Festival calendar

Hereyou can find an overview of all events listed by day at DOK.fest München 2025: including the DOK.fest film screenings, award ceremonies, additional programme, as well as the events of DOK.forum (coming soon) and events of DOK.education.

It is also possible to download a pdf version of the programme booklet.

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Mittwoch, 06.05.2026
Deutsches Theater

19.30 Uhr

INGEBORG BACHMANN - JEMAND, DER EINMAL ICH WAR (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Regina Schilling, HerStory). Sandra Hüller is embodying Ingeborg Bachmann – a portrait of the author in her own words. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English Ticket
Donnerstag, 07.05.2026
Amerikahaus

19.30 Uhr

IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Deutschland 2026, Yulia Lokshina, LifeTogether). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories. – Original version: English, German, Guarani, Spanish – Subtitles: English, German
Atelier 1

16.00 Uhr

THE LAST GIRL (Iran 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh, Young perspectives). Maryam is growing up in the South Iranian mountains. A quiet story about connection to nature, the passage of time, and belonging. – Original version: Persian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

WHEN I GET JAILED (Frankreich 2025, Anastasiia Vedenskaia, Politics. In times like these). After Navalny's death, Russians who oppose the ruling regime want to pay their respects by laying flowers—but this will not be without consequences. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (Serbien, Frankreich, Montenegro, Slowenien 2026, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Interdependence). A fighter in her own right: Gara the shepherdess defends her mountain just as she does her daughter. – Original version: Montenegrin – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

20.30 Uhr

SILENCED – Silenced (Australien 2025, Selina Miles, HerStory). Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights the weaponisation of defamation laws to silence survivors. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None

17.30 Uhr

WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen, Young perspectives). A documentary fairy tale about the rituals surrounding the transition to adulthood in the Chinese mountains. – Original version: Mandarin – Subtitles: English
Bellevue di Monaco

18.00 Uhr

THOSE WHO WATCH OVER – CEUX QUI VEILLENT (Belgien, Frankreich, Qatar 2025, Karima Saïdi, LifeTogether). In a mixed-faith cemetery, the mourners build a close-knit community. – Original version: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, French, Greek – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

NOT MADE FOR POLITICS – Not Made for Politics (Estland, Frankreich, USA 2025, Volia Chajkouskaya, Beyond Borders). Thirty years of dictatorship: Three women show strength and courage in their protest against Lukashenko. – Original version: Belarusian, English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English
City 2

20.00 Uhr

AMÍLCAR (Spanien, Frankreich, Portugal, Schweden, Cabo Verde 2025, Miguel Eek, Reframing History). Amílcar Cabral: Revolutionary, poet and leader in the struggle against colonial rule. – Original version: French, Portuguese, Spanish – Subtitles: English
Deutsches Theater

21.00 Uhr

FINDING CONNECTION (Deutschland 2026, Florian Karner, Visions of the Future). Genuine connection to AI? Four people in search of what real relationships no longer provide. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English Ticket

18.30 Uhr

DAS GEWICHT DER WELT – THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (Deutschland 2026, Florian Heinzen-Ziob, EcoCinema). Feelings or facts? In light of the climate crisis, three scientists are taking action. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English Ticket
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgien 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise, The Artist is Present). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra. – Original version: English – Subtitles: French

20.30 Uhr

SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli, Brave New Work?). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life. – Original version: Arabic, French, Hebrew – Subtitles: English
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

20.00 Uhr

OUT AT SIX (Israel 2025, Livi Kessel, HerStory). According to studies, there are eight stages leading up to a femicide—what remains after the sixth? – Original version: Hebrew – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury, Empowered). Abortion as criminal offence: Young women in the Dominican Republic risk prison sentences—and their lives. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

18.00 Uhr

THE END OF QUIET – DEN SIDSTE STILHED (Dänemark, Schweden 2025, Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski, Visions of the Future). A community in West Virginia lives in the “Quiet Zone,” far from the constant digital noise. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

MEANWHILE IN NAMIBIA (Deutschland, Namibia 2026, Jonas Spriestersbach, Reframing History). The injustices of the German colonial era in German South West Africa continue to have an impact in Namibia to this day. – Original version: Other, Afrikaans, English, German – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

