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.panorama

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

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?, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees DOK.edit, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks

WHY WE FIGHT? (Belgium, Germany 2021, Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt). Why do we fight? Platel’s performance of radical physicality displays both vulnerability and intimacy.

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

BEST OF FESTS

YOUNG PLATO (Belgium, France, Ireland 2021, Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath). Despite being surrounded by conflict, a teacher in Northern Ireland promotes the power of philosophy.

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

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. – This film is available in our online film library DOK.fest @home Selection: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Selection

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

PORNFLUENCER (Germany 2022, Joscha Bongard). If you’re well-behaved, nothing happens. Jamie & Nico make a fortune through amateur porn.

#Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Best Doks, #Working World in Upheaval

THE HAPPY WORKER (Finland 2022, John Webster). The modern workplace is making us ill: how do we escape this misery?

#Working World in Upheaval, #Europe, #Best Doks

Munich Premieres

ALPENLAND (Austria 2022, Robert Schabus). For worshipping or for sale? The Alps as an ambivalent microcosm of western lifestyles.

#In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks

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

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

NACH DEM HAPPY END (Germany 2021, Katharina Köster). When it’s easier to fight than just to live. Tobi has a heart transplant.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older, #Best Doks

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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.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

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, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks

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