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.

BE WATER – VOICES FROM HONG KONG (Germany 2023, Lia Erbal). Umbrella protests in Hong Kong: we hear the voices of people caught between hope for change and brutal repression

#World premiere, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Online, #Asia

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

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.

ALONE (Iran 2022, Jafar Najafi). Amir’s lonely struggle to save his sisters from the shackles of patriarchy.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Online, #German premiere, #Asia

BAGHDAD ON FIRE (Iraq, Norway 2023, Karrar Al-Azzawi). “Nobody is the leader in this youth revolution!” – Tiba fights for a free Iraq.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Online, #War and its consequences, #German premiere, #Asia

ETILAAT ROZ – Eröffnungsfilm – THE ETILAAT ROZ (Afghanistan 2022, Abbas Rezaie). Kabul's downfall in august 2021 – a dramatic chamber play in the editorial offices of the newspaper Etilaat Roz.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Online, #Controverse medialities, #German premiere, #Asia

Student Award

The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.

GOOD LIFE DEAL (Austria 2022, Samira Ghahremani). Finding your home is a life’s quest. Gerhard from Vienna has it all sorted out. Really...?

#Online, #In relation (to), #Asia

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

SEYRAN ATEŞ: SEX, REVOLUTION AND ISLAM (Norway 2021, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen). “Islam needs a sexual revolution!” – the controversial struggle of a Berlin imam.

#At home on two continents, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Online, #Europe, #Asia

THE DECREE – KANUN HÜKMÜ (Turkey 2023, Nejla Demirci). Silenced by decree: the exhausting battle against arbitrary dismissals in Turkey.

#World premiere, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Online, #Europe, #At home on two continents, #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

BEST OF FESTS

Innovative cinema and intimate insights: The BEST OF FESTS series brings together films that have already been screened at other important festivals and celebrated or awarded prizes there.