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Thursday, 05.05.2016
Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr – Festival Opening

BERLIN – DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT – BERLIN – SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (Deutschland 1927, Walter Ruttmann, DOK.special). A day in the life of the capital city of Berlin. 90 years since its premiere, Walter Ruttmann’s documentary still captivates audiences with its intoxicating pace and hypnotic images. Tobias PM Schneid’s new film score brings the twenties back to life. – Without dialogues
Friday, 06.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.00 Uhr

ZWEIKÄMPFER – THE OFFSIDERS (Deutschland 2016, Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali, DOK.deutsch). Four unemployed footballers pursue their dream of being professional footballers and push themselves to their limits. In doing so they consciously gamble not only with their relationships but also their right to unemployment benefit. – German original version, Q&A with Benhadj Djilali

19.30 Uhr

MR. GAGA (Schweden, Israel, Deutschland, Niederlande 2015, Tomer Heymann, DOK.international). “The softness of your flesh will protect you.” Ohad Naharin took the international dance scene in a new direction at the start of the 1980s with the movement language he called Gaga. An homage to one of the most influential choreographers of recent years. – English subtitles, Q&A with Tomer Heymann
Atelier 1

17.00 Uhr

YOUNG WRESTLERS – GENÇ PEHLIVANLAR (Niederlande, Türkei 2016, Mete Gümürhan, DOK.panorama). A wrestling school in the countryside. The boys who live here are between 10 and 18 years of age and they all dream of competing at the highest level. They are rivals and friends. A Turkish microcosm. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

19.30 Uhr

YES NO MAYBE (Schweiz 2015, Kaspar Kasics, DOK.international). What is love? And how do you find it? Kaspar Kasics follows two couples, seeks out a sociological perspective and little by little discovers the most beautiful feeling in the world. – German subtitles, Q&A with Kaspar Kasics

22.00 Uhr

TRAPPED BY LAW – NAKHINO (Deutschland, Kosovo 2015, Sami Mustafa, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Two brothers are deported overnight to Kosovo, the land of their parents. They have just 50 Euros in their pockets and they don’t even speak the language. Sami Mustafa closely follows the pair for three years on a rollercoaster ride between two worlds. – English subtitles
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

14.30 Uhr

LIEBER LEBEN (Deutschland 2015, Katharina Köster, DOK.education). For the first 14 years of his life Tobi’s life hung on a thread due to a serious heart defect. Then suddenly, after years of waiting, a donor heart is found for him. Instead of simply rejoicing, Tobi fears having a “normal” life. With energy and sarcasm, boundless love and anger at the same time he tackles it anyhow – and after a while he even does something that had been unthinkable before: makes plans for the future! – German original version. Special price 3,50 Euros

18.00 Uhr

THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF DOCTOR DOLECEK – NEBEZPECNY SVET RAJKA DOLECKA (Tschechische Republik 2015, Kristýna Bartošová, DOK.guest). The Srebrenica genocide is a lie, the charming Doctor Doleček claims. Is it possible to get him to acknowledge the massacre? The filmmaker travels with him to a memorial to the genocide - and succumbs to his manipulation. An enthralling document of failure. – English subtitles, Q&A with Kristýna Bartošová

22.00 Uhr

FIGHTING FOR PEACE (Niederlande 2016, Joost van der Valk, Mags Gavan, DOK.panorama). “He’s really fighting for his life... this is not a hobby!,” explains boxing coach, Luke Dowdney about his protégé, 15 year-old “Sugar.” The aim is to get out of Rio de Janeiro’s most brutal slum as quickly as possible. An inspiring and emotionally challenging film. – English subtitles
City 2

18.00 Uhr

DÜGÜN – HOCHZEIT AUF TÜRKISCH – DÜGÜN – MARRIAGE THE TURKISH WAY (Deutschland 2015, Marcel Kolvenbach, Ayşe Kalmaz, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). The former industrial neighbourhood of Marxloh in Duisburg has become the Mekka of the German-Turkish wedding industry. Everything now revolves around the business of love. Ostentatious wedding ceremonies reveal the desire for happiness when you’re far away from home. – German original version, Q&A with Marcel Kolvenbach and Ayse Kalmaz
City 3

16.00 Uhr

THIS IS EXILE: DIARIES OF CHILD REFUGEES (Großbritannien, Libanon, Schweiz 2015, Mani Yassir Benchelah, ). Over half of Syrian refugees are children. Mani Y. Benchelah spent a year in camps in Lebanon making this portrait of five girls and boys aged between 7 and 16. A raw, sensitive and sometimes horrifying look at war and exile from the point of view of children. – English subtitles

17.30 Uhr

STARLESS DREAMS – ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH (Iran 2016, Mehrdad Oskouei, DOK.horizonte). A group of girls in a young offenders institution: prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and murderers. Raped by their uncles and tormented by their mothers - behind bars, they can be young and feel safe. Sophisticated, delicate images of an insular world. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

A MAID FOR EACH – MAKHDOUMIN (Norwegen, Libanon, Frankreich, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2016, Maher Abi Samra, DOK.horizonte). For middle-class families in Lebanon, employing a domestic worker is the norm. Agencies arrange the fresh supply of young women from Africa and Asia. Absorbing and agonizing insights into the agencies’ everyday affairs, which lie somewhere between global commerce and slavery. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

LEAGUE OF EXOTIQUE DANCERS (Canada 2016, Rama Rau, DOK.panorama). Former legends of the burlesque scene take us on a journey through time to a crazy, self-made world of glamour, glitter, drugs and intoxication. A passionate defence of freedom and the erotic arts. – English original version, Q&A with Thomas Hoffmann (Burlesque Dancer)
Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr

BERLIN – DIE SINFONIE DER GROSSSTADT – BERLIN – SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (Deutschland 1927, Walter Ruttmann, DOK.special). A day in the life of the capital city of Berlin. 90 years since its premiere, Walter Ruttmann’s documentary still captivates audiences with its intoxicating pace and hypnotic images. Tobias PM Schneid’s new film score brings the twenties back to life. – Without dialogues
Filmmuseum

16.30 Uhr

GOTTLAND (Tschechische Republik 2014, Viera Cákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská, DOK.guest). A visually powerful, episodic journey through 20th century Czech history: via great visionaries, oversized monuments, disasterous affairs, poetic informers and tragic decisions. A declaration of love. – English subtitles, Q&A with Rozalie Kohoutova

19.00 Uhr

DER KICK (Deutschland 2006, Andres Veiel, Retrospektive). “Potzlow is a totally normal village with a pigeon breeders’ club and voluntary fire brigade.” But in summer 2002 the small community close to Berlin becomes the scene of a brutal crime. A minimalistic and meticulous film that tries to find a language for the unspeakable. – German original version, Q&A with Andres Veiel

21.00 Uhr

TIEMPO SUSPENDIDO – TIME SUSPENDED (Mexiko 2015, Natalia Bruschtein, DOK.horizonte). A mother spends her life fighting for an explanation of her children’s murder during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Today she suffers from dementia. Her granddaughter cautiously explores the friendly old lady’s fragmented memories. A film about resistance, women and the joy of life. – English subtitles

22.30 Uhr

HELMUT BERGER, ACTOR (Österreich 2015, Andreas Horvath, DOK.deutsch). A beau and a legend, Helmut Berger was once considered the “most handsome man in the world” and a jet-set Adonis. Today he lives on welfare and is addicted to alcohol and roles, to the media and medicines. Horvath’s haunting tour de force won’t fail to move audiences. – English subtitles
HFF - Audimax

10.00 Uhr – Masterclass Editing Andres Veiel

Nur auf Einladung

15.00 Uhr

KANDAHAR JOURNALS (Kanada, USA, Afghanistan 2015, Louie Palu, Devin Gallagher, DOK.international). Photojournalist, Louie Palu, witnessed a suicide attack in Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2010 he continued to work in the Kandahar region, filming and photographing on the front line and experiencing the horrors of war up close. A psychological self portrait – brutal and disturbing. – English subtitles

17.00 Uhr

DEPROGRAMMED (Kanada 2015, Mia Donovan, DOK.panorama). Since the 1960s, Ted Patrick, the inventor of “reverse brainwashing” has made it his business to free young people from the claws of religious sects and cults – at times against their own will and using unorthodox methods. What is permissible when a person’s free will is in danger? – English original version

20.00 Uhr – Film School Festival Opening

MARS CLOSER (Deutschland 2015, Annelie Boros, Vera Maria Brückner, Student Award). In 2024 the first manned mission to Mars will take place. It will be a one-way trip. Paul Leening and Pauls Irbins want to be on board. A poetic and visionary speculation of life on earth and the longing for outer space. – German subtitles
PRIVACY (Deutschland 2015, Sabine Ehrl, Student Award). Brightly lit windows in the night time – behind them: life. What is it that separates our public life from our private one? Where exactly do the boundaries lie? A quiet meditation in gentle, simple images on a complex question: what is private?
DER LANGSTRECKENLÄUFER – THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (Deutschland 2015, Zuniel Kim, Student Award). Ybekal Berye is fast and he has one goal: to win Olympic gold in the marathon. But German asylum law condemns him to a life in the Hessian provinces and he is not allowed to leave the region. A radical, minimalistic portrait. – German subtitles
HFF - Kino 1

17.30 Uhr

ARCTIC SUPERSTAR (Norway 2016, Simen Braathen, DOK.panorama). Easy-going Nils is in his early 20s and lives with his mother in a small town in the Norwegian Arctic. His passion is rap and his biggest dream is to be famous. But Nils, aka Slin Craze, raps in the Sami language, which is only spoken by 20,000 people. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

19.30 Uhr

VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL – LA SUPPLICATION (Luxemburg 2016, Pol Cruchten, DOK.panorama). Relatives search for who was responsible and offer a radically new perspective on the nuclear catastrophe. A visually powerful and emotional journey through time. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

LA CALLE DE LOS PIANISTAS – PIANISTS STREET (Belgien, Argentinien 2015, Mariano Nante, DOK.panorama). Solo performances in sold out concert halls, duets with her mother, composition lessons in the living room and practice, practice, practice – that is the life of 14-year-old Natasha, a virtuoso from “Pianists Street.” – English subtitles, Q&A with Mariano Nante
HFF - Kino 2

17.00 Uhr

UKRAINIAN SHERIFFS (Lettland, Ukraine, Deutschland 2015, Roman Bondarchuk, DOK.panorama). Viktor and Volodya are very busy provincial sheriffs: maintaining peace and order in the Ukrainian village of Stara Zburyevka is no easy task. A tragicomedy set against current political events. – English subtitles

20.00 Uhr

A FLICKERING TRUTH (Neuseeland, Afghanistan 2015, Pietra Brettkelly, DOK.panorama). A dedicated archivist and a courageous cameraman recover film material from a hangar in Afghanistan. Piece by piece, as the celluloid is restored, cultural identity is reconstructed. A visual encounter with the history of a nation. – English subtitles
Rio 1

19.00 Uhr

HOMO SAPIENS (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, DOK.deutsch). What would a world without people look like? The wind whistles through derelict abbatoirs, shopping centres lie idle and very gently the snow covers the concrete. HOMO SAPIENS is a documentary journey into this world. – Without dialogues

21.00 Uhr

TÖNE BEDEUTEN MIR MEHR ALS WORTE – SOUNDS ARE MORE THAN WORDS (Deutschland 2016, Antje Harries, Münchner Premieren). His compositions are part of our collective filmic memory: DAS BOOT; DIE UNENDLICHE GESCHICHTE; the theme to TATORT. For over 60 years, Klaus Doldinger has played jazz on stages across the world. A journey through time and memories accompanied by studio recordings and recent live performances. – German original version
Rio 2

17.00 Uhr

DEAD SLOW AHEAD (Spanien, Frankreich 2015, Mauro Herce, DOK.international). A freighter on the ocean. It breathes heavily. The sailors who work here are the cogs in the machine. DEAD SLOW AHEAD takes us on a hypnotic journey through modern times. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

CAMBRIDGE (Bulgarien 2015, Eldora Traykova, DOK.panorama). Real chances against poverty and discrimination – that is the goal of a primary school in Dolni Tsibar, one of Bulgaria’s poorest villages. The majority of the inhabitants here are Roma and they must challenge prejudice with education from a young age. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

HERKULES – HERCULES (Deutschland 2016, Volker Meyer-Dabisch, DOK.deutsch). A portrait of coal merchant, Ahmed Özdemir, and his family over 15 years in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. The children grow up; weddings are celebrated. Problems, summer and winter come and go but there’s always coal to be sold. – German original version, Q&A with Volker Mayer-Dabisch
Saturday, 07.05.2016
ARRI Kino

16.30 Uhr

HELMUT BERGER, ACTOR (Österreich 2015, Andreas Horvath, DOK.deutsch). A beau and a legend, Helmut Berger was once considered the “most handsome man in the world” and a jet-set Adonis. Today he lives on welfare and is addicted to alcohol and roles, to the media and medicines. Horvath’s haunting tour de force won’t fail to move audiences. – English subtitles

18.30 Uhr

VOM TÖTEN LEBEN (Deutschland 2016, Wolfgang Landgraeber, Münchner Premieren). Heckler & Koch has been producing firearms in Oberndorf in Swabia since 1949 and successfully exports them throughout the world. The film draws a multifaceted picture of a small town community that lives from the production of weapons. – German original version, Q&A with Wolfgang Landgraeber

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international

SONITA – SONITA (Deutschland, Iran, Schweiz 2015, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, DOK.international). 18-year-old Afghan, Sonita, is a rapper. She lives “sans papiers” in Teheran and dreams of a future as a hip hop star. Yet her mother wants her to be married in Afghanistan and her bride price is supposed to pay for the wedding of her older brother. – English subtitles
Atelier 1

16.00 Uhr

CECILIA (Indien 2015, Pankaj Johar, DOK.horizonte). When Cecilia, the filmmaker’s maid, learns about her daughter’s death, her enquiries lead her into a network of corruption, extortion and people trafficking. An investigative documentary that fights for childrens’ rights. – English subtitles, Q&A with Pankaj Johar

18.00 Uhr

WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT – ROTSDA DEDAMITSA MSUBUKIA (Georgien, Deutschland 2015, Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze, David Meskhi, DOK.panorama). Riding their skateboards, a group of young people dominate the dilapidated urban landscape of Tbilisi. The artists and musicians allow us an insight into their thoughts and outlooks on life. A wonderfully laconic film with an eye-catching 1970s skater aesthetic. – English subtitles. G-rated (14), Q&A with David Meshki

22.00 Uhr

MISTER UNIVERSUM (Deutschland 2015, Berta Valin Escofet, Stefan Höh, DOK.panorama). Life is just exertion: nobody knows that better than the former Mr Universe, Werner Höh. Once he stood at the top; now he has hit rock bottom. An authentic story from Saarland of never giving up. – English subtitles, Q&A with Stefan Höh
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

19.30 Uhr

FACTORY COMPLEX – UI-RO-GONG-DAN (Südkorea 2015, Im Heung-soon, DOK.panorama). Clothes, shoes, smartphones... We want them cheap and we can never get enough. The director, Im Heung-soon, creates a kaleidoscope of abysmal working conditions. On the other side of the world sit the working women who live from the money that we will barely pay. High time for a change. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

K2 - TOUCHING THE SKY (Großbritannien, Polen, Deutschland 2015, Eliza Kubarska, DOK.panorama). In the black summer of 1986, thirteen extreme mountain climbers died on K2. Years later their now grown-up children set off for base camp to try to understand the events and their parents’ motivations. Highly emotional cinema. – English subtitles
City 1

20.00 Uhr

WENN DER VORHANG FÄLLT – CURTAINS FALLING (Deutschland 2015, Michael Münch, DOK.music - Open Air). An enthralling look behind the scenes of 25 years of German hip hop history with the scene’s main protagonists, including Smudo, Samy Deluxe and Fatoni. Full of wit, they reflect on the origin and development of Germany’s biggest music business. – English subtitles, Q&A with Michael Münch
City 2

18.00 Uhr

TRANSIT HAVANA (Niederlande, Deutschland 2016, Daniel Abma, DOK.international). The daughter of the Cuban president, Mariela Castro, is the leader of a socialist-style sexual revolution. Every year she organises free sex reassignment operations for transsexual people. But there are only a few places. This year, will Odette, Jauni and Malú’s dreams become reality? – English subtitles, Q&A with D.Abma and A.Bakker
City 3

16.00 Uhr

HORSE-BEING – ÊTRE CHEVAL (Frankreich 2015, Jérôme Clément-Wilz, DOK.international). The ritual of pony play demands absolute commitment from masters and apprentices. Karen, age 50 and the father to a daughter, travels from France to USA to undergo her training. For her, the strenuous procedure means one thing above all: freedom. – English original version

18.00 Uhr

DON'T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK (Frankreich, USA 2015, Laura Israel, DOK.panorama). Robert Frank’s classic 1958 publication, THE AMERICANS, established him as a photo artist far beyond USA. In his younger days the Swiss native had emigrated to New York. His work to date is an indispensable part of art history. A worthy portrait of a living photo art legend. – English original version
Filmmuseum

16.00 Uhr

DIE SPIELWÜTIGEN (Deutschland 2004, Andres Veiel, Retrospektive). Stephanie, Prodromos, Constanze and Karina push themselves to their limits both physically and mentally in pursuit of their dream of being professional actors. A moving and intoxicating coming of age film that touches on existential themes. – German original version, Q&A with Andres Veiel

