Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München

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The International Documentary Film Festival Munich (Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München – short DOK.fest München) has been held annually in Munich, Germany since 1985. Since 2001 it has been organized by Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München e. V. (International Documentary Film Festival Munich Association) together with the Filmstadt München association. The festival focusses on socially relevant and artistically valuable documentary films.[1]

DOK.fest München also includes the industry platform and think tank DOK.forum,[2] the educational programme DOK.education,[3] the Student Award,[4] the Africa focus DOK.network Africa,[5] the year-round programme DOK.aroundtheclock[6] as well as the touring festival DOK.tour Bayern.[7] The executive and artistic director is Daniel Sponsel, and the deputy director is Adele Kohout.[8]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2020 festival took place exclusively online, with part of the proceeds benefiting the usually participating cinemas[9] and a record attendance of more than 75,000 viewers. This makes DOK.fest München one of the largest documentary film festivals in Europe.[10] In 2021, the festival also moved to the digital space and presented 131 films from 43 countries, seen by over 71,000 viewers, from 6 to 23 May 2021.[11] The 37th DOK.fest München will take place from 4 to 15 May 2022.[12]

History[]

The establishment of the DOK.fest München goes back to the initiative of the Bavarian section of the Documentary Film Association (AG DOK) Munich. AG DOK had the goal of making documentary films available to a wider audience. In cooperation with the Association Film Studio Munich, an association of local film initiatives, the first International Documentary Film Festival Munich was organized in 1985. The city of Munich supported the festival. AGudrun Geyer was appointed director, and led the festival until 2001.[13]

Following the resignation of Gudrun Geyer in 2001, Hermann Barth[14] took over the task on behalf of the newly founded International Documentary Film Festival Munich Association e.V., to profile the festival in Munich, the rest of Germany, and worldwide.[15] Since 2002 the festival operates under the brand name DOK.fest with an expanded programme.

Hermann Barth resigned in 2009. Daniel Sponsel took over the management and was supported at the beginning by Christian Pfeil. Sponsel extended the programme to include the German competition DOK.deutsch, the guest series DOK.guest, the retrospective and DOK.education, the educational programme. He also created the platform DOK.forum in 2011.

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced a new conception of the festival as DOK.fest München @home. In the online edition there were daily award ceremonies, events and live online discussions with filmmakers in addition to the documentary films.[16] The industry platform DOK.forum also moved the planned workshops, pitches and discussion rounds into the digital space.[17] For school classes, the film literacy section DOK.education offered free viewing links with teaching units for three age levels after the appropriate registration.[18] In 2021, the second online edition of the festival took place.[19]

Series and prizes[]

The festival me of DOK.fest München is divided into "competitions", "theme series" and "specials". At the festival a selection of current international documentaries at least 52 minutes long are shown.

In the competitions, premieres are given special consideration. The 16 awards of the festival are endowed with prize money worth €64,200. In the three main competition areas, the VIKTOR is awarded. The VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international is the main prize of the festival.[20]

VIKTOR DOK.international – International Competition[]

  • 2011: Der Fall Chodorkowski – Cyril Tuschi
  • 2012: Six Million and One – David Fisher
  • 2013: Sur le rivage du monde – Sylvain L' Espérance
  • 2014: See No Evil – Jos de Putter
  • 2015: Something Better to Come – Hanna Polak
  • 2016: Natural Disorder – Christian Sønderby Jepsen
  • 2017: Nowhere To Hide – Zaradasht Ahmed
  • 2018: The Distant Barking of Dogs – Simon Lereng Wilmont
  • 2019: Der nackte König – 18 Fragmente über Revolution – Andreas Hoessli
  • 2020: Acasa, my home – Radu Ciorniciuc
  • 2021: Anny – Helena Třeštíková

VIKTOR DOK.deutsch – German-speaking Competition[]

  • 2011: Wadans Welt – Dieter Schumann
  • 2012: Das schlechte Feld – Bernhard Sallmann
  • 2013: Der Imker – Mano Khalil
  • 2014: Nirgendland – Helen Simon
  • 2015: Aus dem Abseits – Simon Brückner
  • 2016: Holz Erde Fleisch – Sigmund Steiner
  • 2017: Bruder Jakob – Elí Roland Sachs
  • 2018: I'm a bad guy – Susanne Freund
  • 2019: Die bauliche Maßnahme – Nikolaus Geyrhalter
  • 2020: Weiyena – Ein Heimatfilm – Weina Zhao and Judith Benedikt
  • 2021: Zuhurs Töchter – Laurentia Genske and Robin Humboldt

VIKTOR DOK.horizon[]

  • 2011: El Mocito – Marcela Said
  • 2012: Bachelor Mountain – Yu Guangyi
  • 2013: A World not Ours – Mahdi Fleifel
  • 2014: Cantos – Charlie Petersmann
  • 2015: Ce qu'il reste de la folie – Joris Lachaise
  • 2016: A Maid For Each – Maher Abi Samra
  • 2017: Motherland – Ramona S. Díaz
  • 2018: Demons in Paradise – Jude Ratnam
  • 2019: Está todo bien – Alles ist gut – Tuki Jencquel
  • 2020: They call me Babu – Sandra Beerends
  • 2021: Things we dare not to – Bruno Santamaria

Megaherz Student Award (until 2016: Megaherz Filmschulpreis)[]

  • 2015: If Mama ain't Happy, Nobody is Happy – Mae de Jong
  • 2016: La Fin d'Homère – Zahra Vargas
  • 2017: Per Song – Shuchang Xie
  • 2018: Sand und Blut – Matthias Krepp and Angelika Spangel
  • 2019: In Search... – Beryl Magoko
  • 2020: Regeln am Band, bei hoher Geschwindigkeit – Yulia Lokshina
  • 2021: The Case You – Alison Kuhn

FFF Talent Award Documentary Film[]

  • 2011: El Bulli – Cooking in progress – Gereon Wetzel
  • 2012: Schnee – August Pflugfelder
  • 2013: Der Kapitän und sein Pirat – Andy Wolff
  • 2014: Im Schatten der Copacabana – Denize Galiao
  • 2015: Mission Control Texas – Ralf Bücheler
  • 2016: Europe, She Loves – Jan Gassmann
  • 2017: Salicelle Rap – Carmen Té
  • 2018: Früher oder später – Pauline Roenneberg
  • 2019: Congo Calling – Stephan Hilpert
  • 2020: Chaddr – Unter uns der Fluss – Minsu Park
  • 2021: Väter Unser – Sophie Linnenbaum

ARRI AMIRA Award[]

  • 2016: Tempestad – camera: Ernesto Pardo, direction: Tatiana Huezo
  • 2017: Cameraperson – camera and directing: Kirsten Johnson
  • 2018: Caniba – camera and directing: Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor
  • 2019: Rediscovery – camera: Phie Ambo and Maggie Olkuska, direction: Phie Ambo

Since 2020 the prize has no longer been awarded.

DOK.fest Award of SOS Kinderdörfer weltweit[]

  • 2014: Neuland – Anna Thommen
  • 2015: Toto and His Sisters – Alexander Nanau
  • 2016: Sonita – Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
  • 2017: Komunia – Anna Zamecka
  • 2018: The Distant Barking of Dogs – Simon Lereng Wilmont
  • 2019: Bruce Lee & The Outlaw – Joost Vandebrug
  • 2020: Copper Notes of a Dream – Reza Farahmand
  • 2021: School of Hope – Mohamed El Aboudi

kinokino Audience Award sponsored by 3sat and Bayerischer Rundfunk[]

  • 2015: Electroboy – Marcel Gisler
  • 2016: Parchim International – Stefan Eberlein and Manuel Fenn
  • 2017: Miss Kiet's Children – Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster
  • 2018: Tackling Life – Johannes List
  • 2019: Another Reality – Noël Dernesch and Oliver Waldhauer
  • 2020: The Euphoria Of Being – Réka Szabó
  • 2021: He's My Brother – Cille Hannibal and Christine Hanberg

German Documentary Film Music Award[]

  • 2015: Above and Below – composition: Paradox Paradise (John Gürtler, Jan Miserre and Lars Voges), director: Nicolas Steiner
  • 2016: Dreams Rewired – composition: Siegfried Friedrich, directors: Manu Luksch, Martin Reinhart and Thomas Tode
  • 2017: 6 Jahre, 7 Monate und 16 Tage – Die Morde des NSU – composition: Elias Gottstein, director: Sobo Swobodnik
  • 2018: Beuys – composition: Damian Scholl and Ulrich Reuter, director: Andres Veiel
  • 2019: Stress – music: Jana Irmert, director: Florian Baron
  • 2020: Die letzten Österreicher – music: Klemens Bittmann, Christian Bakanic and Christofer Frank
  • 2021: Soldaten – music: Christoph Schauer

German Composition Funding Award[]

