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.

Please enter the festival edition you would like to find out more about a film in the year field.

DOK.guest Spain

918 NIGHTS – 918 GAU (Spain 2021, Arantza Santesteban). 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). 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!

DOK.international Main Competition

RENÉ: THE PRISONER OF FREEDOM (Czech Republic 2021, Helena Třeštíková). How can a person live in freedom after years in prison?

#True Crime, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

SCHWARZARBEIT (Switzerland 2022, Ulrich Grossenbacher). On the road with Swiss labour inspectors – part investigative road movie, part thriller.

#True Crime, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Audio description, #Working World in Upheaval

DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

AYENA – MIRROR (India, Korea (Democratic Republic), Lithuania 2022, Siddhant Sarin, Debankon Solanky). Ritu & Faraha: two strong women fight against misogynist violence in India

#True Crime, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Asia

THE TERRITORY (Brazil, Denmark, United States 2022, Alex Pritz). In the Brazilian rainforest, the indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau fight for their land and their survival.

#True Crime, #South America, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change

Retrospective DOK.network Africa

FRANCO ON TRIAL: THE SPANISH NUREMBERG (Germany, Spain 2018, Lucía Palacios, Dietmar Post). An international trial should finally provide justice for the crimes of the Franco dictatorship.

#South America, #Sol Y Sombra, #Films with German Subtitles, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #True Crime

FRANCO'S PROMISE – LA PROMESSE DE FRANCO (France, Spain 2014, Marc Weymuller). 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). 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). 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

DOK.panorama

MEIN GESTOHLENES LAND (Germany 2021, Marc Wiese). The struggle of the Ecuadorian people against the ruthless exploitation of their land.

#True Crime, #South America, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling

NORWEGIAN HEADACHE (Norway 2021, Rune Denstad Langlo). Can the courts put a stop to climate change? Fridays for Future starts legal proceedings with the aim of taking its case all the way to the ECJ.

#True Crime, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Europe

STIMMEN VOM FEUER (Czech Republic, Germany 2021, Helen Simon). Out of the fire rises the voice of the oppressed. A struggle for dignity and justice.

#True Crime, #Power of the People: Politics & Society

Homage Heidi Specogna

CAHIER AFRICAIN (Germany, Switzerland 2016, Heidi Specogna). Conflict in the Central African Republic – between hopeful reappraisal and renewed confrontation

#True Crime, #Films with German Subtitles, #Africa

CARTE BLANCHE (Germany, Switzerland 2011, Heidi Specogna). In the face of terror: the work of the International Criminal Court in The Hague

#True Crime, #Films with German Subtitles, #Africa

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