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!
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
DORPIE (Germany, South Africa 2022, Julia Jaki, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). A portrait of Lana, a community worker in South Africa, and her mission to prevent rape and murder.
#Online, #German premiere, #Africa
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
MARGOT (Portugal 2022, Catarina Alves Costa, DOK.panorama). From music to anthropology and back again: discovering the travels of Margot Dias.
#German premiere, #Africa, #Online
DUSTY & STONES (Eswatini, United States 2022, Jesse Rudoy, DOK.music). The love of country music: two musicians from southern Africa go on a road trip
#The Art of Living: Music, #Online, #North America, #German premiere, #Films with subtitles for people with hearing impairments, #Africa
AFRICA, I WILL FLEECE YOU (Cameroon, France, Germany 1992, Jean-Marie Teno, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). With snarky humour, Teno provides an artistic analysis of today’s Cameroon and its colonial heritage.
#Online, #Evening of Life, #For cineasts, #Africa
CAMÉRA D'AFRIQUE – AFRICAN CINEMA: FILMING AGAINST ALL ODDS – CAMÉRA D'AFRIQUE – CINÉMA AFRICAIN : FILMER CONTRE LES IMPOSSIBLES (France, Tunisia 1983, Férid Boughedir, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). An encounter with the pioneers of African cinema, such as Sembène Ousmane and Med Hondo.
#Only in the cinema, #For cineasts, #Africa
ESPOIR VOYAGE (Burkina Faso, France 2011, Michel K. Zongo, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). A road trip in West Africa: the filmmaker Zongo sets out in search of his brother.
#Online, #Africa
LETTER FROM MY VILLAGE (Senegal 1975, Safi Faye, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). A village in Senegal, 1975: a film about agriculture and rural depopulation – and climate change, even back then.
#Only in the cinema, #In the Close-up: Evironment, Nature & Climate Change, #For cineasts, #Africa
TALKING ABOUT TREES (Chad, France, Germany, Qatar, Sudan 2019, Suhaib Gasmelbari, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). A cinema is to be brought back to life: not an easy undertaking in Khartoum, Sudan.
#Online, #Evening of Life, #In relation (to), #For cineasts, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings, #Africa
THE LETTER (Kenya 2019, Maia Lekow, Christopher King, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). Witchcraft in Kenya. From superstition to generational conflict and economic necessity.
#Online, #Africa

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