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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DOK.international Main Competition

NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIĆ REELS (Croatia, France, Montenegro, Qatar, Serbia 2022, Mila Turajlić). The non-aligned movement seen through Tito’s cameraman’s lens.

#Award-winning films, #Only in the cinema, #German premiere, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings

PARADISE (France, Switzerland 2022, Alexander Abaturov). Forest fires envelop Eastern Siberia – the population defends itself against the inferno.

#Only in the cinema, #In the Close-up: Evironment, Nature & Climate Change, #German premiere, #Asia

THEATRE OF VIOLENCE (Denmark 2023, Łukasz Konopa, Emil Langballe). A former Ugandan child soldier who later became a commander is on trial. Is he a perpetrator or a victim?

#Award-winning films, #Only in the cinema, #War and its consequences, #German premiere, #Africa

DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

AGAINST THE TIDE (France, India 2023, Sarvnik Kaur). Friendship in a world where tradition meets globalisation: the story of the Indian Koli fishermen Ganesh and Rakesh.

#Only in the cinema, #In relation (to), #For cineasts, #German premiere

FREE MONEY (Kenya, United States 2022, Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko). Can an unconditional basic income revolutionise development aid? An experiment in Kenya.

#Only in the cinema, #German premiere, #Africa

LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM (Cameroon, France 2023, Cyrielle Raingou). Volleys of gunfire in the distance: the threat of the terrorist militia Boko Haram is omnipresent in North Cameroon.

#Award-winning films, #Only in the cinema, #German premiere, #Africa

DOK.guest Turkey

EREN (Germany 2023, Maria Binder). Eren Keskin – a lawyer who fights for the rights of women and minorities in Turkey.

#At home on two continents, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Only in the cinema, #Europe, #German premiere, #Asia

DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?

5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION (Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic 2023, Lina N.N.). Lina films 10 years of Syrian civil war. Journalism as a means of non-violent resistance.

#Only in the cinema, #War and its consequences, #Controverse medialities, #German premiere, #Asia

MANIFESTO (Russian Federation 2022, Angie Vinchito). Present day Russia through the lens of social media: a film mosaic with TikTok-, YouTube- and Periscope-Clips.

#Only in the cinema, #War and its consequences, #Controverse medialities

Retrospective DOK.network Africa

CAMÉRA D'AFRIQUE – AFRICAN CINEMA: FILMING AGAINST ALL ODDS – CAMÉRA D'AFRIQUE – CINÉMA AFRICAIN : FILMER CONTRE LES IMPOSSIBLES (France, Tunisia 1983, Férid Boughedir). An encounter with the pioneers of African cinema, such as Sembène Ousmane and Med Hondo.

#Only in the cinema, #For cineasts, #Africa

LETTER FROM MY VILLAGE (Senegal 1975, Safi Faye). A village in Senegal, 1975: a film about agriculture and rural depopulation – and climate change, even back then.

#Only in the cinema, #For cineasts, #Africa, #In the Close-up: Evironment, Nature & Climate Change

DOK.panorama

BLIX NOT BOMBS (Czech Republic 2023, Greta Stocklassa). Can diplomacy save the world? The former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix looks back.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Only in the cinema, #War and its consequences, #Europe, #German premiere

CLOSE TO VERMEER – DICHT BIJ VERMEER (Netherlands 2023, Suzanne Raes). What makes a true Jan Vermeer? A close look at the artist.

#Only in the cinema, #German premiere, #Europe, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings

DEIN LEBEN – MEIN LEBEN – YOUR STRUGGLE – MY STRUGGLE (Austria 2023, Marko Doringer). Hurray for the midlife crisis! A film about the meaning of life, the daily grind and immense happiness.

#Only in the cinema, #German premiere, #In relation (to)

SCAB VENDOR (Brazil 2022, Mariana Thome, Lucas De Barros). Jonathan Shaw is a famous tattoo artist, illustrator and author – but, above all, he is a free spirit.

#Only in the cinema, #North America, #German premiere

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