18.30 Uhr

WILD PLANTS (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Nicolas Humbert, DOK.international). The camera captures faces and hands that dig in the dirt. Crickets chirp, birds sing and grasses rustle in the wind. In vast landscapes and miniscule details, the urban gardening trend is revealed to be a synesthetic, spiritual and holistic experience. – English subtitles, Q&A with Nicolas Humbert

21.00 Uhr

DIE ÜBERLEBENDEN – THE SURVIVORS (Deutschland 1996, Andres Veiel, Retrospektive). Rudi, Tilman and Thilo are dead – of their own free will. In the provinces of Swabia, Andres Veiel faces up to the tragedy of his former classmates and comes to the disturbing conclusion that every suicide ensnares its survivors in an intricate web of guilt and self-pity. – German original version, Q&A with Andres Veiel
HFF - Audimax

15.00 Uhr

MASTER AND TATYANA – MEISTRAS IR TATJANA (Litauen 2014, Giedre Zickyte, DOK.panorama). Intense black and white images recreate the poignant life of the Lithuanian photographer, Vitus Luckus, which came to a dramatic end with his suicide. His lover, Tatyana, and his closest artist friends draw a fractured portrait. – English subtitles

17.00 Uhr

THE LONG DISTANCE (Österreich, Deutschland, Kenia 2015, Daniel Andreas Sager, DOK.deutsch). For years, Kenya has produced the best marathon runners in the world. Athletics’ supreme discipline has long been established as a globally-networked business. The filmmaker, Daniel Sager, shows the interdependence between two Kenyan runners and their German manager and holds a mirror up to us all. More than just a film about marathons. – German subtitles. G-rated (14), Q&A with Daniel Sager
HFF - Kino 1

09.30 Uhr – DOK.forum Marketplace

Documentary Campus Open Training Session International Coproduction

14.00 Uhr

ATOMIC: LIVING IN DREAD AND PROMISE (Großbritannien 2015, Mark Cousins, DOK.panorama). We live in the nuclear era. Mark Cousins’ journey through this era is compiled solely from archive material. A dreadful, beautiful, fascinating and totally intoxicating voyage. – English original version

16.00 Uhr

BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM – HINTER DEM SCHNEESTURM (Deutschland 2015, Levin Peter, DOK.panorama). “Shut up, man! You asshole!” a grandfather snaps at his grandson. Young against old; scientific curiosity vs a desire to come to terms with the past. Levin Peter’s horror film about the power of memory is rich in associations and moving and disturbing in equal measure. – English subtitles, Q&A with Levin Peter

18.00 Uhr – Film School Festival Special FAMU

Block 2
IN MASARYK'S HANDS – V MASARYKOVÝCH RUKOU (Tschechische Republik 2015, Jan Rousek, Student Award). It all begins with a photo: in 1928 Eva Hankova was featured as a child in a newspaper with the first Czech president, Masaryk. The image became an icon of the young republic – a low-key investigation. – English subtitles
STRIP (Tschechische Republik 2015, Kateřina Turečková, Student Award). Kateřina Turečková depicts the relationship between a stripper and her girlfriend who cannot accept her unusual line of work. A filmic sketch. – English subtitles
THE STILL LIFE OF VĚRA – POHLEDY NA VĚRU BECHYŇOVOU (Tschechische Republik 2015, Greta Stocklassa, ). Faces in Kodachrome and stamps from bygone eras. This playful reflection on greetings cards takes us on a journey through time. – English subtitles
VENTOLIN (Tschechische Republik 2015, Tomáš Frkal, Student Award). David Doubek is a university lecturer who teaches psychological anthropology. By night he performs as DJ Ventolin and takes eccentricity to a new level. Our verdict: five hearts! – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

FRAGMENTE MEINER MUTTER – FRAGMENTS OF MY MOTHER (Deutschland 2015, Britta Schöning, Student Award). Britta sets out on a journey to discover the past. When she was 18 months old her mother went on a journey of her own and disappeared forever. A suicide and the nagging question of why. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 2

14.00 Uhr

MARTHA & NIKI (Schweden 2015, Tora Mkandawire Mårtens, DOK.panorama). Martha and Niki are best friends. They both come from Africa, love music and are an almost unbeatable hip-hop duo. They become the first ever female performers to be crowned world champions and embark upon a life of travel and dancing. Then their friendship is put to the test. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

17.00 Uhr

GOD BLESS THE CHILD (USA 2015, Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, DOK.panorama). Five children spend a summer’s day without supervision from their parents, free of any rules. In loosely connected snapshots and powerful light-flooded images this American indie film pays homage to the anarchist force of childhood. – English original version

19.00 Uhr

COMEBACK (Slowakei 2014, Miro Remo, DOK.guest). How do you get used to living in freedom after spending many years in a high security prison? Miro and Zlatko are about to be released. Can they escape the vicious cycle once and for all? They wouldn’t even bet on it themselves. – English subtitles
Münchner Kammerspiele

20.00 Uhr – DOK.special Münchner Kammerspiele

Pinakothek der Moderne

16.00 Uhr

EVA HESSE (USA, Deutschland 2015, Marcie Begleiter, DOK.special). The artist Eva Hesse had to fight many battles in her life – with herself, for her work and, in the end, for her life. In the 60s, the German Jew became a star of the New York art scene. The film portrays the short life of a remarkable personality.
Rio 1

19.00 Uhr

GRUNDRAUSCHEN – NOISE (Deutschland 2016, Friedrich Rackwitz, DOK.deutsch). How is the news actually made? A large amount of it originates in the German press agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The film takes us into the agency’s open plan offices, to daily meetings and nightly calls, to training sessions and interviews. This is how the news is made. – German original version, Q&A with Friedrich Rackwitz

21.00 Uhr

EUROPE, SHE LOVES (Schweiz, Deutschland 2015, Jan Gassmann, Münchner Premieren). HE: “I find sex pretty good” – SHE: “Maybe in another life.” Jan Gassmann’s explicit crisis film for Generation Y is a warts and all portrayal that closely follows four couples as they search for jobs and get high in a continent on the verge of change. – English subtitles, Q&A with Jan Gassmann
Rio 2

16.00 Uhr

CAFÉ WALDLUFT (Deutschland 2015, Matthias Koßmehl, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Moving destinies set against a picture postcard town. With a view of the Watzmann mountain and under the wing of an amiable hostess, young asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone live in the Café Waldluft hotel. A warts and all account of successful integration. – German original version, Q&A with Matthias Koßmehl

18.00 Uhr

TEMPESTAD (Mexiko 2016, Tatiana Huezo, DOK.horizonte). A journey along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, through an overcast, stark and beautiful landscape. The film’s images reflect and contrast the stories of two mothers: one who was kidnapped, imprisoned and traumatised; the other who has spent years searching for her daughter. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

HOLZ ERDE FLEISCH (Österreich 2016, Sigmund Steiner, DOK.deutsch). The director, himself a farmer’s son, tells a story closely connected with his own, of generational conflict and agriculture’s demise. Portraits of three fathers who find deep fulfilment in their work and three sons who are turning their back on their family inheritance in pursuit of their own happiness. – English subtitles, Q&A with Sigmund Steiner
Sunday, 08.05.2016
ARRI Kino

12.00 Uhr

LA CALLE DE LOS PIANISTAS – PIANISTS STREET (Belgien, Argentinien 2015, Mariano Nante, DOK.panorama). Solo performances in sold out concert halls, duets with her mother, composition lessons in the living room and practice, practice, practice – that is the life of 14-year-old Natasha, a virtuoso from “Pianists Street.” – English subtitles, Q&A with Mariano Nante

14.30 Uhr

MAN FALLING – MAND FALDER (Dänemark 2015, Anne Regitze Wivel, DOK.panorama). More than a portrait of the world-renowned Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. After an accident, the painter started again from the beginning. Existential questions now dictate the life he manages with self-irony and a great deal of support from his wife and friends. – English subtitles

17.00 Uhr

NATURAL DISORDER – NATURENS UORDEN (Dänemark, Niederlande 2015, Christian Sønderby Jepsen, DOK.international). Jacob is 24, a comedian and journalist with a tendency towards black humour. It’s part of his survival strategy as a man with cerebral palsy in a society that revolves around the norm. In a (self) observation that is as entertaining as it is illuminative, he questions what normal really is. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

MALLORY – Mallory (Tschechische Republik 2015, Helena Třeštíková, DOK.international). To lead a happy life – that’s all Mallory wants for herself. Helena Třeštíková follows her protagonist for 13 years, through many crises and setbacks, as she constantly and steadfastly strives for a better future. – English subtitles
Atelier 1

11.30 Uhr

TIEMPO SUSPENDIDO – TIME SUSPENDED (Mexiko 2015, Natalia Bruschtein, DOK.horizonte). A mother spends her life fighting for an explanation of her children’s murder during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Today she suffers from dementia. Her granddaughter cautiously explores the friendly old lady’s fragmented memories. A film about resistance, women and the joy of life. – English subtitles

14.30 Uhr

GIRLS DON'T FLY (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Monika Grassl, DOK.special). Small planes and big dreams: two young Ghanaian women want to get to the top. Their goal in becoming pilots is social elevation. Monika Grassl’s ambivalent study about an NGO project run according to Western values is highly provocative. – English subtitles

16.30 Uhr

FORGET ME NOT – VERGEET MIJ NIET (Niederlande 2016, Jan Jaap Kuiper, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). In a Dutch school, the children of failed asylum seekers wait - sometimes for years – to be deported to a foreign land. The teachers look on helplessly as their classes shrink. A stark and direct observation of everyday uncertainty. – English subtitles, Q&A with Jan Jaap Kuiper

19.00 Uhr

ROUNDABOUT IN MY HEAD – DANS MA TETE UN ROND-POINT (Frankreich, Algerien, Qatar, Libanon, Niederlande 2015, Hassen Ferhani, DOK.horizonte). Probably the most beautiful film that has ever been filmed in an abbatoir. Francis Bacon meets Caravaggio. Algiers: the world of young and old butchers in their place of work during the football World Cup. A film about love, women and the question of a simple life. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

THE FEAR OF 13 (Großbritannien 2015, David Sington, DOK.international). A man condemned to death tells his story. Graphically and animatedly he recalls his fate. Sometimes fictional scenes accompany his words as he tells an unbelievable story of escape and of life. – English original version
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

16.00 Uhr

THE REVOLUTION WON'T BE TELEVISED (Senegal 2016, Rama Thiaw, DOK.horizonte). Senegal 2012: The 86-year-old incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, runs for office a third time, calling the constitution into question. The people protest. A film about revolution, the mobilising strength of hip hop and a youth that takes its destiny into its own hands. – English subtitles

18.30 Uhr

THIS IS EXILE: DIARIES OF CHILD REFUGEES (Großbritannien, Libanon, Schweiz 2015, Mani Yassir Benchelah, ). Over half of Syrian refugees are children. Mani Y. Benchelah spent a year in camps in Lebanon making this portrait of five girls and boys aged between 7 and 16. A raw, sensitive and sometimes horrifying look at war and exile from the point of view of children. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

STARLESS DREAMS – ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH (Iran 2016, Mehrdad Oskouei, DOK.horizonte). A group of girls in a young offenders institution: prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and murderers. Raped by their uncles and tormented by their mothers - behind bars, they can be young and feel safe. Sophisticated, delicate images of an insular world. – English subtitles
City 2

18.00 Uhr

SONITA – SONITA (Deutschland, Iran, Schweiz 2015, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, DOK.international). 18-year-old Afghan, Sonita, is a rapper. She lives “sans papiers” in Teheran and dreams of a future as a hip hop star. Yet her mother wants her to be married in Afghanistan and her bride price is supposed to pay for the wedding of her older brother. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)
City 3

14.30 Uhr

FIGHTING FOR PEACE (Niederlande 2016, Joost van der Valk, Mags Gavan, DOK.panorama). “He’s really fighting for his life... this is not a hobby!,” explains boxing coach, Luke Dowdney about his protégé, 15 year-old “Sugar.” The aim is to get out of Rio de Janeiro’s most brutal slum as quickly as possible. An inspiring and emotionally challenging film. – English subtitles

16.30 Uhr

VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL – LA SUPPLICATION (Luxemburg 2016, Pol Cruchten, DOK.panorama). Relatives search for who was responsible and offer a radically new perspective on the nuclear catastrophe. A visually powerful and emotional journey through time. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE (Großbritannien, Mexiko 2015, Mark Aitken, DOK.horizonte). Once homeless, traumatised and addicted to drugs, Josué is now the manager of an asylum in the city of Juarez, Mexico. What keeps him going is the hope of finding his daughter again. A film that tells of life’s highs and lows in a style that is both poetic and direct. – English subtitles
Filmmuseum

11.00 Uhr

WER WENN NICHT WIR (Deutschland 2011, Andres Veiel, Retrospektive). A romantic drama set against the events of the German Autumn. Andres Veiel’s fiction debut retells the story of the RAF and juxtaposes the relationship between Baader and Ensslin with the biography of the writer and son of a Nazi, Bernward Vesper. A psychological portrait of German terrorism. – German original version, Q&A with Andres Veiel

15.00 Uhr

IL SOLENGO (Italien, Argentinien 2015, Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, DOK.panorama). A group of hunters meet in a hunting lodge. The men have grown old and recall that there was once a hermit in a cave in the woods where they hunted wild boar. Or perhaps he is still there? – English subtitles, Q&A with Matteo Zoppis

17.00 Uhr

ZEN FOR NOTHING (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Werner Penzel, DOK.international). “Zen is absolutely no use.” In search of bliss, people from around the world take refuge in the secluded Antaiji zen monastery in western Japan and try to find themselves. There they can expect hard physical labour, sitting for hours and struggling with their own thoughts. Unsentimental and revealing – a film meditation. – English subtitles, Q&A with Werner Penzel

19.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama / DOK.special Evangelische Stadtakademie München

P.S. JERUSALEM (Kanada, Israel 2015, Danae Elon, DOK.panorama). Danae Elon, daughter of the Israeli author and critic of Israel, Amos Elon, goes back with her family to the land of her birth – against the wishes of her dead father. A film about looking for your roots and political reality, about idealism and a sense of home. – English original version. Panel discussion with I. Neidhardt and N. Sommerfeld
HFF - Audimax

10.30 Uhr

WILD PLANTS (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Nicolas Humbert, DOK.international). The camera captures faces and hands that dig in the dirt. Crickets chirp, birds sing and grasses rustle in the wind. In vast landscapes and miniscule details, the urban gardening trend is revealed to be a synesthetic, spiritual and holistic experience. – English subtitles

14.00 Uhr – Bleibt der Dokumentarfilm auf der Strecke?

Die öffentlich-rechtlichen Sender im Umbruch

16.00 Uhr – Warum nur ein Drittel der Mittel, wenn Frauen der halbe Himmel gehört?

Zur Lage der Dokumentarfilmregisseurinnen in Deutschland

18.00 Uhr

SOMMERTHEATER – SUMMER THEATRE (Deutschland 2016, Maximilian Plettau, Münchner Premieren). For 25 years, Ulrike Dissmann has been running the summer theatre in Munich’s Englischer Garten. This year she is putting on Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST with her troupe of young actors. Through the seasons the film follows them through their rehearsals, which don’t always run smoothly. – English subtitles, Q&A with Max Plettau

20.00 Uhr – GENERATION WHAT?

Live Event and Screening

20.30 Uhr

ZAUNGESPRÄCHE – CONVERSATION OVER THE FENCE (Schweiz 2015, Lisa Gerig, Student Award). Communication as a sign of respect. Once a week Lisa visits refugees awaiting deportation in a Swiss detention centre. In one-to-one conversations she sympathises with every individual’s fate. – English subtitles
DAS LEBEN DREHEN – WIE MEIN VATER VERSUCHTE, DAS GLÜCK FESTZUHALTEN – MY LIFE AS A FILM – HOW MY FATHER TRIED TO CAPTURE HAPPINESS (Schweiz 2015, Eva Vitija, Student Award). As a child, she hated being filmed but when Eva Vetija’s father died she inherited his vast archive of home movies. The film is a personal and philosophical answer to the universal question: “why are you looking at me?” – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 1

09.30 Uhr – DOK.forum Marketplace

Documentary Campus Open Training Session – Interactive Media Marketplace / International Coproduction

15.00 Uhr – Interactive Media Congress

18.00 Uhr – DADA DATA Live Event & Screening

With Anita Hugi & David Dufresne
HFF - Kino 2

16.00 Uhr

GOTTLAND (Tschechische Republik 2014, Viera Cákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská, DOK.guest). A visually powerful, episodic journey through 20th century Czech history: via great visionaries, oversized monuments, disasterous affairs, poetic informers and tragic decisions. A declaration of love. – English subtitles

18.00 Uhr

METALMORPHOSIS (Italien 2015, Cecilia Bozza Wolf Michela Tomasi, Student Award). We are all our fathers’ children. But what about when your father still performs on stage as the frontman of a heavy metal band? This depiction of a father-son relationship is loud but has surprisingly quiet interludes. – English subtitles
ROOTS AND WINGS (Italien 2013, Lisa Wimmer, Student Award). “I need someone who I can call Father.” On her eighteenth birthday Eloïsa, a young Chilean woman, has a visit from her German father, whom she has not seen for years. A film about hang-gliding, family and spreading your wings. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

