Timetable

109 films from 51 countries at 19 venues in Munich.
Here you can find our timetable for the 39th DOK.fest München.

You can filter our film programme by days, times, venues and festival department (DOK.fest München film programme incl. Student Award, DOK.education education programme, DOK.forum industry programme) on this page. We look forward to your visit!

Mittwoch, 01.05.2024

Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

WATCHING YOU – DIE WELT VON PALANTIR UND ALEX KARP – WATCHING YOU – THE WORLD OF PALANTIR AND ALEX KARP (Deutschland 2024, Klaus Stern, DOK.international Main Competition). Alex Karp and his data analysis software-company Palantir – will it save the world or is it highly dangerous? – Original version with English subtitles – Opening of the 39th DOK.fest München

HFF - Kino 1

11.30 Uhr – Berufsbild Filmeditor*in damals und heute: 40 Jahre BFS

14.00 Uhr – Mediatheken: Herausforderungen und Chancen für Film- und Medienschaffende

Donnerstag, 02.05.2024

Amerikahaus

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

TEHACHAPI (Frankreich 2023, J R, Best of Fests). With paper and glue, JR depicts the life stories of high-security prisoners in the USA. – English original version

17.00 Uhr – FFF-Reception

Atelier 1

15.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

MINA AND THE RADIO BANDITS – MINA OG RØVERNE (Norwegen 2024, Kari Anne Moe, DOK.international Main Competition). Broadcasting behind bars. A film about the struggle to find the right note. – Orig. vers. w/Engl. sub. – subseq. Q&A w/director, producer, editor, protagonist

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

OZOGOCHE (Ecuador, Belgien, Qatar 2023, Joe Houlberg Silva, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). The Ozogoche and the Cuvivíe, also known as the “suicide” bird, in the Ecuadorian Andes: to stay or to go? – Original version with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

KAMAY (Belgien, Frankreich, Deutschland 2024, Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). A Hazara student has taken her life. Her parents search for justice. – Orig. version with Engl. subt. – subsequent Q&A with director Yourish & filmteam

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

MACHTAT (Libanon, Tunesien, Frankreich, Qatar 2023, Sonia Ben Slama, Best of Fests). Three Tunisian wedding singers take pride in their jobs but at the same time struggle with marriage. – Original version with English subtitles

City 2

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

TRUST ME (Deutschland, Polen 2024, Joanna Ratajczak, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). When you have everything but something still seems to be missing. A lesson in relationships. – Orig. w/Engl. subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/director, editor, producers, protagonists

City 3

20.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

BELARUS 23.34 (Dänemark, Belarus, Ukraine, Polen 2023, Tanya Svirepa, Filmmaking in Exile). Belarus’ brutal treatment of peaceful demonstrators and activists: a stripped back documentary film. – Orig. version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Tanya Svirepa

18.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

CHASING THE DAZZLING LIGHT (Schweden 2023, Yaser Kassab, Filmmaking in Exile). Reflections on exile and filmmaking between Aleppo and Stockholm – a father-son film. – Original version with English subtitles

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

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – Student Award

HAUSNUMMER NULL (Deutschland 2024, Lilith Kugler, Student Award). Addicted and homeless – but somehow with a vague goal. What will happen next? – German orig. vers. w/English subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/director Kugler & producers

Filmmuseum

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

E.1027 – EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA (Schweiz 2024, Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub, DOK.international Main Competition). Eileen Gray: an icon of modern architecture pushed into the background by Le Corbusier. – Original version w/English subt. – subsequent Q&A with director Beatrice Minger

18.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

MISS KIET’S CHILDREN – DE KINDEREN VAN JUF KIET (Niederlande 2016, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster). A very special teacher in a Dutch integration class: Miss Kiet. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

AMOR (Italien, Litauen 2023, Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, Best of Fests). The poetic and tragic story of a mother in Rome – told by her daughter. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with ALLES GEHÖRT ZU DIR

HFF - Audimax

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HOLLYWOODGATE (Deutschland, USA 2023, Ibrahim Nash’at, DOK.panorama). The takeover of a Kabul CIA base by the Taliban – a cinematic document of contemporary history. – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Ibrahim Nash’at

19.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

DIE ANHÖRUNG – THE HEARING (Schweiz 2023, Lisa Gerig, Best of Fests). A look behind the scenes: four asylum seekers in Switzerland go through a second hearing. – Original version with English subtitles

HFF - Filmstudio 1

14.00 Uhr – DOK.talent Pitch

HFF - Kino 1

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

MANNSCHAFT – MANHOOD (Deutschland 2023, Tobit Kochanek, Student Award). The match kicks off. Kreuzberg’s nicest football team meets once a week for sliding tackles and to talk about heartbreak. – Orig. vers. w/English sub. – w/supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Kochanek

33’ 66° (Österreich 2023, Matteo Sanders, Student Award). Mateo is turning 33; his father is 66. It’s high time to ask how he became who he is today. – Original version with English subtitles – supporting film for MANNSCHAFT

20.30 Uhr – Student Award

MAÑANA SOL (Deutschland 2023, Denis Pavlovic, Student Award). Hard-earned retirement on the Canary Islands. What could go wrong? – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Denis Pavlovic

10.00 Uhr – Master's Pitch

14.00 Uhr – Opening Keynote

14.30 Uhr – Visual horizons: AI’s journey to documentary

16.00 Uhr – Ethical AI: Navigating bias and fairness in documentary filmmaking

HFF - Seminarraum 1

14.30 Uhr – Meet the Experts

Minna Thiel

20.00 Uhr – DOK.drinks hosted by DAE

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

FAIRY GARDEN (Ungarn 2023, Gergö Somogyvári, Best of Fests). At home on the fringes of Hungarian society: a portrait of two people who have formed their own queer family unit. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

SNAJKA: DIARY OF EXPECTATIONS – SNAJKA: DNEVNIK OČEKIVANJA (Kroatien, Italien, Kosovo 2023, Tea Vidović Dalipi, Best of Fests). Can the strength of love really transcend all (cultural) barriers? – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE ANDERSSON BROTHERS – BRÖDERNA ANDERSSON (Schweden 2024, Johanna Bernhardson, DOK.panorama). The filmmaker Roy Andersson and his brothers – a family chronicle about dreams, origins and stubbornness. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director Johanna Bernhardson