18.30 Uhr

FIRST LAP CRASH (Schweiz 2026, Liam Erlach, Young perspectives). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem. – Original version: Swiss German – Subtitles: English, German, None

20.00 Uhr

MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Deutschland 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick, The Artist is Present). For 30 years, the DIN A 13 tanzcompany company has been breaking aesthetic and artistic norms in the world of dance. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr

SINGING WINGS (Iran, Georgien, Belgien 2025, Hemen Khaledi, HerStory). Animal Welfare Task Force: Mrs. Khaje courageously makes the rescue of a stork into her mission. – Original version: Kurdish – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

SCHWARZE HÄUSER – A House Unspoken (Deutschland 2026, Katrin Sikora, LifeTogether). How can trauma be overcome? The evacuation of children to the countryside in post-war Germany has left its mark. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Monopol 1

20.00 Uhr

VAPEUR – Vapour (Frankreich 2025, Anush Hamzehian, Vittorio Mortarotti, LifeTogether). A detective is searching for a Jōhatsu on a mysterious volcanic island in Japan. – Original version: Japanese – Subtitles: None

18.00 Uhr

HEART OF THE SEAL – BB Phoque (Frankreich 2025, Tito González García, Reframing History). Seal hunting in Greenland: An Inuit family faces pressure amid cultural change. – Original version: Other, Danish, French – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr

WE HAVE TO SURVIVE (Slowakei, Frankreich, Österreich 2026, Tomas Krupa, EcoCinema). Four locations in a changing world – stories of courage, survival, and hope. – Original version: Danish, English – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

MUSEUM (Frankreich 2025, Olivier Bienaimé Hervé Bienaimé, Young perspectives). Teens from the French countryside ponder the limits of life in front of abstract paintings. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

15.30 Uhr

OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE (Armenien, Niederlande 2025, Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan, LifeTogether). The stage as a mirror of life: residents of an Armenian retirement home rehearsing Shakespeare. – Original version: Armenian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

WAHLKAMPF – THE RACE (Österreich 2026, Harald Friedl, Politics. In times like these). The SPÖ's left-wing figurehead: Andreas Babler fights for revolutionary change. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

ALMOST FOREVER (Schweden, Finnland 2026, Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen, Young perspectives). Philip and Jasmine: Film reflections on growing up in Stockholm. – Original version: Swedish – Subtitles: English
Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr

LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Österreich 2025, Markus Heltschl, The Artist is Present). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Schweden, Irland 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén, The Sound of Music). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful? – Original version: English, Irish – Subtitles: English
Rio 1

20.30 Uhr

INGEBORG BACHMANN - JEMAND, DER EINMAL ICH WAR (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Regina Schilling, HerStory). Sandra Hüller is embodying Ingeborg Bachmann – a portrait of the author in her own words. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

INNERE EMIGRANTEN – INNER EMIGRANTS (Deutschland, Frankreich 2025, Lena Karbe, Politics. In times like these). Call for counsel: A hotline in Moscow provides psychological support during the war in Ukraine. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

NOVA '78 (UK, Portugal 2025, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias, The Artist is Present). East Village, 1987: The avant-garde circle around William S. Burroughs gathers for the Nova Convention. Warning: explosive footage! – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Freitag, 08.05.2026
Amerikahaus

19.00 Uhr

SILENT FLOOD (Ukraine, Deutschland 2025, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Politics. In times like these). On the banks of the Dniester: A village in western Ukraine caught between pacifism and war. – Original version: Ukrainian – Subtitles: English, Ukrainian
Atelier 1

20.30 Uhr

WAHLKAMPF – THE RACE (Österreich 2026, Harald Friedl, Politics. In times like these). The SPÖ's left-wing figurehead: Andreas Babler fights for revolutionary change. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

FINDING CONNECTION (Deutschland 2026, Florian Karner, Visions of the Future). Genuine connection to AI? Four people in search of what real relationships no longer provide. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

MARIINKA (Belgien, Niederlande, Deutschland, Schweden 2026, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Interdependence). Five young people, nine years of war in Ukraine, and the question: What does homeland mean? – Original version: English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

20.00 Uhr

MAGILLIGAN (UK, Irland, USA 2026, Ross McClean, Interdependence). Between prison and resocialisation: A thoughtful portrait of a young man. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

17.30 Uhr

UNWELCOMED – Si vas para Chile (Chile 2025, Sebastián González, Amílcar Infante, Beyond Borders). “We have no life there anymore”: Thousands of Venezuelans at Chile's inhospitable border. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English
Bergson

19.00 Uhr

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI. LIVING WITHOUT A SCRIPT – Roberto Rossellini. Più di una vita (Italien 2025, Ilaria De Laurentiis, Raffaele Brunetti, Andrea Paolo Massara, The Artist is Present). Roberto Rossellini: Curious, true to his ideals, uncompromising to the very end. – Original version: English, French, Italian, Spanish – Subtitles: English
City 2

21.00 Uhr

MATERIA PRIMA (Deutschland 2026, Jens Schanze, Reframing History). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom. – Original version: English, Quechua, Spanish – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

MEANWHILE IN NAMIBIA (Deutschland, Namibia 2026, Jonas Spriestersbach, Reframing History). The injustices of the German colonial era in German South West Africa continue to have an impact in Namibia to this day. – Original version: Other, Afrikaans, English, German – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Deutschland 2026, Paul Sonntag, Brave New Work?). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation. – Original version: English, German, Romanian – Subtitles: English, German
Deutsches Theater

18.00 Uhr

HELENE WEIGEL – REVOLUTIONÄRIN IM RAMPENLICHT – HELENE WEIGEL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REVOLUTION (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Maria Wischnewski, HerStory). A communist and an exceptional artist: finally, the woman “at Brecht's side" is stepping into the spotlight. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, German Ticket

21.00 Uhr

WHISTLEBLOWER (Deutschland 2025, Marc Bauder, Politics. In times like these). In the fight against corruption and manipulation, whistleblowers themselves become targets. – Original version: English, French, German – Subtitles: English Ticket
Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr

DAS GEWICHT DER WELT – THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (Deutschland 2026, Florian Heinzen-Ziob, EcoCinema). Feelings or facts? In light of the climate crisis, three scientists are taking action. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estland 2025, Vladimir Loginov, LifeTogether). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club. – Original version: English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

SCHWARZE HÄUSER – A House Unspoken (Deutschland 2026, Katrin Sikora, LifeTogether). How can trauma be overcome? The evacuation of children to the countryside in post-war Germany has left its mark. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

20.00 Uhr

THE END OF QUIET – DEN SIDSTE STILHED (Dänemark, Schweden 2025, Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski, Visions of the Future). A community in West Virginia lives in the “Quiet Zone,” far from the constant digital noise. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

DEATH OF DEATH (Lettland, Tschechische Republik 2025, Dāvis Sīmanis, Visions of the Future). Researchers, biohackers, visionaries—a film about people determined to cheat death. – Original version: English, Russian – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

21.00 Uhr

VATER, SOHN UND DER PREIS DES WIDERSTANDS – Father, Son and the Price of Resistance (Deutschland 2026, Götz Schauder, Interdependence). Scars of dictatorship: A father and son struggle to find closeness. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

DRIVING EUROPE (Deutschland 2025, Felix Länge, Brave New Work?). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

21.00 Uhr

HAUS 4 – House 4 (Deutschland 2026, Philipp Schaeffer, Young perspectives). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English, None

18.30 Uhr

WHERE THE WAVES TOOK HER (Deutschland 2025, Jana Stallein, Brave New Work?). A sea rescue boat as a meeting point between two worlds. A film that broadens one's perspective. – Original version: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Somali – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

20.30 Uhr

WE HAVE TO SURVIVE (Slowakei, Frankreich, Österreich 2026, Tomas Krupa, EcoCinema). Four locations in a changing world – stories of courage, survival, and hope. – Original version: Danish, English – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

IL CASTELLO INDISTRUTTIBILE – THE CASTLE (Frankreich, Italien 2025, Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, Virginia Nardelli, Young perspectives). A ruin in Palermo: Three children build their own world. – Original version: Italian – Subtitles: English
HFF - Open Air / Ciné Vélo Cité

21.00 Uhr – DOK.shorts

MEMENTO MURI (Italien 2025, Jonathan Bugiel, Reframing History). “Fortress Europe”: The Atlantic Wall as a monument to nationalistic hubris – an exploration. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
ICH ATME DIE GANZE ZEIT – I'AM BREATHING ALL THE TIME (Deutschland 2025, Rosa Gocht, Interdependence). Overwhelming and intangible: an autobiographical search for the root of one's own anxiety. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
AND THEY LIVE IN ROW HOUSES – And They Live In Row Houses (Österreich 2025, Matteo Sanders, Julia Haugeneder, LifeTogether). Dad, Mom, child. And they need a house. Neatly lined in a row. A "dys-topology". – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Monopol 1

21.00 Uhr

CHOSEN FAMILY – FAMILLE CHOISIE (Belgien 2025, Elisa Vdk, Empowered). Four drag artists are shaping Brussels’ scene and carving out their place in society. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Niederlande, Belgien 2026, Tom Fassaert, Interdependence). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers. – Original version: Dutch – Subtitles: English
Münchner Kammerspiele

19.00 Uhr – all inclusive Award

HELLO NEW BODY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? (Deutschland 2025, Laura Kansy, LifeTogether). Laura has ME/CFS: a filmic approach to a new reality. – Award Ceremony all inclusive Award
Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr

80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS – 80 Angry Journalists (Deutschland, Ungarn, Tschechische Republik, Norwegen, Dänemark 2026, András Földes, Anna Kis, Politics. In times like these). Joint resignation in the fight for press freedom: 80 journalists leave the editorial office. – Original version: Hungarian – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli, Brave New Work?). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life. – Original version: Arabic, French, Hebrew – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (Serbien, Frankreich, Montenegro, Slowenien 2026, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Interdependence). A fighter in her own right: Gara the shepherdess defends her mountain just as she does her daughter. – Original version: Montenegrin – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

18.30 Uhr

THE KARTLI KINGDOM – ᲥᲐᲠᲗᲚᲘᲡ ᲪᲮᲝᲕᲠᲔᲑᲐ (QARTLIS TSKHOVREBA) (Georgien, Frankreich 2025, Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel, Empowered). Kartli Kingdom, a rundown sanatorium in Tbilisi, becomes a safe haven for refugees. – Original version: Georgian – Subtitles: English

16.30 Uhr

WHEN I GET JAILED (Frankreich 2025, Anastasiia Vedenskaia, Politics. In times like these). After Navalny's death, Russians who oppose the ruling regime want to pay their respects by laying flowers—but this will not be without consequences. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

HOOD STORIES (Deutschland 2026, Alexander Bruch, Young perspectives). From the ghetto to the stage – a song brings together four young rap talents. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr

HEART OF THE SEAL – BB Phoque (Frankreich 2025, Tito González García, Reframing History). Seal hunting in Greenland: An Inuit family faces pressure amid cultural change. – Original version: Other, Danish, French – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Kanada 2026, Ryan Marley, The Sound of Music). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world. – Original version: English, French – Subtitles: English
Pinakothek der Moderne

16.00 Uhr

BARBARA FOREVER (USA 2026, Brydie O'Connor, HerStory). The story of a visual poet who dedicated her life to filming women in an intimate and experimental way. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Rio 1

20.30 Uhr

MELT (Österreich 2025, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, EcoCinema). What if snow and ice disappeared forever? A journey to places that will soon no longer exist. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: German

18.00 Uhr

WATCHING PEOPLE WATCHING BIRDS (Deutschland 2026, Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken, LifeTogether). Birdwatching—a passion, a life's work, and a wistful connection. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS (Finnland, Schweden 2026, Jukka Kärkkäinen, Interdependence). As his son becomes more and more independent, Tero, a single father, must come to terms with his loneliness. – Original version: Finnish – Subtitles: English
Samstag, 09.05.2026
Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr

A SONG WITHOUT HOME (Georgien 2026, Rati Tsiteladze, Empowered). Neon lights, nicotine, hope—a documentary film noir about finding one's identity. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

THE NARRATIVE (Schweiz 2026, Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt, Politics. In times like these). A UBS trader has been found guilty of causing a $2.3 billion loss. But is he really at fault? – Original version: English – Subtitles: German

15.00 Uhr

POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH – Politics are Personal (Deutschland 2026, Indira Geisel, Interdependence). “Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

15.00 Uhr

OUT OF SCHOOL (Marokko, Dänemark 2026, Hind Bensari, Young perspectives). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains. – Original version: Other, Arabic – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS (Finnland, Schweden 2026, Jukka Kärkkäinen, Interdependence). As his son becomes more and more independent, Tero, a single father, must come to terms with his loneliness. – Original version: Finnish – Subtitles: English