DEAD SLOW AHEAD (Spanien, Frankreich 2015, Mauro Herce, DOK.international). A freighter on the ocean. It breathes heavily. The sailors who work here are the cogs in the machine. DEAD SLOW AHEAD takes us on a hypnotic journey through modern times. – English subtitles
Literaturhaus

17.00 Uhr – DOK.special Literaturhaus

WER HAT ANGST VOR SIBYLLE BERG – WHO'S AFRAID OF SIBYLLE BERG (Deutschland 2015, Sigrun Köhler, Wiltrud Baier (Böller und Brot), DOK.special). Sibylle Berg polarises opinions. Some see her as the best that contemporary literature has to offer; others accuse her of cynicism. This portrait reveals a sphinx we shouldn’t necessarily fear and a shy person who has remained sinister to some until recently. – German original version, Q&A with Wiltrud Baier
Pinakothek der Moderne

11.00 Uhr

JHERONIMUS BOSCH, TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL (Niederlande 2015, Pieter van Huystee, DOK.special). On the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’s death a group of museums dedicate extensive special exhibitions to the work of the Dutch painter. The film chronicles their years of preparations and the detective work and negotiating skills of the art historians. It is, above all, a feast for the eyes. – English subtitles, Q&A with Pieter van Huystee

16.00 Uhr

KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND – KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND (Deutschland, Tschechische Republik 2015, Gilad Baram, DOK.guest). Gilad Baram offers us backstage access to a world-famous photo journalist and, at the same time, subtly and through the formal sobriety of Josef Koudelka’s images, shows us the absurdity of drawing a boundary between Israel and Palestine. – English subtitles, Q&A with Gilad Baram
Rio 1

18.00 Uhr

MR. GAGA (Schweden, Israel, Deutschland, Niederlande 2015, Tomer Heymann, DOK.international). “The softness of your flesh will protect you.” Ohad Naharin took the international dance scene in a new direction at the start of the 1980s with the movement language he called Gaga. An homage to one of the most influential choreographers of recent years. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

4 (Deutschland 2015, Daniel Kutschinski, DOK.international). An insight into one of the world’s best string quartets, Quatuor Ebène from France. We go behind the scenes on their Italian tour as the musicians strive to create the finest interpretations and inspire each other to perform at their best. A musical odyssey into the minds of its performers. – English subtitles, Q&A with M. Herzog and D. Kutschinski
Rio 2

11.00 Uhr – DOK.special / Best Of Oscars

DIE REISE DER PINGUINE – LA MARCHE DE L'EMPEREUR (Frankreich 2005, Luc Jacquet, DOK.special). Jacquet’s classic is more than just a natural history film. Its portrayal of the arduous and sacrificial journey that the penguins take through the eternal ice is a drama of biblical proportions. A controversial Oscar winner. – German subtitles

14.00 Uhr

YES NO MAYBE (Schweiz 2015, Kaspar Kasics, DOK.international). What is love? And how do you find it? Kaspar Kasics follows two couples, seeks out a sociological perspective and little by little discovers the most beautiful feeling in the world. – German subtitles, Q&A with Kaspar Kasics

16.30 Uhr

IM JUGENDAMT – INSIDE YOUTH WELFARE OFFICE (Deutschland 2015, Wolfram Seeger, DOK.deutsch). The employees of Bergisch Gladbach’s youth services department negotiate a fine line between too little and too much. For 18 years Jolanta Mirski has put her heart and soul into children’s welfare. An insightful look at working life and human fortunes. – German original version, Q&A with Wolfram Seeger

19.00 Uhr

VON MÄNNERN UND VÄTERN (Italien, Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Andreas Pichler Martin Prinz, DOK.deutsch). “What does it mean nowadays to be a man and a father?” Andreas Pichler and Martin Prinz examine the role in light of changing job and family circumstances. Strength and weakness, assertiveness and flexibility – the protagonists reflect on how to maintain a balance between it all. – German original version, Q&A with Andreas Pichler and Martin Prinz

21.00 Uhr

HOMO SAPIENS (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, DOK.deutsch). What would a world without people look like? The wind whistles through derelict abbatoirs, shopping centres lie idle and very gently the snow covers the concrete. HOMO SAPIENS is a documentary journey into this world. – Without dialogues, Q&A with Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Monday, 09.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.00 Uhr

DÜGÜN – HOCHZEIT AUF TÜRKISCH – DÜGÜN – MARRIAGE THE TURKISH WAY (Deutschland 2015, Marcel Kolvenbach, Ayşe Kalmaz, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). The former industrial neighbourhood of Marxloh in Duisburg has become the Mekka of the German-Turkish wedding industry. Everything now revolves around the business of love. Ostentatious wedding ceremonies reveal the desire for happiness when you’re far away from home. – German original version

19.00 Uhr

SEEFEUER – FUOCOAMMARE – FUOCOAMMARE (Italien, Frankreich 2015, Gianfranco Rosi, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Lampedusa has become a synonym for the excessive demands facing the EU with the arrival of refugees by boat. By contrasting the everyday life on the Italian island with the humanitarian catastrophe in the water, filmmaker, Gianfranco Rosi, gives the tragedy a human face. – German subtitles

21.00 Uhr

A FAMILY AFFAIR (Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark 2015, Tom Fassaert, DOK.panorama). Out of the blue, Tom Fassaert receives an invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother to visit her in South Africa. He goes to settle a long festering ‘family affair.’ What plays out in front of his camera, nobody could predict. – English subtitles
Atelier 1

14.00 Uhr

ZWEIKÄMPFER – THE OFFSIDERS (Deutschland 2016, Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali, DOK.deutsch). Four unemployed footballers pursue their dream of being professional footballers and push themselves to their limits. In doing so they consciously gamble not only with their relationships but also their right to unemployment benefit. – German version, Q&A with M. Benhadj-Djilali, Tickets at box office (5 euro)

17.30 Uhr

FRAGMENTE MEINER MUTTER – FRAGMENTS OF MY MOTHER (Deutschland 2015, Britta Schöning, Student Award). Britta sets out on a journey to discover the past. When she was 18 months old her mother went on a journey of her own and disappeared forever. A suicide and the nagging question of why. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

VOM LIEBEN UND STERBEN (Deutschland 2016, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch). After a life-changing accident, Robert Wolf’s ever-loving wife plans their future together, while the guitarist from Quadro Nuevo, who is paralysed from the neck down, takes the decision to end his life. An unashamed and disturbing insight into an emotional struggle. – English subtitles, Q&A with Katrin Nemec

22.00 Uhr

INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET (Niederlande 2015, Sophia Luvara, DOK.panorama). Satisfaction in love and acceptance in society? For Andy and Cherry it is an impossible balancing act as they are both homosexual in China. The only way to escape ostracism: a fake marriage. – English subtitles
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

17.30 Uhr

CHRIST LIVES IN SIBERIA (Estland, Finnland 2015, Arbo Tammiksaar, Jaak Kilmi, DOK.panorama). Timber houses and lush fir trees, children in blissful delirium in the Siberian taiga. Captivatingly beautiful images reveal a paradise on earth – that is if it weren’t for the paens to a self-styled Jesus and a father who is trying to save his offspring from being brainwashed. – English subtitles, Q&A with Margus Öunapuu

20.00 Uhr

TEMPESTAD (Mexiko 2016, Tatiana Huezo, DOK.horizonte). A journey along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, through an overcast, stark and beautiful landscape. The film’s images reflect and contrast the stories of two mothers: one who was kidnapped, imprisoned and traumatised; the other who has spent years searching for her daughter. – English subtitles
City 2

18.00 Uhr

BECOMING ZLATAN (Schweden, Niederlande, Italien 2015, Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten, DOK.panorama). Zlatan on Ibrahimovic: “Zlatan is just a man in the same way that a great white shark is just a fish.” An in depth portrait of the extraordinary star striker, who has just one thing to fear, on and off the pitch – his massive ego and overwhelming pride. – English subtitles
City 3

09.30 Uhr

CAFÉ WALDLUFT (Deutschland 2015, Matthias Koßmehl, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Moving destinies set against a picture postcard town. With a view of the Watzmann mountain and under the wing of an amiable hostess, young asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone live in the Café Waldluft hotel. A warts and all account of successful integration. – German original version

14.00 Uhr

HERKULES – HERCULES (Deutschland 2016, Volker Meyer-Dabisch, DOK.deutsch). A portrait of coal merchant, Ahmed Özdemir, and his family over 15 years in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. The children grow up; weddings are celebrated. Problems, summer and winter come and go but there’s always coal to be sold. – German original version. Tickets at the box office (special price 5 euros)

17.00 Uhr

GRUNDRAUSCHEN – NOISE (Deutschland 2016, Friedrich Rackwitz, DOK.deutsch). How is the news actually made? A large amount of it originates in the German press agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The film takes us into the agency’s open plan offices, to daily meetings and nightly calls, to training sessions and interviews. This is how the news is made. – German original version, Q&A with Friedrich Rackwitz

21.00 Uhr

THE LONG DISTANCE (Österreich, Deutschland, Kenia 2015, Daniel Andreas Sager, DOK.deutsch). For years, Kenya has produced the best marathon runners in the world. Athletics’ supreme discipline has long been established as a globally-networked business. The filmmaker, Daniel Sager, shows the interdependence between two Kenyan runners and their German manager and holds a mirror up to us all. More than just a film about marathons. – German subtitles, Q&A with Daniel Sager
Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr – DOK.special Jüdisches Museum

CAFÉ NAGLER (Israel, Deutschland 2015, Mor Kaplansky, Yariv Barel, DOK.special). A venue, a house, a myth: the legendary Café Nagler in Berlin. Mor Kaplansky’s charmingly comic family portrait is much more than a personal trip down memory lane to the cultural capital of the 1920s. A search for meaning with a camera that doesn’t shy away from using re-enactments and offers warm-hearted entertainment. – German subtitles, Q&A with Mor Kaplansky

19.00 Uhr

HORSE-BEING – ÊTRE CHEVAL (Frankreich 2015, Jérôme Clément-Wilz, DOK.international). The ritual of pony play demands absolute commitment from masters and apprentices. Karen, age 50 and the father to a daughter, travels from France to USA to undergo her training. For her, the strenuous procedure means one thing above all: freedom. – English original version

21.00 Uhr

WINTERNACHTSTRAUM (Deutschland 1992, Andreas Veiel, Retrospektive). “This is where I once began and this is where I will stop again.” After 60 years, Inka Köhler-Rechnitz returns to the Görlitzer Theater. She made her debut here in Shakespeare’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Then historical events intervened. – German original version
HFF - Audimax

10.00 Uhr – Masterclass Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Moderation Prof. Andreas Gruber, HFF Spielfilm
HOMO SAPIENS (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, DOK.deutsch). What would a world without people look like? The wind whistles through derelict abbatoirs, shopping centres lie idle and very gently the snow covers the concrete. HOMO SAPIENS is a documentary journey into this world. – Without dialogues. Free entrance

14.00 Uhr

WILD PLANTS (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Nicolas Humbert, DOK.international). The camera captures faces and hands that dig in the dirt. Crickets chirp, birds sing and grasses rustle in the wind. In vast landscapes and miniscule details, the urban gardening trend is revealed to be a synesthetic, spiritual and holistic experience. – English subtitles, Q&A with N. Humbert, Tickets at box office (5 euro)

16.30 Uhr – Filmschulfestival / Film School Festival Close-Up Südafrika

21.00 Uhr

DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN (Finnland, Norwegen 2016, Juan Reina, DOK.panorama). It is cold and claustrophobic; the equipment gets stuck and the air is running out. Exploring subterranean cave systems is as thrilling as it is dangerous. Four Finnish cave divers risk their lives on a secret mission. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 1

13.00 Uhr – ECO & Games – Melting Realities: Transmedia

17.30 Uhr – Die Serie – Antwort auf alle Fragen?

19.30 Uhr – Seriencamp @ DOK.fest

Dokuserien – Screening und Extended Q&A

21.30 Uhr

BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM – HINTER DEM SCHNEESTURM (Deutschland 2015, Levin Peter, DOK.panorama). “Shut up, man! You asshole!” a grandfather snaps at his grandson. Young against old; scientific curiosity vs a desire to come to terms with the past. Levin Peter’s horror film about the power of memory is rich in associations and moving and disturbing in equal measure. – German original version, Q&A with Levin Peter
HFF - Kino 2

14.00 Uhr

ZEN FOR NOTHING (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Werner Penzel, DOK.international). “Zen is absolutely no use.” In search of bliss, people from around the world take refuge in the secluded Antaiji zen monastery in western Japan and try to find themselves. There they can expect hard physical labour, sitting for hours and struggling with their own thoughts. Unsentimental and revealing – a film meditation. – English subtitles, Q&A with Werner Penzel

16.30 Uhr

COMEBACK (Slowakei 2014, Miro Remo, DOK.guest). How do you get used to living in freedom after spending many years in a high security prison? Miro and Zlatko are about to be released. Can they escape the vicious cycle once and for all? They wouldn’t even bet on it themselves. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE (Großbritannien, Mexiko 2015, Mark Aitken, DOK.horizonte). Once homeless, traumatised and addicted to drugs, Josué is now the manager of an asylum in the city of Juarez, Mexico. What keeps him going is the hope of finding his daughter again. A film that tells of life’s highs and lows in a style that is both poetic and direct. – English subtitles

21.00 Uhr

CECILIA (Indien 2015, Pankaj Johar, DOK.horizonte). When Cecilia, the filmmaker’s maid, learns about her daughter’s death, her enquiries lead her into a network of corruption, extortion and people trafficking. An investigative documentary that fights for childrens’ rights. – English subtitles, Q&A with Pankaj Johar
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

21.30 Uhr – DOK.special / DOK.music Open Air

AMY – AMY – THE GIRL BEHIND THE NAME (Großbritannien 2015, Asif Kapadia, DOK.special). The trials and tribulations of the young Amy Winehouse. Her music made her world famous and at the same time she sank deeper and deeper into depression and drug addiction until her death at the age of 27. The film shows the tragic and yet ultimately predictable demise of a great musician. – English original version, free entrance - along with keynote at 08.30 pm
Katholische Akademie

20.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch / DOK.special Katholische Akademie in Bayern

IM JUGENDAMT – INSIDE YOUTH WELFARE OFFICE (Deutschland 2015, Wolfram Seeger, DOK.deutsch). The employees of Bergisch Gladbach’s youth services department negotiate a fine line between too little and too much. For 18 years Jolanta Mirski has put her heart and soul into children’s welfare. An insightful look at working life and human fortunes. – German original version, Q&A with W. Seeger
Rio 1

20.00 Uhr

ES WAR EINMAL – ONCE UPON A TIME (Deutschland 2015, Agata Wozniak, Münchner Premieren). Within her tight-knit family the young director feels secure. When she leaves home for her studies and her mother moves into her own apartment, the unity she relies upon begins to crumble. A poetic look at the complex construct of the family, transience and growing up. – English subtitles
Rio 2

17.00 Uhr

HOLZ ERDE FLEISCH (Österreich 2016, Sigmund Steiner, DOK.deutsch). The director, himself a farmer’s son, tells a story closely connected with his own, of generational conflict and agriculture’s demise. Portraits of three fathers who find deep fulfilment in their work and three sons who are turning their back on their family inheritance in pursuit of their own happiness. – English subtitles, Q&A with Sigmund Steiner

19.00 Uhr

WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT – ROTSDA DEDAMITSA MSUBUKIA (Georgien, Deutschland 2015, Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze, David Meskhi, DOK.panorama). Riding their skateboards, a group of young people dominate the dilapidated urban landscape of Tbilisi. The artists and musicians allow us an insight into their thoughts and outlooks on life. A wonderfully laconic film with an eye-catching 1970s skater aesthetic. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

21.00 Uhr

TRANSIT HAVANA (Niederlande, Deutschland 2016, Daniel Abma, DOK.international). The daughter of the Cuban president, Mariela Castro, is the leader of a socialist-style sexual revolution. Every year she organises free sex reassignment operations for transsexual people. But there are only a few places. This year, will Odette, Jauni and Malú’s dreams become reality? – English subtitles, Q&A with D.Abma and A.Bakker
Tuesday, 10.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.00 Uhr

THE FEAR OF 13 (Großbritannien 2015, David Sington, DOK.international). A man condemned to death tells his story. Graphically and animatedly he recalls his fate. Sometimes fictional scenes accompany his words as he tells an unbelievable story of escape and of life. – English original version

19.30 Uhr

4 (Deutschland 2015, Daniel Kutschinski, DOK.international). An insight into one of the world’s best string quartets, Quatuor Ebène from France. We go behind the scenes on their Italian tour as the musicians strive to create the finest interpretations and inspire each other to perform at their best. A musical odyssey into the minds of its performers. – English subtitles, Q&A with P.Colombet,G.Magadure and D.Kutschinski

22.00 Uhr

KANDAHAR JOURNALS (Kanada, USA, Afghanistan 2015, Louie Palu, Devin Gallagher, DOK.international). Photojournalist, Louie Palu, witnessed a suicide attack in Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2010 he continued to work in the Kandahar region, filming and photographing on the front line and experiencing the horrors of war up close. A psychological self portrait – brutal and disturbing. – English subtitles
Atelier 1

