The award winning films of the 34th DOK.fest München

And the winners are ... We are pleased to present the award-winning films of this year's festival.

The best festival moments

Premieres, Parties and award ceremonies - the best moments of the 34th DOK.fest München in our picture gallery.

German Composition Funding Award 2019 to Max Gausepohl

The German Composition Funding Award worth 2,500 euros this year goes to Max Gausepohl for his composition project for MAU KE MANA - OR: WHERE ARE YOU GOING? by Max Sänger. The prize donor is sonoton music.

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ARRI AMIRA Award 2019 for REDISCOVERY

This year's prize for the best documentary camera work goes to Phie Ambos REDISCOVERY. 47 young people spend ten weeks of their own free will on a wild construction site. What sounds like an adventure holiday is a radical-democratic experiment.

The FairFilmAward Non-Fiction 2019 goes to ifage Filmproduktion

Big documentaries - fair production. This year's FairFilmAward 2019 goes to ifage Filmproduktion from Wiesbaden.

Erklärung der Vielen

Unter dem Motto "Für ein Europa der Vielen! Solidarität statt Privilegien! Kunst bleibt frei!" zeichnen Künstler.innen, Musiker.innen, Aktivist.innen und Institutionen, die für eine offene und solidarische Gesellschaft einstehen, die Erklärung von Die Vielen. Wir haben mitgezeichnet. Lesen Sie hier die Bayerische Erklärung.

The programme 2019

34th DOK.fest München presents: 159 films from 51 countries at 20 venues in the city. Find here the programme overview

The Opening Speech of Festival Director Daniel Sponsel

These are eventful times. To kick off the 34th DOK.fest München, Daniel Sponsel gives an outlook on the coming festival days and an uncertain future.

The festival trailers of DOK.fest München 2019

From life to poster to screen: we present you the festival trailers for the 34th DOK.fest München.

DOK.focus humaNature

Is nature a place of longing or the basis of our existence? We are in the process of seriously testing this in a field trial. Greta Thunberg sums up the contradiction: "We have no excuses and even less time. The films in our DOK.focus humaNature series trace the connection between man and nature.

Programme Magazine online

Browse through our Programme Magazine with all 159 films, essays and interviews!

DOK.guest Russia

In international reporting, Russia is primarily a (foreign) political issue. But what does people's everyday life look like? Six documentary films in the guest country series convey images of heterogeneous realities and ethnicities - from the Arctic Ocean to China.

VR Pop Up Kino

The Virtual Reality Pop Up Cinema presents seven documentary VR/360° projects at DOK.fest München 2019

Heddy Honigmann – Poet of the moment

The retrospective at DOK.fest München 2019 will present the work of the great Dutch documentary filmmaker.

The DOK.fest Friends

DOK.fest München has developed into one of the biggest film festivals in Europe. Reason enough to provide documentary film culture with a powerful lobby. Join the DOK.fest Friends now and get involved!