DOK.fest München

DOK.international

Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the VIKTOR Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The prize sponsors are Bayerischer Rundfunk and Story House Productions, a company of the Bavaria Film Group.

THE DISRUPTED (United States 2020, Sarah Colt, Josh Gleason). The American dream and existential angst: on the USA’s disappearing middle class.

#System critics and new visions, #North America

UNE FEMME, MA MÈRE – A WOMAN, MY MOTHER (Canada 2019, Claude Demers). A son tells the story of the woman who did not want to be his mother.

#North America, #For cinephiles

DOK.panorama

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

#UNFIT. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF DONALD TRUMP (United States 2020, Dan Partland). Remote diagnosis: unfit. A political warning in the run-up to the upcoming US presidential election.

#System critics and new visions, #North America

FOREST CODE – CODE FORESTIER (Canada 2019, Charles-Émile Lafrance). Two Canadian lumberjacks and an abundance of trees – a farewell and the path to a new future.

#North America, #Human Animal Machine

LA FIN DES TERRES – WHERE THE LAND ENDS (Canada 2019, Loïc Darses). Self-portrait of a province: Quebec in the mirror of its society - yesterday and today

#North America

LA LANGUE EST DONC UNE HISTOIRE D'AMOUR – LANGUAGE IS A LOVE STORY (Canada 2019, Andres Livov). French for beginners: adult migrants study at a language school in Montreal.

#North America, #Overcoming borders

THIS TRAIN I RIDE (Finland, France 2019, Arno Bitschy). Outlaws in a man’s world: three female vagabonds live on trains, capturing freedom in the endless expanse of the USA.

#North America, #A hero's journey

TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM (United States 2019, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders). Black Lives Matter – the central theme in the work of the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature Toni Morrison.

#North America, #The art of the hour

WORKHORSE (Canada 2019, Cliff Caines). The Horse Whisperers: A wonderful film poem about the lives of three teamsters.

#North America, #Human Animal Machine, #For cinephiles

DOK.focus lasting memories

The focus section DOK.focus lasting memories deals with contemporary witnesses of National Socialism and how subsequent generations dealt with their legacy.

WINTER JOURNEY (Denmark, Germany 2019, Anders Østergaard). Günther Goldschmidt or George Goldsmith – how Jewish culture was exploited by the Nazis.

#Films with German subtitles, #While stocks last, #North America, #Looking back

DOK.music

From alternative rock to fado and Balkan beats to the search for the tangibility of sounds: DOK.music, as a new section, provides music for eyes and ears. Presented by ARTE

ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND (Canada, United States 2019, Daniel Roher). The story of The Band, one of the sixties’ most influential rock groups.

#North America, #The art of the hour

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.