Timetable 2023

130 films from 55 countries at more than 20 venues in Munich. Here you can find our timetable.

Mittwoch, 03.05.2023

Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

ETILAAT ROZ – Eröffnungsfilm – THE ETILAAT ROZ (Afghanistan 2022, Abbas Rezaie, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Kabul's downfall in august 2021 – a dramatic chamber play in the editorial offices of the newspaper Etilaat Roz. – Festival opening – Original with German and English subtitles

HFF - Audimax

14.00 Uhr – DOK.digital

Project pitches for DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats at DOK.forum – sponsored by the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for New Media

Donnerstag, 04.05.2023

Amerikahaus

09.00 Uhr – It’s a Match!

International Conference – Day 1

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

DEMON MINERAL (USA 2023, Hadley Austin, DOK.international Main Competition). A shrewd manifesto on “nuclear colonialism” in the territory of the Navajo Nation in South West USA. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the director and the cinematographer)

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION (Germany, Syria, Norway, The Netherlands, Qatar 2023, Lina N.N., DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). Lina films 10 years of Syrian civil war. Journalism as a means of non-violent resistance. – Original with English subtitles

City 1

17.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

PARADISE (Frankreich, Schweiz 2022, Alexander Abaturov, DOK.international Main Competition). Forest fires envelop Eastern Siberia – the population defends itself against the inferno. – Original with English subtitles

City 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

TANJA – TAGEBUCH EINER GUERILLERA – TANJA – UP IN ARMS (Deutschland 2023, Marcel Mettelsiefen, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). From university student to guerrilla fighter: a compelling portrait of the ex-FARC member, Tanja Nijmeijer. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the director and the producer)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

AGAINST THE TIDE (India, France 2023, Sarvnik Kaur, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Friendship in a world where tradition meets globalisation: the story of the Indian Koli fishermen Ganesh and Rakesh. – Original with English subtitles

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE SUMMER OF '91 – POLETJE '91 (Slovenia 2022, Žiga Virc, DOK.panorama). Barricades, tanks, air strikes – ten days of war after Slovenia’s declaration of independence. – Original with English subtitles

18.30 Uhr – DOK.music

DUSTY & STONES (USA, Eswatini 2022, Jesse Rudoy, DOK.music). The love of country music: two musicians from southern Africa go on a road trip – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the director Jesse Rudoy)

21.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

GOLDHAMMER (Deutschland 2023, André Krummel, DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). Sex, drugs… or rather, politics? Marcel Goldhammer asks: why not all three? – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with producer Benjamin Leers)

Deutsches Theater

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

KOKOMO CITY (United States 2023, D. Smith, Best of Fests). Four black trans sex workers give deeply honest insights into their lives. – English original language (Cultureclubbing at Unter Deck afterwards)

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HEAVEN CAN WAIT – WIR LEBEN JETZT – HEAVEN CAN WAIT – WE LIVE NOW (Deutschland 2023, Sven Halfar, DOK.panorama). Heaven can wait. A choir of over-70s reinventing themselves again in old age. – German original language (Q&A with director Sven Halfar)

21.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

SAM NOW (United States 2022, Reed Harkness, Best of Fests). How do you confront a family trauma? With home videos and Super-8 footage wearing a superhero costume! – Original with English subtitles (onlineQ&A with director, producer, protagonist)

Filmmuseum

20.30 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

CAMÉRA D'AFRIQUE – AFRICAN CINEMA: FILMING AGAINST ALL ODDS – CAMÉRA D'AFRIQUE – CINÉMA AFRICAIN : FILMER CONTRE LES IMPOSSIBLES (Tunisia, France 1983, Férid Boughedir, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). An encounter with the pioneers of African cinema, such as Sembène Ousmane and Med Hondo. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the director Férid Boughedir)

Frida

19.00 Uhr – futurDOK Get-Together

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

10.00 Uhr

FOLLOWING VALERIA (Deutschland 2022, Nicola Fegg, DOK.education). At the start of the war in Ukraine, Valeria becomes the face of the young generation through her TikTok videos. After she flees, she must re-orient herself. – Original version: English, German, Ukrainian – Subtitles: German

18.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

AND THE KING SAID, WHAT A FANTASTIC MACHINE (Sweden 2022, Axel Danielson, Maximilien van Aertryck, DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). A visually powerful journey through the history of visual media – from the first photographs to the present day. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

27 STOREYS (Deutschland, Österreich 2023, Bianca Gleissinger, Best of Fests). Alterlaa: a somewhat out-dated concrete castle on the outskirts of Vienna. – German original language with English subtitles (Q&A with director Gleissinger)

HFF - Audimax

09.00 Uhr – Perspektive Kino!

Concepts for a Future-proof Practice – Conference

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

WIR WAREN KUMPEL – ONCE WE WERE PITMEN (Deutschland, Schweiz 2023, Christian Johannes Koch, Jonas Matauschek, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). “Glück auf!” – five miners complete their final shifts and head into their new lives. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors, team and protagonists)

HFF - Kino 1

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

WAKING UP IN SILENCE (Deutschland, Ukraine 2023, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko, Student Award). What does the world look like for refugee children? An encounter, an invitation to play. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with guest/s)

BORDER CONVERSATIONS (Deutschland 2022, Jonathan Brunner, Student Award). How to fight against nothingness? A film from the no-man's land on the EU eastern border. – Original with English subtitles

STILLE WASSER – STILL WATERS (Deutschland 2022, Kevin Koch, Student Award). Everyday life in the Ahr Valley from a new perspective. Confidence meets hopelessness. – Original with English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – Student Award

CHAGRIN VALLEY – Closing Film (Switzerland 2023, Nathalie Berger, Student Award). For the inhabitants, it is a picturesque island devoid of memory – for the care staff, it is hard work. – Original with English subtitles

22.00 Uhr – Student Award

GOOD LIFE DEAL (Österreich 2022, Samira Ghahremani, Student Award). Finding your home is a life’s quest. Gerhard from Vienna has it all sorted out. Really...? – Original with English subtitles

HFF - Kino 2

17.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

DREAMING ARIZONA (Denmark, Estonia, Norway 2022, Jon Bang Carlsen, Best of Fests). A school play about a small town in America: a journey into young people’s dreams (and nightmares) – Original with English subtitles

19.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

LIGHT FALLS VERTICAL – ARA LA LLUM CAU VERTICAL (Spain, Germany, Italy, Netherlands 2022, Efthymia Zymvragaki, DOK.panorama). A barren island. A perpetrator’s intimate account. And an echo that reverberates for a long time. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with co-producer Valentin Thurn)

