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.

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.

DORPIE (Germany, South Africa 2022, Julia Jaki). 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). 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

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.

AFRICA, I WILL FLEECE YOU (Cameroon 1992, Jean-Marie Teno). 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). 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). 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). 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

TALKING ABOUT TREES (Chad, France, Germany, Qatar, Sudan 2019, Suhaib Gasmelbari). 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). Witchcraft in Kenya. From superstition to generational conflict and economic necessity.

#Online, #Africa

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.

MARGOT (Portugal 2022, Catarina Alves Costa). From music to anthropology and back again: discovering the travels of Margot Dias.

#German premiere, #Africa, #Online

DOK.music

From progressive rock to country from the former Swaziland to current Viennese singer-songwriters: DOK.music delivers music for the eyes and ears. Presented by ARTE.

DUSTY & STONES (Eswatini, United States 2022, Jesse Rudoy). 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