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.

DOK.panorama

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

A THOUSAND FIRES (France, Netherlands, Palestine, Switzerland 2021, Saeed Taji Farouky). Away from a thousand fires – a married couple searches for a future for their children.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Asia, #Working World in Upheaval

AT FULL THROTTLE – LÁSKA PO KAPOTOU (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2021, Miro Remo). Jitka drives, Jaroslav struggles. A love story seasoned with drama, tragedy and humour.

#To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

BERG (Netherlands 2021, Joke Olthaar). Mountains in all their purity in beguilingly beautiful black and white footage – an immersive landscape experience.

#Reality in Black&White, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #For Cineastes, #Europe

DANCING PINA (Germany 2022, Florian Heinzen-Ziob). After the choreographer Pina Bausch’s death, her work lives on and makes intimate connections with its audiences.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Limited Films, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks, #Africa

DAUGHTERS (Denmark, Sweden 2022, Jenifer Malmqvist). Three young sisters deal with the trauma of their beloved mother’s suicide.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees DOK.edit, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks, #Award-winning Film

DIE AUTOBAHN – KAMPF UM DIE A 49 (Germany 2022, Klaus Stern, Frank Marten Pfeiffer). The Police vs the protest camp: in Dannenrod Forest, the court’s ruling is imminent.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

HEIMALAND (Belgium, Iceland 2022, Dorus Masure, Ischa Clissen). Waiting for Katla: the volcano is both a source of prosperity and a threat for a small fishing town.

#In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Europe

HIPODROOM (Estonia 2021, Vladimir Loginov). The racecourse in Tallinn will be 100 years old next year. In theory.

#Reality in Black&White, #For Cineastes, #Europe

I AM NOT (Israel 2021, Tomer Heymann). ​​“I’m not all the labels you put on me.” One of which is Asperger’s, the other, adoptee.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #North and Central America, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds

IT WORKS II (Austria 2022, Fridolin Schönwiese). It can be managed, it's happening, it's functioning. It works! Four people with disabilities in the prime of their lives.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

JOURNAL ABOUT ŽELIMIR ŽILNIK (Serbia 2021, Janko Baljak). Želimir Žilnik and the “Black Wave.” A road trip through half a century of film history.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #For Cineastes, #Europe

MEIN GESTOHLENES LAND (Germany 2021, Marc Wiese). The struggle of the Ecuadorian people against the ruthless exploitation of their land.

#True Crime, #South America, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling

MEIN WENN UND ABER (Austria 2021, Marko Doringer). Now or never: what happens when the time has come to have a child?

#Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Working World in Upheaval

NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN (Bulgaria 2022, Nikolay Stefanov). Football, beer and swastikas: in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, the skinheads call the shots.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Europe

NORWEGIAN HEADACHE (Norway 2021, Rune Denstad Langlo). Can the courts put a stop to climate change? Fridays for Future starts legal proceedings with the aim of taking its case all the way to the ECJ.

#True Crime, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Europe

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