  • 2016: Stray Dogs – composition: John Gürtler, direction: Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter
  • 2017: Die Geheimnisse des Schönen Leo – composition: Alex Maschke, direction: Benedikt Schwarzer
  • 2018: Go back! – composition: Florian Erlbeck
  • 2019: Mau Ke Mana – Or: Where Are You Going? – composition: Max Gausepohl, direction: Max Sänger
  • 2020: Awalatje – Die Hebammen – Anna-Marlene Bicking, Sarah Noa Bozenhardt and Sonja Kilbertus
  • 2021: May It Be A Girl – composition: Akmaral Zykayeva, direction: Katerina Suvorova, production: Viktoriya Kalashnikova

VFF Documentary Film Production Award[]

  • 2018: Grenzenlos – Geschichten von Freiheit und Freundschaft – producer: Birgit Schulz (Bildersturm Filmproduktion), directors: Johanna Bentz, Camilo Colmenares, Sandra Dajani, Madeleine Dallmeyer, Nazgol Emami, Diana Menestrey, Khaled Nawal and Birgit Schulz
  • 2019: Boy Of War – producer: Fabian Driehorst (Fabian&Fred), director: Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Igor Kosenko
  • 2020: Jenseits des Sichtbaren – Hilma af Klint – producers: Eva Illmer (Ambrosia Film GmbH) and Halina Dyrschka (also director)
  • 2021: The Other Side Of The River – producers: Frank Müller (Doppelplusultra Filmproduktion), Guevara Namer and Antonia Kilian (Pink Shadow Films), direction: Antonia Kilian

Retrospective[]

Homage[]

DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe[]

  • 2021: Nemesis – direction: Thomas Imbach, editors: Thomas Imbach and David Charap

Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms[]

  • 2015: Aliyah – Rafael Bondy
  • 2016: My Jewrovision – Walter Solon
  • 2017: Awalatje – Die Hebammen – Sarah Noa Bozenhardt
  • 2018: Merci de votre visite – Julia Furer
  • 2019: Chagrin Valley – Nathalie Berger
  • 2020: After the Gods – Jasmine Alakari
  • 2021: Der siebte Sohn – Max Carlo Kohal

British Pathé Archive Award[]

  • 2019: Wenn der Nebel sich lichtet – direction: Nancy Brandt, production: Ralf Kukula
  • 2020: Queen Of Chess – Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, Gabor Harmi, Lili Kovacs
  • 2021: Life Is Not A Competition But I'm Winning – direction: Julia Fuhr Mann

DOK.series Award[]

  • 2021: Un Pedazo de Paz – direction: Jacobo Albán and Carlos Zerpa, production: Carlos Zerpa and Benoît Ayraud

DOK.digital – Award for new narrative formats[]

  • 2020: Social Score – Vinzenz Aubry, Sebastian Strobel, Ralph Tharayil and Fabian Burghardt (Sansho Studio)
  • 2021: Safespace – Whitney Bursch, Säli El Mohands, Rosa Fabry, Saphira Siegmund, Lea Wessels, Ariane Böhm, Elena Münker and Kim Neubauer

FairFilmAward Non-Fiction[]

  • 2018: Florianfilm
  • 2019: ifage Filmproduktion

Since 2020 the prize has no longer been awarded.

DOK.education Documentary Film Award for Young People sponsored by BLLV e.V.[]

  • 2015: 1. prize Eine andere Zeit – Verena Wagner, 2. prize Von einem, der auszog – Filmgruppe algo, 3. prize Sophia 2013 – Lilian Robl
  • 2016: 1. prize Utopie der Unterschiede – Laura Kansy, Viktor Schimpf and Annika Sehn, 2. prize A Man's Road – Jonathan Gentz and Victor Sattler, 3. prize Musik als Zuflucht – Moritz Spender
  • 2017: 1. prize Tell Me Mr. Lo – Maya Duftschmid, 2. prize Wo Leben anders ist – Theresa Setzer, 3. prize Mein Shirt – Mathis Hauter (with Leon Schreiner, Paul Schober and Eva Böhm)
  • 2018: 1. prize Vielleicht – Filmgruppe algo, state BSZ Alfons Goppel Schweinfurt, 2. prize Billy zieht um – Daniel Aberl, 3. prize Anders sehen – Film Group of the Goethe Gymnasium Regensburg, special mention: Dem Gewissen folgen – Amelie and Moritz Geiger
  • 2019: 1. prize Nana – Recover Your Smile – Sabine Nering, 2. prize 3004 KM – Melisa Kocak, 3. prize Pepitu Anumu – Rebecca Fischer, Susanne Horban, Isabelle Sohling and Ines Zehetmeier
  • 2020: 1. prize Ben – vom Leben erzählen – Armin-Knab-Gymnasium Kitzingen, 2. prize Die alte Gärtnerei – Stephanie Schaible, Anita-Augspurg-Berufsoberschule München, 3. prize Hummelsteiner Weg – Hummelsteiner Weg Mittelschule, 1. prize for 6- to 11-year-olds Mit Lotte durch München – Charlotte Knorr, documentary advancement award for 6- to 11-year-olds Unser Leben im Moment – Flora Weber
  • 2021: 1. prize Ausnahmezustand – Film Groupe Antonia-Werr-Zentrum St. Ludwig, 2. prize Nicht aus dem Bilderbuch – Natalie Kurzweg, Anita-Augspurg-Berufsoberschule München, 3. prize Die Liebe einer Mutter – Leonie Ehrmüller, Anita-Augspurg-BOS, 1. prize for 6- to 11-year-olds Snowboarden ist mein Leben – Flora Weber, documentary advancement award Umweltsünden – Hummelsteiner Weg Mittelschule, special mention: Die kleinen Dinge – Louisa von Schnurbein

