DOK.network Africa

This is my moment: Decolonize now!

The festival’s Africa focus promotes the perception and representation of the African continent beyond short-lived headlines and stereotypes. In addition to the presentation of African documentary films in Munich, cultural exchange with screenings of DOK.fest highlights at our partner festivals and the promotion of young African filmmakers are also part of the core programme of this project that is unique in Germany.

African Encounters at DOK.fest München 2024

The films

Through four films we aim to illuminate the current debates and perspectives on colonialism in Africa and to enter into a dialogue with filmmakers.

African Encounters: Panel Discussion

In a panel discussion following the film THE EMPTY GRAVE, we bring together the common threads of the four African Encounters films on Sunday 5 May.

About DOK.network Africa

About Us

As part of DOK.network Africa, African Encounters focuses on African documentaries and current film-aesthetic and social debates every year at the festival in May,. Read more

The Network

DOK.network Africa works closely with its African partner festivals throughout the year.
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Texts Across Ten Years

Over the past ten years, we have been able to collect a wide variety of great essays and texts related to our DOK.network Africa focus. We are now making them available here for the first time.

Review 2017–2023

The films of the 2023 retrospective

In six films we presented a range from the last decades of African cinema in 2023 – from the 1970s to the 2020s.

Honouring the Past to Inspire the Future

DOK.network Africa director Barbara Off discussed with guests what the future holds for filmmakers, audiences and festivals on the continent and abroad in 2023 – watch the video recording here.

The curators

On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of DOK.network Africa at DOK.fest München, six African film professionals were invited to select important African documentaries. Find out who they are.

African Encounters 2022: Programme

Four films from the documentary film series Generation Africa were shown on May 06 and 07 2022 as part of African Encounters: The focus is on encounters and exchange with filmmakers from the African continent. Read more

Tiny Mungwe and Don Edkins about Generation Africa

We met Don Edkins and Tiny Mungwe from the South African non-profit media company STEPS, to talk about the Generation Africa documentary film project. Read more

Generation Africa Shifting the Narrative

Watch two recorded panel discussions with guest filmmakers here – on film production and on migration, moderated by Josey Mahachi.

Africa Day @home 2021: Beyond Diversity

We presented the eighth Africa Day online and live at home – with three films from and about Africa. We also continued the panel discussion in digital format with the topic: Moving Beyond Diversity. Read more

FOLLOW THE NILE Fellowship Programme 2021

Again in 2021, DOK.network Africa proudly presented the fellowship program "Follow the Nile," which offers training in story and treatment development, financing and pitching. Read more

Africa Day 2020 @home

We presented the seventh Africa Day online and live at home – with three films from and about Africa. We continued the panel discussion in digital format with the theme: Stronger together – translating panafricanism into documentary filmmaking. Read more

New: FOLLOW THE NILE Fellowship Programme

We are proud to present our new Fellowship Programme FOLLOW THE NILE accompanied by training in story and treatment development, financing and pitching. Read more

Africa Day 2019

Under the motto "East Africa – A Region in Transition?" we looked at modern East Africa beyond exotic colonial romanticism on Africa Day 2019. Read more

Our scholarship holders to visit a Munich school

In exchange with international filmmakers: The DOK.network Africa Redicency Scholarship holders are guests at a Munich school. Read more in German

Africa Day 2018

Under the heading WHAT’S NEXT: YOUNG AFRICAN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING the Africa Day 2018 gazed into the future of African documentary – with three forward-looking debutfilms and a panel discussion. Read more

DOK.special im Museum Fünf Kontinente

Together with Museum Fünf Kontinente DOK.fest presented two outstanding portraits of women from Cameroon and Burkina Faso and an accompanying discussion event. Read more

Interview with young talents

We ask the two scholarship holders of the DOK.network Africa Residency to what extent the new artistic movement of Afrofuturism marks a turning point for African (documentary) film. Download interview as PDF (in German only)

Africa Day 2017

Under the heading THE FUTURE IS FEMALE!? WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES IN AFRICAN SOCIETIES the Africa Day 2017 focused on the image of women in African societies. Read more

Masterclass Africa

The DOK.forum Masterclass Africa discussed questions concerning different cultural practices of writing history and their value in modern times. Read more

ANGOLA CINEMAS

In cooperation with the Goethe Intsitut and the Steidl Verlag DOK.network Africa presents a photo exhibition about cinemas in Angola.