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.guest Spain

The guest country series takes a look at Spain, our unknown neighbour in the southwest. In a total of five films, we experience surprising and illuminating interior views of Spanish society today, light and shadow sides of Spanish reality. This series is made possible by the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

918 NIGHTS – 918 GAU (Spain 2021, Arantza Santesteban). A woman in jail – what actually happens there? A chronicle of identity and the power of interpretation.

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

ALTSASU (THAT NIGHT) – ALTSASU (GAU HURA) (Spain 2021, Marc Parramon Bori, Amets Arzallus Antia). A judicial scandal involving eight young Basque women is causing a stir in Spain: They are accused of terrorism.

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Controversial: Let's discuss!

EL CÍRCULO – A CIRCLE OF MEN (Spain 2021, Iván Roiz, Álvaro Priante). A men’s circle somewhere in Spain – talking therapy to combat machismo.

#Sol Y Sombra, #Power of the People: Politics & Society

MAGALUF GHOST TOWN (Spain 2021, Miguel Angel Blanca). A ghost town and a tourist stronghold – the two faces of a small town in Mallorca.

#Sol Y Sombra, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Best Doks

SEDIMENTOS (Spain 2021, Adrián Silvestre). Six trans women on a richly layered journey of exploration in the Castilian province.

#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Sol Y Sombra, #Limited Films, #Films with German Subtitles

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 AÑO DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO (Spain, Switzerland 2020, Luis López Carrasco). The year 1992 should have been triumphant – but in Cartagena, protests erupt.

#Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Films with German Subtitles, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Sol Y Sombra

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

FRANCO ON TRIAL: THE SPANISH NUREMBERG (Germany, Spain 2018, Lucía Palacios, Dietmar Post). An international trial should finally provide justice for the crimes of the Franco dictatorship.

#South America, #Sol Y Sombra, #Films with German Subtitles, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #True Crime

FRANCO'S PROMISE – LA PROMESSE DE FRANCO (France, Spain 2014, Marc Weymuller). The new town of Belchite was supposed to symbolise heroic victory – it turned out to be a sham.

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

MORIR EN MADRID (France, Spain 1963, Frédéric Rossif). The civil war and the dictatorship of the Franco regime. A chronicle of a Spanish tragedy.

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Reality in Black&White, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

PICO REJA. LA VERDAD QUE LA TIERRA ESCONDE – PICO REJA. THE TRUTH BURIED BENEATH (Spain 2021, Remedios Malvárez, Arturo Andújar). A mass grave is opened in Seville: the civil war casts a shadow on the present day

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past