The awards at DOK.fest München
In the three main competitions DOK.international, DOK.deutsch and DOK.horizonte the nominated films at the 40th International Documentary Filmfestival Munich compete for the VIKTORIA – the award statue donated by the sponsoring association of DOK.fest München. In addition, other top-class awards will be presented. A total of 64,200 euros in prize money will be awarded. All prizes are awarded across all sections.
The awards of the 40th DOK.fest München
VIKTORIA DOK.international Main Competition
Donated by Bayerischer Rundfunkt, endowed with 10,000 euros. Nominations are open to films that cover a broad spectrum of content and form and are distinguished by their high artistic quality.
VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb
Donated by Sky, endowed with 7,500 euros. The nominated films deal with people and topics from the German-speaking world.
VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency
Donated by Petra-Kelly-Stiftung, endowed with 5,000 euros. Nominated are films that focus on volatile countries with unstable structures.
VFF Documentary Film Production Award
Donated by the VFF Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film und Fernsehproduzenten mbH, endowed with 7,500 euros. Nominated are films with outstanding creative significance of the production.
German Documentary Film Music Award
Donated by Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, endowed with 5,000 euros. Annually honours a composition that combines in an outstanding way with the documentary film narrative.
DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe
Donated by Adobe, endowed with 5,000 euros. Nominated are films with outstanding editing work.
all inclusive Documentary Film Award
Donated by the Werksviertel-Mitte Foundation, endowed with 5,000 euros. Nominated are documentary film productions in which filmmakers with disabilities play a leading role.
DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit
Donated by B.O.A Videofilmkunst, endowed with 3,000 euros. The nominees are films that, in their own special way, make the perspectives of children and young people visible and tangible.
megaherz Student Award
Donated by megaherz, endowed with 3,000 euros. Nominated are outstanding documentary films by students from German-speaking film schools and academies.
Documentary Film Award by the Goethe-Institut
Donated by the Goethe-Institut, endowed with 2,000 euros. Nominated are outstanding German documentary films. From 2022, the awarding of the prize will rotate: Leipzig (2023), Duisburg (2024), Kassel (2025) and Munich (2026).
kinokino Audience Award – sponsored by BR and 3sat
Awarded and donated by kinokino, the film magazine of BR and 3sat and endowed with 2,000 euros. In 2025, the audience vote will be carried out digitally for the first time – via a QR code that will be projected onto the cinema screen after the end of each film screening.
The awards of DOK.forum
DOK.archive Award
Donated by British Pathé, endowed with 22,500 euros provision (or alternatively 2,500 euros). Nominated are documentary film projects in development that use archive material.
DOK.composition Award
Donated by Sonoton Music and funded by Förderungs- und Hilfsfonds des Deutschen Komponist:innenverbands, endowed with 2,500 euros. Nominated are composition projects in development.
DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats
Donated by Bayerische Landeszentrale für Neue Medien, endowed with 2.500 euros. Nominated are projects that innovatively combine different media formats and platforms with the content and explore contemporary forms for journalistic-factual or documentary storytelling.
DOK.talent Award
Donated by SÜDKINO Filmproduktion, endowed with 2,500 euros. Nominated are projects from students at our partner universities.
The awards of DOK.education
Documentary Film Award for Young People
Donated by the BLLV e.V., the Bavarian Teachers' Association and Beisheim Stiftung, endowed with a total value of 1,100 euros.
Förderpreis des DOK.fest München
DOK.fest München has been a sponsor of the young talent work of Germany's oldest student film festival for six years and donates the Förderpreis des DOK.fest München, which is endowed with 100 euros.
