DOK.fest München
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Station to stationary
TRANSFORMATION: Probing the extinction of history in Zürich as a railway station makes way for a deportation center.
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Underrepresented participants of war
CONFLICT: Fleeing one war and entering into another, the grief and uncertainty of one Syrian family beg the question: what drives a person to serve a country that doesn’t always appreciate the sacrifice?
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Humans of no nation
REFUGEES: Since 2016, 700,000 people of the Rohingya Muslim minority fled Myanmar making the Kutupalong refugee camp one of the biggest in the world.
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A modern morality tale
TERRORISM: After a chance encounter with Carlos the Jackal, artist and filmmaker Ulrike Schaz remains on secret service records years later.
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Hearts of darkness, dreams of light
CONGO: Honouring survivors of his Congo's 2000 «Six Day War» seeking acknowledgment or financial compensation for their pains.
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DocsBarcelona announces new educational resources, Learning By Docs
The new project from #DocsBarcelona, Learning By Docs, uses documentary films as a resource for learning for schools, high schools, and universities. After two years of development, Learning By Docs has since received Creative Europe Media support with two European partners, Thessaloniki Film Festival and #DOK.Fest München#, also joining solidifying European leadership and an international…
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Women Power
BIOGRAPHY: Subtly assembled, minimalist praise of the goodness and beauty, intelligence and power of the female members of Roberto Rossellini’s families.
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The heart of an ecological crisis
CAPITALISM: The undercover work of Washington DC-based Environmental Investigation Agency shines a light into the murky and murderous world of illegal logging around the globe.
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The last generation to invite the sacred into the modern world
IDENTITY: After a powerful earthquake displaces them, China's Qiang ethnic minority search for gods, spirits and ancestry in their new and old homes.