DOK.aroundtheclock – festival films all year round

DOK.aroundtheclock presents current documentary film highlights for each season. Whether at the weekly Mitt-Doks at the Monopol Kino or as a guest event with our partners from art, photography and music in Munich - we show documentaries on the big screen all year round.

Please note that all DOK.aroundtheclock screenings are released from the age of 18, unless otherwise stated.

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Wednesday, 18.12.2019
Monopol Kino

18.30 Uhr – DOK.fest goes Mitt-DOKs

DRAW A LINE – RICHARD SIEGAL AND THE BALLET OF DIFFERENCE (Deutschland, Nigeria 2019, Benedict Mirow, Münchner Premieren). Dancer and choreographer, Richard Siegal, transcends boundaries with his Munich and Cologne-based ensemble, “BoD” (Ballet of Difference), inspiring the international dance scene. DRAW A LINE shows the company at work: an invigorating experience! – Original version: Haussa, English, German – Subtitles: English
Friday, 17.01.2020
Harry Klein

20.30 Uhr – DOK.fest goes Harry Klein

BERLIN BOUNCER (Deutschland 2019, David Dietl, DOK.aroundtheclock). Berlin's nightlife is changing: from the divided city to the club scene of the nineties to today's party metropolis. Who was there from the beginning? Based on the three exciting biographies of Berlin's most legendary bouncers, BERLIN BOUNCER tells of the reasons and abysses of this development. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Tuesday, 21.01.2020
Bellevue di Monaco

20.00 Uhr – DOK.fest zu Gast im Bellevue di Monaco

THE REMAINS – NACH DER ODYSSEE – THE REMAINS – AFTER THE ODYSSEY (Österreich 2019, Nathalie Borgers, DOK.panorama). Thousands of refugees drown in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe. Who recovers their bodies? Who takes care of the survivors? THE REMAINS sheds light on one particular aspect of the trauma that many refugees have to live through. – Original version: Kurdish, Greek, Farsi, German, Arabic – Subtitles: English, German
Thursday, 23.01.2020
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

20.00 Uhr – DOK.fest zu Gast bei den Mittelmeer-Filmtagen

MISSION LIFELINE (Deutschland 2018, Markus Weinberg, DOK.aroundtheclock). The sixth mission of the Dresden rescue boat, Lifeline, made history. For two years, Markus Weinberg accompanied Mission Lifeline on their operations. A film about the madness of criminalising people who save lives. – Original version: Spanish, English, German – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

19.00 Uhr – DOK.fest in cooperation with FilmWeltWirtschaft

AVEVO UN SOGNO – I HAD A DREAM (Italien, Frankreich 2018, Claudia Tosi, DOK.aroundtheclock). A long-term observation about two women in Italian politics. Manuela, a member of the Italian parliament, and Daniela, a local politician, are stubbornly trying to change society. – Original version: Italian – Subtitles: English
Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.fest München meets VHS: Hier&Jetzt – Widerstand und Alltag

Aktuelle Dokumentarfilme zu Politik und Gesellschaft
#WIDERSTAND – #RESISTANCE (Deutschland 2018, Britta Schoening, DOK.aroundtheclock). Three young women in different places in Europe - three radically different searches for identity and belonging – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Friday, 24.01.2020
Filmmuseum

18.30 Uhr – DOK.fest in cooperation with FilmWeltWirtschaft

DAS FORUM (Deutschland 2019, Marcus Vetter, DOK.aroundtheclock). In 1971 the Swiss Klaus Schwab founded the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and since then has developed it into the most important, but also the most controversial summit of international top representatives from business, politics, science and civil society. – Original version: English – Subtitles: German
Sunday, 26.01.2020
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

17.00 Uhr – DOK.fest zu Gast bei den Mittelmeer-Filmtagen

UNSETTLING (Großbritannien, Israel 2018, Iris Zaki, Best of Fests). A left-wing filmmaker from Tel Aviv “occupies” an Israeli settlement on the West Bank – with two chairs. Over the course of a month she waits with her camera rolling to meet the controversial settlers. Candid access to a callous conflict. – Original version: Hebrew – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

17.30 Uhr – DOK.fest in cooperation with FilmWeltWirtschaft

KRISIS (Deutschland 2019, Wolfgang Reinke, DOK.aroundtheclock). Crisis as an opportunity for change: Five years of crisis have led to an economic and social catastrophe in Greece, so that elementary needs of the population can no longer be met. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Tuesday, 28.01.2020
Filmmuseum

18.30 Uhr – DOK.fest in cooperation with FilmWeltWirtschaft

GOOD NEIGHBOURS (Niederlande 2018, Stella van Voorst, DOK.aroundtheclock). GOOD NEIGHBOURS accompanies two women who have committed themselves to helping older people out of their loneliness - if necessary even against the regulations. – Original version: Dutch – Subtitles: English
Wednesday, 29.01.2020
Filmmuseum

18.30 Uhr – DOK.fest in cooperation with FilmWeltWirtschaft

GROSSTADT – STADT DER GROSSEN (Deutschland 1995, Klaus Stanjek, DOK.aroundtheclock). A big city filmed from below - from a child's perspective. Childhood in the big city is associated with numerous restrictions. For children cities are not made, they are only tolerated - economy, traffic and interests of the adults take precedence. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Wednesday, 05.02.2020
Monopol Kino

19.00 Uhr – DOK.fest bei den Mitt-DOKs

GUNDERMANN REVIER (Deutschland 2019, Grit Lemke, DOK.aroundtheclock). How's the East ticking? The Lausitz district and the former "socialist residential town" Hoyerswerda form the background for the biography of Gerhard Gundermann, rock poet, excavator driver and "Voice of the East". – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Thursday, 13.02.2020
Instituto Cervantes

19.30 Uhr – DOK.fest zu Gast im Instituto Cervantes

EL COLOR DEL CAMALEÓN – THE COLOR OF THE CHAMELEON (Belgium, Chile 2016, Andrés Lübbert, DOK.international). In the 1970s, the war reporter Jorge Lübbert fled Chile’s dictatorship to the GDR. His son, who grew up in Belgium, wants to know more about his father’s dark past. A perplexing political thriller and a touching father-son story. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English
Thursday, 20.02.2020
Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.fest München meets VHS: Hier & Jetzt – Widerstand und Alltag

Aktuelle Dokumentarfilme zu Politik und Gesellschaft
PROJEKT A (Deutschland 2017, Marcel Seehuber Moritz Springer, DOK.aroundtheclock). 30 years after the collapse of real existing socialism, large parts of society question capitalism as a sustainable model of society. – Original version: German – Subtitles: