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.

NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV (Korea (Republic), United States 2023, Amanda Kim). A cosmopolitan visionary and video pioneer. A life dedicated to art, through art.

#Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings, #Only in the cinema, #Asia

SAM NOW (United States 2022, Reed Harkness). How do you confront a family trauma? With home videos and Super-8 footage wearing a superhero costume!

#North America, #Online, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #In relation (to), #Films with subtitles for people with hearing impairments, #German premiere

SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN (France, Germany 2023, Steffi Niederzoll). “I’m telling the tale that I lived.” Reyhaneh had to die young. Her fate represents a tipping point in society.

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Only in the cinema, #Asia

STAMS (Austria 2023, Bernhard Braunstein). A year at an Austrian winter sports academy – a physical and mental challenge.

#Limited films, #Online, #Young perspectives – Coming of age, #Bodies in motion

THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Chile 2023, Maite Alberdi). Alzheimer’s disease puts a loving relationship to the test.

#Latin America, #Only in the cinema, #In relation (to)

THE VISITORS – NÁVŠTĚVNÍCI (Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia 2022, Veronika Lišková). The balance in an Arctic community is under threat: is cohesion melting along with the ice?

#Online, #Limited films, #In the Close-up: Evironment, Nature & Climate Change, #In relation (to)

THIS KIND OF HOPE (Germany, Switzerland 2023, Pawel Siczek). ​​From Vice Foreign Minister to dissident: Andrei Sannikov’s long battle for a free Belarus.

#Online, #Award-winning films, #German premiere

Munich Premieres

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

#RACEGIRL – DAS COMEBACK DER SOPHIA FLÖRSCH (Germany 2023, Sonia Otto). Sophia Flörsch is the fastest on the F3 racetrack – but without money her future is uncertain.

#World premiere, #Online, #Bodies in motion, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

FLOATING ISLANDS (Germany, Switzerland 2023, Simone Fürbringer, Nicolas Humbert). Time is out of joint. Where is the art? A resonant audiovisual poem.

#Only in the cinema, #For cineasts, #German premiere, #Picture the picture: films, videos, photographies & paintings

METAL BATTLE GIRL (Germany 2022, Andreas Wolff). A snowboarder goes head to head with her sport’s governing body: in defense of fairness, health and her own happiness.

#World premiere, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older, #Bodies in motion, #Online

SHE CHEF (Austria, Germany 2022, Melanie Liebheit, Gereon Wetzel). The male-dominated world of high-end cuisine: the young chef Agnes is determined to do things the way she wants to.

#Award-winning films, #Only in the cinema

VON VIELEN (Germany 2023, Eva Hartmann). Rainer Von Vielen – a music band during the pandemic. What remains when the essence of your job disappears?

#World premiere, #The Art of Living: Music, #Only in the cinema, #In relation (to), #Europe

DOK.music

From progressive rock to country from the former Swaziland to current Viennese singer-songwriters: DOK.music delivers music for the eyes and ears. Presented by ARTE.

DUSTY & STONES (Eswatini, United States 2022, Jesse Rudoy). The love of country music: two musicians from southern Africa go on a road trip

#The Art of Living: Music, #Online, #North America, #German premiere, #Films with subtitles for people with hearing impairments, #Africa

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING (United Kingdom 2022, Toby Amies). More than five decades of King Crimson – an inspiring journey deep into the soul of possibly the best band in the world

#The Art of Living: Music, #Online, #Films with subtitles for people with hearing impairments, #Europe, #German premiere

MUSIC FOR BLACK PIGEONS (Denmark 2022, Jørgen Leth, Andreas Koefoed). 14 years on the road with guitarist Jakob Bro. The earnings: 90 cinematic minutes that open up the world of jazz for us.

#The Art of Living: Music, #Only in the cinema