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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BERLIN BYTCH LOVE (Germany 2022, Heiko Aufdermauer, Johannes Girke, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Two young people – and soon a baby. A love story on the streets of Berlin.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

DEAR MEMORIES – EINE REISE MIT DEM MAGNUM FOTOGRAFEN THOMAS HOEPKER (Germany, Switzerland 2021, Nahuel Lopez, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). An iconic photographer, a serious diagnosis and one last trip through the USA: Thomas Hoepker.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe

VOLKSVERTRETER (Germany 2021, Andreas Wilcke, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). The world of AfD seen from the inside. Three years at the heart of the parliamentary group.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

AMONG US WOMEN – በኛ በሴቶች መካከል (Ethiopia, Germany 2021, Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun, Student Award). Giving birth at home rather than in a hospital: Ethiopian obstetrics in transition.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Africa

KALLE KOSMONAUT (Germany 2022, Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth, BEST OF FESTS). 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

BLACK MAMBAS – WILD WILD LIFE (France, Germany, South Africa 2022, Lena Karbe, Munich Premieres). Military drill meets protection of endangered species: a women's brigade fights poachers in Kruger National Park.

#Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Films with German Subtitles, #Best Doks, #Africa

1001 NIGHTS APART (Germany, Iran, United States 2021, Sarvnaz Alambeigi, DOK.special). Sheherazade had to tell stories to stay alive – we have to dance! – This film is available in our online film library DOK.fest @home Selection: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Selection

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #Best Doks, #Asia

LIEBE, D-MARK UND TOD – LOVE, DEUTSCHMARK AND DEATH (Germany 2022, Cem Kaya, DOK.special). The Turkish guest workers brought their music with them to Germany. A hidden treasure!

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks

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