he 21st Munich International Documentary Film Festival will take place from Wednesday 3rd to Thursday 11th May, 2006.

DOK.FEST 2006

presents documentaries from throughout the world
in the International Competition,
in the International Programme,
in the section Horizons,
in the section New Films from Bavaria
and retrospectives at BEST.DOKS 2006

THE COMPLETE PROGRAMME WITH ALL THE FILMS, SECTIONS, SCHEDULE AND LOCATIONS CAN BE DOWNLOADED AT http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme.php

ACCREDITATION DEADLINE

Film professionals and journalists are invited to register for accreditation
until Wednesday 26 April, 2006 the latest.
The Accreditation form can be downloaded at: http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/professakk.php

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

presents 15 films which have been awarded significant Prizes in the last production year or have generated great interest from audiences. CASTELLS by Gereon Wetzel will be having its World Premiere.

MY GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE by Adan Aliaga, Spain 2005, 80 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1290

CASTELLS by Gereon Wetzel, Germany 2006, 88 min.
http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1073

CONGO RIVER by Thierry Michel, Belgium 2005, 116 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1251

NO ONE by Tin Dirdamal, Mexico 2005, 82 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1252
EAST OF PARADISE by Lech Kowalski, France/ USA 2005, 105 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1043

GAMBIT by Sabine Gisiger, Switzerland, 107 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1253

HAMBURG LECTURES by Romuald Karmakar, Germany 2006, 133 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1291

THE KICK by Andreas Veiel, Germany 2006, 82 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1278

OYUN by Pelin Esmer, Turkey 2005, 70 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1031

THE PERSON OF DE LEO N. by Alberto Vendemmiati, Italy 2005, 87 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1273

THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN by Taggart Siegel, USA 2005, 83 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1254

RWANDA. THROUGH US, HUMANITY by M.-F. Collard, B 2006, 105 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1279

SISTERS IN LAW by Kim Longinotto, Great Britain 2005, 106 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1235

BLACK BULL by Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio, Mexico 2005, 87 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1269

OUR DAILY BREAD by Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria 2005, 92 min. http://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/filme_view_web.php?fid=1255

THE AWARDS

Main Award, International Competion:
DOK.PRIZE – THE BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK AND TELEPOOL DOCUMENTARY FILM PRIZE (10,000 EUR)

Bayerische Landeszentrale für Neue Medien (BLM) will award the prize for THE SPECIAL DOCUMENTARY (2,500 EUR)

DOK.FEST will award the HORIZONS prize (3,000 EUR)

The FilmFernsehFonds Bayern will award the
PRIZE IN SUPPORT OF DOCUMENTARY FILM FROM THE FILMFERNSEHFONDS BAYERN (5,000 EUR)

The AVID branch in Munich donates with its AVID-SUPPORT PRIZE an AVID Xpress Pro HD package.

BEST.DOKS 2006

the retrospective presents 15 exclusive masterpieces from the field of creative documentary. Many of which have already been shown as part of the festival over the last twenty years. Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Glenn Gould will be on the big screen, as well as award-winning compilation films by Dennis O’Rourke (HALF LIFE) and Hartmut Bitomsky (DEUTSCHLANDBILDER), Muhammad Ali will fight his big fight in Kinshasa one more time (WHEN WE WERE KINGS by Leon Gast) and in WITTSTOCK, WITTSTOCK, Volker Koepp accompanies three brave women through 20 evocative years.

TV–broadcaster ARTE ist sponsor of BEST.DOKS 2006

WORKSHOP

Memories of Violence – Films coming to terms with violent conflicts With examples from East-Timor, Rwanda, Columbia and Darfour. Which role do films play in the process of remembering? How can films help to come to terms with traumatic social events? These are the issues to be discussed during the seminar organised by the Television Workshop Development Politics in cooperation with DOK.FEST and the Goethe Institute on 05 and 06 May, 2006 in Munich. Registration and further information can be found at: Fernsehworkshop Entwicklungspolitik Büro für Kultur- und Medienprojekte GmbH - Bettina Kocher POB 500161 . D-22701 Hamburg Tel. +49-40-3901407, Fax +49-40-3902564 info@fernsehworkshop.de www.fernsehworkshop.de


HFF WORKSHOP

Munich Film School’s traditional Workshop this year welcomes Andres Veiel, director of the Competition film THE KICK and one of Germany’s foremost documentary filmmakers (BLACK BOX BRD or ADDICTED TO ACTING).
Date: Tuesday, 09 May 2006, 10 a.m., HFF Munich.