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.

Munich Premieres

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

A SOUND OF MY OWN (Germany 2021, Rebecca Zehr). Walking a fine line between legacy and reinvention, Marja leads the legendary Krautrock collective Embryo.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe

DOK.music

From Afro-Cuban big band jazz to choral sounds and musical rediscovery: 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

REWIND & PLAY (France, Germany 2022, Alain Gomis). Jazz musician Thelonious Monk is confronted with stereotypes during a TV recording in Paris in 1969.

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

THE KAISER OF ATLANTIS (Argentina, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Spain 2022, Sebastián Alfie). Music from hell – blisteringly relevant today. A provocative chamber opera from Theresienstadt.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

UNSERE HERZEN EIN KLANG (Germany 2021, Simone Dobmeier, Torsten Striegnitz). ​​Choirmasters make music with voices. An ode to conductor-led polyphony.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

DOK.special

The DOK.special series is characterised by films on current events and topics. We present our programme together with Munich institutions from culture, society and media.

1001 NIGHTS APART (Germany, Iran, United States 2021, Sarvnaz Alambeigi). Sheherazade had to tell stories to stay alive – we have to dance!

#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

GESCHLOSSENE GESELLSCHAFT (Germany 2022, Hans von Brockhausen, Max Weishaupt). When giving up is not an option: how club culture in Munich survived the pandemic.

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

LIEBE, D-MARK UND TOD – LOVE, DEUTSCHMARK AND DEATH (Germany 2022, Cem Kaya). The Turkish guest workers brought their music with them to Germany. A hidden treasure!

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Best Doks, #Award-winning Film

OTL AICHER, DER DENKER AM OBJEKT (Germany 1991, Peter Schubert). A style-defining design legend and headstrong Swabian. Allow us to introduce: Otl Aicher.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

SUSANNA TAMARO UNPLUGGED (Italy 2021, Katia Bernardi). Susanna Tamaro is a bestselling author and someone who likes to keep herself to herself. Insights into a life lived autonomously.

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

VERABREDUNGEN MIT EINEM DICHTER – MICHAEL KRÜGER (Germany 2022, Frank Wierke). A gentle stroll through the life and thoughts of a great intellectual of our time.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

WIEGENLIEDER – LULLABY (Germany 2010, Tamara Trampe, Johann Feindt). The gentle melody of a lullaby: memories of childhood and mothers.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe

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