21.00 Uhr – DOK.music

OMAR AND CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD (Deutschland 2023, Nicolas Jack Davies, DOK.music). The multitalented members of The Mars Volta’s tour de force through 20 years of friendship and music. – Original version with English subtitles

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

ECHO OF YOU – EKKO OF KÆRLIGHED (Dänemark 2023, Zara Zerny, Best of Fests). What remains when a person is gone? Nine Danes aged 84 to 100 give their answers. – Original version with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

KIX (Ungarn, Kroatien, Frankreich 2024, Bálint Révész, Dávid Mikulán, DOK.panorama). Sanyi flees from the confines of his parents flat to the streets of Budapest. – Original version with English subtitles

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

IM LAND DER WÖLFE – In Wolf Country (Deutschland 2023, Ralf Bücheler, Munich Premieres). The wolves are among us! The proliferation of wolves divides opinions and awakens primal fears. – German original version w/ English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director a.o.

21.00 Uhr – DOK.music

LET THE CANARY SING (USA, Großbritannien 2023, Alison Ellwood, DOK.music). A colourful portrait about the awe-inspiring life of the singer Cyndi Lauper. – English original version

Rio 2

17.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MONISME (Indonesien, Frankreich 2023, Riar Rizaldi, DOK.panorama). Scientists, paramilitaries and deities at the foot of the Merapi volcano, Java – a complex experimental piece. – Original version with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE FLATS (Frankreich, Belgien, Großbritannien, Irland 2023, Alessandra Celesia, DOK.panorama). A man and his childhood memories of the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland: coming to terms with trauma. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Alessandra Celesia

Freitag, 03.05.2024

Amerikahaus

19.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

THE BASEMENT (Frankreich, Ukraine 2024, Roman Blazhan, DOK.international Main Competition). A village lives through a collective trauma. What is more important? To be alive or to remain human? – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director & cameraperson

17.00 Uhr – ARTE-Reception

Atelier 1

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

A WOLFPACK CALLED ERNESTO (Mexiko, Frankreich, Schweiz 2023, Everardo González, DOK.international Main Competition). Thousands of young people work for the Mexican drug cartels. We take a look into their world. – Original version with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

DANN GEHSTE EBEN NACH PARCHIM – VON DER LEIDENSCHAFT DES JUNGEN THEATERS (Deutschland 2023, Dieter Schumann, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Drama school is over. What next? A future in the province of Mecklenburg. – German orig. vers. w/Engl. subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/director, camera, protagonists

City 2

17.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

WATCHING YOU – DIE WELT VON PALANTIR UND ALEX KARP – WATCHING YOU – THE WORLD OF PALANTIR AND ALEX KARP (Deutschland 2024, Klaus Stern, DOK.international Main Competition). Alex Karp and his data analysis software-company Palantir – will it save the world or is it highly dangerous? – Original version w/German subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Klaus Stern

City 3

18.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

OF CARAVAN AND THE DOGS (Deutschland 2024, Askold Kurov, Anonymous1, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). The short path from the Nobel Prize to “foreign agent.” Journalists and Russia’s war. – Original with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Askold Kurov

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

DEMOCRACY NOIR (USA, Deutschland, Dänemark, Ungarn 2024, Connie Field, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). Three fighters against the Orbán system: can the erosion of democracy still be stopped? – Original version with English subtitles

Deutsches Theater

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

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – Student Award

Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A SHEPHERD – UN PASTEUR (Frankreich 2024, Louis Hanquet, DOK.panorama). Sheep, wolves and loneliness. A young shepherd in the French Alps. – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Louis Hanquet

19.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

JEROEN, JEROEN – JEROME, JEROME (Niederlande 2011, Peter Lataster, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster). Jeroen is 15, unwillingly disrupts the system and needs full time care. What does his future hold? – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

LIFE AND OTHER PROBLEMS (Dänemark 2024, Max Kestner, DOK.international Main Competition). What separates man from other life forms? An examination of the question of consciousness. – Original version with English subtitles

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE PICKERS (Deutschland, Portugal, Griechenland 2024, Elke Sasse, DOK.panorama). Strawberries without borders: endless consumption and the sobering realities of harvest. – Orig. w/English subt. – Q&A w/director, protag., journalist, editor, producer

18.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with ALLES GEHÖRT ZU DIR

HFF - Audimax

20.00 Uhr – DOK.edit Award Ceremony with film screening KIX

11.30 Uhr – Masterclass by Adobe

09.30 Uhr – Navigating the legal side of AI in documentaries

14.00 Uhr – Innovating documentary filmmaking: AI-powered tools and techniques

15.30 Uhr – Closing Keynote

HFF - Foyer

22.00 Uhr – Adobe-Reception

HFF - Kino 1

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

HAUSNUMMER NULL (Deutschland 2024, Lilith Kugler, Student Award). Addicted and homeless – but somehow with a vague goal. What will happen next? – German orig. version w/English subt. – subsequent Q&A w/producer and protagonist

20.30 Uhr – Student Award

RESTORATION (Deutschland 2023, Gudrun Gruber, Student Award). “I am a survivor.” Sabrina’s inspiring battle against the consequences of her trauma. – Orig. vers. w/German subt. – w/supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Gruber

THE SILENCE OF 600 MILLION RESULTS (Deutschland 2023, Sophie Lahusen, Student Award). Imagine your girlfriend’s pregnancy test is positive. What now? A screenlife film. – English orig. version – supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Sophie Lahusen

11.00 Uhr – DOK.archive Pitch

HFF - Kino 2

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

HFF - Open Air / Ciné Vélo Cité

13.00 Uhr – Ice Cream Truck by Sonoton

Literaturhaus

17.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE WRITER IN THE TREES – Italo Calvino, lo scrittore sugli alberi (Italien, Frankreich 2023, Duccio Chiarini, DOK.panorama). An author and his work. How much of Italo Calvino can be found in his book “The Baron in the Trees”? – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with publisher Michael Krüger