14.00 Uhr

UKRAINIAN SHERIFFS (Lettland, Ukraine, Deutschland 2015, Roman Bondarchuk, DOK.panorama). Viktor and Volodya are very busy provincial sheriffs: maintaining peace and order in the Ukrainian village of Stara Zburyevka is no easy task. A tragicomedy set against current political events. – English subtitles, Tickets at Box Office (special price 5€)

17.00 Uhr

TRAPPED BY LAW – NAKHINO (Deutschland, Kosovo 2015, Sami Mustafa, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Two brothers are deported overnight to Kosovo, the land of their parents. They have just 50 Euros in their pockets and they don’t even speak the language. Sami Mustafa closely follows the pair for three years on a rollercoaster ride between two worlds. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

NATURAL DISORDER – NATURENS UORDEN (Dänemark, Niederlande 2015, Christian Sønderby Jepsen, DOK.international). Jacob is 24, a comedian and journalist with a tendency towards black humour. It’s part of his survival strategy as a man with cerebral palsy in a society that revolves around the norm. In a (self) observation that is as entertaining as it is illuminative, he questions what normal really is. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

MARTHA & NIKI (Schweden 2015, Tora Mkandawire Mårtens, DOK.panorama). Martha and Niki are best friends. They both come from Africa, love music and are an almost unbeatable hip-hop duo. They become the first ever female performers to be crowned world champions and embark upon a life of travel and dancing. Then their friendship is put to the test. – English subtitles
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

17.00 Uhr

IL SOLENGO (Italien, Argentinien 2015, Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis, DOK.panorama). A group of hunters meet in a hunting lodge. The men have grown old and recall that there was once a hermit in a cave in the woods where they hunted wild boar. Or perhaps he is still there? – English subtitles, Q&A with Matteo Zoppis

19.00 Uhr

FORGET ME NOT – VERGEET MIJ NIET (Niederlande 2016, Jan Jaap Kuiper, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). In a Dutch school, the children of failed asylum seekers wait - sometimes for years – to be deported to a foreign land. The teachers look on helplessly as their classes shrink. A stark and direct observation of everyday uncertainty. – English subtitles

21.00 Uhr

P.S. JERUSALEM (Kanada, Israel 2015, Danae Elon, DOK.panorama). Danae Elon, daughter of the Israeli author and critic of Israel, Amos Elon, goes back with her family to the land of her birth – against the wishes of her dead father. A film about looking for your roots and political reality, about idealism and a sense of home. – English original version
City 3

09.30 Uhr

BEYOND THE SNOWSTORM – HINTER DEM SCHNEESTURM (Deutschland 2015, Levin Peter, DOK.panorama). “Shut up, man! You asshole!” a grandfather snaps at his grandson. Young against old; scientific curiosity vs a desire to come to terms with the past. Levin Peter’s horror film about the power of memory is rich in associations and moving and disturbing in equal measure. – English subtitles, reduced price of 6,50

14.00 Uhr

THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF DOCTOR DOLECEK – NEBEZPECNY SVET RAJKA DOLECKA (Tschechische Republik 2015, Kristýna Bartošová, DOK.guest). The Srebrenica genocide is a lie, the charming Doctor Doleček claims. Is it possible to get him to acknowledge the massacre? The filmmaker travels with him to a memorial to the genocide - and succumbs to his manipulation. An enthralling document of failure. – English subtitles, Tickets at Box Office (special price 5€)

17.00 Uhr

VON MÄNNERN UND VÄTERN (Italien, Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Andreas Pichler Martin Prinz, DOK.deutsch). “What does it mean nowadays to be a man and a father?” Andreas Pichler and Martin Prinz examine the role in light of changing job and family circumstances. Strength and weakness, assertiveness and flexibility – the protagonists reflect on how to maintain a balance between it all. – German original version, Q&A with Andreas Pichler and Martin Prinz

19.00 Uhr

A MAID FOR EACH – MAKHDOUMIN (Norwegen, Libanon, Frankreich, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2016, Maher Abi Samra, DOK.horizonte). For middle-class families in Lebanon, employing a domestic worker is the norm. Agencies arrange the fresh supply of young women from Africa and Asia. Absorbing and agonizing insights into the agencies’ everyday affairs, which lie somewhere between global commerce and slavery. – English subtitles

21.00 Uhr

EUROPE, SHE LOVES (Schweiz, Deutschland 2015, Jan Gassmann, Münchner Premieren). HE: “I find sex pretty good” – SHE: “Maybe in another life.” Jan Gassmann’s explicit crisis film for Generation Y is a warts and all portrayal that closely follows four couples as they search for jobs and get high in a continent on the verge of change. – English subtitles, Q&A with Jan Gassmann
Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr

BALAGAN (Deutschland 1993, Andres Veiel, Retrospektive). An explosive stage production against the Holocaust. Three Israeli actors: Khaled, the Palestinian; Madi, the Jew; and Moni, the child of Israeli Jews and himself a practising othodox Jew. Using highly vivid images they face up to their history – going right up to the pain barrier. – German subtitles

19.00 Uhr

KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND – KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND (Deutschland, Tschechische Republik 2015, Gilad Baram, DOK.guest). Gilad Baram offers us backstage access to a world-famous photo journalist and, at the same time, subtly and through the formal sobriety of Josef Koudelka’s images, shows us the absurdity of drawing a boundary between Israel and Palestine. – English subtitles, Q&A with Gilad Baram

21.30 Uhr

ZAUNGESPRÄCHE – CONVERSATION OVER THE FENCE (Schweiz 2015, Lisa Gerig, Student Award). Communication as a sign of respect. Once a week Lisa visits refugees awaiting deportation in a Swiss detention centre. In one-to-one conversations she sympathises with every individual’s fate. – English subtitles, French subtitles
DAS LEBEN DREHEN – WIE MEIN VATER VERSUCHTE, DAS GLÜCK FESTZUHALTEN – MY LIFE AS A FILM – HOW MY FATHER TRIED TO CAPTURE HAPPINESS (Schweiz 2015, Eva Vitija, Student Award). As a child, she hated being filmed but when Eva Vetija’s father died she inherited his vast archive of home movies. The film is a personal and philosophical answer to the universal question: “why are you looking at me?” – English subtitles
HFF - Audimax

14.00 Uhr

TIEMPO SUSPENDIDO – TIME SUSPENDED (Mexiko 2015, Natalia Bruschtein, DOK.horizonte). A mother spends her life fighting for an explanation of her children’s murder during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Today she suffers from dementia. Her granddaughter cautiously explores the friendly old lady’s fragmented memories. A film about resistance, women and the joy of life. – English subtitles

16.00 Uhr

CAFÉ WALDLUFT (Deutschland 2015, Matthias Koßmehl, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Moving destinies set against a picture postcard town. With a view of the Watzmann mountain and under the wing of an amiable hostess, young asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone live in the Café Waldluft hotel. A warts and all account of successful integration. – English subtitles

18.00 Uhr

YES NO MAYBE (Schweiz 2015, Kaspar Kasics, DOK.international). What is love? And how do you find it? Kaspar Kasics follows two couples, seeks out a sociological perspective and little by little discovers the most beautiful feeling in the world. – English subtitles, Q&A with Kaspar Kasics

20.30 Uhr

VOM TÖTEN LEBEN (Deutschland 2016, Wolfgang Landgraeber, Münchner Premieren). Heckler & Koch has been producing firearms in Oberndorf in Swabia since 1949 and successfully exports them throughout the world. The film draws a multifaceted picture of a small town community that lives from the production of weapons. – German original version, Q&A with Wolfgang Landgraeber
HFF - Kino 1

10.30 Uhr

CECILIA (Indien 2015, Pankaj Johar, DOK.horizonte). When Cecilia, the filmmaker’s maid, learns about her daughter’s death, her enquiries lead her into a network of corruption, extortion and people trafficking. An investigative documentary that fights for childrens’ rights. – English subtitles

14.00 Uhr – Film meets Print

18.00 Uhr

GENK UP! – GENK UP! (Deutschland, Luxemburg 2015, Sven Fielitz, Student Award). Freestyle Football. Daniel Dennehy’s biggest dream is to bask in the limelight of the Red Bull Open Championships but he has a mysterious illness that keeps setting him back. Genk up! – English original version, Q&A with the director and freestyler Daniel Dennehy

20.30 Uhr

#SCHULAUSFLUG – #SCHOOLTRIP (Österreich 2016, Wolf-Maximilian Liebich, Student Award). A battle against forgetting. A final year school class from Carinthia travels to Auschwitz to learn about its history and to find out what happened there. What we are left with is the knowledge that the past and the present are inextricably linked. – English subtitles
LUZ (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Lena Weiss, Student Award). The world hangs on a wire. People need electricity - even in the favelas of Rio das Pedras in Brazil. So when the energy companies refuse to supply the slum, the inhabitants don't hesitate in helping themselves. This film looks at the situation on the ground and celebrates improvisation. – German subtitles
SCHWERELOS – ZERO-G (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Jannis Lenz, Student Award). Wouldn’t we all like to be part of a youth movement? Delicately and with great poetry a group of young parcours artists recapture the urban space of their home city of Vienna. Political art in public space – completely weightless. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 2

14.00 Uhr

VOM LIEBEN UND STERBEN (Deutschland 2016, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch). After a life-changing accident, Robert Wolf’s ever-loving wife plans their future together, while the guitarist from Quadro Nuevo, who is paralysed from the neck down, takes the decision to end his life. An unashamed and disturbing insight into an emotional struggle. – English subtitles, Q&A with Katrin Nemec

16.00 Uhr

ARCTIC SUPERSTAR (Norway 2016, Simen Braathen, DOK.panorama). Easy-going Nils is in his early 20s and lives with his mother in a small town in the Norwegian Arctic. His passion is rap and his biggest dream is to be famous. But Nils, aka Slin Craze, raps in the Sami language, which is only spoken by 20,000 people. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

17.30 Uhr – Workflow Fokus Storage Technik

Mit Benjamin Kaufmann

19.30 Uhr – Epic Fail Night – Film

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

11.00 Uhr

DEMOCRACY – IM RAUSCH DER DATEN (Deutschland 2015, David Bernet, DOK.special). In a campaign to reform European data protection law, the young, casually-dressed Green Party MEP, Jan-Philipp Albrecht, confronts realpolitik’s structures of power. DEMOCRACY looks deep into the complexity and the lunacy of democratic legislative procedure at the EU level.

21.30 Uhr

WENN DER VORHANG FÄLLT – CURTAINS FALLING (Deutschland 2015, Michael Münch, DOK.music - Open Air). An enthralling look behind the scenes of 25 years of German hip hop history with the scene’s main protagonists, including Smudo, Samy Deluxe and Fatoni. Full of wit, they reflect on the origin and development of Germany’s biggest music business. – Engl subs, Q&A with Michael Münch. Adm. 8pm, 400 seats, First come first serve
Rio 1

20.00 Uhr

PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL (Deutschland 2015, Stefan Eberlein, Manuel Fenn, Münchner Premieren). Jonathan Pang, a businessman from China, wants to transform an old military airport in rural northern Germany into an international commercial centre. Globalisation meets provincial reality in a film that is rich in contrasts. – German subtitles
Rio 2

17.00 Uhr

MAN FALLING – MAND FALDER (Dänemark 2015, Anne Regitze Wivel, DOK.panorama). More than a portrait of the world-renowned Danish artist, Per Kirkeby. After an accident, the painter started again from the beginning. Existential questions now dictate the life he manages with self-irony and a great deal of support from his wife and friends. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

MALLORY – Mallory (Tschechische Republik 2015, Helena Třeštíková, DOK.international). To lead a happy life – that’s all Mallory wants for herself. Helena Třeštíková follows her protagonist for 13 years, through many crises and setbacks, as she constantly and steadfastly strives for a better future. – English subtitles

22.00 Uhr

DEAD SLOW AHEAD (Spanien, Frankreich 2015, Mauro Herce, DOK.international). A freighter on the ocean. It breathes heavily. The sailors who work here are the cogs in the machine. DEAD SLOW AHEAD takes us on a hypnotic journey through modern times. – English subtitles
Wednesday, 11.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.00 Uhr

TRANSIT HAVANA (Niederlande, Deutschland 2016, Daniel Abma, DOK.international). The daughter of the Cuban president, Mariela Castro, is the leader of a socialist-style sexual revolution. Every year she organises free sex reassignment operations for transsexual people. But there are only a few places. This year, will Odette, Jauni and Malú’s dreams become reality? – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr – DOK.special / Spiegel TV

CHILDREN OF DICTATORS (Ungarn, Deutschland 2016, Eszter Cseke, Andras S. Takacs, DOK.special). As the descendant of a dictator, how do you handle the political legacy of your beloved father or uncle? In intimate interviews, CHILDREN OF DICTATORS offers us a perspective on the past that takes us beyond the history books. – German subtitles, Q&A with Eszter Cseke and Andras S. Takacs

21.30 Uhr

MR. GAGA (Schweden, Israel, Deutschland, Niederlande 2015, Tomer Heymann, DOK.international). “The softness of your flesh will protect you.” Ohad Naharin took the international dance scene in a new direction at the start of the 1980s with the movement language he called Gaga. An homage to one of the most influential choreographers of recent years. – English subtitles
Atelier 1

14.00 Uhr

ES WAR EINMAL – ONCE UPON A TIME (Deutschland 2015, Agata Wozniak, Münchner Premieren). Within her tight-knit family the young director feels secure. When she leaves home for her studies and her mother moves into her own apartment, the unity she relies upon begins to crumble. A poetic look at the complex construct of the family, transience and growing up. – English subtitles. Tickets at the box office (special price 5 Euros)

17.00 Uhr

K2 - TOUCHING THE SKY (Großbritannien, Polen, Deutschland 2015, Eliza Kubarska, DOK.panorama). In the black summer of 1986, thirteen extreme mountain climbers died on K2. Years later their now grown-up children set off for base camp to try to understand the events and their parents’ motivations. Highly emotional cinema. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

THE REVOLUTION WON'T BE TELEVISED (Senegal 2016, Rama Thiaw, DOK.horizonte). Senegal 2012: The 86-year-old incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, runs for office a third time, calling the constitution into question. The people protest. A film about revolution, the mobilising strength of hip hop and a youth that takes its destiny into its own hands. – English subtitles, Q&A with Rama Thiaw

22.00 Uhr

LEAGUE OF EXOTIQUE DANCERS (Canada 2016, Rama Rau, DOK.panorama). Former legends of the burlesque scene take us on a journey through time to a crazy, self-made world of glamour, glitter, drugs and intoxication. A passionate defence of freedom and the erotic arts. – English original version
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

19.00 Uhr

HOLZ ERDE FLEISCH (Österreich 2016, Sigmund Steiner, DOK.deutsch). The director, himself a farmer’s son, tells a story closely connected with his own, of generational conflict and agriculture’s demise. Portraits of three fathers who find deep fulfilment in their work and three sons who are turning their back on their family inheritance in pursuit of their own happiness. – German original version

21.00 Uhr

DÜGÜN – HOCHZEIT AUF TÜRKISCH – DÜGÜN – MARRIAGE THE TURKISH WAY (Deutschland 2015, Marcel Kolvenbach, Ayşe Kalmaz, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). The former industrial neighbourhood of Marxloh in Duisburg has become the Mekka of the German-Turkish wedding industry. Everything now revolves around the business of love. Ostentatious wedding ceremonies reveal the desire for happiness when you’re far away from home. – German original version
City 2

18.00 Uhr

THE LONG DISTANCE (Österreich, Deutschland, Kenia 2015, Daniel Andreas Sager, DOK.deutsch). For years, Kenya has produced the best marathon runners in the world. Athletics’ supreme discipline has long been established as a globally-networked business. The filmmaker, Daniel Sager, shows the interdependence between two Kenyan runners and their German manager and holds a mirror up to us all. More than just a film about marathons. – German subtitles. G-rated (14)
City 3

09.30 Uhr

HERKULES – HERCULES (Deutschland 2016, Volker Meyer-Dabisch, DOK.deutsch). A portrait of coal merchant, Ahmed Özdemir, and his family over 15 years in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. The children grow up; weddings are celebrated. Problems, summer and winter come and go but there’s always coal to be sold. – German original version

14.00 Uhr

SOMMERTHEATER – SUMMER THEATRE (Deutschland 2016, Maximilian Plettau, Münchner Premieren). For 25 years, Ulrike Dissmann has been running the summer theatre in Munich’s Englischer Garten. This year she is putting on Shakespeare’s THE TEMPEST with her troupe of young actors. Through the seasons the film follows them through their rehearsals, which don’t always run smoothly. – German OV, Q&A with Maximilian Plettau, Tickets at box office (5 Euro)

17.00 Uhr

GIRLS DON'T FLY (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Monika Grassl, DOK.special). Small planes and big dreams: two young Ghanaian women want to get to the top. Their goal in becoming pilots is social elevation. Monika Grassl’s ambivalent study about an NGO project run according to Western values is highly provocative. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

YOUNG WRESTLERS – GENÇ PEHLIVANLAR (Niederlande, Türkei 2016, Mete Gümürhan, DOK.panorama). A wrestling school in the countryside. The boys who live here are between 10 and 18 years of age and they all dream of competing at the highest level. They are rivals and friends. A Turkish microcosm. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

