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.

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.

DIDA (Switzerland 2021, Nikola Ilić). A temporary home: as the caretaker for his chaotic mother, Nikola lives between two worlds.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE (Poland 2021, Kuba Mikurda). The strangest science fiction movie (n)ever made: ON THE SILVER GLOBE by Andrzej Żuławski.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #For Cineastes, #Europe

FÜR DIE VIELEN – DIE ARBEITERKAMMER WIEN (Austria 2022, Constantin Wulff). Can you organise justice? Yes! The Chamber of Labour in Vienna shows that it is possible. A didactic play!

#Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #Working World in Upheaval

HOUSEWITZ (Netherlands 2021, Oeke Hoogendijk). The filmmaker’s mother has not left her house for decades. A striking portrait.

#Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

HOW THE ROOM FELT (Georgia 2021, Ketevan Kapanadze). ​​Smoking, drinking – and early morning football practice: young, queer, female footballers in Georgia.

#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Films with German Subtitles, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #Asia

IMAD'S CHILDHOOD (Sweden 2021, Zahavi Sanjavi). Imad doesn’t like toys. He likes decapitated dogs. Imad is four and a half years old and was captured by the IS.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Asia

JANE BY CHARLOTTE (France 2021, Charlotte Gainsbourg). Charlotte Gainsbourg’s highly detailed and deeply affectionate portrait of her mother Jane Birkin

#For Cineastes, #Europe

KALLE KOSMONAUT (Germany 2022, Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth). Lunch at “The Ark,” playing Uno, coming of age, jail. Adolescence on the Avenue of the Cosmonauts in Berlin.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Limited Films, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

LICHT. STOCKHAUSEN'S LEGACY (Netherlands 2021, Oeke Hoogendijk). Karlheinz Stockhausen: a musical genius who was light years ahead of his time.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Europe

LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO – WHAT REMAINS ON THE WAY (Brazil, Germany, Mexico 2021, Jakob Krese, Danilo Do Carmo). The journey from Guatemala to the USA: salvation from violence at home?

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #North and Central America, #Films with German Subtitles

REPUBLIC OF SILENCE (France, Germany, Italy, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic 2021, Diana El Jeiroudi). A radically personal film essay about the collapse of Syria and life in exile.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Asia

YOUNG PLATO (Belgium, France, Ireland 2021, Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath). Despite being surrounded by conflict, a teacher in Northern Ireland promotes the power of philosophy.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Europe, #Best Doks