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.

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DOK.international Main Competition

HE'S MY BROTHER (Denmark 2021, Cille Hannibal, Christine Hanberg). What does the world feel like with three senses? A Danish family’s struggle for their son. – This film is available in our online film library DOK.fest @home Selection: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Selection

#Moving forward together: Films on inclusion, #Scandinavia and Northern Europe, #Limitied films, #DOK.4teens

KOMÚNA – THE COMMUNE (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2020, Jakub Julény). Forgive or forget? Years after it was active, an underground group faces up to the ghosts of the past.

#Living memory, #DOK.4teens, #Balkans, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

ZUHURS TÖCHTER – ZUHUR'S DAUGHTERS (Germany 2021, Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt). Is there such a thing as a “proper” girl? Two charismatic trans*gender sisters fight for their existence to be considered normal.

#Crossing borders: LGBTQIA*, #Films with German subtitles, #DOK.4teens

DOK.panorama

IN DEN UFFIZIEN – INSIDE THE UFFIZI (Germany 2020, Corinna Belz, Enrique Sánchez Lansch). The most beautiful former office building in the world: Florence’s Uffizi in the 21st Century.

#Southern Europe, #Limitied films, #Films with German subtitles, #DOK.4teens

SHADOW GAME (Netherlands 2021, Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel). Unaccompanied young refugees on the dangerous route through the Balkans

#Southern Europe, #Nominated films DOK.fest Award SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Middle and Near East, #Escape without end, #DOK.4teens

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER – THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER (Finland, Germany 2021, Antonia Kilian). With or without weapons: Hala, a police officer, would do anything to save her sisters from forced marriage and IS.

#Subtitles for the hearing impaired, #DOK.4teens

BEST OF FESTS

CUBAN DANCER (Canada, Chile, Italy 2020, Roberto Salinas). Pirouettes and en pointe: the coming of age tale of a young Cuban dancer’s path to performing on the big stage.

#The art of living: sculpture, theatre, music, dance, photography, #Limitied films, #Latin America, #DOK.4teens

FAR FROM YOU I GREW (France 2020, Marie Dumora). A home away from home. A young man in search of his place in the world

#Nominated films DOK.fest Award SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #France and Benelux, #DOK.4teens

Munich Premieres

DER WILDE WALD (Germany 2021, Lisa Eder). Virgin forest at the heart of Europe. A declaration of love to an impressive landscape.

#Nature in retreat, #Limitied films, #DOK.4teens

DOK.music

7 YEARS OF LUKAS GRAHAM (Denmark 2020, René Sascha Johannsen). A Danish band conquers the world. But the higher you climb, the harder it is to breathe.

#The art of living: sculpture, theatre, music, dance, photography, #Scandinavia and Northern Europe, #Limitied films, #DOK.4teens

A SYMPHONY OF NOISE (Germany 2021, Enrique Sánchez Lansch). What does a tooth being pulled out sound like? Matthew Herbert searches for the sound of things.

#The art of living: sculpture, theatre, music, dance, photography, #DOK.4teens

DOK.education

ANNE FLIEGT – ANNE VLIEGT (Netherlands 2010, Catherine van Campen). 11-year-old Anne, a cheerful pretty girl, tries every day to make sure people don't notice her tics. The neurological disorder Tourette's syndrome forces her to do this: she has to twist, twitch or even lick things. If she could manage to talk openly about it, it might make her life easier.

#Moving forward together: Films on inclusion, #Hero's Journey, #France and Benelux, #DOK.education, #DOK.4teens

DANCING ABDULLAH (Germany 2019, Marco Giacopuzzi). 10-year-old Abdullah loves "street dance". When he hears music, he has to dance. Dancing makes him think of his home country Syria and forget his worries. Now he has even qualified for the world championship.

#The art of living: sculpture, theatre, music, dance, photography, #Hero's Journey, #DOK.education, #DOK.4teens

JANO & SHIRO, A BROTHERS' JOURNEY (Netherlands 2020, Eefje Blankevoort, Els van Driel). The inseparable brothers Shiro and Jano embark together on an arduous flight from Syria to the Netherlands.

#Middle and Near East, #Hero's Journey, #France and Benelux, #Escape without end, #DOK.education, #DOK.4teens

Preisträger.innen-Filme des DOK.education Dokumentarfilmwettbewerbs für junge Menschen 2021 (Deutschland 2021, Flora Weber, Filmgruppe „Luisenfilm“, Nathalie Kurzweg, Leonie Ehrmüller, Klasse 7b Mittelschule Hummelsteiner Weg, Louisa von Schnurbein). Zum siebten Mal wird im Rahmen des DOK.fest München der Dokumentarfilmpreis für junge Menschen verliehen. Prämiert werden sechs Filme von jungen Filmemacher.innen, die individuelle Perspektiven auf das echte Leben zeigen und offen sind für das, was anders ist als das Eigene. Hier sehen Sie einen Zusammenschnitt der sechs prämierten Filme. 

#Hero's Journey, #DOK.education, #DOK.4teens

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