17.30 Uhr

MATABELELAND (Kenia 2025, Nyasha Kadandara, Interdependence). A forgotten massacre in Zimbabwe and a family searching for peace. – Original version: Other, English, Ndebele – Subtitles: English
Bellevue di Monaco

18.00 Uhr

CHOSEN FAMILY – FAMILLE CHOISIE (Belgien 2025, Elisa Vdk, Empowered). Four drag artists are shaping Brussels’ scene and carving out their place in society. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

WHISTLEBLOWER (Deutschland 2025, Marc Bauder, Politics. In times like these). In the fight against corruption and manipulation, whistleblowers themselves become targets. – Original version: English, French, German – Subtitles: English
City 2

20.00 Uhr

ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Deutschland 2026, Thorsten Schütte, The Sound of Music). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure! – Original version: English, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English
Deutsches Theater

18.30 Uhr

I FOLLOW RIVERS (Norwegen 2026, Barbora Hollan, HerStory). Sport, family, identity. A world champion kayaker balances these often competing forces. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English Ticket

21.00 Uhr

WACKEN – HEARTS FULL OF METAL (Deutschland 2026, Cordula Kablitz-Post, The Sound of Music). From outdoor village concert to metal mecca: the success story of Wacken Open Air. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English Ticket
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

THE KARTLI KINGDOM – ᲥᲐᲠᲗᲚᲘᲡ ᲪᲮᲝᲕᲠᲔᲑᲐ (QARTLIS TSKHOVREBA) (Georgien, Frankreich 2025, Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel, Empowered). Kartli Kingdom, a rundown sanatorium in Tbilisi, becomes a safe haven for refugees. – Original version: Georgian – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI. LIVING WITHOUT A SCRIPT – Roberto Rossellini. Più di una vita (Italien 2025, Ilaria De Laurentiis, Raffaele Brunetti, Andrea Paolo Massara, The Artist is Present). Roberto Rossellini: Curious, true to his ideals, uncompromising to the very end. – Original version: English, French, Italian, Spanish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

20.00 Uhr

ONE IN A MILLION – One in a Million (USA, UK 2026, Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes, Beyond Borders). Ten years in the life of a Syrian family in Cologne after fleeing Aleppo. – Original version: Arabic, German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

BECOMING KIM (Deutschland, Korea 2026, Susanne Kim, Interdependence). Kimchi & potatoes forever? When her marriage begins to falter, Susanne starts filming herself and her husband to figure out whether love is all it takes. – Original version: English, German, Korean – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

18.30 Uhr

WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT – Sometimes, I imagine them all at a party (Deutschland 2026, Daniela Magnani Hüller, HerStory). What remains? A question that echoes with the trauma of a survived femicide attempt. – Original version: German, Portuguese – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

WHEN PIGS FLY (Deutschland 2026, Denise Riedmayr, Visions of the Future). An organ donor? Or a lifelong companion? Two different takes on pigs. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr

VATER, SOHN UND DER PREIS DES WIDERSTANDS – Father, Son and the Price of Resistance (Deutschland 2026, Götz Schauder, Interdependence). Scars of dictatorship: A father and son struggle to find closeness. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr – DOK.shorts

MEMENTO MURI (Italien 2025, Jonathan Bugiel, Reframing History). “Fortress Europe”: The Atlantic Wall as a monument to nationalistic hubris – an exploration. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
ICH ATME DIE GANZE ZEIT – I'AM BREATHING ALL THE TIME (Deutschland 2025, Rosa Gocht, Interdependence). Overwhelming and intangible: an autobiographical search for the root of one's own anxiety. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
AND THEY LIVE IN ROW HOUSES – And They Live In Row Houses (Österreich 2025, Matteo Sanders, Julia Haugeneder, LifeTogether). Dad, Mom, child. And they need a house. Neatly lined in a row. A "dys-topology". – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
HFF - Open Air / Ciné Vélo Cité

21.00 Uhr

BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Niederlande, Belgien 2026, Tom Fassaert, Interdependence). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers. – Original version: Dutch – Subtitles: English
Monopol 1

