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.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.

ALICE SCHWARZER (Austria, Germany 2022, Sabine Derflinger). “Let’s not get upset, let’s do something!” Alice Schwarzer, Germany’s most famous women’s rights activist.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

BERLIN BYTCH LOVE (Germany 2022, Heiko Aufdermauer, Johannes Girke). 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). 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

EUROPA PASSAGE (Germany 2022, Andrei Schwartz). A group of Roma travels on the margins of society between Hamburg and their homeland of Romania.

#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

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.

SORRY GENOSSE (Germany 2022, Vera Brückner). Hedi loves Karl. Karl loves Hedi. A love affair between East and West. A drama… as a comedy!

#Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Best Doks

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.

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

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.

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

DOK.focus BRAVE NEW WORK

Brave new world of work? Hardly any other area of life today is subject to such radical changes. A total of seven films illuminate global perspectives on work in transition.

PORNFLUENCER (Germany 2022, Joscha Bongard). If you’re well-behaved, nothing happens. Jamie & Nico make a fortune through amateur porn.

#Working World in Upheaval, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Europe, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Best Doks, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

Munich Premieres

Munich is the home of most of the filmmakers whose works are gathered together in the Munich premieres. But time and again, the view extends far beyond the city limits.