Film education for everyone:
Our film talks – online and as a podcast!
We invite you to take a look behind the scenes of our documentaries: Learn the latest, exciting and surprising facts about the making of the genre and insights from the people behind the camera during our 30-minute (online) film talks.
With the support of Kulturfonds Bayern – Bildung und Kultus, we are also recording the talks on film for this year's festival edition and making them available online afterwards. While the Silbersaal of the Deutsches Theater is transformed into our DOK.studio during the day, the audience is invited to participate in the live film discussions during the evening screenings.
Film talks 2023
Here you can find all film talks of DOK.fest München 2023 alphabetically.
The overview of the film talks of DOK.fest München 2022 starts below. Here you will find the film talks of the festival editions 2020 and 2021.
You can access the entire film programme here (please set the year to the festival edition for which you would like to browse through our films).
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#RACEGIRL – DAS COMEBACK DER SOPHIA FLÖRSCH, Germany 2023
Guests: Sonia Otto (Director), Finbarr Wilbrink & Karoline Schulz (Editors)
Moderation: Michael Leuthner
The film talk was held in English.
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A BUMP IN THE HEART, Belgium 2022
Guest: Noé Reutenauer (Director)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in English.
ADIEU SAUVAGE, Belgium 2023
Guest: Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento (Director)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in English.
AFRICA, I WILL FLEECE YOU, Cameroon, France, Germany 1992
Guest: Jean-Marie Teno (Director)
Moderation: Barbara Off
The film talk was held in English.
ALONE, Iran 2022
Guest: Jafar Najafi (Director)
Moderation: Barbara Off
The film talk was held in English.
ART TALENT SHOW, Tschechische Republik 2022
Guest: Adela Komrzy (Director)
Moderation: Eva Bauriedl
The film talk was held in English.
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BE WATER – VOICES FROM HONG KONG, Germany 2023
Guest: Andrea Ufer (Producer)
Moderation: Vera Drude
The film talk was held in English.
BE WATER – VOICES FROM HONG KONG, Germany 2023
Guests: Nathan Law (Hong Kong Activist) & Thorsten Benner (Political Analyst, GPPi Think Tank)
Moderation: Eva Weinmann
The film talk was held in English.
BLIX NOT BOMBS, Czech Republic 2023
Guest: Greta Stocklassa (Director)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
BLUE ID, Turkey 2022
Guests: Burcu Melekoğlu & Vuslat Karan (Directors)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
BODIES AND STRUGGLES, Belgien 2022
Guest: Nicolas Pommier (Sound Engineer)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
BREAKING SOCIAL, Schweden 2023
Guests: Fredrik Gertten (Director) & Tobias Holle (Climate Activist)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
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CHARLOTTE SALOMON, LIFE AND THE MAIDEN, France 2023
Guests: Delphine and Muriel Coulin (Directors)
Moderation: Ysabel Fantou
The film talk was held in English.
CLOSE TO VERMEER, The Netherlands 2023
Guest: Suzanne Raes (Director)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
COWBOY POETS, Great Britain/USA 2022
Guest: Mike Day (Director)
Moderation: Malte Borgmann
The film talk was held in English.
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DEMON MINERAL, USA 2023
Guests: Hadley Austin (Director) & Timothy Fryette (Editor)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
DREAMING ARIZONA, Denmark/Estonia/Norway 2022
Guest: Jon Bang Carlsen (Director)
Moderation: Pablo Bücheler
The film talk was held in English.
DUSTY & STONES, Eswatini/USA 2022
Guest: Jesse Rudoy (Director)
Moderation: Malte Borgmann
The film talk was held in English.
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EIGENTLICH EIGENTLICH JANUAR, Germany 2022
Guest: Jan Peters (Director)
Moderation: Ina Bormann
The film talk was held in German.
EINZELTÄTER TEIL 1: MÜNCHEN, Deutschland 2023
Guests: Julian Vogel (Director), Gregor Bartsch (Editor) & Ümit Uludağ (Producer)
Moderation: Vera Drude
The film talk was held in German.
