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

For the first time, DOK.fest München 2022 is taking place in a dual format:

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.

LE MALI 70 (Germany 2022, Markus CM Schmidt). The Berlin band Omniversal Earkestra meets jazz legends from Mali: an Afro big band road movie

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Europe, #Best Doks, #Africa

REWIND & PLAY (France, Germany 2022, Alain Gomis). Jazz musician Thelonious Monk is confronted with stereotypes during a TV recording in Paris in 1969.

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

THE KAISER OF ATLANTIS (Argentina, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Spain 2022, Sebastián Alfie). Music from hell – blisteringly relevant today. A provocative chamber opera from Theresienstadt.

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

UNSERE HERZEN EIN KLANG (Germany 2021, Simone Dobmeier, Torsten Striegnitz). ​​Choirmasters make music with voices. An ode to conductor-led polyphony.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

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.

1001 NIGHTS APART (Germany, Iran, United States 2021, Sarvnaz Alambeigi). Sheherazade had to tell stories to stay alive – we have to dance!

#To the Limit: Sweat & Tears, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Best Doks, #Asia, #Award-winning Film

GESCHLOSSENE GESELLSCHAFT (Germany 2022, Hans von Brockhausen, Max Weishaupt). When giving up is not an option: how club culture in Munich survived the pandemic.

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

LIEBE, D-MARK UND TOD – LOVE, DEUTSCHMARK AND DEATH (Germany 2022, Cem Kaya). The Turkish guest workers brought their music with them to Germany. A hidden treasure!

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Best Doks, #Award-winning Film

OTL AICHER, DER DENKER AM OBJEKT (Germany 1991, Peter Schubert). A style-defining design legend and headstrong Swabian. Allow us to introduce: Otl Aicher.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

PLEISTOCENE PARK (United States 2022, Luke Griswold-Tergis). A Russian scientist – half genius, half cowboy – the ticking climate bomb and a plan!

#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Europe, #Asia

SECRETS OF PLAYBOY (United States 2022, Alexandra Dean). The Hugh Hefner Story: sexual liberation or the glossy objectification of women?

#True Crime, #North and Central America, #Controversial: Let's discuss!

SUSANNA TAMARO UNPLUGGED (Italy 2021, Katia Bernardi). Susanna Tamaro is a bestselling author and someone who likes to keep herself to herself. Insights into a life lived autonomously.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Europe

VERABREDUNGEN MIT EINEM DICHTER – MICHAEL KRÜGER (Germany 2022, Frank Wierke). A gentle stroll through the life and thoughts of a great intellectual of our time.

#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe

WIEGENLIEDER – LULLABY (Germany 2010, Tamara Trampe, Johann Feindt). The gentle melody of a lullaby: memories of childhood and mothers.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe

DOK.education

The educational programme of DOK.fest München considers itself a "school of seeing", which combines media literacy and cultural education. It is aimed at children, young people, families and schools.

DOK.education Filmwettbewerb Preisträger.innen-Filme 2022 (Deutschland 2022, Sara-Gina Grünwald, Aimée Vollmer, Louis Höllenreiner, Charlotte Knorr, Jasmin Sossou, Noah Terschak, Jonas Scheuerer, Jennifer Meyer). The Documentary Film Award for Young People will be presented for the eighth time at DOK.fest München. The award goes to six films by young filmmakers who show individual perspectives on real life and are open to what is different from their own. Here you can see the award-winning films.

#DOK.4teens: 14 years and older, #Award-winning Film

JULES & ICH (Belgium 2020, Anne Ballon). Roos has a sister who was once her brother: Jules. We plunge into the ups and downs of a sibling relationship.

#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older