Take part!

Send us your film by 2 February 2026!

For the second time, we are giving the award for inclusive documentary film productions.

We are DOK.fest München and the Werksviertel-Mitte Foundation.

The award will be given at the 41st DOK.fest München in May 2026.

The call in difficult English

The award for inclusive documentary film productions

The award honours documentary film productions.

What makes it special?

The film makers have a disability.

You can win 5,000 euros.

What does disability mean?

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities defines what a disability is:

A disability can be:

• physical
  
  
• mental
  
  
• emotional

The disability can be visible or invisible.

The disability is long-term.

The disability restricts people's participation in society.

Conditions of participation

These are the conditions for participation:

• The film team must include at least one person with disabilities.
  The film maker has one of the following leading tasks:
  Production, direction, script, camera, sound or editing.
  
  
• The subject of the film is arbitrary.
  The film does not have to be about disability.
  
  
• Film makers from all over the world can submit a film.
  
  
• The film must be at least 52 minutes long.
  
  
• The film must have been completed after 1 January 2025.
  
  
• The film can be shown in cinemas earlier.
  
  
• The film must not have been screened at a DOK.fest München.
  
  
• The film can be shown at the festival in any section.
  
  
• It can be a university film or a graduation film.
  
  
• 2 public screenings at the DOK.fest München are obligatory.

Submission

Have you ever sent us a film?

Then you probably have an account.

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Have you not yet sent us a film?

Then you need to set up an account.

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Please select under "Registration for" this call.

The call for entries has the title:

all inclusive Documentary Film Award

Now you can submit your film.

The exact steps are listed under point 8.

Click on the following link:

How to submit your film

Please also send an email to Kathi Seemann.

The e-mail address is:

seemann@dokfest-muenchen.de

Please send the following documents:

• Cover letter with your address and telephone number
  
  
• synopsis of the film
  (maximum 1,500 characters)
  
  
• short biography of the film makers
  (maximum 700 characters per person)
  
  
• short text on the following questions
  (maximum 2,000 characters):
  What new perspectives has the disability
  of the film makers brought to the production of the film?
  
  What positive effects did the film maker's disability
  on the work in the team?
  
  
• We appreciate if you specify the degree of disability of the film makers.

Please note:

Send us all the requested documents.

We will not pass on your documents to other persons.

Participation in the competition is independent of participation in DOK.fest München.

Send us your film and the documents by 2 February 2026.

You can find more information here:

• all regulations in overview
  
  
• general conditions of participation of DOK.fest München

Contact

Do you have any questions?

We will be happy to help you with the submission of your documents.

Please contact:

Kathi Seemann
Project management all inclusive Award
seemann@dokfest-muenchen.de
Tel.: +49 (0)89 51 39 97 88

DOK.fest München
Dachauer Straße 116
80636 München

Award donor

Imprint:

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