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.

ADIEU SAUVAGE (Belgium 2023, Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento). From Belgium to the Columbian jungle. A poetic tale about the complexity of “origin”.

#Online, #Latin America, #In relation (to), #For cineasts, #German premiere

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

DEMON MINERAL (United States 2023, Hadley Austin). A shrewd manifesto on “nuclear colonialism” in the territory of the Navajo Nation in South West USA.

#World premiere, #Online, #In the Close-up: Evironment, Nature & Climate Change, #For cineasts

HYPERMOON (Sweden 2023, Mia Engberg). Between the hospital and the universe: an intimate film essay about the fragility of existence.

#Online, #In relation (to), #Europe, #German premiere, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings

JACKIE THE WOLF (France, Germany 2023, Tuki Jencquel). Death is not a drama, it is part of life – it’s dying that is scary. Or living.

#Online, #Evening of Life, #In relation (to), #German premiere

LA EMPRESA (Germany 2023, André Siegers). Illegal border crossings re-enacted for tourists: the Caminata Nocturna in Mexico.

#Online, #Latin America, #For cineasts, #German premiere

MAGIC MOUNTAIN – JADOSNURI MTA (Georgia, Poland 2023, Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt). On the edge of the world, on the edge of time: a tuberculosis clinic high in the Georgian mountains.

#World premiere, #Online, #For cineasts, #Europe

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

THE GOLDEN THREAD (Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Netherlands, Norway, United Kingdom 2022, Nishtha Jain). A tireless dance of machinery, sweat and dust: jute production on the outskirts of Calcutta.

#Online, #Limited films, #For cineasts, #German premiere

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

ZONA NORTE (Mexico 2022, Javier Ávila). Burdened by the guilt of failure: outcasts on the streets of Tijuana.

#World premiere, #Online, #Latin America

DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb

Intense stories and the unusual on one's own doorstep: the competition presents films that deal with people and topics in German-speaking countries. The VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Competition is endowed with 7,500 euros. The prize sponsor is Sky.