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.

DOK.international Main Competition

Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the VIKTOR DOK.international Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The prize sponsor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.

KAPR CODE (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2022, Lucie Králová). How can you transform the dissonance of life into the harmony of being? – Jan Kapr.

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

SOLDAT AHMET (Austria 2021, Jannis Lenz). Ahmet is strong and has everything under control. But how does he let go and show feelings?

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees DOK.edit, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

Intense stories and the unusual on one's own doorstep: the competition presents films that deal with people and topics in German-speaking countries. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Competition is endowed with 7,500 euros. The prize sponsor is Sky.

DEAR MEMORIES – EINE REISE MIT DEM MAGNUM FOTOGRAFEN THOMAS HOEPKER (Germany, Switzerland 2021, Nahuel Lopez). 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

DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

The films in this series tell stories from countries in transition. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ and are nominated for the VIKTOR DOK.horizonte Competition, endowed with 5,000 euros. The award donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.

ESPERARE AQUI HASTA OIR MI NOMBRE – I’LL WAIT UNTIL THEY CALL MY NAME (Peru 2021, Héctor Gálvez). The armed combat of the "Shining Path" in Peru: a theatre company fights for historical reappraisal

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #South America, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

Student Award

The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.

DONBAS DAYS (Germany, Ukraine 2021, Philipp Schaeffer). A gap year in Ukraine: a Czech circus performer teaches children to juggle.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #StandWithUkraine

Retrospective DOK.network Africa

To mark the 10th anniversary of DOK.network Africa, our retrospective is dedicated to documentary films from the African continent. Guest curators from east, west and south Africa present six outstanding films from the 1970s to the 2020s.

EL DESENCANTO (Spain 1976, Jaime Chávarri). A national poet, an enfant terrible, bizarre brothers and a beautiful mother: los Panero.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

DOK.panorama

DOK.panorama shows innovative documentary films from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling – including many new discoveries and premieres.

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

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

TEOREMA DE TIEMPO (Mexico 2022, Andrés Kaiser). From his grandparents’ hoard of amateur films, Andrés Kaiser compiles a cinematic family history.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #North and Central America, #For Cineastes, #Films with German Subtitles

WHY WE FIGHT? (Belgium, Germany 2021, Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt). Why do we fight? Platel’s performance of radical physicality displays both vulnerability and intimacy.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #For Cineastes, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks

YOU ARE THE DAYS TO COME (Sweden 2021, Ronja Yu). When the Tiananmen massacre took place, a young, up-and-coming Chinese art scene came to an end.

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

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.

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

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

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

Homage Heidi Specogna

The gaze into the foreign life, the curiosity for the other perspective run through the cinematic work of the multiple award-winning Swiss filmmaker Heidi Specogna. The homage presents six films from four decades of her artistic work.

STAND UP MY BEAUTY (Germany, Switzerland 2021, Heidi Specogna). Female empowerment: a song for Ethiopian women who follow their own dreams.

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