Minna Thiel

20.00 Uhr – Meet us @Minna Thiel

Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

FAKIR – POKIAĽ JA ŽIJEM (Slowakei, Tschechische Republik 2023, Roman Ďuriš, DOK.panorama). Learning to endure the pain: a young man from a broken family becomes a fakir. – Orig. vers. w/Engl. subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/director Duriš, protagonist, filmteam

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

TRUST ME (Deutschland, Polen 2024, Joanna Ratajczak, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). When you have everything but something still seems to be missing. A lesson in relationships. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director, team, protagonist

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

DAUGHTER OF GENGHIS (Mongolei, Dänemark, Schweden, Frankreich 2023, Kristoffer Poulsen, Christian Als, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Nationalist, shaman and single mother Gerel fights for her homeland of Mongolia. – Orig. version with Engl. subt. – subsequent Q&A with producer Andreas Dalsgaard

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

DONGA (Libyen, Tunesien 2023, Muhannad Lamin, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Donga has filmed the revolution and civil war in Libya since 2011. The belief in change remains. – Orig. version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Muhannad Lamin

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

IM LAND DER WÖLFE – In Wolf Country (Deutschland 2023, Ralf Bücheler, Munich Premieres). The wolves are among us! The proliferation of wolves divides opinions and awakens primal fears. – German orig. version w/Engl. subtitles – subseq. Q&A with director Ralf Bücheler

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

Pinakothek der Moderne

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

CATCHING FIRE: THE STORY OF ANITA PALLENBERG (USA 2023, Alexis Bloom, Svetlana Zill, Best of Fests). Drugs, love and artistry – a poetic collage depicting the icon Anita Pallenberg. – Original version with English subtitles

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

JENSEITS VON SCHULD (Deutschland 2024, Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How do you carry on living as a parent when your child has caused great suffering to many people? – German orig. version w/English subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/directors, camera, editor

Rio 2

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Samstag, 04.05.2024

Amerikahaus

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

MALQUERIDAS (Chile, Deutschland 2023, Tana Gilbert, DOK.international Main Competition). Motherhood in prison: a poetic, intimate and accessible insider’s view. – Original version with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

A HIP HOP MINUTE (Belgien 2023, Pascal Garnier, DOK.music). Revisiting New York’s rap pioneers: Roxanne Shanté, LL Cool J and D.M.C. discuss their hip-hop legacies. – English original version – subsequent Q&A with director and producers

Anita-Augspurg-BOS München

10.00 Uhr – Symposium: Dreh’s Um – Encouraging Diversity

Atelier 1

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

DIE VISION DER CLAUDIA ANDUJAR – THE LADY WITH THE ARROWS (Schweiz, Deutschland 2024, Heidi Specogna, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Photographer Claudia Andujar accompanies the indigenous Yanomami people in their fight for survival. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director, editor and composer

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

OMI NOBU – THE NEW MAN (Kap Verde 2023, Carlos Yuri Ceuninck, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). 76-year-old Quirino lives in the middle of Cape Verde’s rugged landscape – as the last inhabitant of his village. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/producer Natasha Craveiro

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

City 2

11.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

EXILE NEVER ENDS (Deutschland 2024, Bahar Bektaş, Filmmaking in Exile). Waiting for deportation: will Taner be able to make a fresh start in Turkey? – Orig. version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Bahar Bektas

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

BERGFAHRT – MOUNTAIN RIDE (Schweiz 2023, Dominique Margot, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). The Alps must be saved from mankind but is it too late for new approaches? – Orig. version with Engl. subt. – subsequent Q&A with director Dominique Margot

City 3

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

MINA AND THE RADIO BANDITS – MINA OG RØVERNE (Norwegen 2024, Kari Anne Moe, DOK.international Main Competition). Broadcasting behind bars. A film about the struggle to find the right note. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director and protagonist

11.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

LOS ÚLTIMOS – THE LAST (Paraguay 2023, Sebastián Peña Escobar, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Three men, nature and the apocalypse. A road trip through Paraguay’s last remaining native forests. – Orig. vers. w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director Sebastián Peña Escobar

17.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

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

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

21.00 Uhr – DOK.party feat. AFROVISIONS

Filmmuseum

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

JUST HEAR ME OUT – POSŁUCHAJ CO CHCĘ CI POWIEDZIEĆ (Polen 2024, Małgorzata Imielska, DOK.international Main Competition). Her schizophrenia is not the only thing that counts. 19-year-old Gosia fights for an independent life. – Orig. version w/Engl. subt. – subsequent Q&A with director Malgorzata Imielska

16.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

ARCHIV DER ZUKUNFT – ARCHIVE OF THE FUTURE (Österreich 2023, Joerg Burger, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). From research to a funding crisis: 250 years of evolution at Vienna’s Natural History Museum. – Orig. version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Joerg Burger

18.30 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

IF WE KNEW – ALS WE HET ZOUDEN WETEN (Niederlande 2007, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster). The Groningen Protocol. Doctors in a neonatal unit make life or death decisions. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HFF - Audimax

19.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

EINHUNDERTVIER – One hundred four (Deutschland 2023, Jonathan Schörnig, Best of Fests). A rescue mission at sea in real-time demonstrates the necessity of humanitarian operations in the Mediterranean. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the protagonists

11.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

FILMSTUNDE_23 – SUBJECT: FILMMAKING (Deutschland 2023, Jörg Adolph, Edgar Reitz, Munich Premieres). A historical school experiment and a class reunion 55 years later. Edgar Reitz shines in the role of the teacher. – German original version w/ English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

21.30 Uhr – DOK.music

15.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

SHAHID (Deutschland 2024, Narges Kalhor, Filmmaking in Exile). What do you do with an unwanted surname? An exploration of the complexity of forming an identity as a migrant. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with film team