20.30 Uhr

SOMETHING FAMILIAR (Rumänien, UK 2026, Rachel Taparjan, Interdependence). Adopted as a child, the filmmaker sets out to find her siblings and uncovers a dark family legacy. – Original version: English, Romanian – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

DRIVING EUROPE (Deutschland 2025, Felix Länge, Brave New Work?). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

NOT MADE FOR POLITICS – Not Made for Politics (Estland, Frankreich, USA 2025, Volia Chajkouskaya, Beyond Borders). Thirty years of dictatorship: Three women show strength and courage in their protest against Lukashenko. – Original version: Belarusian, English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English
Münchner Kammerspiele

19.00 Uhr

HELENE WEIGEL – REVOLUTIONÄRIN IM RAMPENLICHT – HELENE WEIGEL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REVOLUTION (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Maria Wischnewski, HerStory). A communist and an exceptional artist: finally, the woman “at Brecht's side" is stepping into the spotlight. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, German
Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr

SILENT FLOOD (Ukraine, Deutschland 2025, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Politics. In times like these). On the banks of the Dniester: A village in western Ukraine caught between pacifism and war. – Original version: Ukrainian – Subtitles: English, Ukrainian

16.00 Uhr

ALMOST FOREVER (Schweden, Finnland 2026, Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen, Young perspectives). Philip and Jasmine: Film reflections on growing up in Stockholm. – Original version: Swedish – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

IL CASTELLO INDISTRUTTIBILE – THE CASTLE (Frankreich, Italien 2025, Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, Virginia Nardelli, Young perspectives). A ruin in Palermo: Three children build their own world. – Original version: Italian – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

18.00 Uhr

TO DANCE IS TO RESIST (Ukraine, Deutschland 2026, Julian Lautenbacher, Empowered). From dance to resistance: queer dancers persevere in Kyiv. – Original version: English, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON (Iran, Frankreich, UK, USA, Dänemark 2025, Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhalaghi, Beyond Borders). A clown, a fox, the moon: the cinematic diary of an Iranian woman on her journey to freedom. – Original version: Dari, Persian, Turkish – Subtitles: English

13.30 Uhr

FIRST LAP CRASH (Schweiz 2026, Liam Erlach, Young perspectives). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem. – Original version: Swiss German – Subtitles: English, German, None

20.30 Uhr

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Demokratische Republik Kongo, Frankreich 2026, Elisé Sawasawa, African Encounters). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war. – Original version: French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili – Subtitles: English
NS-Dokumentationszentrum

19.00 Uhr – Europe Day

CHANGE MY MIND – VELKÝ VLASTENECKÝ VÝLET (Tschechische Republik 2025, Robin Kvapil, Politics. In times like these). Three Czech pro-Putin supporters on the Ukrainian front: Can their ideology withstand reality? – Original version: Czech, English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English
Pasinger Fabrik

20.30 Uhr

INNERE EMIGRANTEN – INNER EMIGRANTS (Deutschland, Frankreich 2025, Lena Karbe, Politics. In times like these). Call for counsel: A hotline in Moscow provides psychological support during the war in Ukraine. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

SINGING WINGS (Iran, Georgien, Belgien 2025, Hemen Khaledi, HerStory). Animal Welfare Task Force: Mrs. Khaje courageously makes the rescue of a stork into her mission. – Original version: Kurdish – Subtitles: English
Pinakothek der Moderne

16.00 Uhr

AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Kanada 2026, Ryan Marley, The Sound of Music). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world. – Original version: English, French – Subtitles: English
Rio 1

20.30 Uhr

ICE WOMEN – EISFRAUEN (Deutschland 2026, Jens Becker, Dorothea Braun, HerStory). Women on polar expeditions? A fascinating look into archives and magnificent icy worlds. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None

18.00 Uhr

MARIINKA (Belgien, Niederlande, Deutschland, Schweden 2026, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Interdependence). Five young people, nine years of war in Ukraine, and the question: What does homeland mean? – Original version: English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Kroatien, Deutschland, Niederlande 2026, Tatjana Božić, LifeTogether). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son. – Original version: Croatian, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English
Sonntag, 10.05.2026
Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr

HUNDERTZWÖLF (Deutschland 2026, August Pflugfelder, Brave New Work?). 112: The Berlin Fire Department’s emergency dispatch center helps people in life-threatening situations. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