DOK.education – educational programme[]

The film literacy section DOK.education started in 2011 as the youth section of DOK.fest München and was aimed at a young audience aged 8 to 18. In 2013, filmmaker Maya Reichert[21] took over the management and reorientation. The programme was expanded into a year-round pedagogical programme due to the increased focus on adult education in 2018. The aim of the programme is film education, media literacy and cultural education at the extracurricular learning venue of the cinema, in the classroom and, since 2020, online.[22]

For schools[]

The "School of Seeing" (formerly: Documentary Film School) for school classes offers film screenings accompanied by media education and discussions with filmmakers. The focus is on short professional documentaries from the lives of children and young people. In the School of Seeing, participants learn to differentiate how they see films and are motivated to apply this to their own everyday media use in order to become critical and self-confident media users. For each curated film, a team of film experts creates accompanying school material for teachers. The programme went online in 2020 due to the pandemic and expanded its user base nationwide.[23] In 2021, three online cinema rooms with 12 digital lessons for distance learning and classroom use were available to school classes.[24]

For teachers, DOK.education offers year-round media education training in cooperation with certifying training academies.[25]

With the European film education platform LEARNING BY DOCS[26] young people experience European reality of life in the 20th century through documentary films. Together with two European documentary film festivals, DOK.education supports film and European education in the classroom across national borders.

For young people[]

In the year-round educational programme, practical workshops for children, young people, film groups and school classes are offered throughout Bavaria in a face-to-face setting and also online since 2020 in order to learn how to make films or read film as an artistic medium.[27]

DOK.education has awarded annual prizes in the Bavaria-wide youth film competition for documentary films by children, adolescents and young adults since 2015 with the aim of encouraging practical filmmaking and artistic expression in the documentary genre.[28]

The label DOK.4teens identifies films in the festival programme that are officially released for audiences aged 14 and over.[29] For the regular programme the usual age rating of 18 and over applies.

DOK.forum – industry platform[]

DOK.forum sees itself as a think tank for the documentary film industry and as a platform for projects in the development process. Since 2011 DOK.forum has taken place at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München and in recent years has established itself as a permanent meeting place for the German-speaking industry – with a growing range of offerings for international filmmakers. In 2020, the industry programme took place exclusively online. The programme is divided into two segments:

Public events: DOK.forum Perspectives[]

In panel discussions, workshops and case studies, the DOK.forum Perspectives take a look at the developments in documentary work and invite you to develop visions and impulses and explore relevant media policy issues. The public events are aimed both at the industry and the interested festival audience.

Coproduction and ideas market: DOK.forum Marketplace[]

The marketplace offers filmmakers the opportunity to meet editors and producers from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and South Tyrol at moderated roundtables and present their concepts. The best student pitch concept is awarded the Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms.

Virtual Reality Pop Up Cinema[]

Since 2017, DOK.fest München has been presenting a selection of international documentary 360° and VR experiences parallel to the festival in May in the Futuro exhibition house in front of the Pinakothek der Moderne.[30]

Cinemas and festival venues[]

DOK.tour Bayern[]

DOK.tour Bayern has been bringing selected films from the current festival year to the cinemas of the Bavarian region since 2011. In 2019 the DOK.tour toured 18 cities throughout Bavaria between October and December with five documentaries. In 2020, the DOK.tour took place on three weekends before Christmas with three films on the digital screen.[31]

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