13.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HFF - Foyer

17.00 Uhr – Goethe-Institut-Reception

HFF - Kino 1

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.30 Uhr – Student Award

ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND (Deutschland 2023, Lara Milena Brose, Student Award). The Bosnian-EU border. 15-year-old Nahid has fled from the Taliban and she wants to get through. – Orig. w/English subtitles – with supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/camera & editor

REMEMBER, BROKEN CRAYONS COLOUR TOO (Schweiz 2023, Urša Kastelic, Shannet Clemmings, Student Award). A black transgender woman from Jamaica, memories and a city by night. – Orig. vers. w/English subt. – supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Kastelic

17.00 Uhr – DOK.forum Award Ceremony

11.00 Uhr – DOK.digital Pitch

14.00 Uhr – DOK.composition Pitch

HFF - Kino 2

14.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

DANN GEHSTE EBEN NACH PARCHIM – VON DER LEIDENSCHAFT DES JUNGEN THEATERS (Deutschland 2023, Dieter Schumann, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Drama school is over. What next? A future in the province of Mecklenburg. – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director and protagonists

21.00 Uhr – Student Award

BIS HIERHIN UND WIE WEITER? – STICK TOGETHER (Deutschland 2023, Felix Maria Bühler, Student Award). How can activism be effective today when the police is cracking down? – Orig version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Felix Maria Bühler

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A SHEPHERD – UN PASTEUR (Frankreich 2024, Louis Hanquet, DOK.panorama). Sheep, wolves and loneliness. A young shepherd in the French Alps. – Original version w/English subtitles

11.00 Uhr – dok.art Case Studies: Stoffentwicklung frei gedacht

HFF - Seminarraum 1

14.00 Uhr – African Encounters meets DOK.forum

Münchner Stadtbibliothek, Motorama

16.00 Uhr – Exhibition Opening: Ich seh’ etwas, was du nicht siehst.

Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

BODY – TELO (Slowenien, Nordmazedonien, Kroatien 2023, Petra Seliškar, Best of Fests). Urška: who the fuck are you? Model, pianist, mother – with a body that goes crazy! – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

FOREST – LAS (Polen 2024, Lidia Duda, DOK.panorama). Deep in Europe’s ancient forest, a Polish family helps refugees threatened by pushbacks. – Orig. version w/English subt. – subsequent Q&A w/director Lidia Duda & producer

Neues Rottmann

21.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

THIS IS MY MOMENT (Belgien, Frankreich, Niederlande 2024, Lieven Corthouts, DOK.network Africa). Biniam Girmay is a cycling star from Eritrea. His path through this European sport has been rocky. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

18.30 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

DER NEUE GUTE DEUTSCHE – OUR GOOD GERMAN (Deutschland 2023, Peter Heller, DOK.network Africa). A Cameroonian king: educated in Aalen and executed by the Germans in Cameroon. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Pasinger Fabrik

20.30 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? – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Andreas Pichler

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

Pinakothek der Moderne

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

TEHACHAPI (Frankreich 2023, J R, Best of Fests). With paper and glue, JR depicts the life stories of high-security prisoners in the USA. – English original version

11.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

NOT WITHOUT YOU – NIET ZONDER JOU (Niederlande 2010, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster). What remains when we say our final goodbyes? An ode to love and the consolation that can be found in art. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

SILENT TREES (Polen, Deutschland 2024, Agnieszka Zwiefka, DOK.panorama). Trapped in the forest: is there a way out for refugee Runa and her family as they flee to Europe? – Original version with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

FRAGMENTE AUS DER PROVINZ (Deutschland 2024, Martin Weinhart, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). East Germany in the fight against the Nazis – and a film about people who would rarely appear in the media otherwise. – German orig. version – subsequent Q&A w/director Martin Weinhart & protagonists

15.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

WALDKINDER – CHILDREN OF THE FOREST (Deutschland 2024, Maximilian Plettau, Munich Premieres). Growing up in Munich’s English Garden: Adventures and creations, quarrels and reconciliation in a forest kindergarten. – German original version – subsequent Q&A with the director and protagonist

Rio 2

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

E.1027 – EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA (Schweiz 2024, Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub, DOK.international Main Competition). Eileen Gray: an icon of modern architecture pushed into the background by Le Corbusier. – Orig. version with English subt. – subsequent Q&A with director Beatrice Minger

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

FIGHTING DEMONS WITH DRAGONS (Dänemark 2024, Camilla Magid, DOK.panorama). They were once outsiders – now they are suddenly accepted and uplifted. Welcome to the fantasy world! – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Camilla Magid

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

24 STUNDEN – 24 HOURS (Österreich 2024, Harald Friedl, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). No nights out, no breaks. Sadina cares for Elisabeth around the clock, for months at a time. – Orig. version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Harald Friedl

Sonntag, 05.05.2024

Amerikahaus

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

11.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

AT THIS MOMENT, IN THE NATION’S SKY – NO CÉU DA PÁTRIA NESSE INSTANTE (Brasilien 2023, Sandra Kogut, DOK.panorama). Elections in Brazil: Bolsonaro and Lula’s supporters are worlds apart. – Original version with English subtitles

Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

DER UNTERNEHMER DAS DORF UND DIE KÜNSTLER – THE ENTREPRENEUR THE VILLAGE AND THE ARTISTS (Deutschland 2024, Marcelo Busse, Julia Suermondt, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A fly visits a 5-star hotel. From action art to business transformation. – German orig. version w/English subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/directors & protagonists

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

PATRĪCIJA (Lettland 2023, Dāvids Ernštreits, Inese Kļava, DOK.panorama). Driven to succeed. For the talented skier Patricija, only one thing counts: to be among the world’s best at the Olympic Games. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/directors and producer

15.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

TELL THEM ABOUT US (Deutschland, Jordanien 2023, Rand Beiruty, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Migrant young people in the province of Brandenburg. How do they fit in? – Orig. version with Engl. subt. – subseq. Q&A with director Rand Beiruty & editor

City 2

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

THE BLACK GARDEN – JARDIN NOIR (Frankreich, Belgien 2024, Alexis Pazoumian, DOK.international Main Competition). The war brings death – and identity – to the men of a Nagorno-Karabakh border village. – Orig. version with Engl. subtitles – subsequ. Q&A with director Alexis Pazoumian

