Cinema at its best!

Documentary film is the art of the hour:

"Cinema at its best!" presents 9 of the best international documentary films, including seven world premieres as well as award-winning films, in the festive large hall of Deutsches Theater. To start with, we present our opening film WATCHING YOU – THE WORLD OF PALANTIR AND ALEX KARP.

1–5 May 2024
Deutsches Theater Munich

 

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Wednesday, 01.05.2024
Thursday, 02.05.2024
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

GEFÄHRLICH NAH – WENN BÄREN TÖTEN – TROUBLE BEARS (Deutschland, Italien 2024, Andreas Pichler, DOK.international Main Competition). In 2023, Gaia the bear killed a jogger in Italy. Is it possible for humans and bears to coexist? – Orig. vers. w/English subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/director, protagonists & film team

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

ETERNAL YOU – VOM ENDE DER ENDLICHKEIT (Deutschland, USA 2024, Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck, DOK.panorama). Eternal life with AI. Start-ups are facilitating posthumous discussions between family members and the deceased. – Orig. vers. w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/directors Block and Riesenwieck
Friday, 03.05.2024
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

DISCO FOX (Deutschland, Italien, Grönland, Österreich, Frankreich, Schweiz 2023, Carmen Kirchweger, Munich Premieres). On the sharp mountain faces of Greenland, six women from the DAV expedition squad defy gravity. – German orig. w/Engl. subt. – Q&A w/director, camera, production, protagonists

20.30 Uhr – DOK.fest goes cultureclubbing & Unter Deck 2024

2UNBREAKABLE (Deutschland 2023, Maike Conway, Munich Premieres). Breakdance as a way of life: two breakers on their way to the Olympic Games. – German orig. w/English subt. – with performance by The Saxonz & Sankofa Crew
Saturday, 04.05.2024
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

DORIS DÖRRIE – DIE FLANEUSE (Deutschland 2024, Sabine Lidl, Munich Premieres). Life and comedy: a cinematic journey with Doris Dörrie. – German original version – subsequent Q&A with the director, protagonist a.o.

20.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

ELF MAL MORGEN: BERLINALE MEETS FUSSBALL – ELEVEN TOMORROWS: BERLINALE MEETS FOOTBALL (Deutschland 2024, Maximilian Bungarten, Anna-Maria Dutoit, Kilian Armando Friedrich,Indira Geisel, Eva Gemmer, Felix Herrmann, Hannah Jandl, Justina Jürgensen, Hilarija Ločmele, Munich Premieres). Clubs as drivers of integration and inclusion – a compilation film about youth football teams in Germany. – Orig. version w/English & German subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/film team members
Sunday, 05.05.2024
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – DOK.music

JOANA MALLWITZ – MOMENTUM (Deutschland 2024, Günter Atteln, DOK.music). ​​Joana Mallwitz finds crowds unsettling but still she leads large orchestras as a principal conductor. – Original version w/ English subt. – subsequent Q&A w/ director, producer, editor

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

MISTY – THE ERROLL GARNER STORY (Schweiz, Deutschland, Frankreich 2024, Georges Gachot, DOK.music). We all know the melodies but hardly anyone knows the musician. The rediscovery of a jazz great. – Orig. vers. w/German subt. – with music by Nils Petter Molvær and Ernest McCarty