, #South America, #Sol Y Sombra, #Films with German Subtitles, #Looking back: Coping with the Past
FRANCO'S PROMISE – LA PROMESSE DE FRANCO (France, Spain 2014, Marc Weymuller, Retrospective Franquismo in Spain). The new town of Belchite was supposed to symbolise heroic victory – it turned out to be a sham.
#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past
MORIR EN MADRID (France, Spain 1963, Frédéric Rossif, Retrospective Franquismo in Spain). The civil war and the dictatorship of the Franco regime. A chronicle of a Spanish tragedy.
#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Reality in Black&White, #Looking back: Coping with the Past
PICO REJA. LA VERDAD QUE LA TIERRA ESCONDE – PICO REJA. THE TRUTH BURIED BENEATH (Spain 2021, Remedios Malvárez, Arturo Andújar, Retrospective Franquismo in Spain). A mass grave is opened in Seville: the civil war casts a shadow on the present day
#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

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