All films at one glance!

131 films from 43 countries: We invite you to 18 days of film festival in your home – with a selection of the best socially relevant and artistically outstanding documentaries of the year. From now you can buy tickets. Read more

 

The truth of Images – Re:arranging Reality, tomorrow from 5.00pm

Documentary images are also "made" and inevitably reshape reality through creative means such as cropping, selection and sequence. At the same time, we expect them even more than fictional images to provide access to the world we live in. How exactly do documentary filmmakers use image manipulation? And what responsibility do they feel? The panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Michael Leuthner.

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Ticket sale DOK.fest München 2021 @home

How do I buy a film ticket? What is a soli ticket? And: How can I see all the films at the festival? Please find here all information on tickets, the festival pass and our FAQs. Read more

DOK.education: Schule des Sehens 2021

Welcome to the online cinema! DOK.fest München is inviting school classes to take the cultural education trip to the film festival. Films and lessons on the digital screen – usable in the classroom or for distance learning. Read more

The programme of DOK.forum 2021 @home

Once again, the numerous workshops, pitchings and discussion rounds will take place online. The four programme focal points provide new impulses for a documentary film industry in transition. Read more

 

DOK.live – Film Talks and Award Ceremonies

Festival atmosphere at home: DOK.live invites you to live talks with the filmmakers and award ceremonies in the DOK.fest studio at the Deutsches Theater in Munich.

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Film Talks at a glance

Exclusive background information and exciting insights: You can listen to all the talks with the film teams in our overview.

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Live daily – Meet & Greet at the digital festival lounge

Meet us via the Wonder platform and exchange ideas about our films. Every day from 7.00pm to 9.00pm. To the Meet & Greet

In order to bring you into contact with each other, with us and with the filmmakers in the online edition, we have a variety of offers for you at the Meet & Greet and via the mail to the film team. All contact offers at one glance

 

FURTHER NEWS

Best of DOK.fest München 2021 @home: The shortlists of our juries

A few days before our main awards ceremony on Sunday, we are pleased to announce the shortlists of our juries today. Is your favourite among them?

Press review for DOK.fest München 2021 @home

The festival reviewed by the media: We are pleased about numerous contributions in print, TV, radio as well as online. Please find here a selection of the latest reviews.

Welcome to DOK.fest München @home – Greeting from the Festival Directors

The pandemic is putting our coexistence to the test. DOK.fest München 2021 @home responds to the increasing polarisation with a clear commitment to encounter and dialogue – in film and in exchange with the filmmakers. Greetings from the festival directors Daniel Sponsel and Adele Kohout

Vot for your film highlight!

With the kinokino Audience Award – donated by BR and 3sat. Please find here the current status of the voting: 1. DER WILDE WALD, 2. WEM GEHÖRT MEIN DORF? (WHO OWNS MY VILLAGE?), ...

DOK.focus Empowerment

The gamechanger in the struggle for social justice: In this year's focus section, we follow empowerment movements around the world and in various aspects of life. Six films, one call: Empower yourselves!

DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit 2021: SCHOOL OF HOPE

For his film SCHOOL OF HOPE Mohamed El Aboudi receives the DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit. It is awarded to films that make the perspective of children and young people visible in a remarkable way.

Retrospective 75 years of DEFA

Eight documentaries from five decades of DEFA film production: we present the retrospective on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the GDR's national film studio.

In the Lives of Others

The homage of the 36th DOK.fest München is dedicated to the Czech director Helena Třeštíková, who herself once described her working method as "time-lapse filmmaking".

DOK.guest Canada

Indigenous culture and megacities, monarchy and liberalism. In 2021, the Guest region section presents seven documentaries from and about Canada that take into account the country's tensions, contradictions and unique dynamics.

DOK.fest München 2021 @home programme booklet

Our festival programme is also available as a booklet. Have a look here!

Already spotted? The poster exhibition in and at the Gasteig in Munich

Film Festival – that's not only rousing films, but also great posters! In the Gasteig and opposite at the Motorama shopping centre you can now discover our orange festival posters as well as many film posters. Just drop by and get inspired!

DOK.fest München opens with HINTER DEN SCHLAGZEILEN (BEHIND THE HEADLINES)

Secrecy is the top priority: HINTER DEN SCHLAGZEILEN gives an exciting insight into the hidden world of investigative journalism.

Call for Accreditation

Representatives of the industry now have the opportunity to accredit for the DOK.fest München film programme as well as for the public industry programme of DOK.forum Perspectives.

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VFF Documentary Film Production Award 2021: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER

For their outstanding performance in the production of the documentary film THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, Frank Müller, Guevara Namer and Antonia Kilian receive the 4th VFF Documentary Film Production Award.

DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe

Focus on editing: In 2021, DOK.forum München will award an editing prize for the first time. The "DOK.edit Award - presented by Adobe" honours the editors with prize money of 5,000 euros.

German Documentary Film Music Award 2021: SOLDATEN

Our first winner has been announced: The German Documentary Film Music Award 2021 goes to Christoph Schauer for his score to SOLDATEN by Christian von Brockhausen and Willem Konrad. Congratulations!

Festival network Doc Around Europe

Initiated by DOK.fest München, the new Doc Around Europe network brings together four relevant documentary film festivals across the European continent. The common goal is to promote and distribute European documentary films and to accompany them in all phases of production and exploitation.

Enthusiasm unites: DOK.fest München Circle of Friends

In times of crisis nothing is more important than solidarity and good networking. Become a member of the DOK.fest Munich Circle of Friends now!