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.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

The films in this series tell stories from countries in transition. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ and are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte Competition, endowed with 5,000 euros. The award donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.

AFTER A REVOLUTION (Italy, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2021, Giovanni Buccomino). Two siblings fight on opposing sides for the future of Libya, a land in a state of emergency.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Africa

IF YOU ARE A MAN (Burkina Faso, France 2022, Simon Panay). ​​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

NO SIMPLE WAY HOME (Kenya, South Africa 2022, Akuol de Mabior). What is it like to call a country like South Sudan your home? The filmmaker traces her family’s past.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Best Doks, #Africa, #African Encounters: New African Narratives, #Award-winning Film

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.

AMONG US WOMEN – AMONG US WOMEN በኛ በሴቶች መካከል (Ethiopia, Germany 2021, Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun). Giving birth at home rather than in a hospital: Ethiopian obstetrics in transition.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Africa

TRACING TANGO ECHO TANGO (Germany 2022, Ksenia Ciuvaseva). A daughter searches for traces of her father, an ex-Soviet pilot, in Sudan.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Best Doks, #Africa

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.

DANCING PINA (Germany 2022, Florian Heinzen-Ziob). After the choreographer Pina Bausch’s death, her work lives on and makes intimate connections with its audiences.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Limited Films, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks, #Africa

DOK.focus BRAVE NEW WORK

Brave new world of work? Hardly any other area of life today is subject to such radical changes. A total of seven films illuminate global perspectives on work in transition.

YOON (Portugal 2021, Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão). A man, a Peugeot and a smartphone. Working tirelessly as a delivery driver, Mbaye fulfils wishes across borders.

#Working World in Upheaval, #Africa

Homage Heidi Specogna

The gaze into the foreign life, the curiosity for the other perspective run through the cinematic work of the multiple award-winning Swiss filmmaker Heidi Specogna. The homage presents six films from four decades of her artistic work.

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

DAS SCHIFF DES TORJÄGERS (Germany, Switzerland 2010, Heidi Specogna). The transport of child slaves in the 21st century? It happens – and the connections reach all the way to the Bundesliga.

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

STAND UP MY BEAUTY (Germany, Switzerland 2021, Heidi Specogna). Female empowerment: a song for Ethiopian women who follow their own dreams.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Films with German Subtitles, #Africa

Munich Premieres

Munich is the home of most of the filmmakers whose works are gathered together in the Munich premieres. But time and again, the view extends far beyond the city limits.

BLACK MAMBAS – WILD WILD LIFE (France, Germany, South Africa 2022, Lena Karbe). Military drill meets protection of endangered species: a women's brigade fights poachers in Kruger National Park.

#Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Films with German Subtitles, #Best Doks, #Africa

DOK.music

From progressive rock to country from the former Swaziland to current Viennese singer-songwriters: DOK.music delivers music for the eyes and ears. Presented by ARTE.

CESÁRIA ÉVORA (Portugal, United States 2022, Ana Sofia Fonseca). A story of depression and all the stages of the world. The Diva of the Cape Verde Islands – the one who sang barefoot.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Africa

LE MALI 70 (Germany 2022, Markus CM Schmidt). The Berlin band Omniversal Earkestra meets jazz legends from Mali: an Afro big band road movie

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Europe, #Best Doks, #Africa

DOK.network Africa

Exchange at eye level. The festival's focus on Africa promotes the perception and representation of the African continent beyond short-lived headlines and stereotypes.

AFRICAN MOOT (Finland, South Africa 2022, Shameela Seedat). Law students from across Africa fight for human rights: today they are taking part in a simulation; tomorrow it will be real life.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Africa, #African Encounters: New African Narratives

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