The documentary movie competition DOK.fest Munich desires to contribute to higher cohesion in society. “Particularly nowadays, when social cohesion is extra threatened than ever, I hope that DOK.fest may also help present an area that creates neighborhood,” stated competition director Adele Kohout on the opening of the competition.
«I see a movie competition as a stage and an invite to dialog, which must be based mostly on curiosity at its core. Curiosity arouses curiosity, curiosity in others – and that’s the one manner we are able to discover one another.”
“Medium of the current”
The documentary is “the medium of the current,” she emphasised. «It really works like a magnifying glass and its relevance is bigger than ever. He reveals us the world as it’s and asks us to look and, at greatest, to behave.”
106 competition movies from 49 nations can be proven at Dok.fest till Might 18th. They’re divided into 15 thematically structured sequence. 82 of the movies may be seen for the primary time in Germany, 22 of that are world premieres.
After the opening with Regina Schilling’s “Ingeborg Bachmann – Somebody Who As soon as Was Me”, the finissage is relatively relaxed: Thorsten Berrar’s film “Sportfreunde Stiller – with the guts in his hand” will then have fun its world premiere.
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