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.international Main Competition

FOUR JOURNEYS (Netherlands 2021, Louis Hothothot). Mother, father, child? The portrait of a Chinese family that defied the Revolution.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Asia

GREEN JAIL – MIDORI NO ROUGOKU (France, Japan, Taiwan 2021, Yin-yu Huang). Memories from the island of the dead: the last witness of Iriomote’s coal mines.

#In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Asia, #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

BATATA (Canada, Lebanon 2021, Noura Kevorkian). Maria plants potatoes. When dreams fade and life as a refugee becomes everyday life.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Asia

CHILDREN OF THE MIST (Viet Nam 2021, Ha Le Diem). 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

KASH KASH (Germany, Lebanon, Qatar 2021, Lea Najjar). Pigeons over the roofs of Beirut – a game, a sport, a way of life: Kash Hamam!

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Films with German Subtitles, #Best Doks, #Asia

MIDWIVES (Canada, Germany, Myanmar 2022, Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing). Survival on your own terms in the midst of ethnic conflicts? For Hla and Nyo Nyo this is a daily challenge…

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Asia

DOK.panorama

A THOUSAND FIRES (France, Netherlands, Palestine, Switzerland 2021, Saeed Taji Farouky). Away from a thousand fires – a married couple searches for a future for their children.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Asia, #Working World in Upheaval

THE ONE WHO RUNS AWAY IS THE GHOST – 九樓日記 (China, Germany 2021, Qinyuan Lei). 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

YOU ARE THE DAYS TO COME (Sweden 2021, Ronja Yu). When the Tiananmen massacre took place, a young, up-and-coming Chinese art scene came to an end.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Asia

BEST OF FESTS

HOW THE ROOM FELT (Georgia 2021, Ketevan Kapanadze). ​​Smoking, drinking – and early morning football practice: young, queer, female footballers in Georgia.

#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Films with German Subtitles, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #Asia

IMAD'S CHILDHOOD (Sweden 2021, Zahavi Sanjavi). 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

REPUBLIC OF SILENCE (France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic 2021, Diana El Jeiroudi). A radically personal film essay about the collapse of Syria and life in exile.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Asia

DOK.focus BRAVE NEW WORK

DRAGON WOMEN (Belgium, Korea (Republic), Switzerland 2021, Frédérique de Montblanc). People call them “dragons”: the women who have fought their way to the top of the finance industry.

#Working World in Upheaval, #Limited Films, #Europe, #Best Doks, #Asia

DOK.special

1001 NIGHTS APART (Germany, Iran, United States 2021, Sarvnaz Alambeigi). Sheherazade had to tell stories to stay alive – we have to dance! – This film is available in our online film library DOK.fest @home Selection: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Selection

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #Best Doks, #Asia

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