DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats
The nominated projects 2026
CITYFLOW - LOOMITS MÜNCHEN / CITYFLOW - LOOMITS MUNICH
Munich is his canvas from the first graffiti of the 19th century to modern murals: In CITYFLOW - LOOMITS MUNICH, graffiti pioneer Loomit takes us on an immersive journey through the city, its art, and its stories. We experience his creative process up close and see how urban spaces, history, and design influence his work.
FORMAT XR-Documentary COUNTRY Germany EXPECTED RELEASE 06.05.2025 DIRECTOR Carl Amadeus Hiller, Janis Winkler, Sheila Ushkarat, Stefan Göppel PRODUCER Carl Amadeus Hiller, Janis Winkler, Sheila Uschkurat PRODUCTION PEGASUS51 GbR
LIBRARY OF DREAMS
LIBRARY OF DREAMS is a 20-minute interactive VR experience that guides viewers through the dreams of people living under oppressive regimes, transforming historical and contemporary dream research into an embodied journey through fear, complicity, and the hidden trauma left by political terror.
FORMAT animated VR documentary COUNTRY Germany, Israel EXPECTED RELEASE 01.06.2026 DIRECTOR Jane Rzheznikova COMPOSER Billy Mello PRODUCER Alena Mikhaleva PRODUCTION Less Media Group CO-PRODUCTION Abduct Media
OH EUROPA! DANGEROUS GAMES
In the multimedia VR documentary piece, five people with refugee experience use virtual reality to reconstruct their memories of their dangerous attempts to cross Europe’s external borders and share their vision of Europe.
FORMAT documentary vr play COUNTRY Germany, Italy EXPECTED RELEASE 07.05.2025 DIRECTOR Martina Mahlknecht & Martin Prinoth COMPOSER Pose Dia PRODUCER Martina Mahlknecht & Martin Prinoth PRODUCTION TÒSU FILM OHG
SCRATCHING THE SURFACE
When Line Hoven, a traditional scratchboard illustrator, and her anxious paper knife alter ego are tasked with exploring the subconscious, they leave their analog studio and enter a surreal digital void where the creative process and authorship begin to mingle with a glitching AI. The knife is sharp. The AI is fast. But only one of them knows what to cut.
FORMAT Mockumentary XR experience COUNTRY Germany EXPECTED RELEASE August 2026 DIRECTOR Wiktor Filip Gacparski COMPOSER Alessandro Giovanetto & Oliviero Forni PRODUCER Alexander Mettin PRODUCTION Open Matter Studio CO-PRODUCTION Felix Patzke, Heimspiel GmbH
UNHOME VR - ÜBERLEBEN AUF DER STRASSE / UNHOME VR - APART FROM SOCIETY
Life on the streets is different from life in the mainstream. Survival is not a life. And there is no respite from life on the streets. With UNHOME, we step into a reality that is foreign to most of us—one we would otherwise simply walk past.
FORMAT Interactive Story COUNTRY Germany EXPECTED RELEASE 06.10.2026 DIRECTOR Henning Westerwelle COMPOSER Philip Feit, German Wahnsinn GmbH PRODUCER Henning Westerwelle & Chris Poelmann PRODUCTION Curious Company GmbH CO-PRODUCTION GoBanyo gGmbH