22.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

HYPERMOON (Sweden 2023, Mia Engberg, DOK.international Main Competition). Between the hospital and the universe: an intimate film essay about the fragility of existence. – Original with English subtitles

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BODIES AND STRUGGLES (Belgium 2022, Christophe Hermans, DOK.panorama). From a state of emergency to a permanent situation: a Belgian hospital between two waves of coronavirus. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with Sound Engineer Nicolas Pommier)

20.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

ETILAAT ROZ – Eröffnungsfilm – THE ETILAAT ROZ (Afghanistan 2022, Abbas Rezaie, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Kabul's downfall in august 2021 – a dramatic chamber play in the editorial offices of the newspaper Etilaat Roz. – Original with German and English subtitles (Q&A with director and protagonists)

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

SCAB VENDOR (Brazil 2022, Mariana Thome, Lucas De Barros, DOK.panorama). Jonathan Shaw is a famous tattoo artist, illustrator and author – but, above all, he is a free spirit. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

BLUE ID (Turkey 2022, Burcu Melekoğlu, Vuslat Karan, Best of Fests). Blue, pink, purple? Rüzgar fights for recognition and against transphobia in his home country. – Original with English subtitles

Rio 1

18.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

FRAUEN IN LANDSCHAFTEN (Deutschland 2023, Sabine Michel, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Petry, Schwesig, Magwas and Domscheit-Berg: four female politicians with their roots in the east on the reunification of Germany and the role of women. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with producer, cameraman und editor)

21.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

METAL BATTLE GIRL (Deutschland 2022, Andreas Wolff, Munich Premieres). A snowboarder goes head to head with her sport’s governing body: in defense of fairness, health and her own happiness. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director A. Wolf and protagonist S.M.)

Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN (Germany/France 2023, Steffi Niederzoll, Best of Fests). “I’m telling the tale that I lived.” Reyhaneh had to die young. Her fate represents a tipping point in society. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

RUÄCH – EINE REISE INS JENISCHE EUROPA – RUÄCH – A JOURNEY INTO YENISH EUROPE (Schweiz 2023, Andreas Müller, Simon Guy Fässler, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). The Yenish people: united by their inner freedom but also the deep wounds of the past. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the directors Müller und Guy Fässler)

Freitag, 05.05.2023

Amerikahaus

09.00 Uhr – It’s a Match!

International Conference – Day 2

20.00 Uhr – DOK.music

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

City 1

17.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

JONNY ISLAND (Deutschland 2023, Petra Mäussnest, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How serious are we about inclusion? A teacher struggles to participate in society. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Petra Mäussnest and team)

City 2

17.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

THEATRE OF VIOLENCE (Denmark, Germany 2023, Łukasz Konopa, Emil Langballe, DOK.international Main Competition). A former Ugandan child soldier who later became a commander is on trial. Is he a perpetrator or a victim? – Original with English subtitles (with the german co-producer and the componist)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

GRETAS GEBURT – GRETA'S BIRTH (Deutschland 2023, Katja Baumgarten, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A child has died. The midwife is on trial. 59 days of hearings. Then the verdict. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director and cinematographer)

City 3

16.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

PLAY WITH THE DEVIL – BECOMING ZEAL & ARDOR (Schweiz 2023, Olivier Joliat, Matthias Willi, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A riotous music film about “slave chant metal,” playing, success, business and humour as an attitude. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors M. Willi und O. Joliat)

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A BUMP IN THE HEART – UNE BOSSE DANS LE COEUR (Belgium 2022, Noé Reutenauer, DOK.panorama). Knight Kirill with a bump in his heart on the search for his princess! – Original with English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – Hommage

MATTER OUT OF PLACE (Österreich 2022, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). A visually powerful take on the global waste problem – poetic and sobering in equal measure. – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING (Großbritannien 2022, Toby Amies, DOK.music). More than five decades of King Crimson – an inspiring journey deep into the soul of possibly the best band in the world – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Toby Amies)

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

17.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BREAKING SOCIAL (Schweden 2023, Fredrik Gertten, DOK.panorama). Kleptocracy and extractivism – or how systems worldwide exploit people and our planet. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director F. Gertten and an activist)

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

FEMINISM WTF (Österreich 2023, Katharina Mueckstein, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Everything that people need to know right now about feminism, gender diversity and sex! – Original with English subtitles

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

AFRICA, I WILL FLEECE YOU (Kamerun, Frankreich, Deutschland 1992, Jean-Marie Teno, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). With snarky humour, Teno provides an artistic analysis of today’s Cameroon and its colonial heritage. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

JOURNEY THROUGH OUR WORLD – REIS DOOR ONZE WERELD (The Netherlands 2022, Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, Best of Fests). Lockdown = boredom? Far from it! A backyard thriller about life in times of crisis. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the directing & cinematography duo)

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

10.00 Uhr

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

HFF - Audimax

14.00 Uhr – DOK.archive Award

Sponsored by British Pathé, endowed with material supply worth 15,000 euros or 2,500 euros in cash.

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

LA EMPRESA (Deutschland 2023, André Siegers, DOK.international Main Competition). Illegal border crossings re-enacted for tourists: the Caminata Nocturna in Mexico. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director André Siegers)

HFF - Kino 1

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

LIMINAL SPACE: DIVING WITHIN (Deutschland 2022, Anahita Safarnejad Choobary, Student Award). "I must free the pain from the darkness." A cinematic poem for a father. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with guest)

DAS EINHORN MIT DER SCHNEEHOSE RANNTE PLÖTZLICH LOS – THE UNICORN IN SNOWPANTS SUDDENLY RAN OFF (Deutschland 2022, Philipp Schaeffer, Student Award). I can’t bring my cuddly toy to school? Three blind kids have questions and all the answers. – Original with English subtitles

ICH FÜHL' DEINE STILLE – I FEEL YOUR SILENCE (Deutschland 2023, Laura Heinig, Student Award). A daughter, a mother and a grandmother. A dialogue about loss and the unspeakable. – Original with English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

DORPIE (Deutschland, Südafrika 2022, Julia Jaki, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). A portrait of Lana, a community worker in South Africa, and her mission to prevent rape and murder. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director J. Jaki and producer Schewe)

22.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

DEIN LEBEN – MEIN LEBEN – YOUR STRUGGLE – MY STRUGGLE (Österreich 2023, Marko Doringer, DOK.panorama). Hurray for the midlife crisis! A film about the meaning of life, the daily grind and immense happiness. – German original language (Q&A with director Marco Doringer)

HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

ALONE (Iran 2022, Jafar Najafi, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Amir’s lonely struggle to save his sisters from the shackles of patriarchy. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MY PET AND ME (Netherlands 2022, Johan Kramer, DOK.panorama). Francis Bacon lies snorting under the table. Six stories of people and their pets. – Original with English subtitles

Lenbachhaus

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

CHARLOTTE SALOMON, LIFE AND THE MAIDEN (France 2023, Delphine und Muriel Coulin, DOK.panorama). “It is my entire life” – painted in a thousand pictures. The oeuvre of Charlotte Salomon – Original with English subtitles

Literaturhaus

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

COWBOY POETS (UK, USA 2022, Mike Day, Best of Fests). A poetic documentary western gives an insight into the modern cowboy lifestyle in the American West. – Original with English subtitles

Minna Thiel

20.00 Uhr – DAE Get-Together

To highlight the delegation and stories from Turkey at this year's DOK.fest

Münchner Stadtbibliothek, Motorama

17.00 Uhr – Zeitzeug*innen4future – eine interaktive Ausstellung

Junge Menschen sammeln ihre Erinnerungen an die Zukunft

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

FLEDGLINGS – PISKLAKI (Poland 2022, Lidia Duda, Best of Fests). Learning braille at boarding school – three children’s delicate bonds develop into deep friendships. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A WAY TO B (Netherlands 2022, Jos de Putter, Clara van Gool, DOK.panorama). Invisible no more! The Liant la Troca collective causes a stir with inclusive dance. – Original with English subtitles

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

SHE CHEF (Deutschland, Österreich 2022, Melanie Liebheit, Gereon Wetzel, Munich Premieres). The male-dominated world of high-end cuisine: the young chef Agnes is determined to do things the way she wants to. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors M. Liebheit & G. Wetzel)

19.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

PLASTIC FANTASTIC (Deutschland 2023, Isa Willinger, DOK.panorama). Plastic is designed to last for eternity. Only where should all the hazardous plastic waste go? – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Willinger and a protagonist)

21.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Pinakothek der Moderne

15.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV (USA, South Korea 2023, Amanda Kim, Best of Fests). A cosmopolitan visionary and video pioneer. A life dedicated to art, through art. – Original with English subtitles

Rio 1

18.30 Uhr – DOK.serie

KICKEN WIE EIN MÄDCHEN – KICK IT LIKE A GIRL (Deutschland 2023, Karin de Miguel Wessendorf, DOK.serie). For the girls of SGS Essen, football is their life. Their dream is to become professional football players. – German original language (Q&A with the director and the composer)

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MARGOT (Portugal 2022, Catarina Alves Costa, DOK.panorama). From music to anthropology and back again: discovering the travels of Margot Dias. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

Samstag, 06.05.2023

Amerikahaus

19.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

DREI FRAUEN – EIN KRIEG – TRAINED TO SEE – THREE WOMEN AND THE WAR (Deutschland, Italien 2022, Luzia Schmid, Best of Fests). Lee Miller, Martha Gellhorn and Margret Bourke-White: three female war reporters on the frontline. – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with director and film team)

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

ALONE (Iran 2022, Jafar Najafi, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Amir’s lonely struggle to save his sisters from the shackles of patriarchy. – Original with English subtitles

City 2

15.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

THE GOLDEN THREAD (India, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, Norway, UK 2022, Nishtha Jain, DOK.international Main Competition). A tireless dance of machinery, sweat and dust: jute production on the outskirts of Calcutta. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Nishtha Jain)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

BE WATER – VOICES FROM HONG KONG (Deutschland 2023, Lia Erbal, DOK.international Main Competition). Umbrella protests in Hong Kong: we hear the voices of people caught between hope for change and brutal repression – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with producers Hanfgarn/Ufer editor Bremer)

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

ADIEU SAUVAGE (Belgien 2023, Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento, DOK.international Main Competition). From Belgium to the Columbian jungle. A poetic tale about the complexity of “origin”. – Original with English subtitles

14.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

LYNX MAN – LLVESKUISKAAJA (Finland 2022, Juha Suonpää, DOK.panorama). A Finnish recluse and his love of Lynxes. Dreamlike and beautifully staged. – Original with English subtitles

17.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

CLOSE TO VERMEER – DICHT BIJ VERMEER (The Netherlands 2023, Suzanne Raes, DOK.panorama). What makes a true Jan Vermeer? A close look at the artist. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with guest Jan Rofekamp)

19.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

VAI CAVALO (France / Brazil 2022, Harold Grenouilleau, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Riding doped racehorses, 12 year old Dirlinho and his cousin compete on dusty tracks – risking their lives in the process. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors M. Willi and O. Joliat)

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

#RACEGIRL – DAS COMEBACK DER SOPHIA FLÖRSCH (Germany 2023, Sonia Otto, Munich Premieres). Sophia Flörsch is the fastest on the F3 racetrack – but without money her future is uncertain. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Sonia Otto & Sophia Flörsch)

20.30 Uhr – Munich premieres

VON VIELEN (Deutschland 2023, Eva Hartmann, Munich Premieres). Rainer Von Vielen – a music band during the pandemic. What remains when the essence of your job disappears? – OmeU and Von Vielen Live / Q&A with director Eva Hartmann

Filmmuseum

15.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

NON-ALIGNED: SCENES FROM THE LABUDOVIĆ REELS (Serbia, France, Croatia, Montenegro, Qatar 2022, Mila Turajlić, DOK.international Main Competition). The non-aligned movement seen through Tito’s cameraman’s lens. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (UK 2022, Mark Cousins, DOK.panorama). “How did you do that Mr Hitchcock?” A new account of his work by the “Master of Suspense.” – English original language

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

COWBOY POETS (UK, USA 2022, Mike Day, Best of Fests). A poetic documentary western gives an insight into the modern cowboy lifestyle in the American West. – Original with English subtitles

HFF - Audimax

09.30 Uhr – Master's Pitch

15.00 Uhr – Hommage

PRIPYAT (Österreich 1999, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). A 30-kilometre nuclear exclusion zone. Survival twelve years after the Chernobyl disaster – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter)

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THOMAS SCHÜTTE, ICH BIN NICHT ALLEIN – THOMAS SCHUETTE, I AM NOT ALONE (Deutschland 2023, Corinna Belz, DOK.panorama). Art XXL: when it comes to Thomas Schütte’s larger than life sculptures, it’s the craft that counts. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Corinna Belz and protagonists

HFF - Kino 1

14.00 Uhr – HISTORY AWARD 2023

DOK.education präsentiert die feierliche Preisverleihung des HISTORY-AWARD 2023!