EREN, Deutschland 2023
Guest: Maria Binder (Director)
Moderation: Silvia Bauer
The film talk was held in German.
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FLOATING ISLANDS, Germany/Switzerland 2023
Guest: Martin Otter (Filmmaker)
Moderation: Moritz Holfelder
The film talk was held in German.
FREE MONEY USA/Kenia 2022
Guest: Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko (directors)
Moderation: Barbara Off
The film talk was held in English.
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GRETAS GEBURT, Germany 2023
Guest: Katja Baumgarten (director)
Moderation: Ina Borrmann
The film talk was held in German.
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INNOCENCE, Denmark/Finland/Iceland/Israel 2022
Guest: Guy Davidi (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING, United Kingdom 2022
Guest: Toby Amies (Director)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
IRON BUTTERFLIES, Ukraine/Germany 2023
Guest: Roman Liubyi (Director)
Moderation: Pablo Bücheler
The film talk was held in English.
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KOKOMO CITY, USA 2023
Guest: D. Smith (Director)
Moderation: Seggen Mikael
The film talk was held in English.
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LA EMPRESA, Germany 2023
Guests: André Siegers (Director) & Simon Quack (Editor)
Moderation: Ludwig Kramer
The film talk was held in German and English.
LÁZARO AND THE SHARK, Kuba/USA 2022
Zu Gast: William Sabourin O'Reilly (director)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in English.
LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM, Cameroon/France 2023
Guest: Cyrielle Raingou (Director)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
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MAGIC MOUNTAIN, Georgia/Poland 2023
Guests: Mariam Chachia & Nik Voigt (Directors)
Moderation: Vera Drude
The film talk was held in English.
MARGOT, Portugal 2022
Guest: Catarina Alves Costa (Director)
Moderation: Seggen Mikael
The film talk was held in English.
MOTHERLAND, Sweden/Ukraine/Norway
Guest: Hanna Badziaka (director)
Moderation: Florian Schwarz
The film talk was held in English.
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NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIĆ REELS, Croatia/France/Montenegro/Qatar/Serbia 2022
Guests: Mila Turajlić (Director) & Sylvie Gadmer (Editor)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in English.
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PARADISE, France/Switzerland 2022
Guest: Alexander Abaturov (Director)
Moderation: Michael Leuthner
The film talk was held in English.
PIANOFORTE, Germany/Poland 2023
Guest: Jakub Piątek (Director)
Moderation: Ysabel Fantou
The film talk was held in English.
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SCAB VENDOR, Brazil 2022
Guests: Mariana Thome & Lucas De Barros (Directors)
Moderation: Eva Weinmann
The film talk was held in English.
SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN, Deutschland, Frankreich 2023
Guest: Steffi Niederzoll (Director)
Moderation: Silvia Bauer
The film talk was held in English.
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THE LAST SEAGULL, Bulgaria/Finland/Norway 2023
Guest: Tonislav Hristov (Director)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
THIS KIND OF HOPE, Germany/Switzerland 2023
Guests: Pawel Siczek (Director), David Langhard (Composer) & Andrei Sanikov (Protagonist)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
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UMBERTO ECO, Italy 2022
Guest: Davide Ferrari (director)
Moderation: Malte Borgmann
The film talk was held in English.
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VAI CAVALO, Brazil/France 2022
Guests: Harold Grenouilleau & Vincent Rimbaux (Directors)
Moderation: Eva Weinmann
The film talk was held in English.
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WIR UND DAS TIER – EIN SCHLACHTHAUSMELODRAM 1, Germany 2023
Guests: David Späth (Director), Christian Drewing (Producer) & Team
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in German.
WIR UND DAS TIER – EIN SCHLACHTHAUSMELODRAM 2, Germany 2023
Guests: David Späth (Director)
Moderation: Eleonore Daniel
The film talk was held in German.
WIR WAREN KUMPEL, Germany/Switzerland 2023
Guests: Christian Johannes Koch & Jonas Matauschek (Directors) & Team
Moderation: Ina Bormann
The film talk was held in German.