21.30 Uhr

CHRIST LIVES IN SIBERIA (Estland, Finnland 2015, Arbo Tammiksaar, Jaak Kilmi, DOK.panorama). Timber houses and lush fir trees, children in blissful delirium in the Siberian taiga. Captivatingly beautiful images reveal a paradise on earth – that is if it weren’t for the paens to a self-styled Jesus and a father who is trying to save his offspring from being brainwashed. – English subtitles, Q&A with Magnus Öunapuu
Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr

CAFÉ NAGLER (Israel, Deutschland 2015, Mor Kaplansky, Yariv Barel, DOK.special). A venue, a house, a myth: the legendary Café Nagler in Berlin. Mor Kaplansky’s charmingly comic family portrait is much more than a personal trip down memory lane to the cultural capital of the 1920s. A search for meaning with a camera that doesn’t shy away from using re-enactments and offers warm-hearted entertainment. – English subtitles, Q&A with Mor Kaplansky

19.00 Uhr

ROUNDABOUT IN MY HEAD – DANS MA TETE UN ROND-POINT (Frankreich, Algerien, Qatar, Libanon, Niederlande 2015, Hassen Ferhani, DOK.horizonte). Probably the most beautiful film that has ever been filmed in an abbatoir. Francis Bacon meets Caravaggio. Algiers: the world of young and old butchers in their place of work during the football World Cup. A film about love, women and the question of a simple life. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

THE FEAR OF 13 (Großbritannien 2015, David Sington, DOK.international). A man condemned to death tells his story. Graphically and animatedly he recalls his fate. Sometimes fictional scenes accompany his words as he tells an unbelievable story of escape and of life. – English original version
Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus

19.00 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

MODERATION (Griechenland, Italien, Ägypten, Großbritannien 2015, Anja Kirschner, DOK.special). MODERATION, set in Egypt, Greece and Italy, revolves around a female horror director and her collaborators, whose latest project is haunted by encounters with its ‘raw material’. Horror traverses the realities of their lives on and off screen. MODERATION was commissioned by the curator Nadja Argyropoulou for Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (GR), co-produced by Beirut (EG) and Nomas Foundation (IT) and supported by the Elephant Trust (UK) and the Greek Film Centre (GR). – English original version, free entrance. Q&A with Anja Kirschner
HFF - Audimax

10.00 Uhr – Masterclass Gilad Baram

KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND – KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND (Deutschland, Tschechische Republik 2015, Gilad Baram, DOK.guest). Gilad Baram offers us backstage access to a world-famous photo journalist and, at the same time, subtly and through the formal sobriety of Josef Koudelka’s images, shows us the absurdity of drawing a boundary between Israel and Palestine. – English subtitles

14.00 Uhr – Film meets Print

19.00 Uhr

ZWEIKÄMPFER – THE OFFSIDERS (Deutschland 2016, Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali, DOK.deutsch). Four unemployed footballers pursue their dream of being professional footballers and push themselves to their limits. In doing so they consciously gamble not only with their relationships but also their right to unemployment benefit. – German original version

21.00 Uhr

PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL (Deutschland 2015, Stefan Eberlein, Manuel Fenn, Münchner Premieren). Jonathan Pang, a businessman from China, wants to transform an old military airport in rural northern Germany into an international commercial centre. Globalisation meets provincial reality in a film that is rich in contrasts. – German subtitles
HFF - Kino 1

18.00 Uhr – Film School Festival Portraits Croisés

Since 2008, an exchange programme called Portrairs Croisés takes place between the HFF Munich and INIS Montreal. For the duration of a month, this programme enables two students of each film school to live in the partner country a in order to shoot a short documentary film.
TIME TO DIE, MOTHERFUCKERS (Deutschland, Kanada 2016, Annika Sehn, Jonas Spriestersbach, Student Award). Why would people who are successful in their working lives want to be trained by a drill instructor? What excites them about spending their free time in “bootcamps?” An insight into the minds of people who participate in modern recreational sport. – English original version
YARA’S HOME – LA MAISON DE YARA (Kanada 2016, Emilie Baillargeon, Student Award). Forced to leave Syria in 2011, Yara longs for her country, destroyed by war. Time passing raises the fear of forgetting the familiar places of her life, left hanging. In her Munich appartment, Yara starts to understand she will have to build a new home. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

ARLETTE. MUT IST EIN MUSKEL – ARLETTE. COURAGE IS A MUSCLE (Schweiz, Deutschland 2015, Florian Hoffmann, Student Award). Is courage a muscle? For Arlette there is no doubt about it and, one thing is clear, her courage muscles are huge. Completely on her own the girl dares to travel from Bangui, a city marked by civil war, to the German capital, Berlin. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 2

16.00 Uhr

TEMPESTAD (Mexiko 2016, Tatiana Huezo, DOK.horizonte). A journey along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, through an overcast, stark and beautiful landscape. The film’s images reflect and contrast the stories of two mothers: one who was kidnapped, imprisoned and traumatised; the other who has spent years searching for her daughter. – English subtitles, Q&A with Tatiana Huezo

18.30 Uhr

INSIDE THE CHINESE CLOSET (Niederlande 2015, Sophia Luvara, DOK.panorama). Satisfaction in love and acceptance in society? For Andy and Cherry it is an impossible balancing act as they are both homosexual in China. The only way to escape ostracism: a fake marriage. – English subtitles, Q&A with Sophia Luvara

20.30 Uhr

HORSE-BEING – ÊTRE CHEVAL (Frankreich 2015, Jérôme Clément-Wilz, DOK.international). The ritual of pony play demands absolute commitment from masters and apprentices. Karen, age 50 and the father to a daughter, travels from France to USA to undergo her training. For her, the strenuous procedure means one thing above all: freedom. – English original version
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

10.00 Uhr – ARRI Camera Workshop

21.30 Uhr

DAVID BOWIE – ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS (Großbritannien 1973, Donn Alan Pennebaker, DOK.music - Open Air). At a memorable concert in London David Bowie bids farewell to his alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. We witness a legendary moment in glam rock history. – English original version, free entrance, limited to 400 visitors
Katholische Akademie

20.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch / DOK.special Katholische Akademie in Bayern

VOM LIEBEN UND STERBEN (Deutschland 2016, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch). After a life-changing accident, Robert Wolf’s ever-loving wife plans their future together, while the guitarist from Quadro Nuevo, who is paralysed from the neck down, takes the decision to end his life. An unashamed and disturbing insight into an emotional struggle. – English subtitles, Q&A with Katrin Nemec
Rio 1

20.00 Uhr

SONITA – SONITA (Deutschland, Iran, Schweiz 2015, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, DOK.international). 18-year-old Afghan, Sonita, is a rapper. She lives “sans papiers” in Teheran and dreams of a future as a hip hop star. Yet her mother wants her to be married in Afghanistan and her bride price is supposed to pay for the wedding of her older brother. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)
Rio 2

17.00 Uhr

IM JUGENDAMT – INSIDE YOUTH WELFARE OFFICE (Deutschland 2015, Wolfram Seeger, DOK.deutsch). The employees of Bergisch Gladbach’s youth services department negotiate a fine line between too little and too much. For 18 years Jolanta Mirski has put her heart and soul into children’s welfare. An insightful look at working life and human fortunes. – German original version, Q&A with protagonist Jolanta Mirski

19.00 Uhr

DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN (Finnland, Norwegen 2016, Juan Reina, DOK.panorama). It is cold and claustrophobic; the equipment gets stuck and the air is running out. Exploring subterranean cave systems is as thrilling as it is dangerous. Four Finnish cave divers risk their lives on a secret mission. – English subtitles, Q&A with Juana Reina

21.00 Uhr

A MAID FOR EACH – MAKHDOUMIN (Norwegen, Libanon, Frankreich, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2016, Maher Abi Samra, DOK.horizonte). For middle-class families in Lebanon, employing a domestic worker is the norm. Agencies arrange the fresh supply of young women from Africa and Asia. Absorbing and agonizing insights into the agencies’ everyday affairs, which lie somewhere between global commerce and slavery. – English subtitles
Thursday, 12.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.00 Uhr

SONITA – SONITA (Deutschland, Iran, Schweiz 2015, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, DOK.international). 18-year-old Afghan, Sonita, is a rapper. She lives “sans papiers” in Teheran and dreams of a future as a hip hop star. Yet her mother wants her to be married in Afghanistan and her bride price is supposed to pay for the wedding of her older brother. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)

19.00 Uhr

ZEN FOR NOTHING (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Werner Penzel, DOK.international). “Zen is absolutely no use.” In search of bliss, people from around the world take refuge in the secluded Antaiji zen monastery in western Japan and try to find themselves. There they can expect hard physical labour, sitting for hours and struggling with their own thoughts. Unsentimental and revealing – a film meditation. – English German original version, Q&A with Werner Penzel

21.30 Uhr

HOMO SAPIENS (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, DOK.deutsch). What would a world without people look like? The wind whistles through derelict abbatoirs, shopping centres lie idle and very gently the snow covers the concrete. HOMO SAPIENS is a documentary journey into this world. – Without dialogues
Atelier 1

14.00 Uhr

MALLORY – Mallory (Tschechische Republik 2015, Helena Třeštíková, DOK.international). To lead a happy life – that’s all Mallory wants for herself. Helena Třeštíková follows her protagonist for 13 years, through many crises and setbacks, as she constantly and steadfastly strives for a better future. – English subtitles, Tickets at Box Office (special price 5€)

17.00 Uhr

BECOMING ZLATAN (Schweden, Niederlande, Italien 2015, Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten, DOK.panorama). Zlatan on Ibrahimovic: “Zlatan is just a man in the same way that a great white shark is just a fish.” An in depth portrait of the extraordinary star striker, who has just one thing to fear, on and off the pitch – his massive ego and overwhelming pride. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

MISTER UNIVERSUM (Deutschland 2015, Berta Valin Escofet, Stefan Höh, DOK.panorama). Life is just exertion: nobody knows that better than the former Mr Universe, Werner Höh. Once he stood at the top; now he has hit rock bottom. An authentic story from Saarland of never giving up. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

DEPROGRAMMED (Kanada 2015, Mia Donovan, DOK.panorama). Since the 1960s, Ted Patrick, the inventor of “reverse brainwashing” has made it his business to free young people from the claws of religious sects and cults – at times against their own will and using unorthodox methods. What is permissible when a person’s free will is in danger? – English original version
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

17.00 Uhr

DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE (Großbritannien, Mexiko 2015, Mark Aitken, DOK.horizonte). Once homeless, traumatised and addicted to drugs, Josué is now the manager of an asylum in the city of Juarez, Mexico. What keeps him going is the hope of finding his daughter again. A film that tells of life’s highs and lows in a style that is both poetic and direct. – English subtitles, Q&A with Mark Aitken

19.00 Uhr

VON MÄNNERN UND VÄTERN (Italien, Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Andreas Pichler Martin Prinz, DOK.deutsch). “What does it mean nowadays to be a man and a father?” Andreas Pichler and Martin Prinz examine the role in light of changing job and family circumstances. Strength and weakness, assertiveness and flexibility – the protagonists reflect on how to maintain a balance between it all. – German original version

21.00 Uhr

CAMBRIDGE (Bulgarien 2015, Eldora Traykova, DOK.panorama). Real chances against poverty and discrimination – that is the goal of a primary school in Dolni Tsibar, one of Bulgaria’s poorest villages. The majority of the inhabitants here are Roma and they must challenge prejudice with education from a young age. – English subtitles
City 2

20.00 Uhr – DOK.special / Discovery Channel

RACING EXTINCTION – DAS ENDE DER ARTENVIELFALT (Großbritannien, USA, China, Indonesien, Mexiko 2015, Louie Psihoyos, DOK.special). “We are all part of the problem – and part of the solution!” Louie Psihoyos’ courageous eco-thriller about the end of biodiversity is a wake up call. With high-tech equipment and images that are as beautiful as they are shocking: it is never too late to hit the reset button! – English original version
City 3

09.30 Uhr

THE LONG DISTANCE (Österreich, Deutschland, Kenia 2015, Daniel Andreas Sager, DOK.deutsch). For years, Kenya has produced the best marathon runners in the world. Athletics’ supreme discipline has long been established as a globally-networked business. The filmmaker, Daniel Sager, shows the interdependence between two Kenyan runners and their German manager and holds a mirror up to us all. More than just a film about marathons. – German subtitles. G-rated (14)

14.00 Uhr

THE REVOLUTION WON'T BE TELEVISED (Senegal 2016, Rama Thiaw, DOK.horizonte). Senegal 2012: The 86-year-old incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, runs for office a third time, calling the constitution into question. The people protest. A film about revolution, the mobilising strength of hip hop and a youth that takes its destiny into its own hands. – English subtitles, Q&A with Rama Thiaw, Tickets at Box Office (special price 5€)

17.00 Uhr

NATURAL DISORDER – NATURENS UORDEN (Dänemark, Niederlande 2015, Christian Sønderby Jepsen, DOK.international). Jacob is 24, a comedian and journalist with a tendency towards black humour. It’s part of his survival strategy as a man with cerebral palsy in a society that revolves around the norm. In a (self) observation that is as entertaining as it is illuminative, he questions what normal really is. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

TRAPPED BY LAW – NAKHINO (Deutschland, Kosovo 2015, Sami Mustafa, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Two brothers are deported overnight to Kosovo, the land of their parents. They have just 50 Euros in their pockets and they don’t even speak the language. Sami Mustafa closely follows the pair for three years on a rollercoaster ride between two worlds. – English subtitles, Q&A with C.Mertens

21.00 Uhr

WENN DER VORHANG FÄLLT – CURTAINS FALLING (Deutschland 2015, Michael Münch, DOK.music - Open Air). An enthralling look behind the scenes of 25 years of German hip hop history with the scene’s main protagonists, including Smudo, Samy Deluxe and Fatoni. Full of wit, they reflect on the origin and development of Germany’s biggest music business. – English subtitles, Q&A with Michael Münch
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

DON'T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK (Frankreich, USA 2015, Laura Israel, DOK.panorama). Robert Frank’s classic 1958 publication, THE AMERICANS, established him as a photo artist far beyond USA. In his younger days the Swiss native had emigrated to New York. His work to date is an indispensable part of art history. A worthy portrait of a living photo art legend. – English original version

20.00 Uhr – DOK.special / Best Of Oscars

FROM MAO TO MOZART – ISAAC STERN IN CHINA (USA, China 1979, Murray Lerner, DOK.special). With China as a backdrop, the American violinist, Isaac Stern, demonstrated his stupendous ability and helped young musicians find a new appreciation of music. The film bears witness to an era of cultural rapprochement after the cultural revolution, accompanied by the sounds of Mozart. – English original version
Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus

14.00 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

THE GREAT WHITE WAY, 22 MILES, 9 YEARS, 1 STREET (USA 2001, William Pope L., DOK.special). To be on the ground, to be horizontal in a „vertical society“, to crawl in the filth of the street: it is with this simple, yet imposing gesture that William Pope L.'s Crawl performances operate as a symbolic analogy to the conditions of class difference. Departing from the standpoint that racism is not an outcome of race, but race one of racism, the work of Pope L., who also calls himself „the friendliest black artist of America“, hauls ideological constructions of 'whiteness' and 'blackness' into the larger arena of social class and its signifiers. – English original version, free entrance
OUR BODY IS A WEAPON – NOTRE CORPS EST UNE ARME (Frankreich, Türkei, Mexiko 2011, Clarisse Hahn, DOK.special). In her three-part video series, Hahn documents instances such as a protests of peasants in Mexico City or the hunger strike of two Kurdish women emprisoned in Turkey – in which bodies act as tools of resistance against exploitation and expropriation. – English subtitles. Free entrance
HFF - Audimax

14.00 Uhr

A FAMILY AFFAIR (Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark 2015, Tom Fassaert, DOK.panorama). Out of the blue, Tom Fassaert receives an invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother to visit her in South Africa. He goes to settle a long festering ‘family affair.’ What plays out in front of his camera, nobody could predict. – English subtitles, Q&A with Wout Conijn

18.30 Uhr – DOK.special / in memoriam

GIMME SHELTER (USA 1970, Albert Maysles, DOK.special). The momentous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway in 1969 had fatal consequences: a fan was stabbed to death by the Hells Angels security guards. The filmmakers were live on the scene. From the band’s performance, backstage footage, concert preparations and the fateful events, they crafted an idiosyncratic and controversial musical document. – English original version

21.00 Uhr – Award ceremony ARRI AMIRA Award

For his outstanding camera performance for Tatiana Huezo's film TEMPESTAD, Ernesto Pardo is honoured with the ARRI AMIRA Award, worth 5,000 Euros. Moderation: Prof. Michael Leuthner, free entrance for festival passholders
TEMPESTAD (Mexiko 2016, Tatiana Huezo, DOK.horizonte). A journey along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, through an overcast, stark and beautiful landscape. The film’s images reflect and contrast the stories of two mothers: one who was kidnapped, imprisoned and traumatised; the other who has spent years searching for her daughter. – English subtitles. In the presence of the winner and the filmmaker
HFF - Kino 1

10.30 Uhr

GRUNDRAUSCHEN – NOISE (Deutschland 2016, Friedrich Rackwitz, DOK.deutsch). How is the news actually made? A large amount of it originates in the German press agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The film takes us into the agency’s open plan offices, to daily meetings and nightly calls, to training sessions and interviews. This is how the news is made. – German original version, Q&A with Friedrich Rackwitz

