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
ALABAMA (2000 LIGHT YEARS) (Deutschland 1968, Wim Wenders). A road film shaped by a song, where meaning shifts between two versions.
#Music, #Culture and Art

The Artist is Present

Films on artists and their realities
LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Austria 2025, Markus Heltschl). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order.
#Environment and Nature, #Portrait, #Culture and Art, #History
MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Germany 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick). For 30 years, the DIN A 13 tanzcompany company has been breaking aesthetic and artistic norms in the world of dance.
#Sports, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Body, #Culture and Art
NOVA '78 (Portugal, United Kingdom 2025, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias). East Village, 1987: The avant-garde circle around William S. Burroughs gathers for the Nova Convention. Warning: explosive footage!
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Music, #Culture and Art, #History
ROBERTO ROSSELLINI. LIVING WITHOUT A SCRIPT – Roberto Rossellini. Più di una vita (Italy 2025, Ilaria De Laurentiis, Raffaele Brunetti, Andrea Paolo Massara). Roberto Rossellini: Curious, true to his ideals, uncompromising to the very end.
#Portrait, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships
THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgium 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra.
#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art

The Sound of Music

Films about musicians and their stories
AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Canada 2026, Ryan Marley). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world.
#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art
ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Germany 2026, Thorsten Schütte). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure!
#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art
HEX (Norway 2026, Maja Holand). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Music, #Culture and Art
SPORTFREUNDE STILLER – MIT DEM HERZ IN DER HAND (Germany 2026, Thorsten Berrar). An exceptionally intimate music documentary about the cult band ‘Sportfreunde Stiller’.
#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight
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

Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world
HOOD STORIES (Germany 2026, Alexander Bruch). From the ghetto to the stage – a song brings together four young rap talents.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art
MUSEUM (France 2025, Olivier Bienaimé Hervé Bienaimé). Teens from the French countryside ponder the limits of life in front of abstract paintings.
#Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Equality and Inclusion

LifeTogether

Films about Community
AND THEY LIVE IN ROW HOUSES – And They Live In Row Houses (Austria 2025, Matteo Sanders, Julia Haugeneder). Dad, Mom, child. And they need a house. Neatly lined in a row. A "dys-topology".
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Culture and Art, #History, #Family and Relationships
EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estonia 2025, Vladimir Loginov). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club.
#Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Essay
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