The Film Programme of DOK.fest München. At the cinema. At home.

The 37th DOK.fest München came to an end on 22 May 2022, the first time it was shown in dual form:

04 to 15 May 2022 at the Munich venues
09 to 22 May 2022 @home

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Find here all films that were only screened at the cinema.

DOK.international Competition

Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the VIKTOR DOK.international Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The prize sponsor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.

ISIS, TOMORROW. THE LOST SOULS OF MOSUL (Germany, Italy 2018, Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio Romenzi). Half a million children lived in Iraqi Mossul during the three-year occupation by the "Islamic State". Some of them, severely traumatized, talk about life in the city, which now lies in ruins: yesterday and today. What will be tomorrow? A shocking document.

#Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Near and Middle East, #Human Stains

NIÑA SOLA – GIRL ALONE (Mexiko 2019, Javier Ávila). 19 year-old Cintia is murdered. In search of answers and the perpetrator, her mother and sister reflect on their own experiences in violent relationships. A Mexican social study and an intimate and poetic crime film.

#Latin America, #Human Stains

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

The DOK.deutsch competition presents films that deal with people and events in the German-speaking region. In in-depth narratives we are exposed to extraordinary experiences and gain valuable insights. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch is endowed with 5,000 euros.

DER KRIEG IN MIR – THE WAR IN ME (Germany, Switzerland 2019, Sebastian Heinzel). Can our parents and grandparents’ traumatic experiences influence our behaviour? Could they be inscribed in our DNA? Nightmares about war lead the director on a journey into his family’s past.

#Looking Back, #Human Stains

DOK.horizonte Competition

The films in this series tell stories from countries in transition. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ and are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte Competition, endowed with 5,000 euros. The award donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.

A THOUSAND GIRLS LIKE ME (Afghanistan 2018, Mani Sahra). Since adolescence Kathera has been abused by her father. Now she is pregnant with her fourth child and has dared to do the unthinkable and report him. The film accompanies the young Afghani woman in her fight for justice.

#Human Stains

SHOOTING – DISPAROS (Mexico 2018, Elpida Nikou Rodrigo Hernández). What can oppose violence? Images! As is shown by the young Mexican photographer, Jair Cabrera, whose work was honoured by the renowned Time Magazine. Cabrera was on the verge of success but then he had to leave his country for political reasons.

#Human Stains

Student Award

The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.

IN MEINER HAUT – IN MY SKIN (Germany 2018, Anna-Sophia Richard). Violence in a relationship is taboo. Our knee-jerk response – why doesn’t she just leave? – has a fatal catch: it puts blame on the victims as well. With her film, Anna-Sophia Richard changes perspective and offers only women’s point of view.

#Human Stains

DOK.panorama

DOK.panorama shows innovative documentary films from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling.

LA DISGRÂCE – SCARS (France 2018, Didier Cros). The sight of a disfigured face, far from the established beauty ideals, is difficult to bear. The same goes for those afflicted. A revealing portrait of women and men whose fate it is to fall outside the norm.

#Human Stains

THE REMAINS – NACH DER ODYSSEE – THE REMAINS – AFTER THE ODYSSEY (Austria 2019, Nathalie Borgers). Thousands of refugees drown in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe. Who recovers their bodies? Who takes care of the survivors? THE REMAINS sheds light on one particular aspect of the trauma that many refugees have to live through.

#Human Stains

THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIC (Norway, United Kingdom 2018, Henry Singer, Rob Miller). The siege of Sarajevo and the Srebrenica massacre are considered the most brutal war crimes since the Second World War. Is it possible to get justice for these atrocities? THE TRIAL OF RATKO MLADIC goes behind the scenes of the trial of the century.

#Human Stains

Retrospektive

The six films in the retrospective are testimonies to a trauma that has become a defining part of Spanish identity: the long years of dictatorship under Francisco Franco. The series is made possible with the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

CRAZY (Netherlands 1999, Heddy Honigmann). Music can evoke memories instantaneously. Familiar tunes help Dutch UN veterans from different generations to come to terms with their traumatic experiences in various war zones.

#Human Stains

DOK.special

The DOK.special series is characterised by films on current events and topics. We present our programme together with Munich institutions from culture, society and media.

BOY OF WAR (Czech Republic, Germany 2018, Cyprien Clement-Delmas, Igor Kosenko). 18-year old Artiom feels a calling: he must go into battle – for his “mother,” Ukraine. He will save her, he thinks. With childlike naivety he treks through forests and ruins, his gun at the ready playing war and practicing for war - until the harsh reality catches up with him.

#Human Stains

STRESS (Germany 2018, Florian Baron). In slow motion and accompanied by an oppressive collage of sound, the experience of five young veterans from the war in Afghanistan unfolds. Without showing any violence, Florian Baron gives us an intimate insight into the after-effects of the front line.

#North America, #Human Stains

Best of Fests

Innovative cinema and intimate insights: The BEST OF FESTS series brings together films that have already been screened at other important festivals and celebrated or awarded prizes there.

ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (Australia, Germany, United Kingdom 2018, Gabrielle Brady). In a detention centre for asylum seekers on Christmas Island a social worker tries to help the refugees being held there. This aesthetically impressive film tells us about her work and everyday life in this idyllic non-place.

#Overcoming borders, #Human Stains

RECONSTRUCTING UTOYA (Denmark, Norway, Sweden 2018, Carl Javer). The terrorist Anders Breivik killed 69 young people on 22nd July 2011 on Utoya. Six years later in an empty film studio, four survivors reconstruct their escape from the massacre. Intense, painful and evocative memories make for essential viewing.

#Coming of Age, #Human Stains

SHOOTING THE MAFIA (Ireland, United States 2019, Kim Longinotto). Letizia Battaglia fights the mafia with her camera. She captures the crimes of the Cosa Nostra in aesthetic images that make the horrors visible. A touching portrait of a fearless Sicilian woman.

#Southern Europe, #Human Stains