16.00 Uhr – Masterclass Kamera Albert Maysles

GIMME SHELTER (USA 1970, Albert Maysles, DOK.special). The momentous Rolling Stones concert at Altamont Speedway in 1969 had fatal consequences: a fan was stabbed to death by the Hells Angels security guards. The filmmakers were live on the scene. From the band’s performance, backstage footage, concert preparations and the fateful events, they crafted an idiosyncratic and controversial musical document. – English original version, free entrance

18.00 Uhr

A SIMPLE STORY, MINE, YOURS AND M'S – DASTAN-E SADEYE MAN, TO VA MIM (Schweiz, Iran 2015, Atefeh Yarmohammadi, Student Award). A soldier on the eve of battle – what is his last thought? Atefeh Yarmohammadi searches for traces of her father. Traces that she condenses into a collage of thoughts, fears, hopes - and a simple story. – English subtitles, French subtitles, German subtitles
LES MONTS S'EMBRASENT – BLAZING MOUNTAINS (Schweiz 2015, Laura Morales, Student Award). The La Lozère uranium mine is closed but what remains? LES MONTS S’EMBRASENT is a passionate and uncompromising essay about a danger you cannot see and the fear that you dare not speak. – English subtitles
LA FIN D'HOMÈRE – HOMER, A HUNTER'S FATE (Schweiz 2015, Zahra Vargas, Student Award). There are mistakes that we pay for with our life. When Homer, the hunter, and a rare bearded vulture meet, the story ends in tragedy - for both of them. A Kafkaesque exploration of reality and reconstruction. – English subtitles

20.30 Uhr

ROHDIAMANTEN – ROUGH DIAMONDS (Deutschland 2015, Jakob Defant, Felix Hermann, Student Award). Ianina Ilitcheva writes. In the past two years alone she has tweeted 30,000 short poems and messages. Ianina’s language is raw and powerful and the film’s approach to the author is accordingly bold and candid. – English subtitles
LEERES ORCHESTER – EMPTY ORCHESTRA (Deutschland 2016, Xenia Sigalova, Student Award). Christina, Christof and Eckart have an unusual vocation: they are karaoke artists. Together they invade Munich’s nightlife and perform at the most varied of locations but the trio’s art is often met with ignorance.
HFF - Kino 2

10.30 Uhr

DEAD SLOW AHEAD (Spanien, Frankreich 2015, Mauro Herce, DOK.international). A freighter on the ocean. It breathes heavily. The sailors who work here are the cogs in the machine. DEAD SLOW AHEAD takes us on a hypnotic journey through modern times. – English subtitles

14.00 Uhr

HELMUT BERGER, ACTOR (Österreich 2015, Andreas Horvath, DOK.deutsch). A beau and a legend, Helmut Berger was once considered the “most handsome man in the world” and a jet-set Adonis. Today he lives on welfare and is addicted to alcohol and roles, to the media and medicines. Horvath’s haunting tour de force won’t fail to move audiences. – English subtitles

16.00 Uhr

THIS IS EXILE: DIARIES OF CHILD REFUGEES (Großbritannien, Libanon, Schweiz 2015, Mani Yassir Benchelah, ). Over half of Syrian refugees are children. Mani Y. Benchelah spent a year in camps in Lebanon making this portrait of five girls and boys aged between 7 and 16. A raw, sensitive and sometimes horrifying look at war and exile from the point of view of children. – English subtitles

17.30 Uhr

TIEMPO SUSPENDIDO – TIME SUSPENDED (Mexiko 2015, Natalia Bruschtein, DOK.horizonte). A mother spends her life fighting for an explanation of her children’s murder during Argentina’s military dictatorship. Today she suffers from dementia. Her granddaughter cautiously explores the friendly old lady’s fragmented memories. A film about resistance, women and the joy of life. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

CECILIA (Indien 2015, Pankaj Johar, DOK.horizonte). When Cecilia, the filmmaker’s maid, learns about her daughter’s death, her enquiries lead her into a network of corruption, extortion and people trafficking. An investigative documentary that fights for childrens’ rights. – English subtitles, Q&A with Pankaj Johar

21.30 Uhr

STARLESS DREAMS – ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH (Iran 2016, Mehrdad Oskouei, DOK.horizonte). A group of girls in a young offenders institution: prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and murderers. Raped by their uncles and tormented by their mothers - behind bars, they can be young and feel safe. Sophisticated, delicate images of an insular world. – English subtitles, Q&A with Mehrdad Oskuoai
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

21.30 Uhr

I AM THE BLUES (Kanada 2016, Daniel Cross, DOK.music - Open Air). A journey into the heartland of blues music and across the Mississippi delta. We meet the pioneering musicians who may have grown old but still love the blues. – English original version, free entrance, limited to 400 visitors
Kunstbau des Lenbachhauses

15.15 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

MODERATION (Griechenland, Italien, Ägypten, Großbritannien 2015, Anja Kirschner, DOK.special). MODERATION, set in Egypt, Greece and Italy, revolves around a female horror director and her collaborators, whose latest project is haunted by encounters with its ‘raw material’. Horror traverses the realities of their lives on and off screen. MODERATION was commissioned by the curator Nadja Argyropoulou for Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (GR), co-produced by Beirut (EG) and Nomas Foundation (IT) and supported by the Elephant Trust (UK) and the Greek Film Centre (GR). – English original version, free entrance
Rio 1

20.30 Uhr

4 (Deutschland 2015, Daniel Kutschinski, DOK.international). An insight into one of the world’s best string quartets, Quatuor Ebène from France. We go behind the scenes on their Italian tour as the musicians strive to create the finest interpretations and inspire each other to perform at their best. A musical odyssey into the minds of its performers. – English subtitles, Q&A with Daniel Kutschinski
Rio 2

17.00 Uhr

FORGET ME NOT – VERGEET MIJ NIET (Niederlande 2016, Jan Jaap Kuiper, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). In a Dutch school, the children of failed asylum seekers wait - sometimes for years – to be deported to a foreign land. The teachers look on helplessly as their classes shrink. A stark and direct observation of everyday uncertainty. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

SEEFEUER – FUOCOAMMARE – FUOCOAMMARE (Italien, Frankreich 2015, Gianfranco Rosi, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Lampedusa has become a synonym for the excessive demands facing the EU with the arrival of refugees by boat. By contrasting the everyday life on the Italian island with the humanitarian catastrophe in the water, filmmaker, Gianfranco Rosi, gives the tragedy a human face. – English subtitles

21.00 Uhr

THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF DOCTOR DOLECEK – NEBEZPECNY SVET RAJKA DOLECKA (Tschechische Republik 2015, Kristýna Bartošová, DOK.guest). The Srebrenica genocide is a lie, the charming Doctor Doleček claims. Is it possible to get him to acknowledge the massacre? The filmmaker travels with him to a memorial to the genocide - and succumbs to his manipulation. An enthralling document of failure. – English subtitles
Friday, 13.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.00 Uhr

TEMPESTAD (Mexiko 2016, Tatiana Huezo, DOK.horizonte). A journey along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, through an overcast, stark and beautiful landscape. The film’s images reflect and contrast the stories of two mothers: one who was kidnapped, imprisoned and traumatised; the other who has spent years searching for her daughter. – English subtitles, Q&A with Tatiana Huezo

21.00 Uhr

CYCLIQUE – CYCLIC (Schweiz 2015, Frédéric Favre, DOK.panorama). Is cycling the key to happiness? Does being a cycle courier mean absolute freedom or just providing a simple service? CYCLIQUE plunges us into the bicycle delivery world in Lausanne and allows us to share in the lives of three couriers who are at a crossroads in their lives. – English subtitles, Q&A with Frédéric Favre
Atelier 1

14.00 Uhr

HOLZ ERDE FLEISCH (Österreich 2016, Sigmund Steiner, DOK.deutsch). The director, himself a farmer’s son, tells a story closely connected with his own, of generational conflict and agriculture’s demise. Portraits of three fathers who find deep fulfilment in their work and three sons who are turning their back on their family inheritance in pursuit of their own happiness. – German original version. Tickets at the box office (special price 5 Euros)

16.00 Uhr

HERKULES – HERCULES (Deutschland 2016, Volker Meyer-Dabisch, DOK.deutsch). A portrait of coal merchant, Ahmed Özdemir, and his family over 15 years in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. The children grow up; weddings are celebrated. Problems, summer and winter come and go but there’s always coal to be sold. – German original version, Q&A with V. Mayer-Dabisch

18.00 Uhr

WILD PLANTS (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Nicolas Humbert, DOK.international). The camera captures faces and hands that dig in the dirt. Crickets chirp, birds sing and grasses rustle in the wind. In vast landscapes and miniscule details, the urban gardening trend is revealed to be a synesthetic, spiritual and holistic experience. – English subtitles, Q&A with Nicolas Humbert

20.30 Uhr

HERR ISRAEL – HANS IM GLÜCK – HERR ISRAEL – HANS IN LUCK (Deutschland 2016, Tom Kimmig, Münchner Premieren). Why is Israel the way it is? A man of almost 100 years old gives his account. He lives in Israel but was born in Breslau. His very personal and touching story deepens and distorts the image of the young and multifaceted state of Israel. – German subtitles, Q&A with Tom Kimmig

22.00 Uhr

TRANSIT HAVANA (Niederlande, Deutschland 2016, Daniel Abma, DOK.international). The daughter of the Cuban president, Mariela Castro, is the leader of a socialist-style sexual revolution. Every year she organises free sex reassignment operations for transsexual people. But there are only a few places. This year, will Odette, Jauni and Malú’s dreams become reality? – English subtitles
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

14.30 Uhr

GIOVANNI UND DAS WASSERBALLETT – GIOVANNI EN HET WATERBALLET (Niederlande 2014, Astrid Bussink, DOK.education). Giovanni is mad about synchronised swimming and wants to be the first boy ever to take part in the championship. He loves participating in this girl-centred world and performing artistic routines in the water. Charmingly, this documentary, which has won many awards, shows the value of treading an unusual path. – German voice over. Reduced price of 3,50 Euros

17.00 Uhr

IM JUGENDAMT – INSIDE YOUTH WELFARE OFFICE (Deutschland 2015, Wolfram Seeger, DOK.deutsch). The employees of Bergisch Gladbach’s youth services department negotiate a fine line between too little and too much. For 18 years Jolanta Mirski has put her heart and soul into children’s welfare. An insightful look at working life and human fortunes. – German original version

19.00 Uhr

MALLORY – Mallory (Tschechische Republik 2015, Helena Třeštíková, DOK.international). To lead a happy life – that’s all Mallory wants for herself. Helena Třeštíková follows her protagonist for 13 years, through many crises and setbacks, as she constantly and steadfastly strives for a better future. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

MASTER AND TATYANA – MEISTRAS IR TATJANA (Litauen 2014, Giedre Zickyte, DOK.panorama). Intense black and white images recreate the poignant life of the Lithuanian photographer, Vitus Luckus, which came to a dramatic end with his suicide. His lover, Tatyana, and his closest artist friends draw a fractured portrait. – English subtitles
City 2

18.00 Uhr

DIVING INTO THE UNKNOWN (Finnland, Norwegen 2016, Juan Reina, DOK.panorama). It is cold and claustrophobic; the equipment gets stuck and the air is running out. Exploring subterranean cave systems is as thrilling as it is dangerous. Four Finnish cave divers risk their lives on a secret mission. – English subtitles, Q&A with Juana Reina
City 3

09.30 Uhr

PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL (Deutschland 2015, Stefan Eberlein, Manuel Fenn, Münchner Premieren). Jonathan Pang, a businessman from China, wants to transform an old military airport in rural northern Germany into an international commercial centre. Globalisation meets provincial reality in a film that is rich in contrasts. – German subtitles, reduced price of 6,50 Euros

14.00 Uhr

VOM LIEBEN UND STERBEN (Deutschland 2016, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch). After a life-changing accident, Robert Wolf’s ever-loving wife plans their future together, while the guitarist from Quadro Nuevo, who is paralysed from the neck down, takes the decision to end his life. An unashamed and disturbing insight into an emotional struggle. – English subtitles, Q&A with Katrin Nemec, Tickets at box office (5€)

16.00 Uhr

YES NO MAYBE (Schweiz 2015, Kaspar Kasics, DOK.international). What is love? And how do you find it? Kaspar Kasics follows two couples, seeks out a sociological perspective and little by little discovers the most beautiful feeling in the world. – English subtitles

18.00 Uhr

GRUNDRAUSCHEN – NOISE (Deutschland 2016, Friedrich Rackwitz, DOK.deutsch). How is the news actually made? A large amount of it originates in the German press agency, Deutsche Presse-Agentur. The film takes us into the agency’s open plan offices, to daily meetings and nightly calls, to training sessions and interviews. This is how the news is made. – German original version, Q&A with Friedrich Rackwitz

20.30 Uhr

COMEBACK (Slowakei 2014, Miro Remo, DOK.guest). How do you get used to living in freedom after spending many years in a high security prison? Miro and Zlatko are about to be released. Can they escape the vicious cycle once and for all? They wouldn’t even bet on it themselves. – English subtitles

22.30 Uhr

HORSE-BEING – ÊTRE CHEVAL (Frankreich 2015, Jérôme Clément-Wilz, DOK.international). The ritual of pony play demands absolute commitment from masters and apprentices. Karen, age 50 and the father to a daughter, travels from France to USA to undergo her training. For her, the strenuous procedure means one thing above all: freedom. – English original version
Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr

BLACK BOX BRD (Deutschland 2000, Andres Veiel, Retrospektive). Andres Veiel’s complex and intelligent film contrasts the exemplary and yet complementary biographies of the bank chairman, Alfred Herrhausen, and the RAF terrorist, Wolfgang Grams and allows us a deep insight into postwar Germany’s ruptured society. – German original version

19.00 Uhr

A FLICKERING TRUTH (Neuseeland, Afghanistan 2015, Pietra Brettkelly, DOK.panorama). A dedicated archivist and a courageous cameraman recover film material from a hangar in Afghanistan. Piece by piece, as the celluloid is restored, cultural identity is reconstructed. A visual encounter with the history of a nation. – English subtitles

21.00 Uhr

HOMO SAPIENS (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, DOK.deutsch). What would a world without people look like? The wind whistles through derelict abbatoirs, shopping centres lie idle and very gently the snow covers the concrete. HOMO SAPIENS is a documentary journey into this world. – Without dialogues
Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus

14.00 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

THE GREAT WHITE WAY, 22 MILES, 9 YEARS, 1 STREET (USA 2001, William Pope L., DOK.special). To be on the ground, to be horizontal in a „vertical society“, to crawl in the filth of the street: it is with this simple, yet imposing gesture that William Pope L.'s Crawl performances operate as a symbolic analogy to the conditions of class difference. Departing from the standpoint that racism is not an outcome of race, but race one of racism, the work of Pope L., who also calls himself „the friendliest black artist of America“, hauls ideological constructions of 'whiteness' and 'blackness' into the larger arena of social class and its signifiers. – English original version, free entrance
OUR BODY IS A WEAPON – NOTRE CORPS EST UNE ARME (Frankreich, Türkei, Mexiko 2011, Clarisse Hahn, DOK.special). In her three-part video series, Hahn documents instances such as a protests of peasants in Mexico City or the hunger strike of two Kurdish women emprisoned in Turkey – in which bodies act as tools of resistance against exploitation and expropriation. – English subtitles. Free entrance

15.15 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

MODERATION (Griechenland, Italien, Ägypten, Großbritannien 2015, Anja Kirschner, DOK.special). MODERATION, set in Egypt, Greece and Italy, revolves around a female horror director and her collaborators, whose latest project is haunted by encounters with its ‘raw material’. Horror traverses the realities of their lives on and off screen. MODERATION was commissioned by the curator Nadja Argyropoulou for Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (GR), co-produced by Beirut (EG) and Nomas Foundation (IT) and supported by the Elephant Trust (UK) and the Greek Film Centre (GR). – English original version. Free entrance
HFF - Audimax

10.30 Uhr

GOD BLESS THE CHILD (USA 2015, Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, DOK.panorama). Five children spend a summer’s day without supervision from their parents, free of any rules. In loosely connected snapshots and powerful light-flooded images this American indie film pays homage to the anarchist force of childhood. – English original version

14.30 Uhr

MR. GAGA (Schweden, Israel, Deutschland, Niederlande 2015, Tomer Heymann, DOK.international). “The softness of your flesh will protect you.” Ohad Naharin took the international dance scene in a new direction at the start of the 1980s with the movement language he called Gaga. An homage to one of the most influential choreographers of recent years. – English subtitles

16.30 Uhr

THE FEAR OF 13 (Großbritannien 2015, David Sington, DOK.international). A man condemned to death tells his story. Graphically and animatedly he recalls his fate. Sometimes fictional scenes accompany his words as he tells an unbelievable story of escape and of life. – English original version

18.30 Uhr

BASSART – DER DICKSTE BASS DER STADT – BASSART – THE BIGGEST BASS IN TOWN (Deutschland 2016, Bruno Fritzsche, Münchner Premieren). With a little money and an abundance of creativity and passion the makers from BASSart organise a festival of Munich subculture. A film about the love of music and the art of putting on events outside the mainstream. – German original version, Q&A with Bruno Fritzsche and Dominik Marko?