18.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

WHERE WE USED TO SLEEP (Deutschland 2024, Matthäus Wörle, DOK.international Main Competition). Where to? An elderly woman and the copper mine that has engulfed her village. – Orig. version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with director Matthäus Wörle

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

POL POT DANCING (Deutschland, Norwegen 2023, Enrique Sánchez Lansch, DOK.panorama). A revival of dance in Cambodia – that reveals a sinister connection to dictator Pol Pot. – Orig. version w/English subt. – subsequent Q&A w/director Enrique Sanchez Lansch

City 3

12.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

15.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

Deutsches Theater

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

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

Filmmuseum

16.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

HEUTE IST DAS GESTERN VON MORGEN – TODAY IS TOMORROW’S YESTERDAY (Deutschland 2024, Jonas Neumann, Munich Premieres). How can we make sure the Holocaust is not forgotten when those who witnessed it are no longer alive? – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

18.30 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

TALES OF A RIVER – VERHALEN VAN EEN RIVIER (Niederlande 1994, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster). Dessau’s people and history – in light of Germany’s reunification. – German original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/ the directors

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HFF - Audimax

11.00 Uhr – Masterclass with Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

20.00 Uhr – German Documentary Film Music Award & DOK.composition Award

MY STOLEN PLANET – SAYYAREYE DOZDIDE SHODEYE MAN (Iran, Deutschland 2024, Farahnaz Sharifi, Filmmaking in Exile). Dancing as an act of resistance. Farahnaz Sharifi documents the history of female rebellion in Iran. – Orig. version w/Engl. subtitles – Award ceremony with subseq. Q&A with film team

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

A NEW KIND OF WILDERNESS – UKJENT LANDSKAP (Norwegen 2024, Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Best of Fests). A free and independent life in harmony with nature – until tragedy strikes. – Original version with English subtitles

HFF - Kino 1

11.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

OUR LAND, OUR FREEDOM (USA, Kenia, Portugal, Deutschland 2023, Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). The right to land is the right to freedom. The ongoing struggle of the Mau Mau freedom fighters in Kenya. – Orig. vers. w/Engl. subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/directors Zippy Kimundu & Meena Nanji

20.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

15.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

DAS LEERE GRAB – THE EMPTY GRAVE (Deutschland, Tansania 2024, Agnes Lisa Wegner, Cece Mlay, DOK.network Africa). A long overdue chapter is finally being written in the rehabilitation of German colonial history. – Original version w/ German & English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/ the directors

17.00 Uhr – African Encounters 2024: Panel Discussion

HFF - Kino 2

11.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

15.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

13.00 Uhr – Show Case: Future Skills Förderung

Literaturhaus

11.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

Minna Thiel

20.00 Uhr – Meet us @Minna Thiel

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – Student Award

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

AND SO IT BEGINS (USA 2024, Ramona S. Diaz, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). With Vice President Leni Robredos, a pink wave is sweeping the Philippines – but is it stronger than the tentacles of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the dictator’s son? – Original version with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

FLICKERING LIGHTS (Indien 2023, Anupama Srinivasan, Anirban Dutta, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Living without electricity? An Indian Naga village has learned to get along without it. – Original version with English subtitles

Pinakothek der Moderne

11.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

E.1027 – EILEEN GRAY AND THE HOUSE BY THE SEA (Schweiz 2024, Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub, DOK.international Main Competition). Eileen Gray: an icon of modern architecture pushed into the background by Le Corbusier. – Orig. version with English subt. – subsequent Q&A with director Beatrice Minger

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

I’M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE – JEŠTĚ NEJSEM, KÝM CHCI BÝT (Tschechische Republik, Slowakei, Österreich 2024, Klára Tasovská, Best of Fests). A life as a slideshow: the photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková and her belatedly recognised work. – Original version with English subtitles

Rio 1

19.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Montag, 06.05.2024

Amerikahaus

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

LET THE CANARY SING (USA, Großbritannien 2023, Alison Ellwood, DOK.music). A colourful portrait about the awe-inspiring life of the singer Cyndi Lauper. – English original version

City 2

20.30 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

18.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

City 3

17.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

20.00 Uhr – Adult education: Film lesen lernen

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

20.30 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

MY STOLEN PLANET – SAYYAREYE DOZDIDE SHODEYE MAN (Iran, Deutschland 2024, Farahnaz Sharifi, Filmmaking in Exile). Dancing as an act of resistance. Farahnaz Sharifi documents the history of female rebellion in Iran. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director and composer

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

HFF - Audimax

15.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

JENSEITS VON SCHULD (Deutschland 2024, Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How do you carry on living as a parent when your child has caused great suffering to many people? – German original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with directors

20.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

2UNBREAKABLE (Deutschland 2023, Maike Conway, Munich Premieres). Breakdance as a way of life: two breakers on their way to the Olympic Games. – German original version w/ English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

11.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

HFF - Kino 1

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with SAFIYA – THE MOVIE

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BINU: A TWO STARS STORY – BINU, HISTÒRIA DE DUES ESTRELLES (Spanien 2023, Guillem Cabra, Mar Clapés, DOK.panorama). A chamber play set in a kitchen: how Francesc and Francina have held their own at work and in private for 50 years. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequ. online Q&A w/director Guillem Cabra

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

HFF - Kino 2

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

16.00 Uhr – Student Award

BIS HIERHIN UND WIE WEITER? – STICK TOGETHER (Deutschland 2023, Felix Maria Bühler, Student Award). How can activism be effective today when the police is cracking down? – Original version with English subtitles

18.30 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

Instituto Cervantes

19.00 Uhr – DOK.fest at Instituto Cervantes

MALQUERIDAS (Chile, Deutschland 2023, Tana Gilbert, DOK.international Main Competition). Motherhood in prison: a poetic, intimate and accessible insider’s view. – Orig. version with Engl. subt. – subsequent Q&A with director & consul of Chile

Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

Neues Rottmann

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

18.30 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

NS-Dokumentationszentrum

19.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

NORWEGIAN DEMOCRAZY (Norwegen 2024, Bård Kjøge Rønning, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). Norway in the shadow of anti-muslim movements. How much extremism can a democracy bear? – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with directors

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

PATRĪCIJA (Lettland 2023, Dāvids Ernštreits, Inese Kļava, DOK.panorama). Driven to succeed. For the talented skier Patricija, only one thing counts: to be among the world’s best at the Olympic Games. – OmeU – anschl. Q&A mit Regisseur*innen Ernštreits und K?ava und Produzentin

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

Rio 2

18.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Dienstag, 07.05.2024

Atelier 1

20.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

17.30 Uhr

City 2

18.30 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

21.00 Uhr – DOK.music

A HIP HOP MINUTE (Belgien 2023, Pascal Garnier, DOK.music). Revisiting New York’s rap pioneers: Roxanne Shanté, LL Cool J and D.M.C. discuss their hip-hop legacies. – English original version

City 3

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

33’ 66° (Österreich 2023, Matteo Sanders, Student Award). Mateo is turning 33; his father is 66. It’s high time to ask how he became who he is today. – Orig. version w/English subt. – supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/director Sanders

20.30 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

DANN GEHSTE EBEN NACH PARCHIM – VON DER LEIDENSCHAFT DES JUNGEN THEATERS (Deutschland 2023, Dieter Schumann, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Drama school is over. What next? A future in the province of Mecklenburg. – German orig. version w/English subtitles – subseq. Q&A w/Michael Kockot (camera)

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Gesellschaftsraum

18.30 Uhr – Sehen heißt glauben?

HFF - Audimax

14.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

16.00 Uhr – Student Award

MAÑANA SOL (Deutschland 2023, Denis Pavlovic, Student Award). Hard-earned retirement on the Canary Islands. What could go wrong? – Original version with English subtitles

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with SAFIYA – THE MOVIE

20.00 Uhr – Award ceremony VFF Documentary Film Production Award

LAND DER VERLORENEN KINDER – VENEZUELA: COUNTRY OF LOST CHILDREN (Venezuela, Deutschland 2023, Juan Camilo Cruz, Marc Wiese, DOK.panorama). Venezuela is sinking into chaos and losing its youngest generation. – Orig. version w/Engl. subtitles – Award ceremony with Q&A with producer Stoltz

HFF - Kino 1

18.30 Uhr – MEXICO, MONTRÉAL AND MORE…

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

HFF - Kino 2

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

AMOR (Italien, Litauen 2023, Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, Best of Fests). The poetic and tragic story of a mother in Rome – told by her daughter. – Original version with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

11.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

FOREST – LAS (Polen 2024, Lidia Duda, DOK.panorama). Deep in Europe’s ancient forest, a Polish family helps refugees threatened by pushbacks. – Original version with English subtitles

Neues Maxim

21.00 Uhr – Student Award

HAUSNUMMER NULL (Deutschland 2024, Lilith Kugler, Student Award). Addicted and homeless – but somehow with a vague goal. What will happen next? – German original version with English subtitles

17.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

19.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

DER NEUE GUTE DEUTSCHE – OUR GOOD GERMAN (Deutschland 2023, Peter Heller, DOK.network Africa). A Cameroonian king: educated in Aalen and executed by the Germans in Cameroon. – Original version with German subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Pasinger Fabrik

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with FREDDY TAUCHT NACH GEISTERNETZEN

Rio 1

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

TEHACHAPI (Frankreich 2023, J R, Best of Fests). With paper and glue, JR depicts the life stories of high-security prisoners in the USA. – English original version

Rio 2

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – Filmmakers in Exile

Mittwoch, 08.05.2024

Atelier 1

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

City 2

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.30 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

City 3

17.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

SILENT TREES (Polen, Deutschland 2024, Agnieszka Zwiefka, DOK.panorama). Trapped in the forest: is there a way out for refugee Runa and her family as they flee to Europe? – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Agnieszka Zwiefka

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT (Deutschland, Österreich 2024, Alexander Horwath, Best of Fests). Henry Fonda films as a cinematic metaphor for a utopian USA – social, fair and open. – Original version with German and English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/ director

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

HFF - Audimax

15.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

21.00 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. – Original version with English & German subtitles – subsequent Q&A with directors

18.00 Uhr – CROSSING BORDERS: SICILY

11.00 Uhr – DOK.music

LET THE CANARY SING (USA, Großbritannien 2023, Alison Ellwood, DOK.music). A colourful portrait about the awe-inspiring life of the singer Cyndi Lauper. – English original version

HFF - Kino 1

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

FAKIR – POKIAĽ JA ŽIJEM (Slowakei, Tschechische Republik 2023, Roman Ďuriš, DOK.panorama). Learning to endure the pain: a young man from a broken family becomes a fakir. – Original version with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

HFF - Kino 2

15.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

TELL THEM ABOUT US (Deutschland, Jordanien 2023, Rand Beiruty, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Migrant young people in the province of Brandenburg. How do they fit in? – Original version with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with FREDDY – ICH TAUCHE NACH GEISTERNETZEN

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE PICKERS (Deutschland, Portugal, Griechenland 2024, Elke Sasse, DOK.panorama). Strawberries without borders: endless consumption and the sobering realities of harvest. – Original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – DOK.music

20.30 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

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens: FREDDY – ICH TAUCHE NACH GEISTERNETZEN / ALLES GEHÖRT ZU DIR

Rio 1

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Rio 2

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

Donnerstag, 09.05.2024

Atelier 1

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

City 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

City 3

21.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

18.30 Uhr

THE WRITER IN THE TREES – Italo Calvino, lo scrittore sugli alberi (Italien, Frankreich 2023, Duccio Chiarini, DOK.panorama). An author and his work. How much of Italo Calvino can be found in his book “The Baron in the Trees”? – Orig. vers. w/Engl. subt. – introduction by director of Istituto Italiano di C.

