The Film Programme of DOK.fest München. At the cinema. At home.

The 37th DOK.fest München came to an end on 22 May 2022, the first time it was shown in dual form:

04 to 15 May 2022 at the Munich venues
09 to 22 May 2022 @home

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Find here all films that were only screened at the cinema.

DOK.deutsch

The DOK.deutsch competition presents films that deal with people and events in the German-speaking region. In in-depth narratives we are exposed to extraordinary experiences and gain valuable insights. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch is endowed with 5,000 euros.

EUROPA PASSAGE (Germany 2022, Andrei Schwartz). A group of Roma travels on the margins of society between Hamburg and their homeland of Romania.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

ROTZLOCH – ICH ZWINGE DICH NICHT, MICH ZU UMARMEN (Switzerland 2022, Maja Tschumi). Stranded at the end of the world in Switzerland, young refugees long for love and connection.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

UNTERM GLANZ (Germany, Poland 2021, Gregor Eppinger). Invisible, indispensable and unprotected: Lydia, a Polish housekeeper in Berlin.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Working World in Upheaval

ZUSAMMENLEBEN (Austria 2022, Thomas Fürhapter). A new beginning in Vienna. The start of a new life. Integration courses are designed to provide orientation.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Award-winning Film, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks

DOK.horizonte

The films in the DOK.horizonte competition, supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ, tell stories from countries in transition. They are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte, endowed with 5,000 euros, donated by the Petra Kelly Foundation.

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

LEJOS DE CASA – FAR AWAY FROM HOME (Mexico 2022, Carlos Hernández Vázquez). In a shelter in Tijuana, children and young people dream of life in the USA.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #North and Central America, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

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

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.

LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO – WHAT REMAINS ON THE WAY (Brazil, Germany, Mexico 2021, Jakob Krese, Danilo Do Carmo). The journey from Guatemala to the USA: salvation from violence at home?

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #North and Central America, #Films with German Subtitles

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

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.

DAS KURZE LEBEN DES JOSÉ ANTONIO GUTIERREZ (Germany, Switzerland 2006, Heidi Specogna). A green card soldier in the Iraq war: José Antonio Gutierrez died a hero, fighting for a foreign land.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #North and Central America, #Films with German Subtitles

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.

HOME AGAIN (Gambia, South Africa 2022, Babucarr Manka). Stranded on the outer frontiers of Europe: is it possible to build a future back home?

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Africa, #African Encounters: New African Narratives

LEND ME YOUR VOICE (Rwanda, South Africa 2021, Claudine Ndimbira). As long as we can put ourselves in someone else’s shoes, humanity is not completely lost.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Africa, #African Encounters: New African Narratives

DOK.education

The educational programme of DOK.fest München considers itself a "school of seeing", which combines media literacy and cultural education. It is aimed at children, young people, families and schools.

SEEPFERDCHEN (Germany 2020, Nele Dehnenkamp). Fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea, Hanan was terrified of the water. Today she is teaching her brother to swim.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older