18.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

TALKING ABOUT TREES (Chad, Deutschland, Frankreich, Qatar, Sudan 2019, Suhaib Gasmelbari, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). A cinema is to be brought back to life: not an easy undertaking in Khartoum, Sudan. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with the curator Mandisa Zitha)

19.30 Uhr – African Encounters – Panel Discussion

21.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

ESPOIR VOYAGE (Burkina Faso, Frankreich 2011, Michel K. Zongo, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). A road trip in West Africa: the filmmaker Zongo sets out in search of his brother. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with festival-representative M. Said Ouma)

HFF - Kino 2

14.00 Uhr – Student Award

DREI FRAUEN – THREE WOMEN (Deutschland 2022, Maksym Melnyk, Student Award). A film about a “cold place” in the Carpathians, home, joie de vivre and three indefatigable women. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with editor Jannik Eckenstaler)

16.00 Uhr – Student Award

AMA OSA (Italy 2022, Marija Stefānija Linuža, Student Award). Nao is a web-cam girl. Nao is an artist. Who really defines who is what? A short film. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A w. Marija Stefanija Linuza & Chiara Capo)

DEDALO (Italy 2022, Chiara Capo, Student Award). Caught between their dreams and a harsh reality, Francesco, Luca and Raffaele are adrift. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A w. Marija Stefanija Linuza & Chiara Capo)

18.30 Uhr – DOK.special

STIMMEN AUF DEM DACH DER WELT (Deutschland 2019, Felix Möller, Patrick Ranz, DOK.special). High altitude music lessons between Sichuan and Eastern Tibet. A film like a fortune cookie. – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with directors Felix Möller & Patrick Ranz)

20.30 Uhr – Student Award

ALL ROADS LEAD TO MORE (Deutschland 2022, Afraa Batous, Student Award). Four young Syrian women travelling across Europe. A refugee story? No, a road trip! – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Afraa Batous & protagonists)

Neues Maxim

15.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

FREE MONEY (USA; Kenya 2022, Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Can an unconditional basic income revolutionise development aid? An experiment in Kenya. – Original with English subtitles

17.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

KRISTOS, THE LAST CHILD (Italien, Frankreich, Griechenland 2022, Giulia Amati, Best of Fests). School or shepherding: What will Kristos, the last primary school child on the Island of Arki, choose? – Original with English subtitles

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

ADDICTED TO LIFE (United States, Belgium 2022, Pola Rapaport, DOK.panorama). Doing things your own way – the right to die gives Marieke the strength for life. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Pola Rapaport)

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

MAGIC MOUNTAIN – JADOSNURI MTA (Georgia, Polen 2023, Mariam Chachia, Nik Voigt, DOK.international Main Competition). On the edge of the world, on the edge of time: a tuberculosis clinic high in the Georgian mountains. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with directors Mariam Chachia & Nick Voigt)

Pinakothek der Moderne

15.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

FACING TIME (Deutschland 2023, Annett Ilijew, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Chronicler of the moment in the camera’s lens: Michael Ruetz and his iconic photography. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Annett Ilijew)

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – Hommage

UNSER TÄGLICH BROT – OUR DAILY BREAD (Österreich 2005, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). What or whom do we actually eat? A picture meal that hits the stomach. – German original language (Q&A with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter)

20.30 Uhr – BEST OF FESTS

SEYRAN ATEŞ: SEX, REVOLUTION AND ISLAM (Norwegen 2021, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, DOK.guest Turkey). “Islam needs a sexual revolution!” – the controversial struggle of a Berlin imam. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director & producer Lorentzen)

Rio 2

17.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

BAGHDAD ON FIRE (Irak, Norwegen 2023, Karrar Al-Azzawi, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). “Nobody is the leader in this youth revolution!” – Tiba fights for a free Iraq. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Karrar Al-Azzawi & producers)

19.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

21.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

EIGENTLICH EIGENTLICH JANUAR – ACTUALLY ACTUALLY JANUARY (Deutschland 2022, Jan Peters, Best of Fests). “Making good nonsense with pictures.” Finally it’s here, the new diary film by Jan Peters. – German original language (Q&A with the director Jan Peters)

Sonntag, 07.05.2023

Amerikahaus

11.00 Uhr – Student Award

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

ZONA NORTE (Mexico 2022, Javier Ávila, DOK.international Main Competition). Burdened by the guilt of failure: outcasts on the streets of Tijuana. – Original w/ English subtitles (Q&A w/ director J. Ávila & team member A. Chávez)

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

City 1

20.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

LE SPECTRE DE BOKO HARAM (Kamerun, Frankreich 2023, Cyrielle Raingou, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Volleys of gunfire in the distance: the threat of the terrorist militia Boko Haram is omnipresent in North Cameroon. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Cyrielle Raingou)

City 2

15.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

8TH DAY OF THE WAR – 8. DEN VÁLKY (Czech Republic 2022, Oksana Moiseniuk, DOK.panorama). Are the loved ones still alive? The Ukrainian diaspora in Prague lives through the eighth day of the war. – Original w/ English subtitles (Q&A w/ director Oksana Moiseniuk & producer)

20.00 Uhr – BEST OF FESTS

SEYRAN ATEŞ: SEX, REVOLUTION AND ISLAM (Norwegen 2021, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, DOK.guest Turkey). “Islam needs a sexual revolution!” – the controversial struggle of a Berlin imam. – Original w/ English subtitles (Q&A w/ director N. Özkal Lorentzen & producer)

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

17.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MY PET AND ME (Netherlands 2022, Johan Kramer, DOK.panorama). Francis Bacon lies snorting under the table. Six stories of people and their pets. – Original with English subtitles

19.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

LYNX MAN – LLVESKUISKAAJA (Finland 2022, Juha Suonpää, DOK.panorama). A Finnish recluse and his love of Lynxes. Dreamlike and beautifully staged. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with producer Pasi Hakkio)

Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

LÁZARO AND THE SHARK. CUBA UNDER THE SURFACE (Cuba, USA 2022, William Sabourin O'Reilly, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Singing, conga, hip swinging. During carnival, people celebrate their contradictory homeland of Cuba. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director William Sabourin O'Reilly)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.serie

CAPITAL B. WEM GEHÖRT BERLIN? – CAPITAL B. WHO OWNS BERLIN? (Germany 2023, Florian Opitz, DOK.serie). Too Berlin to fail. A ride through the city’s eventful history. – Original with englisch subtitles (Q&A with director Florian Opitz)

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

17.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

THE VISITORS – NÁVŠTĚVNÍCI (Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia 2022, Veronika Lišková, Best of Fests). The balance in an Arctic community is under threat: is cohesion melting along with the ice? – Original with English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – DOK.edit Screening

