That was DOK.fest Munich 2018

An impressive festival has come to an end. Find here our flashback video and read about our 33rd Edition...

Dokumentarfilme im Kino

Die Dokumentarfilme in unseren Münchner Partnerkinos vom 12. bis 18. Juli 2018

And the winners are...

At the award ceremony, the three VIKTORs in the competition sections were awarded, as well as five other films with highly remunerated prizes.

Dokumentarfilme im TV

Hier finden Sie unsere Highlights vom 16. bis 22. Juli 2018.

GLOBATE Platform: Film & Debate

Focus on globalisation and its consequences. On the interactive platform GLOBATE, an up-to-date documentary film provides the impetus for public opinion-forming every month. Currently STEEL WAR by David Syz asks about the global excesses of US import duties on steel and aluminium.

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Nach dem Festival ist vor dem Kinostart

Erfahren Sie hier, welche Festivalhighlights momentan oder schon bald in Ihrem Kino zu sehen sind. In München aktuell mit TIME TRIAL, DER SECHSTE KONTINENT, AUGENBLICKE: GESICHTER EINER REISE und THE CLEANERS

Impressions of DOK.fest 2018

Premiere events, award ceremonies, parties and film talks. Experience the best festival moments once again in our photo gallery.

Eröffnungsrede des Festivalleiters

Datensprengstoff und Karl Marx als Zeitgenosse – lesen Sie hier die Eröffnungsrede des Festivalleiters Daniel Sponsel noch einmal in voller Länge nach.

BR kinokino Audience Award 2018

The BR kinokino Audience Award 2018 goes to Johannes List for his film TACKLING LIFE.

DOK.fest Award of the SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit 2018

This year's award goes to Simon Lereng Wilmont for his film THE DISTANT BARKING OF DOGS.

GANZ GROSSES KINO?

Die Konferenz zur Zukunft des deutschen Kinodokumentarfilms

Deutscher Dokumentarfilm-Musikpreis / Composition Funding Award 2018

Für ihren Score zum Film BEUYS erhalten Damian Scholl und Ulrich Reuter den Deutschen Dokumentarfilm-Musikpreis 2018. The German Composition Funding Award goes to Florian Erlbeck.

Dokumentarfilmpreis für junge Menschen verliehen

Aus 47 eingereichten Filmen von Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen aus ganz Bayern hat die Jury drei ausgezeichnet.

DOK.female

The 2018 focus section presents films by and about women.

PLEASE SEND ME A POSTCARD

For 52 weeks six metropolitans have taken pictures of the nature that surrounded them. The photo exhibition will be presented as part of DOK.fest 2018 at Munich Gasteig.

The DOK.fest Friends

DOK.fest München has developed into one of the biggest film festivals in Europe. Reason enough to provide documentary film culture with a powerful lobby. Join the DOK.fest Friends now and get involved!

DOK.guest USA

The United States in a close-up – we are happy to present our DOK.guest programme.

Retrospective Helga Reidemeister

In her films Helga Reidemeister contrasts the inflation of what is factual with the reality of experience: her precise and unerring view of the apparently insignificant reveals the crux of human relationships. The 2018 retrospective presents a cross-section through four decades of her filmic achievements.

Antifeministische Frontfrauen

Der Historiker und Kolumnist Matheus Hagedorny über den Film GOLDEN DAWN GIRLS von Håvard Bustnes, den Erfolg des Rechtspopulismus in Europa und die allgemeine Verunsicherung

ARRI AMIRA Award 2018

The ARRI AMIRA Award 2018 goes to Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor for their cinematography for CANIBA.

VFF Documentary Film Production Award

The first prize in Germany, which focuses on the work of the producers of documentary films, goes to Birgit Schulz (Bildersturm Filmproduktion) for her work on BORDERLESS - STORIES OF FREEDOM & FRIENDSHIP.

The print media 2018 for download

Find here our festival catalogue 2018 including all information on films, events, interesting articles and the DOK.forum catalogue for download.

DOK.forum Perspectives 2018

Focus on documentary film future – we present the open events at DOK.forum 2018.

DOK.network Africa Residency Programme

From March 2 to May 14, 2018 we welcome Cyrielle Raingou from Cameroon and Lawrence Agbetsise from Ghana in Munich. The residency programme aims at supporting young filmmakers from African countries to develop their feature length documentary film projects.