Documentary films on TV, in media libraries and on other platforms
We present you our recommendations.
Available in TV media libraries:
3sat
HERZ DES HIMMELS, HERZ DER ERDE (DE 2011, Frauke Sandig, Eric Black, 96 min.)
3sat, Media library, available until 23 December 2022
ENDLICH TACHELES (DE 2020, Jana Matthes, Andrea Schramm, 104 min., DOK.fest München 2020/DOK.deutsch))
3sat, Media library, available until 16 January 2023
HÖHENFLÜGE (DE 2019, Lena Leonhardt, 87 min., DOK.fest München 2019/DOK.deutsch)
3sat, Media library, available until 21 March 2023
AMERICAN WALL (AT/US 2021, Christine Lechner, Thomas Zeller, 87 min.)
3sat, Media library, available until 24 April 2023
OUT OF PLACE (DE 2019, Friederike Güssefeld, 85 min., DOK.fest München 2019/DOK.deutsch)
3sat, Media library, available until 26 June 2023
OECONOMIA (DE 2020, Carmen Losmann, 83 min.)
3sat, Media library, available until 7 November 2026
arte
BIS FREITAG, ROBINSON (CH/FR 2021, Mitra Farahani, 96 min.)
arte, Media library, available until 8 December 2022
MALIKAS KÖNIGREICH (143 RUE DU DÉSERT – DZ/FR 2019, Hassen Ferhani, 90 min., DOK.fest München 2020/Best of Fests)
arte, Media library, available until 18 December 2022
RÜCKKEHR INS LAND MEINER MUTTER (NO SIMPLE WAY HOME – KE/ZA 2022, Akuol de Mabior, 52 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.horizonte and DOK.network Africa)
arte, Media library, available until 9 February 2023
THE CLEANERS (DE 2018, Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck, 86 min., DOK.fest München 2018/DOK.international)
arte, Media library, available until 10 February 2023
GORBATSCHOW. PARADIES (GORBACHEV. HEAVEN – LV/CZ 2020, Vitaly Mansky, 100 min., DOK.fest München 2021/Best of Fests)
arte, Media library, available until 28 February 2023
DIE WÄCHTERIN (TR/DE 2020, Martina Priessner, 69 Min.)
arte, Media library, available until 1 May 2023
DONKEYOTE (DE/GB 2014, Chico Pereira, 85 min.)
arte, Media library, available until 12 June 2023
DIE LETZTE ZUFLUCHT (THE LAST SHELTER – FR/ML/ZA 2020, Ousmane Samassékou, 54 min., DOK.fest München 2021/DOK.horizonte)
arte, Media library, available until 26 August 2023
SYRIEN - WATANI: MY HOMELAND (GB 2021, Marcel Mettelsiefen, 79 min.)
arte, Media library, available until 29 February 2024
REWIND & PLAY (DE/FR 2022, Alain Gomis, 65 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.music)
arte, Media library, available until 10 March 2024
DIE HILFE (HOME AGAIN – GM/ZA 2022, Babucarr Manka, 35 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.network Africa)
arte, Media library, available until 27 March 2024
SCHLAGENDE ARGUMENTE (AFRICAN MOOT – FI/ZA 2022, Shameela Seedat, 86 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.network Africa)
arte, Media library, available until 27 March 2024
GIB MIR DEINE STIMME (LEND ME YOUR VOICE – RW/ZA 2021, Claudine Ndimbira, 19 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.network Africa)
arte, Media library, available until 27 March 2024
ZINDER (DE/FR/NE 2021, Aïcha Macky, 83 min., DOK.fest München 2021/DOK.horizonte)
arte, Media library, available until 27 March 2024
BR
WALCHENSEE FOREVER (DE 2020, Janna Ji Wonders, 109 min., DOK.fest München 2020/Münchner Premieren)
BR, Media library, available until 7 December 2022
WOODSTOCK (DE/US 2019, Barak Goodman, 95 min., DOK.fest München 2019/DOK.panorama)
BR, Media library, available until 14 December 2022
DIE SCHATTEN DER WÜSTE (IN/DE 2018, Franziska Schönenberger, Jay Subramanian, 85 Min., DOK.fest München 2018/Münchner Premieren)
BR, Media library, available until 28 December 2022
CHAMPAGNER FÜR DIE AUGEN – GIFT FÜR DEN REST (DE 2022, Klaus Lemke, 60 min.)
BR, Media library, available until 31 December 2022
FRÜHER ODER SPÄTER (DE 2018, Pauline Roenneberg, 120 Min., DOK.fest München 2018/DOK.deutsch)
BR, Media library, available until 23 September 2023
NDR
DER ATEM DES MEERES (SILENCE OF THE TIDES – DE/NL 2020, Pieter-Rim de Kroon, 98 min., DOK.fest München 2021/Best of Fests)
NDR, Media library, available until 12 January 2023
DER SCHNEEKÖNIG (DE 2013, Timo Großpietsch, 71 min.)
NDR, Media library
LAND (DE 2020, Timo Großpietsch, 76 min., DOK.fest München 2021/DOK.international)
NDR, Media library
SOLDATEN (DE 2021, Christian von Brockhausen, Willem Konrad, 101 min., DOK.fest München 2021/DOK.deutsch)
NDR, Media library
STADT (DE 2015, Timo Großpietsch, 88 min.)
NDR, Media library
WDR
DRAGON WOMEN (BE/KR/CH 2021, Frédérique de Montblanc, 80 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.focus BRAVE NEW WORK)
WDR, Media library, available until 15 May 2023
SOMMERFAHRT – ZEIT HEILT KEINE WUNDEN (DE 2022, Gereon Wetzel, 84 min., DOK.fest München 2022/Münchner Premieren)
WDR, Media library, available until 1 June 2023
DIE AUTOBAHN – KAMPF UM DIE A 49 (DE 2022, Klaus Stern, Frank Marten Pfeiffer, 86 min., DOK.fest München 2022/DOK.panorama)
WDR, Media library, available until 21 September 2023
I AM GRETA (GB/SE 2020, Nathan Grossman, 89 min.)
WDR, Media library, available until 15 November 2030
ZDF
DISPLACED (DE 2020, Sharon Ryba-Kahn, 88 min., DOK.fest München 2020/DOK.deutsch and DOK.focus Lasting Memories)
ZDF, Media library, available until 6 December 2022
ZUHURS TÖCHTER (DE 2021, Laurentia Genske, Robin Humboldt, 89 min., DOK.fest München 2021/DOK.deutsch)
ZDF, Media library, available until 7 December 2022
UNTER UNS FRAUEN – GEBURT IN MEGENDI (AMONG US WOMEN – ET/DE 2021, Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun, 91 min., DOK.fest München 2022/Student Award)
ZDF, Media library, available until 28 October 2023
BORN IN EVIN (DE/AT 2019, Maryam Zaree, 93 min.)
ZDF, Media library, available until 9 October 2024
Available on other platforms:
DARK EDEN – DER ALPTRAUM VOM ERDÖL (DE 2018, Jasmin Herold and Michael Beamish, 80 min., DOK.fest München 2018/DOK.international)
bpb, Media library
EXIT – MEIN WEG AUS DEM HASS (NO 2018, , 52 min.)
bpb, Media library
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (FR/US/BE/CH 2017, Raoul Peck, 89 min.)
bpb, Media library
MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE (DE/AT 2013, Marc Bauder, 87 min.)
bpb, Media library
STRICHE ZIEHEN (DE 2015, Gerd Kroske, 95 min.)
bpb, Media library
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