With extended (digital) Q&A with editors Sylvie Gadmer and Mila Turajlić (also director) / DOK.international Competition

Filmmuseum

11.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

15.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

LETTER FROM MY VILLAGE (Senegal 1975, Safi Faye, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). A village in Senegal, 1975: a film about agriculture and rural depopulation – and climate change, even back then. – Original w/ English subtitles (w/ Mohamed Saïd Ouma, Documentary Africa)

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MARGOT (Portugal 2022, Catarina Alves Costa, DOK.panorama). From music to anthropology and back again: discovering the travels of Margot Dias. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

INNOCENCE (Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland 2022, Guy Davidi, Best of Fests). Those who love their country, defend it. How young Israelis endure militarisation. – Original with English subtitles

HFF - Audimax

11.00 Uhr – Masterclass with Nikolaus Geyrhalter

PRIPYAT (Österreich 1999, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). A 30-kilometre nuclear exclusion zone. Survival twelve years after the Chernobyl disaster – Masterclass Nikolaus Geyrhalter

16.00 Uhr – Adobe Masterclass with Reception

How technology helps you edit a documentary with Adobe Premiere Pro: With automatic transcription, Text-Based Editing and AI-powered features

20.00 Uhr – Award Ceremony German Documentary Film Music Award 2023 / Best of Fests

THIS KIND OF HOPE (Schweiz, Deutschland 2023, Pawel Siczek, Best of Fests). From Vice Foreign Minister to dissident: Andrei Sannikov’s long battle for a free Belarus. – Original with German subtitles (with Award Ceremony Music Award & Q&A)

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

HFF - Kino 1

14.00 Uhr – DOK.composition – sponsored by Sonoton Music

In order to strengthen the artistic collaboration between filmmakers and composers, the best musical concept for a documentary film will be endowed with 2,500 euros.

17.00 Uhr – DOK.forum Award Ceremony

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

AUF DER KIPPE (Deutschland 2023, Britt Beyer, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Lusatia, the former centre of brown coal mining in the GDR, goes from one upheaval to the next. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director and protagonist)

HFF - Kino 2

15.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HFF - Seminarraum 5

15.00 Uhr – Meet the Experts: DOK.art und DOK.lab

Open consultation with Nicole Leykauf from the Münchner Filmwerkstatt and with Thomas Riedelsheimer from the Drehbuchwerkstatt München

Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film

09.30 Uhr – DOK.talent Award by Haus des Dokumentarfilms

A pitch award for emerging filmmakers

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

APOLONIA, APOLONIA (Denmark 2022, Lea Glob, Best of Fests). Paris, LA, Istanbul – a budding artist searches for her place in the art world. – Original with English subtitles

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – Hommage

ABENDLAND (AT 2011, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). Europe by night: an associative journey that involuntarily reveals the political. – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter)

18.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Pinakothek der Moderne

11.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THOMAS SCHÜTTE, ICH BIN NICHT ALLEIN – THOMAS SCHUETTE, I AM NOT ALONE (Deutschland 2023, Corinna Belz, DOK.panorama). Art XXL: when it comes to Thomas Schütte’s larger than life sculptures, it’s the craft that counts. – Original w/ English subtitles (Q&A w/ director C. Belz & protagonist T. Schütte)

15.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

CLOSE TO VERMEER – DICHT BIJ VERMEER (The Netherlands 2023, Suzanne Raes, DOK.panorama). What makes a true Jan Vermeer? A close look at the artist. – Original with English subtitles

Rio 1

17.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.00 Uhr – DOK.music

PIANOFORTE (Poland, Deutschland 2023, Jakub Piątek, DOK.music). 21 days, 4 rounds: the prestigious Chopin competition demands the utmost in self-discipline – Original with English subtitles

Rio 2

15.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

DORPIE (Deutschland, Südafrika 2022, Julia Jaki, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). A portrait of Lana, a community worker in South Africa, and her mission to prevent rape and murder. – Original w/ English subtitles (Q&A w/ director J. Jaki & producer F. Schewe)

17.30 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Montag, 08.05.2023

Amerikahaus

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

City 1

17.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

ART TALENT SHOW – ZKOUSKA UMENI (Czechia 2022, Adela Komrzy, Best of Fests). Laconic look at the challenge of judging artistic talent – Original with English subtitles

City 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

21.15 Uhr – Best of Fests

KOKOMO CITY (United States 2023, D. Smith, Best of Fests). Four black trans sex workers give deeply honest insights into their lives. – English original language

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

14.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

INNOCENCE (Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland 2022, Guy Davidi, Best of Fests). Those who love their country, defend it. How young Israelis endure militarisation. – Original with English subtitles (digital Q&A with director Guy Davidi)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

ZONA NORTE (Mexico 2022, Javier Ávila, DOK.international Main Competition). Burdened by the guilt of failure: outcasts on the streets of Tijuana. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director J. Ávila and a team-member))

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – Munich premieres

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Hommage

20.30 Uhr – Munich premieres

FLOATING ISLANDS (Schweiz, Deutschland 2023, Simone Fürbringer, Nicolas Humbert, Munich Premieres). Time is out of joint. Where is the art? A resonant audiovisual poem. – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with filmmaker Martin Otter)

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

20.30 Uhr – Hommage

DIE BAULICHE MASSNAHME (Österreich 2018, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). A fence around the border – a "structural measure" plunges the Brenner into crisis. – German original language

HFF - Audimax

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

HFF - Kino 1

08.00 Uhr

HAMMOUDIS TRAUM – HAMMOUDIS DREAM (Niederlande 2021, Els van Driel, Eefje Blankevoort, DOK.education). At the age of 14 Hammoudi had to flee Syria – alone. Does he manage to reunite with his family? His dream of becoming a doctor gives him strength. – Original version: Arabic, Dutch – Subtitles: None

17.30 Uhr – DOK.edit Screening

With extended Q&A with editor Timothy Fryette and director Hadley Austin / DOK.international Competition

DEMON MINERAL (USA 2023, Hadley Austin, DOK.international Main Competition). A shrewd manifesto on “nuclear colonialism” in the territory of the Navajo Nation in South West USA. – OmeU (DOK.edit extended Q&A with Hadley Austin & Timothy Fryette online)

20.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

MANIFESTO (Russia 2022, Angie Vinchito, DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). Present day Russia through the lens of social media: a film mosaic with TikTok-, YouTube- and Periscope-Clips. – Original with English subtitles

21.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (UK 2022, Mark Cousins, DOK.panorama). “How did you do that Mr Hitchcock?” A new account of his work by the “Master of Suspense.” – English original language

