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

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Congo (Democratic Republic), France 2026, Elisé Sawasawa). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war.

#Migration and Displacement, #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

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight

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

Brave New Work?

Films about the realities of work

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

WHERE THE WAVES TOOK HER (Germany 2025, Jana Stallein). A sea rescue boat as a meeting point between two worlds. A film that broadens one's perspective.

#Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Migration and Displacement

Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world

THE LAST GIRL (Iran 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh). Maryam is growing up in the South Iranian mountains. A quiet story about connection to nature, the passage of time, and belonging.

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

LifeTogether

Films about Community

FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Croatia, Germany, Netherlands 2026, Tatjana Božić). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son.

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

IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Germany 2026, Yulia Lokshina). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories.

#Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #History

OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE (Armenia, Netherlands 2025, Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan). The stage as a mirror of life: residents of an Armenian retirement home rehearsing Shakespeare.

#Other, #Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships

THOSE WHO WATCH OVER – CEUX QUI VEILLENT (Belgium, France, Qatar 2025, Karima Saïdi). In a mixed-faith cemetery, the mourners build a close-knit community.

#Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships

Empowered

Films about defiance and speaking out

A SONG WITHOUT HOME (Denmark, Georgia, United States 2026, Rati Tsiteladze). Neon lights, nicotine, hope—a documentary film noir about finding one's identity.

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships

THE KARTLI KINGDOM – ᲥᲐᲠᲗᲚᲘᲡ ᲪᲮᲝᲕᲠᲔᲑᲐ (QARTLIS TSKHOVREBA) (France, Georgia, Qatar 2025, Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel). Kartli Kingdom, a rundown sanatorium in Tbilisi, becomes a safe haven for refugees.

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

Reframing History

Films exploring how the past shapes our present

HEART OF THE SEAL – BB Phoque (France 2025, Tito González García). Seal hunting in Greenland: An Inuit family faces pressure amid cultural change.

#Environment and Nature, #Migration and Displacement, #History, #Equality and Inclusion

Beyond Borders

Films about migration, exile, and their realities

A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON (Denmark, France, Iran, United Kingdom, United States 2025, Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhalaghi). A clown, a fox, the moon: the cinematic diary of an Iranian woman on her journey to freedom.

#Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Migration and Displacement, #Culture and Art

NOT MADE FOR POLITICS – Not Made for Politics (Estonia, France, United States 2025, Volia Chajkouskaya). Thirty years of dictatorship: Three women show strength and courage in their protest against Lukashenko.

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement