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.

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.

27 STOREYS (Austria, Germany 2023, Bianca Gleissinger). Alterlaa: a somewhat out-dated concrete castle on the outskirts of Vienna.

#Europe, #Online

APOLONIA, APOLONIA (Denmark 2022, Lea Glob). Paris, LA, Istanbul – a budding artist searches for her place in the art world.

#Online, #German premiere, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings

ART TALENT SHOW – ZKOUSKA UMENI (Czech Republic 2022, Adela Komrzy). Laconic look at the challenge of judging artistic talent

#German premiere, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #Online

BLUE ID (Turkey 2022, Burcu Melekoğlu, Vuslat Karan). Blue, pink, purple? Rüzgar fights for recognition and against transphobia in his home country.

#Online, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #German premiere, #Asia

COWBOY POETS (United Kingdom, United States 2022, Mike Day). A poetic documentary western gives an insight into the modern cowboy lifestyle in the American West.

#German premiere, #Online

DREAMING ARIZONA (Denmark, Estonia, Norway 2022, Jon Bang Carlsen). A school play about a small town in America: a journey into young people’s dreams (and nightmares)

#Online, #North America, #German premiere, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #Bodies in motion

DREI FRAUEN – EIN KRIEG – TRAINED TO SEE – THREE WOMEN AND THE WAR (Germany, Italy 2022, Luzia Schmid). Lee Miller, Martha Gellhorn and Margret Bourke-White: three female war reporters on the frontline.

#War and its consequences, #Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Europe, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings, #Controverse medialities, #Online

EASTERN FRONT – SHIDNIY FRONT (Czech Republic, Latvia, Ukraine, United States 2023, Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen TITARENKO). Everyday horrors of war in East Ukraine: in the van with paramedics on the way to the frontline.

#Only in the cinema, #Europe

EIGENTLICH EIGENTLICH JANUAR – ACTUALLY ACTUALLY JANUARY (Germany 2022, Jan Peters). “Making good nonsense with pictures.” Finally it’s here, the new diary film by Jan Peters.

#Online

FLEDGLINGS – PISKLAKI (Poland 2022, Lidia Duda). Learning braille at boarding school – three children’s delicate bonds develop into deep friendships.

#Online, #In relation (to), #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #For cineasts, #German premiere

INNOCENCE (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Israel 2022, Guy Davidi). Those who love their country, defend it. How young Israelis endure militarisation.

#Online, #Limited films, #Asia

JOURNEY THROUGH OUR WORLD – REIS DOOR ONZE WERELD (Netherlands 2022, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster). Lockdown = boredom? Far from it! A backyard thriller about life in times of crisis.

#Online, #In the Close-up: Evironment, Nature & Climate Change, #German premiere

KOKOMO CITY (United States 2023, D. Smith). Four black trans sex workers give deeply honest insights into their lives.

#Only in the cinema, #North America, #For cineasts

KRISTOS, THE LAST CHILD (France, Greece, Italy 2022, Giulia Amati). School or shepherding: What will Kristos, the last primary school child on the Island of Arki, choose?

#Award-winning films, #Only in the cinema, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #German premiere

MOTHERLAND (Norway, Sweden, Ukraine 2023, Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich). What does military service do to soldiers? A film about abuse and violence in the Belarusian army and society.

#War and its consequences, #For cineasts, #Only in the cinema