All festival films of DOK.fest München: In the cinema. At home.

EYES WIDE OPEN

Over 100 current international documentaries will open up new perspectives on our world at DOK.fest Munich – from May 6 to 25, 2026.

Get an overview of the programme through our themed sections.
In each section, we present a signature film, accompanied by an in-depth FocusTalk.

We’re also presenting the films from our educational program, DOK.education.

All films from the 41st edition of the festival will be available here starting April 15, 2026.
Advance ticket sales also begin on that day.

African Encounters

Films and dialogues on resistance and activism

BLACK IS BLACK (Deutschland 1968, King Ampaw). A sharp look at housing bias, revealing racism in everyday encounters in Germany.

#Politics and Society, #Equality and Inclusion

THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD – The Woman Who Poked The Leopard (Germany, South Africa, Uganda, United States 2025, Patience Nitumwesiga). The fight of a scientist, feminist, and poet against the Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni.

#Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships

Personal Memoriams

A look back at great filmmakers

BEGEGNUNG IM KNAST – BEGEGNUNG IM KNAST (Deutschland 1981, Georg Stefan Troller).

#Politics and Society

CENTRAL PARK – CENTRAL PARK (USA 1990, Frederick Wiseman). Central Park: for many, a second living room; for others, a public park that requires management.

#Politics and Society

The Sound of Music

Films about musicians and their stories

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Ireland, Sweden 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful?

#Politics and Society, #Music, #History

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight

MARIINKA (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden 2026, Pieter-Jan De Pue). Five young people, nine years of war in Ukraine, and the question: What does homeland mean?

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Family and Relationships

MATABELELAND (Kenya 2025, Nyasha Kadandara). A forgotten massacre in Zimbabwe and a family searching for peace.

#Other, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships

POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH – Politics are Personal (Germany 2026, Indira Geisel). “Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #History, #Family and Relationships

VATER, SOHN UND DER PREIS DES WIDERSTANDS – Father, Son and the Price of Resistance (Germany 2026, Götz Schauder). Scars of dictatorship: A father and son struggle to find closeness.

#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Culture and Art, #History, #Family and Relationships

Brave New Work?

Films about the realities of work

DRIVING EUROPE (Germany 2025, Felix Länge). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike.

#Economy and Business, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships

HUNDERTZWÖLF (Germany 2026, August Pflugfelder). 112: The Berlin Fire Department’s emergency dispatch center helps people in life-threatening situations.

#Economy and Business, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships

NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Germany 2026, Paul Sonntag). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation.

#Economy and Business, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Equality and Inclusion, #Essay

SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life.

#Environment and Nature, #Politics and Society

Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world

FIRST LAP CRASH (Switzerland 2026, Liam Erlach). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Body, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships, #Essay

HAUS 4 – House 4 (Germany 2026, Philipp Schaeffer). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling.

#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Equality and Inclusion