The Film Programme of DOK.fest München. At the cinema. At home.

The 37th DOK.fest München came to an end on 22 May 2022, the first time it was shown in dual form:

04 to 15 May 2022 at the Munich venues
09 to 22 May 2022 @home

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Find here all films that were only screened at the cinema.

DOK.guest Spain

The guest country series takes a look at Spain, our unknown neighbour in the southwest. In a total of five films, we experience surprising and illuminating interior views of Spanish society today, light and shadow sides of Spanish reality. This series is made possible by the support of Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).

918 NIGHTS – 918 GAU (Spain 2021, Arantza Santesteban). A woman in jail – what actually happens there? A chronicle of identity and the power of interpretation.

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

ALTSASU (THAT NIGHT) – ALTSASU (GAU HURA) (Spain 2021, Marc Parramon Bori, Amets Arzallus Antia). A judicial scandal involving eight young Basque women is causing a stir in Spain: They are accused of terrorism.

#True Crime, #Sol Y Sombra, #Controversial: Let's discuss!

EL CÍRCULO – A CIRCLE OF MEN (Spain 2021, Iván Roiz, Álvaro Priante). A men’s circle somewhere in Spain – talking therapy to combat machismo.

#Sol Y Sombra, #Power of the People: Politics & Society

MAGALUF GHOST TOWN (Spain 2021, Miguel Angel Blanca). A ghost town and a tourist stronghold – the two faces of a small town in Mallorca.

#Sol Y Sombra, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Best Doks

SEDIMENTOS (Spain 2021, Adrián Silvestre). Six trans women on a richly layered journey of exploration in the Castilian province.

#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Sol Y Sombra, #Limited Films, #Films with German Subtitles

DOK.international

Slices of life, insights and perspectives: The films of the International Competition open doors to new worlds for us. They compete for the VIKTOR Main Competition, which is endowed with 10,000 euros. The prize sponsor is Bayerischer Rundfunk.

1970 (Poland 2021, Tomasz Wolski). 8 days of state terror in communist Poland in 1970 – a drama with puppets and telephone sets.

#Reality in Black&White, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Europe

A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine 2022, Simon Lereng Wilmont). A children’s home in eastern Ukraine – and the question of how moments of hope can arise amid suffering.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #StandWithUkraine, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Europe, #Best Doks

EINE FRAU (Germany 2021, Jeanine Meerapfel). ​​“The experience of being uprooted has thousands of faces.” Malou. A woman’s fate.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #South America, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

FIRE OF LOVE (Canada, United States 2022, Sara Dosa). A scientist couple and the world’s volcanoes – a story of life and love.

#North and Central America, #Limited Films, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

FOUR JOURNEYS (Netherlands 2021, Louis Hothothot). Mother, father, child? The portrait of a Chinese family that defied the Revolution.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Asia

GREEN JAIL – MIDORI NO ROUGOKU (France, Japan, Taiwan 2021, Yin-yu Huang). Memories from the island of the dead: the last witness of Iriomote’s coal mines.

#In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Asia, #Working World in Upheaval

HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND (France, Germany, Norway, Sweden 2022, Marusya Syroechkovskaya). One thing is clear: Marusya loves Kimi, Kimi loves Marusya. But then there are the drugs.

#Limited Films, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks

KAPR CODE (Czech Republic, Slovakia 2022, Lucie Králová). How can you transform the dissonance of life into the harmony of being? – Jan Kapr.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #For Cineastes, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

NAWALNY (United States 2022, Daniel Roher). Nerve poison in the underwear – when the victim survives and confronts the assassin. A unique political thriller!

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #Best Doks

RENÉ: THE PRISONER OF FREEDOM (Czech Republic 2021, Helena Třeštíková). How can a person live in freedom after years in prison?

#True Crime, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past