20.30 Uhr

WAS DIE GEZEITEN MIT SICH BRINGEN – DESDE LA MAREA – FROM THE TIDE (Deutschland 2015, Josefina Gill, Student Award). Two journeys by boat across the Atlantic. A man flees to exile in Argentina; 80 years later his granddaughter traces the past. A meditation on time, memory and identity. – German subtitles
LAUF DER DINGE – THE WAY THINGS GO (Deutschland 2015, Iuri Maia Jost, Student Award). A box of letters. Inside is the detailed description of the failure of a marriage. From fragments of this correspondence the film weaves an intimate and gentle picture of a relationship caught between hope and doubt. A cine-poem. – German original version
PRIVACY (Deutschland 2015, Sabine Ehrl, Student Award). Brightly lit windows in the night time – behind them: life. What is it that separates our public life from our private one? Where exactly do the boundaries lie? A quiet meditation in gentle, simple images on a complex question: what is private? – German original version
MEINUNGSAUSTAUSCH (Deutschland 2015, Sophie Linnenbaum, Sophia Bösch, Student Award). Do you know them too? The casual right-wingers, who, over coffee and cake, like to begin their sentences with, “ I don’t have anything against them, but…” MEINUNGSAUSTAUSCH tracks prejudices and how they are spread, broken down and ultimately maintained ad absurdum. – German original version
ÜBER DRUCK – OVER PRESSURE (Deutschland 2016, Sebastian Binder, Student Award). Without pressure, nothing seems to happen. But if the pressure increases, there is stress. A ludicrous and highly stylised panopticon that assures us, with a wink of the eye, that we are a product of our own stress. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 1

10.30 Uhr

UKRAINIAN SHERIFFS (Lettland, Ukraine, Deutschland 2015, Roman Bondarchuk, DOK.panorama). Viktor and Volodya are very busy provincial sheriffs: maintaining peace and order in the Ukrainian village of Stara Zburyevka is no easy task. A tragicomedy set against current political events. – English subtitles

14.00 Uhr

GIRLS DON'T FLY (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Monika Grassl, DOK.special). Small planes and big dreams: two young Ghanaian women want to get to the top. Their goal in becoming pilots is social elevation. Monika Grassl’s ambivalent study about an NGO project run according to Western values is highly provocative. – English subtitles, Q&A with Minka Grassl

16.00 Uhr

EXILE IN WATERLOO (Deutschland 2016, Marina Hufnagel Kristina Kilian, DOK.special). Filimbi, a group of young intellectuals, want to take Congo’s destiny into their own hands. The government reacts swiftly and arrests members of the movement. Some activists flee to exile in Belgium. A film about the difficulty of inducing political change. – English subtitles

16.30 Uhr

THE REVOLUTION WON'T BE TELEVISED (Senegal 2016, Rama Thiaw, DOK.horizonte). Senegal 2012: The 86-year-old incumbent president, Abdoulaye Wade, runs for office a third time, calling the constitution into question. The people protest. A film about revolution, the mobilising strength of hip hop and a youth that takes its destiny into its own hands. – English subtitles, Q&A with Rama Thiaw
HFF - Kino 2

10.30 Uhr

KANDAHAR JOURNALS (Kanada, USA, Afghanistan 2015, Louie Palu, Devin Gallagher, DOK.international). Photojournalist, Louie Palu, witnessed a suicide attack in Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2010 he continued to work in the Kandahar region, filming and photographing on the front line and experiencing the horrors of war up close. A psychological self portrait – brutal and disturbing. – English subtitles,Q&A with Louie Palou

14.00 Uhr

VON MÄNNERN UND VÄTERN (Italien, Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Andreas Pichler Martin Prinz, DOK.deutsch). “What does it mean nowadays to be a man and a father?” Andreas Pichler and Martin Prinz examine the role in light of changing job and family circumstances. Strength and weakness, assertiveness and flexibility – the protagonists reflect on how to maintain a balance between it all. – German original version

18.00 Uhr

MAGADAN – STADT ERBAUT AUF KNOCHEN – MAGADAN – CITY BUILT ON BONES (Deutschland 2016, Christian Zipfel, Student Award). The gulag camps of MADAGAN lay amid Siberia’s impressive landscape. Now the gates have been opened victims of the terror system still live in the harbour town, often just next door to the perpetrators from back then. An eye-witness account from a land of memories and hope. – German subtitles

20.30 Uhr

ZWEIKÄMPFER – THE OFFSIDERS (Deutschland 2016, Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali, DOK.deutsch). Four unemployed footballers pursue their dream of being professional footballers and push themselves to their limits. In doing so they consciously gamble not only with their relationships but also their right to unemployment benefit. – German original version
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

21.30 Uhr

OUR LAST TANGO – UN TANGO MAS (Deutschland, Argentinien 2015, German Kral, DOK.music - Open Air). Maria Nieves is 80 years old. “If I were born again, I would do everything the same again. Above all, I would be a tango dancer. I would do everything the same, only I wouldn’t be together with Juan.” A film about Maria and Juan, tango and love. – Engl. subs. Free entrance, Kino 2 HFF, 80 seats, tickets at counter, 10.15 pm
Literaturhaus

19.30 Uhr – DOK.special Literaturhaus

DIE GETRÄUMTEN – THE DREAMED ONES (Österreich 2016, Ruth Beckermann, DOK.special). The musician, Anja Plaschg, and the Burgtheater actor, Laurence Rupp, read correspondence between Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann. An experimental, minimalistic interpretation of two lovers’ highly emotional struggle against reality, which unfolds here with all its intensity. – German original version, Q&A with Ruth Beckmann
Rio 1

20.00 Uhr

TRACEROUTE (Österreich, USA 2016, Johannes Grenzfurthner, DOK.panorama). A road movie about nerds and cyberpunk. Self-confessed nerd, Johannes Grenzfurthner, travels across USA to visit nerdy people in nerdy places and to discuss the past, present and future of nerd culture with his fellow nerds. – English original version, Q&A with P.Gruban, J.Grenzfurthner, T.Kaestle
Rio 2

17.00 Uhr

ARLETTE. MUT IST EIN MUSKEL – ARLETTE. COURAGE IS A MUSCLE (Schweiz, Deutschland 2015, Florian Hoffmann, Student Award). Is courage a muscle? For Arlette there is no doubt about it and, one thing is clear, her courage muscles are huge. Completely on her own the girl dares to travel from Bangui, a city marked by civil war, to the German capital, Berlin. – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr

ROUNDABOUT IN MY HEAD – DANS MA TETE UN ROND-POINT (Frankreich, Algerien, Qatar, Libanon, Niederlande 2015, Hassen Ferhani, DOK.horizonte). Probably the most beautiful film that has ever been filmed in an abbatoir. Francis Bacon meets Caravaggio. Algiers: the world of young and old butchers in their place of work during the football World Cup. A film about love, women and the question of a simple life. – English subtitles, Q&A with Hassen Ferhani

21.30 Uhr

EUROPE, SHE LOVES (Schweiz, Deutschland 2015, Jan Gassmann, Münchner Premieren). HE: “I find sex pretty good” – SHE: “Maybe in another life.” Jan Gassmann’s explicit crisis film for Generation Y is a warts and all portrayal that closely follows four couples as they search for jobs and get high in a continent on the verge of change. – English subtitles
Saturday, 14.05.2016
ARRI Kino

17.30 Uhr

NATURAL DISORDER – NATURENS UORDEN (Dänemark, Niederlande 2015, Christian Sønderby Jepsen, DOK.international). Jacob is 24, a comedian and journalist with a tendency towards black humour. It’s part of his survival strategy as a man with cerebral palsy in a society that revolves around the norm. In a (self) observation that is as entertaining as it is illuminative, he questions what normal really is. – English subtitles

19.30 Uhr

ATOMIC: LIVING IN DREAD AND PROMISE (Großbritannien 2015, Mark Cousins, DOK.panorama). We live in the nuclear era. Mark Cousins’ journey through this era is compiled solely from archive material. A dreadful, beautiful, fascinating and totally intoxicating voyage. – English original version

21.30 Uhr

LEAGUE OF EXOTIQUE DANCERS (Canada 2016, Rama Rau, DOK.panorama). Former legends of the burlesque scene take us on a journey through time to a crazy, self-made world of glamour, glitter, drugs and intoxication. A passionate defence of freedom and the erotic arts. – English subtitles, Q&A with Thomas Hoffmann (Burlesque Dancer)
Atelier 1

16.00 Uhr

A MAID FOR EACH – MAKHDOUMIN (Norwegen, Libanon, Frankreich, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2016, Maher Abi Samra, DOK.horizonte). For middle-class families in Lebanon, employing a domestic worker is the norm. Agencies arrange the fresh supply of young women from Africa and Asia. Absorbing and agonizing insights into the agencies’ everyday affairs, which lie somewhere between global commerce and slavery. – English subtitles

18.00 Uhr

FIGHTING FOR PEACE (Niederlande 2016, Joost van der Valk, Mags Gavan, DOK.panorama). “He’s really fighting for his life... this is not a hobby!,” explains boxing coach, Luke Dowdney about his protégé, 15 year-old “Sugar.” The aim is to get out of Rio de Janeiro’s most brutal slum as quickly as possible. An inspiring and emotionally challenging film. – English subtitles, Q&A with Jost van der Valk

20.00 Uhr

CHRIST LIVES IN SIBERIA (Estland, Finnland 2015, Arbo Tammiksaar, Jaak Kilmi, DOK.panorama). Timber houses and lush fir trees, children in blissful delirium in the Siberian taiga. Captivatingly beautiful images reveal a paradise on earth – that is if it weren’t for the paens to a self-styled Jesus and a father who is trying to save his offspring from being brainwashed. – English subtitles

22.00 Uhr

BASSART – DER DICKSTE BASS DER STADT – BASSART – THE BIGGEST BASS IN TOWN (Deutschland 2016, Bruno Fritzsche, Münchner Premieren). With a little money and an abundance of creativity and passion the makers from BASSart organise a festival of Munich subculture. A film about the love of music and the art of putting on events outside the mainstream. – German original version, Q&A with the director and the initiator of BASSart
City 2

18.00 Uhr

WAS DIE GEZEITEN MIT SICH BRINGEN – DESDE LA MAREA – FROM THE TIDE (Deutschland 2015, Josefina Gill, Student Award). Two journeys by boat across the Atlantic. A man flees to exile in Argentina; 80 years later his granddaughter traces the past. A meditation on time, memory and identity. – German subtitles
LAUF DER DINGE – THE WAY THINGS GO (Deutschland 2015, Iuri Maia Jost, Student Award). A box of letters. Inside is the detailed description of the failure of a marriage. From fragments of this correspondence the film weaves an intimate and gentle picture of a relationship caught between hope and doubt. A cine-poem.
PRIVACY (Deutschland 2015, Sabine Ehrl, Student Award). Brightly lit windows in the night time – behind them: life. What is it that separates our public life from our private one? Where exactly do the boundaries lie? A quiet meditation in gentle, simple images on a complex question: what is private?
MEINUNGSAUSTAUSCH (Deutschland 2015, Sophie Linnenbaum, Sophia Bösch, Student Award). Do you know them too? The casual right-wingers, who, over coffee and cake, like to begin their sentences with, “ I don’t have anything against them, but…” MEINUNGSAUSTAUSCH tracks prejudices and how they are spread, broken down and ultimately maintained ad absurdum.
ÜBER DRUCK – OVER PRESSURE (Deutschland 2016, Sebastian Binder, Student Award). Without pressure, nothing seems to happen. But if the pressure increases, there is stress. A ludicrous and highly stylised panopticon that assures us, with a wink of the eye, that we are a product of our own stress. – English subtitles
City 3

16.00 Uhr

THIS IS EXILE: DIARIES OF CHILD REFUGEES (Großbritannien, Libanon, Schweiz 2015, Mani Yassir Benchelah, ). Over half of Syrian refugees are children. Mani Y. Benchelah spent a year in camps in Lebanon making this portrait of five girls and boys aged between 7 and 16. A raw, sensitive and sometimes horrifying look at war and exile from the point of view of children. – English subtitles

17.30 Uhr

KANDAHAR JOURNALS (Kanada, USA, Afghanistan 2015, Louie Palu, Devin Gallagher, DOK.international). Photojournalist, Louie Palu, witnessed a suicide attack in Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2010 he continued to work in the Kandahar region, filming and photographing on the front line and experiencing the horrors of war up close. A psychological self portrait – brutal and disturbing. – English subtitles, Q&A with Louie Palou

19.30 Uhr

GOTTLAND (Tschechische Republik 2014, Viera Cákanyová, Petr Hátle, Rozálie Kohoutová, Lukáš Kokeš, Klára Tasovská, DOK.guest). A visually powerful, episodic journey through 20th century Czech history: via great visionaries, oversized monuments, disasterous affairs, poetic informers and tragic decisions. A declaration of love. – English subtitles

22.00 Uhr

MARTHA & NIKI (Schweden 2015, Tora Mkandawire Mårtens, DOK.panorama). Martha and Niki are best friends. They both come from Africa, love music and are an almost unbeatable hip-hop duo. They become the first ever female performers to be crowned world champions and embark upon a life of travel and dancing. Then their friendship is put to the test. – English subtitles
Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr

LA CALLE DE LOS PIANISTAS – PIANISTS STREET (Belgien, Argentinien 2015, Mariano Nante, DOK.panorama). Solo performances in sold out concert halls, duets with her mother, composition lessons in the living room and practice, practice, practice – that is the life of 14-year-old Natasha, a virtuoso from “Pianists Street.” – English subtitles

19.00 Uhr – DOK.special / in memoriam

NO HOME MOVIE (Belgien, Frankreich 2014, Chantal Akerman, DOK.special). The great film auteur, Chantal Akerman, dedicated her final film to her mother. Still images lasting several minutes gauge the seemingly uneventful everyday life of the old woman and reveal the family history of exiled Jewish Poles. An aesthetically radical meditation on our inextricable connection with history. – English subtitles

21.30 Uhr

I AM THE BLUES (Kanada 2016, Daniel Cross, DOK.music - Open Air). A journey into the heartland of blues music and across the Mississippi delta. We meet the pioneering musicians who may have grown old but still love the blues. – English original version, Q&A with Daniel Cross
Gasteig Open Air

22.30 Uhr – DOK.special / KLANGfest

KOFELGSCHROA. FREI. SEIN. WOLLEN (Deutschland 2014, Barbara Weber, DOK.special). Kofelgschroa’s music doesn’t fit into any genre but the band will forever serve as a prototype for the current trend of blending provincial traditions with subculture. A film with an inspirational spirit that will leave you with some great earworms and a smile on your face. – German original version. Free entrance
Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus

14.00 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

THE GREAT WHITE WAY, 22 MILES, 9 YEARS, 1 STREET (USA 2001, William Pope L., DOK.special). To be on the ground, to be horizontal in a „vertical society“, to crawl in the filth of the street: it is with this simple, yet imposing gesture that William Pope L.'s Crawl performances operate as a symbolic analogy to the conditions of class difference. Departing from the standpoint that racism is not an outcome of race, but race one of racism, the work of Pope L., who also calls himself „the friendliest black artist of America“, hauls ideological constructions of 'whiteness' and 'blackness' into the larger arena of social class and its signifiers. – English original version. Free entrance
OUR BODY IS A WEAPON – NOTRE CORPS EST UNE ARME (Frankreich, Türkei, Mexiko 2011, Clarisse Hahn, DOK.special). In her three-part video series, Hahn documents instances such as a protests of peasants in Mexico City or the hunger strike of two Kurdish women emprisoned in Turkey – in which bodies act as tools of resistance against exploitation and expropriation. – English subtitles. Free entrance

15.15 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

MODERATION (Griechenland, Italien, Ägypten, Großbritannien 2015, Anja Kirschner, DOK.special). MODERATION, set in Egypt, Greece and Italy, revolves around a female horror director and her collaborators, whose latest project is haunted by encounters with its ‘raw material’. Horror traverses the realities of their lives on and off screen. MODERATION was commissioned by the curator Nadja Argyropoulou for Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (GR), co-produced by Beirut (EG) and Nomas Foundation (IT) and supported by the Elephant Trust (UK) and the Greek Film Centre (GR). – English original version. Free entrance
HFF - Audimax

20.00 Uhr – Award ceremony 31st DOK.fest 2016

We honour the winners of the VIKTORS in our three competition sections and the winners of further top-class awards.
HFF - Kino 1

16.00 Uhr

DEAD WHEN I GOT HERE (Großbritannien, Mexiko 2015, Mark Aitken, DOK.horizonte). Once homeless, traumatised and addicted to drugs, Josué is now the manager of an asylum in the city of Juarez, Mexico. What keeps him going is the hope of finding his daughter again. A film that tells of life’s highs and lows in a style that is both poetic and direct. – English subtitles, Q&A with Mark Aitken

18.30 Uhr

K2 - TOUCHING THE SKY (Großbritannien, Polen, Deutschland 2015, Eliza Kubarska, DOK.panorama). In the black summer of 1986, thirteen extreme mountain climbers died on K2. Years later their now grown-up children set off for base camp to try to understand the events and their parents’ motivations. Highly emotional cinema. – English subtitles
Museum Fünf Kontinente

15.30 Uhr – DOK.special / Festival in Exile: Syria

THE IMMORTAL SERGEANT – AL-RAKIB AL-KHALED (Syrien, Libanon 2014, Ziad Kalthoum, DOK.special). By day he is a sergeant in the Syrian army. After his military service he worked on the film set of his friend, Mohamed Malas. Both lives are dictated by bombings and war. In interviews and partly experimental images, Ziad Kalthoum captures what remains of normality. – English subtitles, Q&A with Ziad Kalthoum

