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.

 

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

Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world
OUT OF SCHOOL (Denmark, Morocco 2026, Hind Bensari). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
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
WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen). A documentary fairy tale about the rituals surrounding the transition to adulthood in the Chinese mountains.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Body

Empowered

Films about defiance and speaking out
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

Reframing History

Films exploring how the past shapes our present
AMÍLCAR (Cabo Verde, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden 2025, Miguel Eek). Amílcar Cabral: Revolutionary, poet and leader in the struggle against colonial rule.
#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #History, #Essay
MATERIA PRIMA (Germany 2026, Jens Schanze). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom.
#Economy and Business, #Environment and Nature, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #History, #Equality and Inclusion

Beyond Borders

Films about migration, exile, and their realities
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
UNWELCOMED – Si vas para Chile (Chile 2025, Sebastián González, Amílcar Infante). “We have no life there anymore”: Thousands of Venezuelans at Chile's inhospitable border.
#Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement

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