26th DOK.fest Munich 4-11 MAY 2011

Only three days until the Festival! The presale of tickets has already begun! Tickets are currently available at http://www.muenchenticket.de/ as well as beginning the 3rd of May in the festival center at St.-Jakobs-Platz 1.

From the program:

What does it mean to grow old in our society and to begin the search for a fulfilling retirement? And what role does love play? The films from Frauke Ihnen and the team of filmmakers, Petra Lataster-Czisch and Peter Lataster, show us an unique Universe:

Münchner Premieren
FÜR DIE DAUER EINER REISE
Frauke Ihnen (DE 2011, 79 Min., dtOF)
Werner has fallen in love with Gerlind e. And that's not so easy when you're in the autumn of your life and in the middle of nowhere. This film enters into an extraordinary situation: a bunch of lively pensioners on a cruise ship sailing through exotic waters.
Friday, 06.05.11, 18:00, Katholische Akademie,
Wednesday, 11.05.11, 21:00, ARRI Kino

DOK.panorama - Deutschlandpremiere
NOT WITHOUT YOU
Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster (NL 2010, 84 Min., nlOmeU)
A love story. Ger has difficulty moving around and is hard of hearing; Hermine forgets everything and is soon to die. What do you do when nothing seems to be of any use? A delicate portrait of the dutch artist couple Ger Lataster and Hermine van Hall.
Sonntag, 08.05.11, 17:00, ARRI Kin o,
Dienstag, 10.05.11, 19:30, Atelier 2

Nowhere are cultural viewpoints more authentically expressed than in music. Muslim punk and hip-hop from the world are the themes of the films TAQWACORE - THE WORLD OF PUNK ISLAM from Omar Majeed and THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES from Joshua Athesh Litle:

DOK.panorama
TAQWACORE: THE BIRTH OF PUNK ISLAM
Omar Majeed (CA/PA/USA 2009, 80 Min.,divOmeU)
"Mohammad was a Punk Rocker" - a song that sums up the ethos of American Muslim punks. The Taqwacores seek to unite anarchy with Allah. A provocative tour diary.
Freitag, 06.05.11, 22:30, Atelier 1,
Dienstag, 10.05.11, 22:00, Atelier 2

DOK.panorama
THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES
Joshua Athesh Litle (FRA 2010, 82 Min., divOmeU)
Across the globe they rap, rhyme and dance. Artists worldwide deliver their musical statements - politically, internationally and rebelliously. A powerful hip hop road movie with visual and musical flow.
Donnerstag, 05.05.11, 22:00, City 3,
Sonntag, 08.05.11, 21:30, ARRI

In keeping with the focus of this year's festival DOK.guest Balkan presents in cooperation with DOK.fest and FotoDoks, the festival of contemporary documentary photography,  the award-winning photo report, "Srebr enica-I counted my remaining life in seconds...". The Munich photographer Armin Smailovic accompanied the bosnian farmer Ivo Dudic (name changed) to the site of one of the most terrible war crimes of the Yugoslavian war and documented his experience in photographic form.
28th of April - 3rd of May, Gasteig Kulturzentrum, 1. OG