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.

LICHT. STOCKHAUSEN'S LEGACY (Netherlands 2021, Oeke Hoogendijk). Karlheinz Stockhausen: a musical genius who was light years ahead of his time.

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

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

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

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

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

JONAS DEICHMANN – DAS LIMIT BIN NUR ICH. (Germany 2022, Markus Weinberg, Steffi Rostoski). An extreme athlete eyes up a new world record: a triathlon around the globe.

#Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #To the Limit: Sweat & Tears

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

SOMMERFAHRT – ZEIT HEILT KEINE WUNDEN (Germany 2022, Gereon Wetzel). 30 years on: an exploration of the dark underbelly of a seemingly perfect scouting world.

#Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

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

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.

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