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.

 
I, POPPY (France, India 2025, Vivek Chaudhary). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury). Abortion as criminal offence: Young women in the Dominican Republic risk prison sentences—and their lives.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Body, #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

Beyond Borders

Films about migration, exile, and their realities
ONE IN A MILLION – One in a Million (United Kingdom, United States 2026, Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes). Ten years in the life of a Syrian family in Cologne after fleeing Aleppo.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
PAIKAR (Afghanistan, Iran, Netherlands 2025, Dawood Hilmandi). In all four corners of the world: An autobiographical attempt to get to know one’s own father.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships

HerStory

Films about fearless women
BARBARA FOREVER (United States 2026, Brydie O'Connor). The story of a visual poet who dedicated her life to filming women in an intimate and experimental way.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships
HELENE WEIGEL – REVOLUTIONÄRIN IM RAMPENLICHT – HELENE WEIGEL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REVOLUTION (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Maria Wischnewski). A communist and an exceptional artist: finally, the woman “at Brecht's side" is stepping into the spotlight.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Migration and Displacement, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships
I FOLLOW RIVERS (Norway 2026, Barbora Hollan). Sport, family, identity. A world champion kayaker balances these often competing forces.
#Environment and Nature, #Sports, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships
SINGING WINGS (Belgium, Georgia, Iran 2025, Hemen Khaledi). Animal Welfare Task Force: Mrs. Khaje courageously makes the rescue of a stork into her mission.
#Environment and Nature, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships
WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT – Sometimes, I imagine them all at a party (Germany 2026, Daniela Magnani Hüller). What remains? A question that echoes with the trauma of a survived femicide attempt.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Family and Relationships

Visions of the Future

Tomorrow starts now!
FINDING CONNECTION (Germany 2026, Florian Karner). Genuine connection to AI? Four people in search of what real relationships no longer provide.
#Science and Future, #Politics and Society, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships
HER RACE TO SPACE (France, Germany, Guyana, Switzerland, United States 2025, Lena Leonhardt, Nadine Neumann, Ira Beetz). Europe's answer to SpaceX: Hélène Huby is building space capsules based on teamwork rather than cutthroat competition.
#Science and Future, #Environment and Nature, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships
THE END OF QUIET – DEN SIDSTE STILHED (Denmark, Sweden 2025, Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski). A community in West Virginia lives in the “Quiet Zone,” far from the constant digital noise.
#Science and Future, #Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships

DOK.education

The educational programme of DOK.fest München considers itself a Schule des Sehens, which combines media literacy and cultural education. It is aimed at children, young people, families and schools.
MARIAN UND DIE WALDRAPPE (Italien, Österreich, Deutschland 2019, Bernadette Hauke). A remarkable discovery! Bird enthusiast Marian on the trail of the rare Northern Bald Ibis.
#Environment and Nature, #Family and Relationships

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