HFF - Kino 2

08.00 Uhr

18.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

THE LETTER (Kenia 2019, Maia Lekow, Christopher King, Retrospective DOK.network Africa). Witchcraft in Kenya. From superstition to generational conflict and economic necessity. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Musikhochschule

19.00 Uhr – DOK.special

STIMMEN AUF DEM DACH DER WELT (Deutschland 2019, Felix Möller, Patrick Ranz, DOK.special). High altitude music lessons between Sichuan and Eastern Tibet. A film like a fortune cookie. – Original w/ German subtitles - w/ live music of director F. Möller & orchestra)

Neues Maxim

17.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

21.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE LAST SEAGULL (Finland, Bulgaria, Norway 2023, Tonislav Hristov, DOK.panorama). 40 years as an escort on Sunny Beach in Bulgaria – now Ivan wants to retire. – Original with English subtitles

Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

TRANSLATING ULYSSES – ULYSSES ÇEVIRMEK (Netherlands, Turkey 2023, Firat Yucel, Aylin Kuryel, DOK.guest Turkey). Ulysses in Kurdish – a writer hopes to save the Kurdish language with world literature. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A WITH DIRECTORS Firat Yucel & Aylin Kuryel)

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

Rio 1

18.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

21.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

IRON BUTTERFLIES (Ukraine, Germany 2023, Roman Liubyi, DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). In 2014, flight MH17 is shot down over Ukraine. And so begins a wide-reaching Russian disinformation campaign. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with co-writer & editor and co-producer)

Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

THE DECREE – KANUN HÜKMÜ (Türkei 2023, Nejla Demirci, DOK.guest Turkey). Silenced by decree: the exhausting battle against arbitrary dismissals in Turkey. – Original with English subtitles

Dienstag, 09.05.2023

City 1

17.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BLIX NOT BOMBS (Czech Republic 2023, Greta Stocklassa, DOK.panorama). Can diplomacy save the world? The former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix looks back. – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with german coproducer Erik Winker)

City 2

20.30 Uhr – Munich premieres

VON VIELEN (Deutschland 2023, Eva Hartmann, Munich Premieres). Rainer Von Vielen – a music band during the pandemic. What remains when the essence of your job disappears? – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Eva Hartmann)

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

14.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Deutsches Theater

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

PLASTIC FANTASTIC (Deutschland 2023, Isa Willinger, DOK.panorama). Plastic is designed to last for eternity. Only where should all the hazardous plastic waste go? – Original with German subtitles (Q&A with director Isa Willinger and guests)

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

19.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.30 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

20.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

HFF - Audimax

08.00 Uhr

18.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

HFF - Kino 1

08.00 Uhr

18.30 Uhr – DOK.edit Screening

With extended Q&A with the editors Finbarr Wilbrink & Karoline Schulz as well as director Sonia Otto / Munich premieres

21.00 Uhr – Mexico, Montréal & more...

Film students from Munich, Mexico and Montreal talk about travel, work, filmmaking and show results from their semesters abroad last year.

HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

KIM (Hungary 2022, Erika Kapronczai, DOK.panorama). Addicted to drugs and highly talented – a portrait of the extreme artist Kim Corbisier – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Erika Kapronczai)

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Lenbachhaus

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

INNOCENCE (Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland 2022, Guy Davidi, Best of Fests). Those who love their country, defend it. How young Israelis endure militarisation. – Original with English subtitles

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (UK 2022, Mark Cousins, DOK.panorama). “How did you do that Mr Hitchcock?” A new account of his work by the “Master of Suspense.” – English original language

21.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

NS-Dokumentationszentrum

19.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – Hommage

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

SAM NOW (United States 2022, Reed Harkness, Best of Fests). How do you confront a family trauma? With home videos and Super-8 footage wearing a superhero costume! – Original with English subtitles

Rio 2

18.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

EASTERN FRONT – SHIDNIY FRONT (Latvia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, USA 2023, Vitaly Mansky, Yevhen TITARENKO, Best of Fests). Everyday horrors of war in East Ukraine: in the van with paramedics on the way to the frontline. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Mittwoch, 10.05.2023

City 2

18.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

20.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

EREN (Deutschland 2023, Maria Binder, DOK.guest Turkey). Eren Keskin – a lawyer who fights for the rights of women and minorities in Turkey. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Maria Binder)

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BREAKING SOCIAL (Schweden 2023, Fredrik Gertten, DOK.panorama). Kleptocracy and extractivism – or how systems worldwide exploit people and our planet. – Original with English subtitles

14.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

MOTHERLAND (Sweden, Ukraine, Norway 2023, Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich, Best of Fests). What does military service do to soldiers? A film about abuse and violence in the Belarusian army and society. – Original with English subtitles

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE LAST SEAGULL (Finland, Bulgaria, Norway 2023, Tonislav Hristov, DOK.panorama). 40 years as an escort on Sunny Beach in Bulgaria – now Ivan wants to retire. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

Deutsches Theater

20.30 Uhr – Award Ceremony DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe

At DOK.forum München, the editing award, endowed with 5,000 euros, will be awarded the third time.

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Chile 2023, Maite Alberdi, Best of Fests). Alzheimer’s disease puts a loving relationship to the test. – Original with English subtitles

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

HFF - Audimax

18.00 Uhr – CROSSING BORDERS – MALTA

Three short films about Malta – a HFF München TV journalism project.

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

HFF - Kino 1

08.00 Uhr

NELE IN DEN WOLKEN – NELE IN THE CLOUDS (Deutschland 2022, Bernadette Hauke, DOK.education). Who doesn’t dream of touching the clouds one day? Maybe in a hot air balloon? 10-year-old Nele has a lot to achieve – and always finds a solution. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

ALONE (Iran 2022, Jafar Najafi, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Amir’s lonely struggle to save his sisters from the shackles of patriarchy. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

HFF - Kino 2

08.00 Uhr

17.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Instituto Cervantes

19.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Münchner Kammerspiele

20.00 Uhr – DOK.special

SPIELEN ODER NICHT SPIELEN – BREAKTHROUGH STAGE (Deutschland 2023, Kim Münster, Sebastian Bergfeld, DOK.special). The stage as a mirror for society? Lucy and Yulia know from their own experience, it comes nowhere close! – German original language with English subtitles, German audio description

Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

ART TALENT SHOW – ZKOUSKA UMENI (Czechia 2022, Adela Komrzy, Best of Fests). Laconic look at the challenge of judging artistic talent – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

THE DECREE – KANUN HÜKMÜ (Türkei 2023, Nejla Demirci, DOK.guest Turkey). Silenced by decree: the exhausting battle against arbitrary dismissals in Turkey. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – DOK.music

