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.

Please enter the festival edition you would like to find out more about a film in the year field.

DOK.guest Spain

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

DOK.international Main Competition

FIRE OF LOVE (Canada, United States 2022, Sara Dosa). A scientist couple and the world’s volcanoes – a story of life and love.

#North and Central America, #Limited Films, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND (France, Germany, Norway, Sweden 2022, Marusya Syroechkovskaya). One thing is clear: Marusya loves Kimi, Kimi loves Marusya. But then there are the drugs.

#Limited Films, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks

TRENCHES (France 2021, Loup Bureau). A moving, atmospheric documentation of everyday life in the trenches of Donbas.

#StandWithUkraine, #Reality in Black&White, #Award-winning Film, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Europe, #Best Doks

ULTRAVIOLETTE AND THE BLOOD-SPITTERS GANG (France 2021, Robin Hunzinger). Bittersweet Symphony. Emma and Marcelle: a life-changing love that is not allowed to be.

#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Reality in Black&White, #Nominees DOK.edit, #Limited Films, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

GIRL GANG (Switzerland 2022, Susanne Regina Meures). Surface gloss and the price you have to pay: a look into the world of a teenage influencer and her biggest fan. – This film is available in our online film library DOK.fest @home Selection: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Selection

#Award-winning Film, #Limited Films, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older, #Best Doks, #Working World in Upheaval

DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

IF YOU ARE A MAN (Burkina Faso, France 2022, Simon Panay). ​​13-year-old Opio does dangerous work in a gold mine so that he can go to school.

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

DOK.panorama

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

NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN (Bulgaria 2022, Nikolay Stefanov). Football, beer and swastikas: in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, the skinheads call the shots.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Europe

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

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

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

DOK.focus BRAVE NEW WORK

DRAGON WOMEN (Belgium, Korea (Republic), Switzerland 2021, Frédérique de Montblanc). People call them “dragons”: The women who have fought their way to the top of the finance industry. – This film is available in our online film library DOK.fest @home Selection: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Selection

#Limited Films, #Europe, #Best Doks, #Asia, #Working World in Upheaval

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