17.30 Uhr – DOK.special / Festival in Exile: Syria

HOUSES WITHOUT DOORS – MANAZIL BELA ABWAB (Syrien, Libanon 2016, Avo Kaprealian, DOK.special). For Aleppo’s Armenian population, the horror of the Syrian civil war brings back memories of the 1915 genocide. HOUSES WITHOUT DOORS documents how the war permeates everyday life and finds an echo in the terrors of Armenian film’s surreal visual worlds. – English subtitles, Q&A with Avo Kaprealian

20.00 Uhr – DOK.special / Festival in Exile: Syria

HAUNTED – MASKOON (Syrien 2014, Liwaa Yazji, DOK.special). What does it mean to be forced to leave your home without a moment’s notice? HAUNTED is a raw, unembellished eyewitness account of a human catastrophe. A film that takes us to the heart of Syrian refugees’ everyday life. – English subtitles, Q&A with Liwaa Yazji
Münchner Kammerspiele

20.00 Uhr – DOK.special Münchner Kammerspiele

DEMOCRACY – IM RAUSCH DER DATEN (Deutschland 2015, David Bernet, DOK.special). In a campaign to reform European data protection law, the young, casually-dressed Green Party MEP, Jan-Philipp Albrecht, confronts realpolitik’s structures of power. DEMOCRACY looks deep into the complexity and the lunacy of democratic legislative procedure at the EU level. – German original version. Tickets at Münchner Kammerspiele
Pinakothek der Moderne

16.00 Uhr

KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND – KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND (Deutschland, Tschechische Republik 2015, Gilad Baram, DOK.guest). Gilad Baram offers us backstage access to a world-famous photo journalist and, at the same time, subtly and through the formal sobriety of Josef Koudelka’s images, shows us the absurdity of drawing a boundary between Israel and Palestine. – English subtitles
Rio 1

20.00 Uhr

MISTER UNIVERSUM (Deutschland 2015, Berta Valin Escofet, Stefan Höh, DOK.panorama). Life is just exertion: nobody knows that better than the former Mr Universe, Werner Höh. Once he stood at the top; now he has hit rock bottom. An authentic story from Saarland of never giving up. – English subtitles

20.00 Uhr

BECOMING ZLATAN (Schweden, Niederlande, Italien 2015, Fredrik Gertten, Magnus Gertten, DOK.panorama). Zlatan on Ibrahimovic: “Zlatan is just a man in the same way that a great white shark is just a fish.” An in depth portrait of the extraordinary star striker, who has just one thing to fear, on and off the pitch – his massive ego and overwhelming pride. – English subtitles
Rio 2

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte

STARLESS DREAMS – ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH (Iran 2016, Mehrdad Oskouei, DOK.horizonte). A group of girls in a young offenders institution: prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and murderers. Raped by their uncles and tormented by their mothers - behind bars, they can be young and feel safe. Sophisticated, delicate images of an insular world. – English subtitles, Q&A with M. Oskuoai

18.00 Uhr

GOD BLESS THE CHILD (USA 2015, Robert Machoian, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, DOK.panorama). Five children spend a summer’s day without supervision from their parents, free of any rules. In loosely connected snapshots and powerful light-flooded images this American indie film pays homage to the anarchist force of childhood. – English original version

22.00 Uhr

WHEN THE EARTH SEEMS TO BE LIGHT – ROTSDA DEDAMITSA MSUBUKIA (Georgien, Deutschland 2015, Salome Machaidze, Tamuna Karumidze, David Meskhi, DOK.panorama). Riding their skateboards, a group of young people dominate the dilapidated urban landscape of Tbilisi. The artists and musicians allow us an insight into their thoughts and outlooks on life. A wonderfully laconic film with an eye-catching 1970s skater aesthetic. – English subtitles
Sunday, 15.05.2016
ARRI Kino

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist FFF-Förderpreis Dokumentarfilm
VOM LIEBEN UND STERBEN (Deutschland 2016, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch). After a life-changing accident, Robert Wolf’s ever-loving wife plans their future together, while the guitarist from Quadro Nuevo, who is paralysed from the neck down, takes the decision to end his life. An unashamed and disturbing insight into an emotional struggle. – English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

MR. GAGA (Schweden, Israel, Deutschland, Niederlande 2015, Tomer Heymann, DOK.international). “The softness of your flesh will protect you.” Ohad Naharin took the international dance scene in a new direction at the start of the 1980s with the movement language he called Gaga. An homage to one of the most influential choreographers of recent years. – English subtitles
Atelier 1

16.00 Uhr

CYCLIQUE – CYCLIC (Schweiz 2015, Frédéric Favre, DOK.panorama). Is cycling the key to happiness? Does being a cycle courier mean absolute freedom or just providing a simple service? CYCLIQUE plunges us into the bicycle delivery world in Lausanne and allows us to share in the lives of three couriers who are at a crossroads in their lives. – English subtitles, Q&A with Frédéric Favre
Carl-Amery-Saal, Gasteig

16.00 Uhr

VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL – LA SUPPLICATION (Luxemburg 2016, Pol Cruchten, DOK.panorama). Relatives search for who was responsible and offer a radically new perspective on the nuclear catastrophe. A visually powerful and emotional journey through time. – English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.deutsch
HERKULES – HERCULES (Deutschland 2016, Volker Meyer-Dabisch, DOK.deutsch). A portrait of coal merchant, Ahmed Özdemir, and his family over 15 years in the Kreuzberg area of Berlin. The children grow up; weddings are celebrated. Problems, summer and winter come and go but there’s always coal to be sold. – German original version

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist kinokino Audience Award
CECILIA (Indien 2015, Pankaj Johar, DOK.horizonte). When Cecilia, the filmmaker’s maid, learns about her daughter’s death, her enquiries lead her into a network of corruption, extortion and people trafficking. An investigative documentary that fights for childrens’ rights. – English subtitles
City 2

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

FFF-Förderpreis Dokumentarfilm
CAFÉ WALDLUFT (Deutschland 2015, Matthias Koßmehl, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Moving destinies set against a picture postcard town. With a view of the Watzmann mountain and under the wing of an amiable hostess, young asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone live in the Café Waldluft hotel. A warts and all account of successful integration. – German original version
City 3

16.00 Uhr

DEPROGRAMMED (Kanada 2015, Mia Donovan, DOK.panorama). Since the 1960s, Ted Patrick, the inventor of “reverse brainwashing” has made it his business to free young people from the claws of religious sects and cults – at times against their own will and using unorthodox methods. What is permissible when a person’s free will is in danger? – English original version

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

postnominated for the shortlist VIKTOR Main Competition by DOK.fest München
KANDAHAR JOURNALS (Kanada, USA, Afghanistan 2015, Louie Palu, Devin Gallagher, DOK.international). Photojournalist, Louie Palu, witnessed a suicide attack in Afghanistan. From 2006 to 2010 he continued to work in the Kandahar region, filming and photographing on the front line and experiencing the horrors of war up close. A psychological self portrait – brutal and disturbing. – English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist kinokino Audience Award
KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND – KOUDELKA SHOOTING HOLY LAND (Deutschland, Tschechische Republik 2015, Gilad Baram, DOK.guest). Gilad Baram offers us backstage access to a world-famous photo journalist and, at the same time, subtly and through the formal sobriety of Josef Koudelka’s images, shows us the absurdity of drawing a boundary between Israel and Palestine. – English subtitles

22.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist FFF-Förderpreis Dokumentarfilm
EUROPE, SHE LOVES (Schweiz, Deutschland 2015, Jan Gassmann, Münchner Premieren). HE: “I find sex pretty good” – SHE: “Maybe in another life.” Jan Gassmann’s explicit crisis film for Generation Y is a warts and all portrayal that closely follows four couples as they search for jobs and get high in a continent on the verge of change. – English subtitles
Filmmuseum

16.00 Uhr

A FAMILY AFFAIR (Niederlande, Belgien, Dänemark 2015, Tom Fassaert, DOK.panorama). Out of the blue, Tom Fassaert receives an invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother to visit her in South Africa. He goes to settle a long festering ‘family affair.’ What plays out in front of his camera, nobody could predict. – English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.deutsch
HOMO SAPIENS (Österreich, Deutschland 2016, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, DOK.deutsch). What would a world without people look like? The wind whistles through derelict abbatoirs, shopping centres lie idle and very gently the snow covers the concrete. HOMO SAPIENS is a documentary journey into this world. – Without dialogues

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist DOK.horizonte
STARLESS DREAMS – ROYAHAYE DAME SOBH (Iran 2016, Mehrdad Oskouei, DOK.horizonte). A group of girls in a young offenders institution: prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and murderers. Raped by their uncles and tormented by their mothers - behind bars, they can be young and feel safe. Sophisticated, delicate images of an insular world. – English subtitles
Georg-Knorr-Saal, Lenbachhaus

14.00 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

THE GREAT WHITE WAY, 22 MILES, 9 YEARS, 1 STREET (USA 2001, William Pope L., DOK.special). To be on the ground, to be horizontal in a „vertical society“, to crawl in the filth of the street: it is with this simple, yet imposing gesture that William Pope L.'s Crawl performances operate as a symbolic analogy to the conditions of class difference. Departing from the standpoint that racism is not an outcome of race, but race one of racism, the work of Pope L., who also calls himself „the friendliest black artist of America“, hauls ideological constructions of 'whiteness' and 'blackness' into the larger arena of social class and its signifiers. – English original version. Free entrance
OUR BODY IS A WEAPON – NOTRE CORPS EST UNE ARME (Frankreich, Türkei, Mexiko 2011, Clarisse Hahn, DOK.special). In her three-part video series, Hahn documents instances such as a protests of peasants in Mexico City or the hunger strike of two Kurdish women emprisoned in Turkey – in which bodies act as tools of resistance against exploitation and expropriation. – English subtitles. Free entrance

15.15 Uhr – DOK.special Lenbachhaus

MODERATION (Griechenland, Italien, Ägypten, Großbritannien 2015, Anja Kirschner, DOK.special). MODERATION, set in Egypt, Greece and Italy, revolves around a female horror director and her collaborators, whose latest project is haunted by encounters with its ‘raw material’. Horror traverses the realities of their lives on and off screen. MODERATION was commissioned by the curator Nadja Argyropoulou for Polyeco Contemporary Art Initiative (GR), co-produced by Beirut (EG) and Nomas Foundation (IT) and supported by the Elephant Trust (UK) and the Greek Film Centre (GR). – English original version. Free entrance
HFF - Audimax

11.00 Uhr

4 (Deutschland 2015, Daniel Kutschinski, DOK.international). An insight into one of the world’s best string quartets, Quatuor Ebène from France. We go behind the scenes on their Italian tour as the musicians strive to create the finest interpretations and inspire each other to perform at their best. A musical odyssey into the minds of its performers. – English subtitles, Q&A with Daniel Kutschinski

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

PARCHIM INTERNATIONAL (Deutschland 2015, Stefan Eberlein, Manuel Fenn, Münchner Premieren). Jonathan Pang, a businessman from China, wants to transform an old military airport in rural northern Germany into an international commercial centre. Globalisation meets provincial reality in a film that is rich in contrasts. – German subtitles

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist VIKTOR Main Competition
NATURAL DISORDER – NATURENS UORDEN (Dänemark, Niederlande 2015, Christian Sønderby Jepsen, DOK.international). Jacob is 24, a comedian and journalist with a tendency towards black humour. It’s part of his survival strategy as a man with cerebral palsy in a society that revolves around the norm. In a (self) observation that is as entertaining as it is illuminative, he questions what normal really is. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 1

11.00 Uhr

ZEN FOR NOTHING (Deutschland, Schweiz 2016, Werner Penzel, DOK.international). “Zen is absolutely no use.” In search of bliss, people from around the world take refuge in the secluded Antaiji zen monastery in western Japan and try to find themselves. There they can expect hard physical labour, sitting for hours and struggling with their own thoughts. Unsentimental and revealing – a film meditation. – English German original version, Q&A with Werner Penzel

15.30 Uhr

TRACEROUTE (Österreich, USA 2016, Johannes Grenzfurthner, DOK.panorama). A road movie about nerds and cyberpunk. Self-confessed nerd, Johannes Grenzfurthner, travels across USA to visit nerdy people in nerdy places and to discuss the past, present and future of nerd culture with his fellow nerds. – English original version, Q&A with J. Grenzfurthner

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Film School Festival HFF München Block 7
ROHDIAMANTEN – ROUGH DIAMONDS (Deutschland 2015, Jakob Defant, Felix Hermann, Student Award). Ianina Ilitcheva writes. In the past two years alone she has tweeted 30,000 short poems and messages. Ianina’s language is raw and powerful and the film’s approach to the author is accordingly bold and candid. – English subtitles
LEERES ORCHESTER – EMPTY ORCHESTRA (Deutschland 2016, Xenia Sigalova, Student Award). Christina, Christof and Eckart have an unusual vocation: they are karaoke artists. Together they invade Munich’s nightlife and perform at the most varied of locations but the trio’s art is often met with ignorance.

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.deutsch
HOLZ ERDE FLEISCH (Österreich 2016, Sigmund Steiner, DOK.deutsch). The director, himself a farmer’s son, tells a story closely connected with his own, of generational conflict and agriculture’s demise. Portraits of three fathers who find deep fulfilment in their work and three sons who are turning their back on their family inheritance in pursuit of their own happiness. – English subtitles
HFF - Kino 2

11.00 Uhr

DON'T BLINK – ROBERT FRANK (Frankreich, USA 2015, Laura Israel, DOK.panorama). Robert Frank’s classic 1958 publication, THE AMERICANS, established him as a photo artist far beyond USA. In his younger days the Swiss native had emigrated to New York. His work to date is an indispensable part of art history. A worthy portrait of a living photo art legend. – English original version

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.horizonte
A MAID FOR EACH – MAKHDOUMIN (Norwegen, Libanon, Frankreich, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate 2016, Maher Abi Samra, DOK.horizonte). For middle-class families in Lebanon, employing a domestic worker is the norm. Agencies arrange the fresh supply of young women from Africa and Asia. Absorbing and agonizing insights into the agencies’ everyday affairs, which lie somewhere between global commerce and slavery. – English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Winner ARRI AMIRA Award
TEMPESTAD (Mexiko 2016, Tatiana Huezo, DOK.horizonte). A journey along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, through an overcast, stark and beautiful landscape. The film’s images reflect and contrast the stories of two mothers: one who was kidnapped, imprisoned and traumatised; the other who has spent years searching for her daughter. – English subtitles
Museum Fünf Kontinente

18.00 Uhr – Award Ceremony DOK.fest Preis der SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

Shortlist VIKTOR Main Competition
SONITA – SONITA (Deutschland, Iran, Schweiz 2015, Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, DOK.international). 18-year-old Afghan, Sonita, is a rapper. She lives “sans papiers” in Teheran and dreams of a future as a hip hop star. Yet her mother wants her to be married in Afghanistan and her bride price is supposed to pay for the wedding of her older brother. – English subtitles. G-rated (14)
Pinakothek der Moderne

11.00 Uhr

EVA HESSE (USA, Deutschland 2015, Marcie Begleiter, DOK.special). The artist Eva Hesse had to fight many battles in her life – with herself, for her work and, in the end, for her life. In the 60s, the German Jew became a star of the New York art scene. The film portrays the short life of a remarkable personality. – English original version

16.00 Uhr

JHERONIMUS BOSCH, TOUCHED BY THE DEVIL (Niederlande 2015, Pieter van Huystee, DOK.special). On the 500th anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’s death a group of museums dedicate extensive special exhibitions to the work of the Dutch painter. The film chronicles their years of preparations and the detective work and negotiating skills of the art historians. It is, above all, a feast for the eyes. – English subtitles
Rio 2

16.00 Uhr

P.S. JERUSALEM (Kanada, Israel 2015, Danae Elon, DOK.panorama). Danae Elon, daughter of the Israeli author and critic of Israel, Amos Elon, goes back with her family to the land of her birth – against the wishes of her dead father. A film about looking for your roots and political reality, about idealism and a sense of home. – English original version

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist kinokino Audience Award
SEEFEUER – FUOCOAMMARE – FUOCOAMMARE (Italien, Frankreich 2015, Gianfranco Rosi, DOK.transit (up to 2018)). Lampedusa has become a synonym for the excessive demands facing the EU with the arrival of refugees by boat. By contrasting the everyday life on the Italian island with the humanitarian catastrophe in the water, filmmaker, Gianfranco Rosi, gives the tragedy a human face. – English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist VIKTOR Main Competition
MALLORY – Mallory (Tschechische Republik 2015, Helena Třeštíková, DOK.international). To lead a happy life – that’s all Mallory wants for herself. Helena Třeštíková follows her protagonist for 13 years, through many crises and setbacks, as she constantly and steadfastly strives for a better future. – English subtitles

22.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS

Shortlist kinokino Audience Award
BASSART – DER DICKSTE BASS DER STADT – BASSART – THE BIGGEST BASS IN TOWN (Deutschland 2016, Bruno Fritzsche, Münchner Premieren). With a little money and an abundance of creativity and passion the makers from BASSart organise a festival of Munich subculture. A film about the love of music and the art of putting on events outside the mainstream. – German original version