PIANOFORTE (Poland, Deutschland 2023, Jakub Piątek, DOK.music). 21 days, 4 rounds: the prestigious Chopin competition demands the utmost in self-discipline – Original with English subtitles

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Rio 2

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

SAM NOW (United States 2022, Reed Harkness, Best of Fests). How do you confront a family trauma? With home videos and Super-8 footage wearing a superhero costume! – Original with English subtitles

Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

15.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MARGOT (Portugal 2022, Catarina Alves Costa, DOK.panorama). From music to anthropology and back again: discovering the travels of Margot Dias. – Original with English subtitles

Donnerstag, 11.05.2023

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

City 1

17.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Chile 2023, Maite Alberdi, Best of Fests). Alzheimer’s disease puts a loving relationship to the test. – Original with English subtitles

City 2

18.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

21.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

City 3

11.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

14.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

17.00 Uhr – Student Award

19.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

ALONE (Iran 2022, Jafar Najafi, DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency). Amir’s lonely struggle to save his sisters from the shackles of patriarchy. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – Student Award

GOOD LIFE DEAL (Österreich 2022, Samira Ghahremani, Student Award). Finding your home is a life’s quest. Gerhard from Vienna has it all sorted out. Really...? – Original with English subtitles

Deutsches Theater

20.30 Uhr – Munich premieres

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

17.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.00 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

JONNY ISLAND (Deutschland 2023, Petra Mäussnest, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How serious are we about inclusion? A teacher struggles to participate in society. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – Film lesen lernen: Hinter den Kulissen eines Kurzfilms

Erwachsenenbildung an der Münchner Volkshochschule anhand des Films FOLLOWING VALERIA

18.30 Uhr – DOK.education

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

20.00 Uhr – Hommage

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

HFF - Audimax

18.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

21.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

GOLDHAMMER (Deutschland 2023, André Krummel, DOK.focus POWER OF MEDIA?). Sex, drugs… or rather, politics? Marcel Goldhammer asks: why not all three? – Original with English subtitles

HFF - Kino 1

08.00 Uhr

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

HFF - Kino 2

08.00 Uhr

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Lenbachhaus

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

ZONA NORTE (Mexico 2022, Javier Ávila, DOK.international Main Competition). Burdened by the guilt of failure: outcasts on the streets of Tijuana. – Original with English subtitles

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

21.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.30 Uhr – DOK.serie

Rio 1

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Rio 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Freitag, 12.05.2023

Amerikahaus

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

City 2

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

ALL ROADS LEAD TO MORE (Deutschland 2022, Afraa Batous, Student Award). Four young Syrian women travelling across Europe. A refugee story? No, a road trip! – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

14.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

16.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

19.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

21.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

17.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

19.30 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – DOK.music

PIANOFORTE (Poland, Deutschland 2023, Jakub Piątek, DOK.music). 21 days, 4 rounds: the prestigious Chopin competition demands the utmost in self-discipline – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

15.00 Uhr – DOK.education

15.00 Uhr – KinderKino

Filmvorführung und Gespräch zum Film NELE IN DEN WOLKEN

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

HFF - Audimax

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

18.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

APOLONIA, APOLONIA (Denmark 2022, Lea Glob, Best of Fests). Paris, LA, Istanbul – a budding artist searches for her place in the art world. – Original with English subtitles

21.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

HFF - Kino 1

08.00 Uhr

15.30 Uhr – Hommage

ABENDLAND (AT 2011, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Homage Nikolaus Geyrhalter). Europe by night: an associative journey that involuntarily reveals the political. – Original with German subtitles

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A WAY TO B (Netherlands 2022, Jos de Putter, Clara van Gool, DOK.panorama). Invisible no more! The Liant la Troca collective causes a stir with inclusive dance. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

HFF - Kino 2

08.00 Uhr

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

THE LAST SEAGULL (Finland, Bulgaria, Norway 2023, Tonislav Hristov, DOK.panorama). 40 years as an escort on Sunny Beach in Bulgaria – now Ivan wants to retire. – Original with English subtitles

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

ART TALENT SHOW – ZKOUSKA UMENI (Czechia 2022, Adela Komrzy, Best of Fests). Laconic look at the challenge of judging artistic talent – Original with English subtitles

Katholische Akademie

19.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.30 Uhr – Student Award

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

ZONA NORTE (Mexico 2022, Javier Ávila, DOK.international Main Competition). Burdened by the guilt of failure: outcasts on the streets of Tijuana. – Original with English subtitles

18.30 Uhr – BEST OF FESTS

Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

DUSTY & STONES (USA, Eswatini 2022, Jesse Rudoy, DOK.music). The love of country music: two musicians from southern Africa go on a road trip – Original with English subtitles

Pinakothek der Moderne

15.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

Rio 1

18.00 Uhr – Munich premieres

20.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

Rio 2

19.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

21.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

KOKOMO CITY (United States 2023, D. Smith, Best of Fests). Four black trans sex workers give deeply honest insights into their lives. – English original language

Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

15.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

Samstag, 13.05.2023

Amerikahaus

16.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

City 2

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

A WAY TO B (Netherlands 2022, Jos de Putter, Clara van Gool, DOK.panorama). Invisible no more! The Liant la Troca collective causes a stir with inclusive dance. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

EREN (Deutschland 2023, Maria Binder, DOK.guest Turkey). Eren Keskin – a lawyer who fights for the rights of women and minorities in Turkey. – Original with English subtitles

City 3

11.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

14.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

18.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

21.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

Deutsches Theater

20.00 Uhr – Award ceremony of the main festival awards and Closing Film CHAGRIN VALLEY

We present the award winners of VIKTOR DOK.international Main Competition, VIKTOR DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb, VIKTOR DOK.horizonte – Cinema of Urgeny, FFF Talent Award Documentary Film as well as megaherz Student Award.

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

18.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

COWBOY POETS (UK, USA 2022, Mike Day, Best of Fests). A poetic documentary western gives an insight into the modern cowboy lifestyle in the American West. – Original with English subtitles (online-Q&A with director Mike Day)

Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Retrospective DOK.network Africa

20.30 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

HFF - Audimax

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

MY PET AND ME (Netherlands 2022, Johan Kramer, DOK.panorama). Francis Bacon lies snorting under the table. Six stories of people and their pets. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.focus

HFF - Kino 1

15.30 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

BLIX NOT BOMBS (Czech Republic 2023, Greta Stocklassa, DOK.panorama). Can diplomacy save the world? The former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix looks back. – Original with German subtitles

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

APOLONIA, APOLONIA (Denmark 2022, Lea Glob, Best of Fests). Paris, LA, Istanbul – a budding artist searches for her place in the art world. – Original with English subtitles

HFF - Kino 2

16.00 Uhr – DOK.focus

18.30 Uhr – Hommage

Medienzentrum München

13.00 Uhr – Practical workshop: working with the camera

How does documentary film work? And what is a reportage?

