2013 Munich DOK.fest
by Athee | created - 14 Apr 2013 | updated - 18 Apr 2015 | PublicPartial list of the films at the 2013 Documentary Festival in Munich. I managed to see 21 of the films in this year's incredible program, the best of which were: "Meine keine Familie" "Gulabi Gang" "Mein Weg nach Olympia" "Miles & War" "Nägel mit Köpfen" "Soldier on the Roof" "Vater Vater Kind"
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1. Gulabi Gang (2012)
96 min | Documentary
In Bundelkhand, India, a revolution is in the making among the poorest of the poor, as the fiery women of the Gulabi Gang empower themselves and take up the fight against gender violence, caste oppression and widespread corruption.
Directors: Nishtha Jain, Torstein Grude | Stars: Sampat Pal Devi, Ram Dulari, Devrati, Babu
Votes: 234
2. Fidaï (2012)
83 min | Documentary
During the Algerian Revolution, my great-uncle El Hadi joined his sister in France and became an active member of a secret FLN armed group. Settling of scores, attempted murder, hiding, ... See full summary »
Director: Damien Ounouri | Star: Mohamed El Hadi Benadouda
Votes: 28
3. Sur le rivage du monde (2013)
106 min | Documentary, History, Music
After several failed attempts to reach Europe, Cesar, Felou and Erik find themselves in Bamako, Mali deported, dejected, disoriented, but still driven to pursue their dreams. Meanwhile Ami,... See full summary »
Director: Sylvain L'Espérance
5. Midsummer Night's Tango (2013)
84 min | Documentary, Music
Finns have a quirky sense of humour - and are a bit shy. But: Tango is THE folk music of the Finns. The documentary discovers the Finnish tango from the viewpoint of the singer Chino ... See full summary »
Director: Viviane Blumenschein | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, Chino Laborde, Pablo Greco, Diego Kvitko
Votes: 136
6. Un été avec Anton (2012 TV Movie)
61 min | Documentary
12-year old Anton is spending his summer holidays at Kaskad military training camp, where he and 60 other Russian children are subjected to tough exercise regimens created by President Putin for the fight against Muslim Chechens.
Director: Jasna Krajinovic
Votes: 18
7. Alleine Tanzen (2012)
100 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
A documentary about the power of family.
Director: Biene Pilavci
Votes: 24
8. Klänge des Verschweigens (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Sounds From the Fog chronicles the odyssey of a gay musician in Nazi Germany. Director Klaus Stanjek's cheerful Uncle Willi lived with his family, except when he was touring as a musician ... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Stanjek | Stars: Inge Baumeister, Walter Beck, Ruth Bluhme, Käthe Busch
Votes: 10
9. The Mosuo Sisters (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
A tale of two sisters living in the shadow of two Chinas.
Director: Marlo Poras
Votes: 14
10. Forbidden Voices (2012)
95 min | Documentary
How to start a revolution with a laptop.
Director: Barbara Miller | Stars: Yoani Sanchez, Farnaz Seifi, Zeng Jinyan, Lucie Morillon
Votes: 52
11. Fuck for Forest (2012)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, Drama
Berlin's Fuck for Forest is one of the world's most bizarre charities: based on the idea that sex can change the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the Internet.
Director: Michal Marczak | Stars: Tommy Hol Ellingsen, Leona Johansson, Dany DeVero, Kaajal
Votes: 613
12. I Am Breathing (2013)
72 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary follows the last months of Neil Platt, a young father with terminal and debilitating motor neuron disease (MND).
Directors: Emma Davie, Morag McKinnon | Star: Neil Platt
Votes: 193
13. Miles & War (2013)
78 min | Documentary, News, War
Today's wars and conflicts are increasingly complex and incomprehensible. Often, they are caused by local civil conflicts with global repercussions in the power struggle over territories ... See full summary »
Director: Anne Thoma | Star: Ursina Lardi
14. Soldier on the Roof (2012)
80 min | Documentary
In the West-bank city of Hebron, a major holy place to both Jews and Muslims, some 800 extremist Jewish settlers live in the midst of a Palestinian population of over 120,000. In this tense... See full synopsis »
Director: Esther Hertog
Votes: 22
15. Wrong Time Wrong Place (2012)
80 min | Documentary
A documentary on the drama caused by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway. Survivors and relatives of victims tell their personal experience.
Director: John Appel
Votes: 78
16. Inside Lara Roxx (2011)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In the Spring of 2004, an ambitious and naive Montreal girl named Lara Roxx headed to LA and tried her luck in the adult movie business. Within two months of working in this industry she ... See full summary »
Director: Mia Donovan | Stars: Rebekka Armstrong, Meriesa Arroyo, Anita Cannibal, Darren James
Votes: 58
17. Over My Dead Body (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The phone calls home. Adonor has been found. Dave's new lungs are on the way. He has two hours to get to the hospital. The story of a man waiting to be reborn or to die.
Director: Brigitte Poupart | Stars: Dave Saint-Pierre, Dave St-Pierre
Votes: 32
18. Three Sisters (2012)
Not Rated | 153 min | Documentary
Three young sisters live and work in extreme poverty in the harsh environment of Yunnan, a province on the Sino Burmese border area of China.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 475
19. The Captain and His Pirate (2013)
79 min | Documentary, Drama
In 2009, the German container ship "Hansa Stavangar" had been seized by Somali pirates for four months. After its release, magazine covers showed a captain happy to have escaped the ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Wolff | Stars: Ahado, Klaus Hartmann, Krzysztof Kotiuk
Votes: 41
20. Mein Weg nach Olympia (2013)
TV-G | 85 min | Documentary, Sport
The film director Niko von Glasow undertakes a journey to athletes, who compete at the Paralympic Games in London 2012. He himself is a short-armed avowed hater of sport who cannot ... See full summary »
Director: Niko von Glasow | Stars: Niko von Glasow, Greg Polychronidis, Matt Stutzman, Christiane Reppe
Votes: 54
21. Erntehelfer (2014)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
What to do in a secular society, when nobody wants to become a priest anymore? The German catholic church decided to recruit its priests from far away. Cyriac is one of almost 500 priests ... See full summary »
Director: Moritz Siebert
22. Private Universe (2012)
83 min | Documentary, Family, History
Covering a span of 35 years in the life of Honza, a man born 'on camera' in 1974.
Director: Helena Trestíková | Stars: Samuel Jirásek, Jan Kettner, Petr Kettner, Eva Kettnerová
Votes: 84
23. Love Alien (2012)
72 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
You find yourself turning 30 without being initiated into the mysteries of love. What happened? LOVE ALIEN is a filmmaker's radical, subjective look at his life's problem. Accompanied by ... See full summary »
Director: Wolfram Huke | Stars: Wolfram Huke, Pope Benedict XVI
Votes: 75
24. My Fathers, My Mother and Me (2012)
93 min | Documentary, Biography
Communal property, free sexuality, dissolution of the nuclear family - these were the basic principles of the Friedrichshof, the largest commune in Europe founded by the Viennese Actionist ... See full summary »
Director: Paul-Julien Robert | Stars: Florence Desurmont, Claudia Muehl, Otto Muehl, Egon Redent
Votes: 136
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