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.

WHITE MAMA (Russian Federation 2018, Zosya Rodkevich, Evgeniya Ostanina, DOK.guest Canada). On the outskirts of Moscow, a mother lives with her six children and her new husband. They decide to adopt a seventh child, a boy with mental health problems and the harmony in the family comes under threat.

#Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

BRUCE LEE & THE OUTLAW (Czech Republic, Netherlands, United Kingdom 2018, Joost Vandebrug, DOK.international). Nicu, a young homeless kid, lives in the tunnels under Bucharest with the criminal known as Bruce Lee, the king of the underworld. The home that Bruce offers is supposedly safe, but when Nicu becomes seriously ill, everything suddenly changes and the youngster gets a chance at a different life.

#Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

ISIS, TOMORROW. THE LOST SOULS OF MOSUL (Germany, Italy 2018, Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio Romenzi, DOK.international). 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

BEFORE FATHER GETS BACK – SANAM MAMA DABRUNDEBA (France, Georgia, Germany 2018, Mari Gulbiani, DOK.horizonte). Teenagers Iman and Eva take part in a film course at their school in a small Georgian village and document their everyday life. Meanwhile their father is far away in Syria fighting for the Islamic State. Radical transformations captured in calm sequences.

#Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Asia

YOU ARE MY FRIEND – JIJ BENT MIJN VRIEND (Netherlands 2018, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, DOK.panorama). Branche and Ayham make friends in a class for new arrivals. But, when Ayham suddenly leaves, young Branche is devastated. Will he find another friend? One day Branche also has to go: now he can attend a normal primary school class.

#Overcoming borders, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

EASY LESSONS – KÖNNYU LECKÉK (Hungary 2018, Dorottya Zurbó, Best of Fests). 17-year-old Kafia has fled Somalia and is stranded in Hungary. There she tries to take control of her life and adapt to the rules of a new culture without losing her identity. But it is anything but easy.

#Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Overcoming borders, #DOK.4teens