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – Student Award

AMA OSA (Italy 2022, Marija Stefānija Linuža, Student Award). Nao is a web-cam girl. Nao is an artist. Who really defines who is what? A short film. – Original with English subtitles

DEDALO (Italy 2022, Chiara Capo, Student Award). Caught between their dreams and a harsh reality, Francesco, Luca and Raffaele are adrift. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – Student Award

BORDER CONVERSATIONS (Deutschland 2022, Jonathan Brunner, Student Award). How to fight against nothingness? A film from the no-man's land on the EU eastern border. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – DOK.music

Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

21.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Pasinger Fabrik

20.30 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

JONNY ISLAND (Deutschland 2023, Petra Mäussnest, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). How serious are we about inclusion? A teacher struggles to participate in society. – Original with English subtitles

Pinakothek der Moderne

15.30 Uhr – Best of Fests

Rio 1

17.30 Uhr – DOK.special

20.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Rio 2

16.00 Uhr – DOK.horizonte competition

18.00 Uhr – DOK.deutsch competition

20.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

Sonntag, 14.05.2023

Amerikahaus

14.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

THE ETERNAL MEMORY (Chile 2023, Maite Alberdi, Best of Fests). Alzheimer’s disease puts a loving relationship to the test. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – Award Ceremony DOK.fest Preis der SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit

City 1

20.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

City 2

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

MY NAME IS ALFRED HITCHCOCK (UK 2022, Mark Cousins, DOK.panorama). “How did you do that Mr Hitchcock?” A new account of his work by the “Master of Suspense.” – English original version

City 3

11.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

14.30 Uhr – DOK.guest Turkey

THE DECREE – KANUN HÜKMÜ (Türkei 2023, Nejla Demirci, DOK.guest Turkey). Silenced by decree: the exhausting battle against arbitrary dismissals in Turkey. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.horizonte

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

FEMINISM WTF (Österreich 2023, Katharina Mueckstein, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Everything that people need to know right now about feminism, gender diversity and sex! – German Original with English subtitles

Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr – DOK.serie

JUAN CARLOS – LIEBE, GELD, VERRAT – JUAN CARLOS – DOWNFALL OF THE KING (Deutschland 2023, Anne von Petersdorff, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, DOK.serie). Affairs, accusations of corruption, misuse of power: the downfall of the monarch Juan Carlos I. – Original with English subtitles (Q&A with director Petersdorff & producer Beetz)

Deutsches Theater Silbersaal

18.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

21.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

Filmmuseum

17.00 Uhr – Hommage

20.00 Uhr – DOK.international competition

Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

ADDICTED TO LIFE (United States, Belgium 2022, Pola Rapaport, DOK.panorama). Doing things your own way – the right to die gives Marieke the strength for life. – Original with English subtitles

20.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.deutsch

HFF - Audimax

11.30 Uhr – Workshop mit Julian Janssen

Wie bleibt man entspannt vor der Kamera? Hier bekommt ihr Tipps und Tricks vom Experten!

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

27 STOREYS (Deutschland, Österreich 2023, Bianca Gleissinger, Best of Fests). Alterlaa: a somewhat out-dated concrete castle on the outskirts of Vienna. – German original with English subtitles

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.international

HFF - Kino 1

14.00 Uhr – Awards ceremony – documentary film competition for young people 2022

The competition LEBEN! honors documentary films by young filmmakers in bavaria.

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.international

HFF - Kino 2

11.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Winner of the DOK.edit award

14.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

INNOCENCE (Denmark, Israel, Finland, Iceland 2022, Guy Davidi, Best of Fests). Those who love their country, defend it. How young Israelis endure militarisation. – Original with English subtitles

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.international

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Publikums-Highlight

PLASTIC FANTASTIC (Deutschland 2023, Isa Willinger, DOK.panorama). Plastic is designed to last for eternity. Only where should all the hazardous plastic waste go? – Original with English subtitles

Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.horizonte

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.deutsch

GRETAS GEBURT – GRETA'S BIRTH (Deutschland 2023, Katja Baumgarten, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A child has died. The midwife is on trial. 59 days of hearings. Then the verdict. – German original with English subtitles (Q&A w/ director Katja Baumgarten)

Neues Rottmann

11.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.deutsch

FACING TIME (Deutschland 2023, Annett Ilijew, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Chronicler of the moment in the camera’s lens: Michael Ruetz and his iconic photography. – German original with English subtitles

14.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – In memoriam Simone Fürbringer

FLOATING ISLANDS (Schweiz, Deutschland 2023, Simone Fürbringer, Nicolas Humbert, Munich Premieres). Time is out of joint. Where is the art? A resonant audiovisual poem. – Original version with English subtitles (In memoriam Simone Fürbringer)

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist Student Award

BORDER CONVERSATIONS (Deutschland 2022, Jonathan Brunner, Student Award). How to fight against nothingness? A film from the no-man's land on the EU eastern border. – Original with English subtitles (foreseen with guest)

20.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Shortlist VIKTOR DOK.horizonte

Pinakothek der Moderne

11.00 Uhr – DOK.panorama

CLOSE TO VERMEER – DICHT BIJ VERMEER (The Netherlands 2023, Suzanne Raes, DOK.panorama). What makes a true Jan Vermeer? A close look at the artist. – Original with English subtitles

15.30 Uhr – DOK.panorama

Rio 1

15.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

18.00 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Audience Highlight

20.00 Uhr – ALPEN FILM FESTIVAL OPENS AT DOK.fest MUNICH

With five short films, 112 min.

Alpen Film Festival (Deutschland 2022, Stefan Langthaler, Nicolas Brixle, Line van den Berg, Valentin Rapp, Damiano Levati und Matteo Vettorel, DOK.special). The Alpen Film Festival is a film tour for everyone who enjoys good films and likes to hear stories from the mountains. Stories about people who cross borders and mountains. Stories about love, happiness and friendship. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None

Rio 2

16.00 Uhr – Best of Fests

18.30 Uhr – BEST DOKS – Publikums-Highlight

Freitag, 19.05.2023

@home

16.00 Uhr – Online-Fortbildung

Schule des Sehens - Filmanalyse mit der Schulklasse

Samstag, 20.05.2023

HFF - Audimax

20.00 Uhr – Award ceremony kinokino Audience Award 2023 – sponsored by BR and 3sat

We present to you the award winning film!