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.

Please enter the festival edition you would like to find out more about a film in the year field.

DOK.guest Canada

JE M'APPELLE HUMAIN – CALL ME HUMAN (Canada 2020, Kim O'Bomsawin, Andrée-Anne Frenette). Joséphine Bacon preserves the legacy of the Innu nation and gives her people a voice.

#North America

JUDY VERSUS CAPITALISM (Canada 2020, Mike Hoolboom). The personal is political! Judy Rebick’s fight for women’s’ rights and against depression.

#North America, #Get outraged!

KÍMMAPIIYIPITSSINI: THE MEANING OF EMPATHY (Canada 2021, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers). Can compassion heal? The Kainai Nation and its methods of harm reduction

#North America, #Get outraged!

LES LIBRES – THE FREE ONES (Canada 2020, Nicolas Lévesque). On the production lines, surrounded by mountains of timber, former criminals try to find their way back into society.

#North America, #Hero's Journey

NO VISIBLE TRAUMA (Canada 2020, Robinder Uppal, Marc Serpa Francoeur). Police violence, systemic racism and a justice system that is on the brink of collapse as a result.

#North America, #Get outraged!

THE SILENCE (Canada 2020, Renée Blanchar). Systematic abuse in a Catholic community – a battle between the truth and religious silence

#Monstrously human: abysses and catastrophes, #North America

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE THIS PLACE, ANYPLACE (Canada 2020, Lulu Wei). In a Toronto block identity falls victim to growth. A hole is left behind.

#Subtitles for the hearing impaired, #North America

DOK.international Main Competition

THE LAST HILLBILLY (France, Qatar 2020, Diane Sara Bouzgarrou, Thomas Jenkoe). The last hillbilly and his family in the heart of the Appalachians. An abstract poetic look at forgotten America.

#North America, #Nature in retreat

DOK.focus Empowerment

NOT GOING QUIETLY (United States 2021, Nicholas Bruckman). Supportive, inspiring and motivational: a powerful portrait of the activist and ALS patient Ady Barkan.

#Moving forward together: Films on inclusion, #Subtitles for the hearing impaired, #North America, #Limitied films, #Hero's Journey, #Get outraged!

DOK.panorama

100UP – AGE IS JUST A NUMBER (Netherlands 2020, Heddy Honigmann). Life after 100 is also full of surprises and joyful moments.

#North America, #France and Benelux, #The late Pathes: Ageing and Dying

WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME – WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME (Germany 2021, Jide Tom Akinelminu). What is culture, what is deception and who is family? A colourful film about the Danish-Nigerian marriage of the filmmaker’s parents

#North America, #Africa

DOK.music

FREAKSCENE – THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR. (Germany, United States 2020, Philipp Reichenheim). Damned loud and damned good! The story of the cult band “Dinosaur Jr.”

#The art of living: sculpture, theatre, music, dance, photography, #North America, #Films with German subtitles

DOK.special

82 NAMEN – SYRIEN, BITTE VERGISS UNS NICHT – 82 NAMES: SYRIA, PLEASE DON'T FORGET US (USA 2018, Maziar Bahari). 10 years and no end in sight: the film brings the Syrian War to the forefront of our minds again.

#Monstrously human: abysses and catastrophes, #North America, #Middle and Near East, #Living memory, #Films with German subtitles

AMERIKAS ARKTIS – EIN PARADIES IN GEFAHR – ARCTIC – A REFUGE IMPERILED (Austria, Germany 2020, Martin Mészáros). Unique insights into the life of the fascinating wildlife of the far north

#North America, #Nature in retreat

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