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ZONA NORTE, Mexico 2022
Guests: Javier Ávila (Director) & Alfonso Chávez (Protagonist)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
Film talks of 2022
Here you can find all film talks of DOK.fest München 2022 alphabetically.
You can access the entire film programme here (please set the year to the festival edition for which you would like to browse through our films).
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1970, Polen 2021, Tomasz Wolski
Guest: Tomasz Wolski (Director)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in English.
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AFRICAN MOOT, Finland/South Africa 2022, Shameela Seedat
Guest: Shameela Seedat (Director)
Moderation: Florian Schwarz
The film talk was held in English.
A THOUSAND FIRES, France/Netherlands/Palestine/Switzerland 2021, Saeed Taji Farouky
Guest: Saeed Taji Farouky (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
AYENA, India/South Korea/Lithuania 2022, Siddhant Sarin, Debankon Solanky
Guest: Siddhant Sarin (Director)
Moderation: Dörthe Eickelberg
The film talk was held in English.
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BATATA, Canada/Libanon 2021, Noura Kevorkian
Guests: Noura Kevorkian (Director) & Paul Scherzer (Producer)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
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CHILDREN OF THE MIST, Vietnam 2021, Ha Le Diem
Guest: Ha Le Diem (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
CESÁRIA ÉVORA, Portugal/USA 2022, Ana Sofia Fonseca
Guest: Ana Sofia Fonseca (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
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DAUGHTERS, Sweden 2022, Jenifer Malmqvist
Guest: Åsa Mossberg and Line Schou (Editors)
Moderation: Michael Leuthner
The film talk was held in English.
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ESCAPE TO THE SILVER GLOBE, Poland 2021, Kuba Mikurda
Guest: Kuba Mikurda (Director)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
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Generation Africa Shifting the Narrative: Film Production
Panelists:
Sam Soko (producer), Martin Pieper (ZDF/arte), Don Edkins (producer STEPS), Florian Schewe (prodcer), Natascha Schwanke (DW Akademie)
Moderation: Josey Mahachi (filmmaker)
The discussion was held in English.
Generation Africa Shifting the Narrative: Migration
Panelists:
Akuol de Mabior (director NO SIMPLE WAY HOME), Claudine Ndimbira (director LEND ME YOUR VOICE), Babucarr Manka (director HOME AGAIN), Tiny Mungwe (producer STEPS)
Moderation: Josey Mahachi (filmmaker)
The discussion was held in English.
GREEN JAIL, France/Japan/Taiwan 2021, Yin-yu Huang
Guest: Yin-yu Huang (Director)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
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HIPODROOM, Estonia 2021, Vladimir Loginov
Guest: Vladimir Loginov (Director)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
HOW THE ROOM FELT, Georgia 2021, Ketevan Kapanadze
Guest: Ketevan Kapanadze (Director), Eka Tsotsoria (Editor)
Moderation: Florian Schwarz
The film talk was held in English.
HOW TO SAVE A DEAD FRIEND, France/Germany/Norway/Sweden 2022, Marusya Syroechkovskaya
Guest: Marusya Syroechkovskaya (Director)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in English.
HOME AGAIN, The Gambia, South Africa 2022, Babucarr Manka
Guest: Babucarr Manka (Director)
Moderation: Seggen Mikael
The film talk was held in English.
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IMAD'S CHILDHOOD, Sweden 2021, Zahavi Sanjavi
Guest: Zahavi Sanjavi (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film discussion was held in English.
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JOURNEY TO THE SUN, Portugal 2021, Ansgar Schaefer & Susana de Sousa
Guests: Ansgar Schaefer & Susana de Sousa (Directors)
Moderation: Ludwig Sporrer
The film talk was held in English.
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KASH KASH, Germany/Lebanon/Qatar 2021, Lea Najjar
Guest: Lea Najjar (Director)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film talk was held in German.
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LEJOS DE CASA, Mexico 2022, Carlos Hernández Vázquez
Guest: Carlos Hernández Vázquez (Director), Luis Montalvo (DoP)
Moderation: Elena Álvarez Lutz
The film discussion was held in English.
