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.

NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN (Bulgaria 2022, Nikolay Stefanov). Football, beer and swastikas: in the Bulgarian city of Pernik, the skinheads call the shots.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #Europe

NORWEGIAN HEADACHE (Norway 2021, Rune Denstad Langlo). Can the courts put a stop to climate change? Fridays for Future starts legal proceedings with the aim of taking its case all the way to the ECJ.

#True Crime, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Europe

OUR EVE (Moldova, Republic of 2021, Ana Gurdiș). Against all odds: a young couple with walking disability enjoys family life in Moldova.

#Moving on together: Films on Inclusion, #We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

SAVA (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, United Kingdom 2021, Matthew Somerville). A river’s journey – former Yugoslavian landscapes and their inhabitants from nature’s point of view

#In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Europe

STIMMEN VOM FEUER (Czech Republic, Germany 2021, Helen Simon). Out of the fire rises the voice of the oppressed. A struggle for dignity and justice.

#True Crime, #Power of the People: Politics & Society

TEOREMA DE TIEMPO (Mexico 2022, Andrés Kaiser). From his grandparents’ hoard of amateur films, Andrés Kaiser compiles a cinematic family history.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #North and Central America, #For Cineastes, #Films with German Subtitles

THE ONE WHO RUNS AWAY IS THE GHOST – 九樓日記 (China, Germany 2021, Qinyuan Lei). A magical concrete jungle. Two children cast a spell over a Chinese electronics market.

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

WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY (United Kingdom 2022, Joe Hunting). Life and love in virtual reality. The first film made exclusively in the social world of VRChat.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex

WHY WE FIGHT? (Belgium, Germany 2021, Alain Platel, Mirjam Devriendt). Why do we fight? Platel’s performance of radical physicality displays both vulnerability and intimacy.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #For Cineastes, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past, #Best Doks

YOU ARE THE DAYS TO COME (Sweden 2021, Ronja Yu). When the Tiananmen massacre took place, a young, up-and-coming Chinese art scene came to an end.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Limited Films, #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.

DIDA (Switzerland 2021, Nikola Ilić). A temporary home: as the caretaker for his chaotic mother, Nikola lives between two worlds.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Europe

ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE (Poland 2021, Kuba Mikurda). The strangest science fiction movie (n)ever made: ON THE SILVER GLOBE by Andrzej Żuławski.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #For Cineastes, #Europe

FÜR DIE VIELEN – DIE ARBEITERKAMMER WIEN (Austria 2022, Constantin Wulff). Can you organise justice? Yes! The Chamber of Labour in Vienna shows that it is possible. A didactic play!

#Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #Working World in Upheaval

HOUSEWITZ (Netherlands 2021, Oeke Hoogendijk). The filmmaker’s mother has not left her house for decades. A striking portrait.

#Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe, #Looking back: Coping with the Past

HOW THE ROOM FELT (Georgia 2021, Ketevan Kapanadze). ​​Smoking, drinking – and early morning football practice: young, queer, female footballers in Georgia.

#Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Films with German Subtitles, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #Asia