The film programme of the 40th DOK.fest München: In the cinema. At home.

Presale starts on 24 April 2025.

 
 
 

Like every year, DOK.fest München 2025 opens up a view of the world: with 105 of the best and most current international documentaries from 58 countries.

For the 40th DOK.fest München, the former programme scheme is being dissolved. The festival films are divided into 16 thematically focussed sections based on current themes. 

Our aim is to ensure the greatest possible participation in our films, which is why we bring them to the big screen in Munich cinemas and cultural venues as well as to home screens throughout Germany as barrier-free as possible: DOK.fest München stays dual!
NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIĆ REELS (Croatia, France, Montenegro, Qatar, Serbia 2022, Mila Turajlić, DOK.international Main Competition). 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, DOK.international Main Competition). 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, DOK.international Main Competition). 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
AGAINST THE TIDE (France, India 2023, Sarvnik Kaur, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). 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, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). 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, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). 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
EREN (Germany 2023, Maria Binder, DOK.guest Turkey). 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
5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION (Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Syria 2023, Lina N.N., DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). 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, DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). 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
BLIX NOT BOMBS (Czech Republic 2023, Greta Stocklassa, DOK.panorama). 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, DOK.panorama). 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, DOK.panorama). 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, DOK.panorama). 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
THOMAS SCHÜTTE, ICH BIN NICHT ALLEIN – THOMAS SCHUETTE, I AM NOT ALONE (Germany 2023, Corinna Belz, DOK.panorama). Art XXL: when it comes to Thomas Schütte’s larger than life sculptures, it’s the craft that counts.
#Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings, #World premiere, #Only in the cinema
EASTERN FRONT – SHIDNIY FRONT (Czech Republic, Latvia, Ukraine, United States 2023, Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen TITARENKO, Best of Fests). Everyday horrors of war in East Ukraine: in the van with paramedics on the way to the frontline.
#Only in the cinema, #Europe
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