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.

PRACTICAL AFFAIRS – PRAKTIESE ZAKEN (Netherlands 2013, Jasmijn Schrofer). Being old is not for the fainthearted. Warmolt (76 years-old) talks about age; his children would rather stay out of it. So he writes down for them things that will be useful after his death. Things like passwords, for example, but also which urn he prefers. And what about the helium and the plastic bag? Things that can help when it comes to the end and you want to decide these things for yourself.

#Identity/Life Crisis

SOUVENIR (Germany 2014, André Siegers). Mr Alfred Diebold travelled a lot, always with his camera. He was an ambassador for democracy – working, for example, as the representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Nepal and Warsaw, among other places. He was a reporter for the Berlinale and a candidate in the European elections.

#Politics/Social Conflicts, #Identity/Life Crisis

DOK.panorama

DOK.panorama shows innovative documentary films from all over the world mapping the diversity and current trends of documentary storytelling.

BEYOND PUNISHMENT (Germany 2015, Hubertus Siegert). What happens when murderers and the bereaved meet each other? BEYOND PUNISHMENT is the story of three families and three perpetrators dealing with their tragic past.

#Identity/Life Crisis

TWILIGHT OF A LIFE – AU CRÉPUSCULE D'UNE VIE (Belgium, Israel 2014, Sylvain Biegeleisen). “We wanted to talk about life, not about death!” The filmmaker’s mother has decided to live on; for two years, Sylvain accompanies her. There is an affectionate intimacy between them - and some chansons. An ode to life full of humour and poetry.

#Identity/Life Crisis

Munich Premieres

Munich is the home of the filmmakers whose works are gathered together in the Munich premieres. But time and again, the view extends far beyond the city limits.

ABDO (Germany 2015, Jakob Gross). In post-revolutionary Cairo, chaotic situations still prevail. In the midst of them is young Abdo –a revolutionary himself and an ultra football fan. Under the most difficult circumstances, he tries to find himself and his place in a tumultuous society.

#Politics/Social Conflicts, #Middle East/Arabic World, #Identity/Life Crisis, #FFF Nominees

ALLE 28 TAGE – EVERY 28 DAYS (Germany 2015, Ina Borrmann). Ina and Marc have been a couple for years. Ina never saw herself as a mother but one day the desire to have children was there. What should you do if nature is not cooperating? The film shows first hand the significance of a desire to have children and its influence on relationships and everyday life.

#Love, #Identity/Life Crisis

CORINNES GEHEIMNIS (Germany 2014, Maike Conway). Corinne is no totally normal teenager. Infected since birth with HIV, she cannot confide in anyone. A film about an adolescence marked by a conflict between confrontation and hiding oneself away.

#Identity/Life Crisis, #Coming-of-Age, #14jugendfrei, #SOS Nominees

DAS DUNKLE GEN (Germany, Switzerland 2014, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick). Footballers, actors, and average Joes: these days the topic of depression is in the headlines more than ever before. Using his own experience as a starting point, Frank S. questions the cause of the illness and sets off on a journey that becomes much more than a personal quest.

#Identity/Life Crisis

NATASCHA (Germany 2015, Katharina Köster). Where does help end and control begin? The young mother to be, Natascha, is mentally handicapped and fiercely determined to bring up her child herself together with its father. Then unexpected events turn everything on their head.

#Identity/Life Crisis, #FFF Nominees

DOK.special

The DOK.special series is characterised by films on current events and topics. We present our programme together with Munich institutions from culture, society and media.

HANS IM GLÜCK – DREI VERSUCHE, DAS RAUCHEN LOSZUWERDEN (Switzerland 2003, Peter Liechti). In order to overcome the addiction of smoking, Swiss filmmaker Peter Liechti goes on three pilgrimmages through his country.The initial purpose takes a backseat all too soon as his hikes become ways of cognition. A film about Happiness, Life, and Switzerland. And smoking.

#Identity/Life Crisis, #Cineasts