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.

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, Lukasz 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

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.

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.

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

DOK.guest Turkey

Our guest country series this year looks east to Turkey: a country marked by ambivalences between tradition and modernity, secularism and religiosity. In four films, we examine various facets of life in Turkey and get to know five personalities who are tackling the pressing challenges of the country's current reality.

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?

This year's DOK.focus series POWER OF MEDIA? deals with the contradictory and at the same time decisive role our media play in today's world in five selected films.

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

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.

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

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.