The film programme of the 40th DOK.fest München: In the cinema. At home.

Our aim is to make our films as accessible as possible, which is why we are bringing them to the big screen in Munich cinemas and venues - and for the first time also in selected cinemas and venues in Augsburg - as well as to home screens barrier-free throughout Germany: DOK.fest München stays dual!

Furthermore, there are some films that are shown exclusively in cinemas - please note the filter option: Only in cinemas.

 
DREAMCATCHER (United Kingdom, United States 2015, Kim Longinotto, DOK.international Main Competition). Brenda, a former prostitute, has made it her business to give young women in Chicago a better future. She tirelessly fights with the Dreamcatcher Foundation for victims of violence and prostitution. She never denounces them but instead gives the women what they need: love and hope.
#North America, #Gender/Emancipation
OF MEN AND WAR (France, Switzerland 2014, Laurent Bécue-Renard, DOK.international Main Competition). The Pathway Home is a facility for soldiers who have served in Iraq and have post-traumatic stress disorder. Blighted by anxiety, aggression and relationship problems, they speak of their bloody experiences of war in group therapy sessions. Bécue-Renard closely observes their difficult journey back to civilian life.
#North America, #Human Rights/Migration
DESERT HAZE (Belgium 2014, Sofie Benoot, DOK.panorama). Diverse stories of human life in the US desert: Native Americans, pioneers, environmental destruction, tourism… Dramatically refined and visually sophisticated, the film questions man’s intrusion into nature without making judgements.
#North America, #Environment/Climate, #Cineasts
MISSION CONTROL TEXAS (Germany 2014, Ralf Bücheler, Munich Premieres). For 17 years the independent television show, “The Atheist Experience,” has been broadcasted from Texas. Its presenters discuss questions of belief, politics, abortion and creationism with Christian callers, maintaining their sense of humour throughout. It is not always easy to be an atheist in the bible belt.
#North America, #History/Religion, #FFF Nominees
ABOVE & BELOW (Germany, Switzerland 2015, Nicolas Steiner, DOK.special). A hermit in the Nevada desert, a couple in the sewage system under Las Vegas and astronauts in the red desert. This film allows the outcasts to have their say. Their otherness is fascinating and through their stories it becomes clear that there are completely understandable reasons for them being outsiders.
#North America, #Music/Pop Culture
CITIZENFOUR (Germany, United States 2014, Laura Poitras, DOK.special). NSA, Tempora, Prism, Merkelgate. Since the revelations made by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the digital world has been transformed. In her Oscar-winning film, director, Laura Poitras, follows the scandal around national surveillance programmes and portrays a young man who has the uncompromising courage to stand up for his beliefs.
#Politics/Social Conflicts, #North America

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