Film literacy programme DOK.education

DOK.education is the year-round educational programme of Germany's largest documentary film festival DOK.fest München. The DOK.education offer is aimed at school classes and teachers as well as interested young people and families, all year round and during the festival in May.

In addition to work in film reception, film practice, teacher training, face-to-face workshops for school classes and an annual youth film competition. The heart of this programme is the Schule des Sehens (School of Seeing), which runs around 50 school class workshops for three age groups in the cinema. Through DOK.education's initiatives with numerous cultural institutions, TV institutions and schools, project director Maya Reichert has built up a large qualitative network in which the artistic narrative documentary film is always at the center.

All DOK.education projects combine media literacy and cultural education: artistic documentaries tell real stories in cinematic images. They offer a variety of approaches to encourage children and young people to look closely, to recognize the art of filmmaking, and to raise their awareness of different levels of truth and reality in cinematic storytelling.

Learning to read film is a skill that is more important than ever these days. Our film educators show how the creative stylistic devices of film affect us and trigger emotions. Our centerpiece is the Schule des Sehens, a film education project for school classes in Munich and sourrounding areas and in the online version for schools throughout Germany. You can find the full range of our services here on our website.

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Our programme is held in German language. Detailed information about DOK.education can only be provided in German. For any questions, please contact us.

Download this year's programme poster here (in German only).

CINEMA: Schule des Sehens

Film education at DOK.fest München 2025: Register now for the school class workshops in the cinema with short films for three age groups. 

ONLINE: Schule des Sehens

Film education throughout Germany and barrier-free: register school classes for the Schule des Sehens online by the end of July.

In Easy to Read

For the first time, we are offering Schule des Sehens 2025 on the film RUNDE 3 for special schools and integration classes in Easy Read.

Documentary film competition

Have you experienced something and want to tell your story? Take part in the documentary film competition for young people!

Award Ceremony 2025

Safe the date: Kind invitation to the award ceremony of the documentary film competition fpr young people 2025 at the HFF Munich!

animation film workshop

Documentary storytelling with stop-motion technology? The team from the mobile bicycle cinema CinéVelóCité shows kids and teens how to do this at the animation film workshop at the HFF.

Film education for adults

Lifelong learning at the Münchner Volkshochschule: half-yearly we take a look behind the scenes of a short documentary film in the format "Learn to read film!".

Fortbildungen für Lehrkräfte

Teacher training courses enable teachers to follow up documentary films used in the classroom in an age-appropriate way.

Nextus Teacher trainings

We regularly offer teacher trainings presenting how to work with the innovative European documentary film platform NEXTUS – both in person and online.

KinderKino

At the KinderKino 2025 in Gasteig HP8, kids watch the documentary film FRITZ HAT GLASKNOCHEN on the big screen, meet the protagonist of the film and take a look behind the scenes.

Workshop with Julian Janssen

Stay relaxed in front of the camera? In this workshop TV-moderator "Checker Julian" demonstrates fun hands-on exercises on the big stage.

Workshop “AI and film”

In this workshop AI expert Fritz Espenlaub explains the possibilities and dangers of AI in film.

Nextus – Learning by documentaries

DOK.education is part of the European film platform Nextus – learning by documentaries. Use documentary film in the classroom!

Project day with film talk

We organize the cultural educational excursion of your school classes – with socially relevant and artistically valuable documentaries in a cinema in Munich.

Interviews with teachers

We asked film teachers in Bavaria how practical film projects succeed at school and what added value they have.

Documentary filmworkshops

DOK.education offers workshops for young people who want to make their own documentary film.

Film making in school

DOK.education supervises documentary film projects by school classes and film groups all year round in Munich.

SchulKino Woche – Teacher trainings

As part of SchulKino Woche Bayern 2025, we are offering trainings for teachers who would like to use short artistic documentaries in the classroom.

Team

Get to know the DOK.education team.

Partners and sponsors

We thank the partners and sponsors of DOK.education who make the year-round educational program possible.

Archive

Here is an overview of the events of recent years.