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.music

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

HFF - Audimax

20.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

PROJEKT BALLHAUSPLATZ. AUFSTIEG UND FALL DES SEBASTIAN KURZ (Österreich 2023, Kurt Langbein, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). From a risqué election campaign to the Chancellery then the dock. A marvellous political satire made in Austria. – German original version with English subtitles – with subsequent paneldiscussion

17.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER (Großbritannien 2024, David Hinton, DOK.panorama). Martin Scorsese’s personal look at two of the biggest British filmmakers. – English original version – subsequent online Q&A with director David Hinton

11.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

14.00 Uhr – Workshop: Speaking in Front of the Camera with Julian Janssen

HFF - Kino 1

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

14.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

17.00 Uhr – Student Award

11.30 Uhr – DOK.music

A HIP HOP MINUTE (Belgien 2023, Pascal Garnier, DOK.music). Revisiting New York’s rap pioneers: Roxanne Shanté, LL Cool J and D.M.C. discuss their hip-hop legacies. – English original version

HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

DER UNTERNEHMER DAS DORF UND DIE KÜNSTLER – THE ENTREPRENEUR THE VILLAGE AND THE ARTISTS (Deutschland 2024, Marcelo Busse, Julia Suermondt, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A fly visits a 5-star hotel. From action art to business transformation. – German original version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

15.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

11.00 Uhr – Homage Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE FLATS (Frankreich, Belgien, Großbritannien, Irland 2023, Alessandra Celesia, DOK.panorama). A man and his childhood memories of the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland: coming to terms with trauma. – Orig. version w/English subt. – subseq. online Q&A w/director Alessandra Celesia

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND (Deutschland 2023, Lara Milena Brose, Student Award). The Bosnian-EU border. 15-year-old Nahid has fled from the Taliban and she wants to get through. – Orig. w/English subt. – w/supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/camera & protagonist

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Neues Rottmann

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

16.00 Uhr – DOK.music

Pasinger Fabrik

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

18.00 Uhr – Munich Premieres

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A SHEPHERD – UN PASTEUR (Frankreich 2024, Louis Hanquet, DOK.panorama). Sheep, wolves and loneliness. A young shepherd in the French Alps. – Original version with English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Rio 2

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.30 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

Freitag, 10.05.2024

Amerikahaus

17.00 Uhr – DOK.music

19.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT (Deutschland, Österreich 2024, Alexander Horwath, Best of Fests). Henry Fonda films as a cinematic metaphor for a utopian USA – social, fair and open. – Original version w/ German & English subt. – subsequent Q&A w/ director & editor

Atelier 1

18.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

21.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

PROJEKT BALLHAUSPLATZ. AUFSTIEG UND FALL DES SEBASTIAN KURZ (Österreich 2023, Kurt Langbein, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). From a risqué election campaign to the Chancellery then the dock. A marvellous political satire made in Austria. – German orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director Kurt Langbein

City 2

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

FOREST – LAS (Polen 2024, Lidia Duda, DOK.panorama). Deep in Europe’s ancient forest, a Polish family helps refugees threatened by pushbacks. – Original version with English subtitles

17.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

City 3

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

Filmmuseum

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

AMOR (Italien, Litauen 2023, Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri, Best of Fests). The poetic and tragic story of a mother in Rome – told by her daughter. – Original version with English subtitles

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

15.00 Uhr – KinderKino with FREDDY – ICH TAUCHE NACH GEISTERNETZEN

HFF - Audimax

20.30 Uhr – DOK.special

NAWALNY (USA 2022, Daniel Roher, In Memoriam: NAWALNY). Nerve poison in the underwear – when the victim survives and confronts the assassin. A unique political thriller! – Original version with English subtitles

11.00 Uhr – Münchner Premieren

DORIS DÖRRIE – DIE FLANEUSE (Deutschland 2024, Sabine Lidl, Munich Premieres). Life and comedy: a cinematic journey with Doris Dörrie. – German original version

HFF - Kino 1

18.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

BERGFAHRT – MOUNTAIN RIDE (Schweiz 2023, Dominique Margot, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). The Alps must be saved from mankind but is it too late for new approaches? – Original version with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

15.30 Uhr – Student Award

ECHOES FROM BORDERLAND (Deutschland 2023, Lara Milena Brose, Student Award). The Bosnian-EU border. 15-year-old Nahid has fled from the Taliban and she wants to get through. – Orig. w/English subt. – w/supporting film; subsequ. Q&A w/camera & protagonist

12.30 Uhr – Schule des Sehens with FREDDY – ICH TAUCHE NACH GEISTERNETZEN

HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

15.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

16.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

SHAHID (Deutschland 2024, Narges Kalhor, Filmmaking in Exile). What do you do with an unwanted surname? An exploration of the complexity of forming an identity as a migrant. – Orig. version w/Engl. subtitles – subseq. Q&A with director & film protagonist

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Pasinger Fabrik

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

A HIP HOP MINUTE (Belgien 2023, Pascal Garnier, DOK.music). Revisiting New York’s rap pioneers: Roxanne Shanté, LL Cool J and D.M.C. discuss their hip-hop legacies. – English original version

18.00 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

DER NEUE GUTE DEUTSCHE – OUR GOOD GERMAN (Deutschland 2023, Peter Heller, DOK.network Africa). A Cameroonian king: educated in Aalen and executed by the Germans in Cameroon. – Original version with German subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the director

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Rio 2

20.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

17.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BINU: A TWO STARS STORY – BINU, HISTÒRIA DE DUES ESTRELLES (Spanien 2023, Guillem Cabra, Mar Clapés, DOK.panorama). A chamber play set in a kitchen: how Francesc and Francina have held their own at work and in private for 50 years. – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Mar Clapés

Samstag, 11.05.2024

Amerikahaus

19.30 Uhr – Festival Main Award Ceremony of the 39th DOK.fest München

Atelier 1

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

City 2

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

17.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

City 3

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

HFF - Audimax

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

15.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

20.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

11.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

HENRY FONDA FOR PRESIDENT (Deutschland, Österreich 2024, Alexander Horwath, Best of Fests). Henry Fonda films as a cinematic metaphor for a utopian USA – social, fair and open. – Original version w/ German & English subt. – subsequent Q&A w/ director & editor

