The film programme of DOK.fest München. At the cinema. At home.

3 to 14 May 2023 at the Munich venues
8 to 21 May 2023 @home

As always, DOK.fest München opens the view out to the world: with 130 of the best and most current international documentaries from 55 countries. Our goal is the greatest possible participation in our films, which is why we bring them to the big screen in Munich cinemas as well as to home screens throughout Germany: DOK.fest stays dual.

BRUCE LEE & THE OUTLAW (Czech Republic, Netherlands, United Kingdom 2018, Joost Vandebrug, DOK.international Main Competition). 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

DIE GRUBE – THE PIT (Germany 2019, Hristiana Raykova, Student Award). “What do swans actually taste like? Can you eat them?” A thermal pool on the coast of Bulgaria serves as a meeting place for a wonderfully quirky ensemble of old women and men on whom life has left its mark. Here, in 37-degree water, all the important questions are debated.

#Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus

MY GRANNY FROM MARS – Моя Бабушка с Марса (Belarus, Estonia, Ukraine 2018, Alexander Mihalkovich, DOK.panorama). Sascha’s grandmother, Zina, a Ukrainian was married to a Belorussian. After the collapse of the Soviet Union she lived in Ukraine. As a widow and a pensioner, she moved to the Crimea. But, after the Russian occupation, a visit to Grandma in the Crimea was almost as impossible for the family as a trip to Mars.

#Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus

THE CHINESE WILL COME (Serbia 2018, Tanja Brzakovic, DOK.panorama). Chinese migrants are hardly noticed in Serbia. They work in agriculture and trade, supplying the population with cheap everyday products. But a state visit by the Chinese president promises future-oriented changes.

#Let's talk about money, #Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus, #Asia

THE SOUND IS INNOCENT (Czech Republic, France, Slovakia 2019, Johana Ožvold, DOK.panorama). Transcending time, THE SOUND IS INNOCENT takes us into the inner world of electronic music. A spectacular voyage from the beginnings of audio technology to the French avant garde and contemporary artists - and back again. Poets behind their computer screens.

#Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus, #Nominees ARRI AMIRA Award

MY UNKNOWN SOLDIER – MUJ NEZNAMY VOJÍN (Czech Republic, Latvia, Slovakia 2018, Anna Kryvenko, BEST OF FESTS). This essay-like collage blends private and public historiography: the family album of the director Anna Kryvenko, from which her great uncle, a Soviet soldier, was removed, alongside archive material, including USSR propaganda.

#Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Caucasus, #Looking Back