JARDIN D'ENFANTS – Kindergarten (Kanada 2025, Jean-François Caissy, Young perspectives). Tiny humans, big emotions: a glimpse into the lively everyday life of a daycare center. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

MELT (Österreich 2025, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, EcoCinema). What if snow and ice disappeared forever? A journey to places that will soon no longer exist. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: German

11.00 Uhr

PAIKAR (Niederlande, Iran, Afghanistan 2025, Dawood Hilmandi, Beyond Borders). In all four corners of the world: An autobiographical attempt to get to know one’s own father. – Original version: Dari, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

16.30 Uhr

I, POPPY (Indien, Frankreich 2025, Vivek Chaudhary, Empowered). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption. – Original version: Hindi – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury, Empowered). Abortion as criminal offence: Young women in the Dominican Republic risk prison sentences—and their lives. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

CHANGE MY MIND – VELKÝ VLASTENECKÝ VÝLET (Tschechische Republik 2025, Robin Kvapil, Politics. In times like these). Three Czech pro-Putin supporters on the Ukrainian front: Can their ideology withstand reality? – Original version: Czech, English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

13.30 Uhr

LA PIETÀ (Spanien, Island, Litauen 2025, Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, EcoCinema). Where the world is melting, the crackling ice sings its swan song. – Original version: English, Icelandic – Subtitles: English
Bellevue di Monaco

20.30 Uhr

OUT OF SCHOOL (Marokko, Dänemark 2026, Hind Bensari, Young perspectives). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains. – Original version: Other, Arabic – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

THE LAST GIRL (Iran 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh, Young perspectives). Maryam is growing up in the South Iranian mountains. A quiet story about connection to nature, the passage of time, and belonging. – Original version: Persian – Subtitles: English
Bergson

18.00 Uhr

ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Deutschland 2026, Thorsten Schütte, The Sound of Music). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure! – Original version: English, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English
City 2

16.00 Uhr

A SONG WITHOUT HOME (Georgien 2026, Rati Tsiteladze, Empowered). Neon lights, nicotine, hope—a documentary film noir about finding one's identity. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English
Deutsches Theater

21.00 Uhr

HER RACE TO SPACE (Deutschland, Frankreich, Französisch Guyana, USA, Schweiz 2025, Lena Leonhardt, Nadine Neumann, Ira Beetz, Visions of the Future). Europe's answer to SpaceX: Hélène Huby is building space capsules based on teamwork rather than cutthroat competition. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English Ticket

18.30 Uhr

NUISANCE BEAR – Nuisance Bear (USA, Kanada, UK 2025, Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden, EcoCinema). When polar bears and humans come face to face: Climate change is causing habitats to overlap. – Original version: English, Inuktitut – Subtitles: English Ticket
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr – Personal Memoriams

CENTRAL PARK – CENTRAL PARK (USA 1990, Frederick Wiseman, Personal Memoriams). Central Park: for many, a second living room; for others, a public park that requires management. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr

FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Kroatien, Deutschland, Niederlande 2026, Tatjana Božić, LifeTogether). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son. – Original version: Croatian, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

HEART OF THE SEAL – BB Phoque (Frankreich 2025, Tito González García, Reframing History). Seal hunting in Greenland: An Inuit family faces pressure amid cultural change. – Original version: Other, Danish, French – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

11.00 Uhr

THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD – The Woman Who Poked The Leopard (Uganda, Südafrika, Deutschland, USA 2025, Patience Nitumwesiga, African Encounters). The fight of a scientist, feminist, and poet against the Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English, None

16.30 Uhr

SYSTEMWANDELN – DIE WELT NEU ENTDECKEN (Deutschland 2026, Mickel Rentsch, EcoCinema). Is a sustainable world possible? A bicycle road movie about initiatives that offer hope. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

19.30 Uhr – AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS SPECIAL: Wim Wenders meets King Ampaw

BLACK IS BLACK (Deutschland 1968, King Ampaw, African Encounters). A sharp look at housing bias, revealing racism in everyday encounters in Germany. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
ALABAMA (2000 LIGHT YEARS) (Deutschland 1968, Wim Wenders, African Encounters). A road film shaped by a song, where meaning shifts between two versions. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
HFF - Kino 1