HFF - Kino 1

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

11.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

13.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

DONGA (Libyen, Tunesien 2023, Muhannad Lamin, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Donga has filmed the revolution and civil war in Libya since 2011. The belief in change remains. – Orig. version with Engl. subt. – subseq. online-Q&A with director Muhannad Lamin

18.00 Uhr – Filmmaking in Exile

HFF - Kino 2

18.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

15.30 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

11.30 Uhr – Student Award

20.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

Neues Maxim

21.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

19.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

DER UNTERNEHMER DAS DORF UND DIE KÜNSTLER – THE ENTREPRENEUR THE VILLAGE AND THE ARTISTS (Deutschland 2024, Marcelo Busse, Julia Suermondt, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A fly visits a 5-star hotel. From action art to business transformation. – German original version with Engl. subtitles – subsequent Q&A with the directors

16.00 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. vers. w/English & German subt. – subsequ. Q&A w/directors Mühe & Friedrich

Neues Rottmann

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

JENSEITS VON SCHULD (Deutschland 2024, Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How do you carry on living as a parent when your child has caused great suffering to many people? – German original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with directors

16.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.music

LET THE CANARY SING (USA, Großbritannien 2023, Alison Ellwood, DOK.music). A colourful portrait about the awe-inspiring life of the singer Cyndi Lauper. – English original version

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency

20.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch Competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.network Africa

Rio 2

17.30 Uhr – DOK.international Main Competition

20.00 Uhr – DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY

FRAGMENTE AUS DER PROVINZ (Deutschland 2024, Martin Weinhart, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). East Germany in the fight against the Nazis – and a film about people who would rarely appear in the media otherwise. – German orig. vers. – subsequ. w/director Martin Weinhart & protagonist Uwe

Sonntag, 12.05.2024

Amerikahaus

18.00 Uhr – Award ceremony of the DOK.fest-Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

Atelier 1

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist DOK.horizonte

City 2

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist DOK.horizonte

OUR LAND, OUR FREEDOM (USA, Kenia, Portugal, Deutschland 2023, Zippy Kimundu, Meena Nanji, DOK.network Africa). The right to land is the right to freedom. The ongoing struggle of the Mau Mau freedom fighters in Kenya. – Original version with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – Munich Premieres

IM LAND DER WÖLFE – In Wolf Country (Deutschland 2023, Ralf Bücheler, Munich Premieres). The wolves are among us! The proliferation of wolves divides opinions and awakens primal fears. – German orig. version w/Engl. subtit. – subseq. Q&A w/the director and the editor

City 3

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS / DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama / BEST DOKS

Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

SHAHID (Deutschland 2024, Narges Kalhor, Filmmaking in Exile). What do you do with an unwanted surname? An exploration of the complexity of forming an identity as a migrant. – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/actor Thomas Sprekelsen

19.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist DOK.international

20.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

HFF - Audimax

11.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

17.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Winning Film DOK.horizonte

KAMAY (Belgien, Frankreich, Deutschland 2024, Ilyas Yourish, Shahrokh Bikaran, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). A Hazara student has taken her life. Her parents search for justice. – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director Ilyas Yourish

14.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Winning Film Student Award

HAUSNUMMER NULL (Deutschland 2024, Lilith Kugler, Student Award). Addicted and homeless – but somehow with a vague goal. What will happen next? – German original version with English subtitles

HFF - Kino 1

14.00 Uhr – Awards ceremony

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Winning Film FFF Talent Award Documentary Film

EXILE NEVER ENDS (Deutschland 2024, Bahar Bektaş, Filmmaking in Exile). Waiting for deportation: will Taner be able to make a fresh start in Turkey? – Orig. version w/English subtitles – subsequent Q&A w/director Bahar Bektas

HFF - Kino 2

11.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

A SHEPHERD – UN PASTEUR (Frankreich 2024, Louis Hanquet, DOK.panorama). Sheep, wolves and loneliness. A young shepherd in the French Alps. – Original version with English subtitles

14.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – FFF Talent Award Documentary Film

WHERE WE USED TO SLEEP (Deutschland 2024, Matthäus Wörle, DOK.international Main Competition). Where to? An elderly woman and the copper mine that has engulfed her village. – Original version w/English subtitles – subsequ. Q&A w/director Matthäus Wörle

16.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist DOK.international

20.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

HFF - Seminarraum 1

12.00 Uhr – Workshop “so geht MEDIEN” – Journalism with Christina Wolf

Münchner Kammerspiele

19.00 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. – Original version with English subtitles – preliminary thematic talk w/directors

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist DOK.deutsch

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

JENSEITS VON SCHULD (Deutschland 2024, Katharina Köster, Katrin Nemec, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How do you carry on living as a parent when your child has caused great suffering to many people? – German original version with English subtitles – subsequent Q&A with directors

Neues Rottmann

13.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

16.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

FRAGMENTE AUS DER PROVINZ (Deutschland 2024, Martin Weinhart, DOK.focus DEMOCRAZY). East Germany in the fight against the Nazis – and a film about people who would rarely appear in the media otherwise. – German original version – subsequent Q&A /director Martin Weinhart

Rio 1

16.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – German Documentary Film Music Award

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – kinokino Audience Award 2024

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Favourite

Rio 2

16.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist Student Award

MAÑANA SOL (Deutschland 2023, Denis Pavlovic, Student Award). Hard-earned retirement on the Canary Islands. What could go wrong? – Original version with English subtitles

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist Student Award

20.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist FFF Talent Award Documentary Film

Dienstag, 14.05.2024

Münchner Stadtbibliothek, Motorama

10.00 Uhr – Guided Tour for School Classes: Ich seh’ etwas, was du nicht siehst.

Donnerstag, 16.05.2024

Münchner Stadtbibliothek, Motorama

10.00 Uhr – Guided Tour for School Classes: Ich seh’ etwas, was du nicht siehst.

Samstag, 18.05.2024

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