LEND ME YOUR VOICE, Rwanda, South Africa 2021, Claudine Ndimbira
Guest: Claudine Ndimbira (Director)
Moderation: Seggen Mikael
The film talk was held in English language.
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MIDWIVES, Germany/Canada/Myanmar 2022, Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
Guests: Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing (Director), Ulla Lehmann (Producer)
Moderation: Barbara Off
The film talk was held in English.
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NO PLACE FOR YOU IN OUR TOWN, Bulgaria 2022, Nikolay Stefanov
Guests: Nikolay Stefanov (Director), Ralitsa Golemanova (Producer)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
NORWEGIAN HEADACHE, Norway 2021, Rune Denstad Langlo
Guest: Rune Denstad Langlo (Director)
Moderation: Eva Bauriedl
The film talk was held in English.
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OUR EVE, Republic of Moldova 2021, Ana Gurdiș
Guest: Ana Gurdiș (Director)
Moderation: Florian Schwarz
The film talk was held in English.
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REPUBLIC OF SILENCE, Syrian Arab Republic/France/Germany/Italy/Qatar 2021, Diana El Jeiroudi
Guest: Diana El Jeiroudi (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
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SAVA, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia/Serbia/Slovenia/United Kingdom 2021, Matthew Somerville
Guest: Matthew Somerville (Director)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
SCHWARZARBEIT, Switzerland 2022, Ulrich Grossenbacher
Guests: Ulrich Grossenbacher (Director), Barbara Burger (Producer), Protagonist Frédy Geiser
Moderation: Ysabel Fantou
The film talk was held in German.
SOLDAT AHMET, Austria 2021, Jannis Lenz
Guest: Jannis Lenz (Director)
Moderation: Michael Leuthner
The film talk was held in German.
SUSANNA TAMARO UNPLUGGED, Italy 2021, Katia Bernardi
Guest: Katia Bernardi (Director)
Moderation: Malte Borgmann
The film talk was held in English.
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THE HAPPY WORKER, Finland 2022, John Webster
Guest: John Webster (Director)
Moderation: Pablo Bücheler
The film talk was held in English.
THE KAISER OF ATLANTIS, Argentina/Czech Republic/Netherlands/Spain 2022, Sebastián Alfie
Guest: Sebastián Alfie (Director)
Moderation: Malte Borgmann
The film talk was held in English.
THE ONE WHO RUNS AWAY IS THE GHOST, China/Germany 2021, Qinyuan Lei
Guests: Qinyuan Lei (Director), Julian Moser (Production, Camera)
Moderation: Christina Wolf
The film talk was held in English.
THE TERRITORY, Brasil/Denmark/US 2022, Alex Pritz
Guests: Alex Pritz (Director) & Tangai Uru-eu-wau-wau (DoP)
Moderation: Rand Beiruty
The film talk was held in English. Language interpretation was performed in real time, and as such, cannot constitute an official record of the event.
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ULTRAVIOLETTE AND THE BLOOD-SPITTERS GANG, France 2021, Robin Hunzinger
Guest: Robin Hunzinger (Director), Benoît Quinon (Editor)
Moderation: Michael Leuthner
The film talk was held in German.
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YOON, Portugal 2021, Pedro Figueiredo Neto, Ricardo Falcão
Guest: Pedro Figueiredo Neto and Ricardo Falcão (Directors)
Moderation: Vera Drude
The film talk was held in English.
YOU ARE THE DAYS TO COME, Sweden 2021, Ronja Yu
Guest: Ronja Yu (Director)
Moderation: Julia Teichmann
The film talk was held in English.
YOUNG PLATO, Belgium/France/Ireland 2021, Neasa Ní Chianáin, Declan McGrath
Guest: Neasa Ní Chianáin (Director)
Moderation: Daniel Lang
The film talk was held in English.
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ZUSAMMENLEBEN, Austria 2022, Thomas Fürhapter
Guest: Thomas Fürhapter (Director)
Moderation: Ina Borrmann
The film talk was held in German.
Film talks of the past years
Here you can find film talks of the festival editions 2020 and 2021:
