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.

Retrospective DOK.network Africa

To mark the 10th anniversary of DOK.network Africa, our retrospective is dedicated to documentary films from the African continent. Guest curators from east, west and south Africa present six outstanding films from the 1970s to the 2020s.

EL DESENCANTO (Spain 1976, Jaime Chávarri). A national poet, an enfant terrible, bizarre brothers and a beautiful mother: los Panero.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

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.

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

DAUGHTERS (Denmark, Sweden 2022, Jenifer Malmqvist). Three young sisters deal with the trauma of their beloved mother’s suicide.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees DOK.edit, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks, #Award-winning Film

I AM NOT (Israel 2021, Tomer Heymann). ​​“I’m not all the labels you put on me.” One of which is Asperger’s, the other, adoptee.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #North and Central America, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds

IT WORKS II (Austria 2022, Fridolin Schönwiese). It can be managed, it's happening, it's functioning. It works! Four people with disabilities in the prime of their lives.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN (Bulgaria 2022, Nikolay Stefanov). Football, beer and swastikas: in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, the skinheads call the shots.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Europe

OUR EVE (Moldova, Republic of 2021, Ana Gurdiș). Against all odds: a young couple with walking disability enjoys family life in Moldova.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

TEOREMA DE TIEMPO (Mexico 2022, Andrés Kaiser). From his grandparents’ hoard of amateur films, Andrés Kaiser compiles a cinematic family history.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #North and Central America, #For Cineastes, #Films with German Subtitles

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

WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY (United Kingdom 2022, Joe Hunting). Life and love in virtual reality. The first film made exclusively in the social world of VRChat.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

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.

DIDA (Switzerland 2021, Nikola Ilić). A temporary home: as the caretaker for his chaotic mother, Nikola lives between two worlds.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

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

KALLE KOSMONAUT (Germany 2022, Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth). Lunch at “The Ark,” playing Uno, coming of age, jail. Adolescence on the Avenue of the Cosmonauts in Berlin.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Limited Films, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

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

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.

ANIMA – DIE KLEIDER MEINES VATERS (Germany 2022, Uli Decker). Who is my father? A tragicomic rollercoaster ride through a family history in Upper Bavaria.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #Best Doks