20.00 Uhr – German Documentary Film Music Award and DOK.composition Award

MATERIA PRIMA (Deutschland 2026, Jens Schanze, Reframing History). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom. – Original version: English, Quechua, Spanish – Subtitles: English

15.00 Uhr

THE PEOPLE SHALL (Kenia 2025, Mark Maina, Nick Wambugu, African Encounters). Kenya's Generation Z proves that activism can lead to political change. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

16.30 Uhr – AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS PANEL DISCUSSION: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

– Ticket
HFF - Kino 2

17.30 Uhr

80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS – 80 Angry Journalists (Deutschland, Ungarn, Tschechische Republik, Norwegen, Dänemark 2026, András Földes, Anna Kis, Politics. In times like these). Joint resignation in the fight for press freedom: 80 journalists leave the editorial office. – Original version: Hungarian – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

FIRST LAP CRASH (Schweiz 2026, Liam Erlach, Young perspectives). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem. – Original version: Swiss German – Subtitles: English, German, None

20.00 Uhr

BECOMING KIM (Deutschland, Korea 2026, Susanne Kim, Interdependence). Kimchi & potatoes forever? When her marriage begins to falter, Susanne starts filming herself and her husband to figure out whether love is all it takes. – Original version: English, German, Korean – Subtitles: English
Monopol 1

20.00 Uhr

THOSE WHO WATCH OVER – CEUX QUI VEILLENT (Belgien, Frankreich, Qatar 2025, Karima Saïdi, LifeTogether). In a mixed-faith cemetery, the mourners build a close-knit community. – Original version: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, French, Greek – Subtitles: English

17.30 Uhr

ONE IN A MILLION – One in a Million (USA, UK 2026, Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes, Beyond Borders). Ten years in the life of a Syrian family in Cologne after fleeing Aleppo. – Original version: Arabic, German – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

15.30 Uhr

HAUS 4 – House 4 (Deutschland 2026, Philipp Schaeffer, Young perspectives). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English, None

20.00 Uhr

THE CULPRITS – Les Culpables (Spanien 2026, Marta Duran Lozano, Empowered). Breaking taboos and breaking free: Marta is giving a voice to anonymous abortion stories. – Original version: Catalan – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

HEX (Norwegen 2026, Maja Holand, The Sound of Music). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

15.30 Uhr

EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estland 2025, Vladimir Loginov, LifeTogether). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club. – Original version: English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

THE NARRATIVE (Schweiz 2026, Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt, Politics. In times like these). A UBS trader has been found guilty of causing a $2.3 billion loss. But is he really at fault? – Original version: English – Subtitles: German

13.00 Uhr

NOT MADE FOR POLITICS – Not Made for Politics (Estland, Frankreich, USA 2025, Volia Chajkouskaya, Beyond Borders). Thirty years of dictatorship: Three women show strength and courage in their protest against Lukashenko. – Original version: Belarusian, English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

MAGILLIGAN (UK, Irland, USA 2026, Ross McClean, Interdependence). Between prison and resocialisation: A thoughtful portrait of a young man. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr

WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT – Sometimes, I imagine them all at a party (Deutschland 2026, Daniela Magnani Hüller, HerStory). What remains? A question that echoes with the trauma of a survived femicide attempt. – Original version: German, Portuguese – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

WHEN PIGS FLY (Deutschland 2026, Denise Riedmayr, Visions of the Future). An organ donor? Or a lifelong companion? Two different takes on pigs. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Pinakothek der Moderne

11.00 Uhr

OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE (Armenien, Niederlande 2025, Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan, LifeTogether). The stage as a mirror of life: residents of an Armenian retirement home rehearsing Shakespeare. – Original version: Armenian – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Österreich 2025, Markus Heltschl, The Artist is Present). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English
Rio 1

20.00 Uhr

TO DANCE IS TO RESIST (Ukraine, Deutschland 2026, Julian Lautenbacher, Empowered). From dance to resistance: queer dancers persevere in Kyiv. – Original version: English, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

INTELLIGENCE RISING – Intelligence Rising (Großbritannien 2026, Elena Andreicheva, Visions of the Future). “War Game” over the future: Who can control artificial intelligence before it can control us? – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Theatiner Kino

15.00 Uhr

STERBEN FÜR ANFÄNGER – Dying for Beginners (Österreich 2025, Kurt Langbein, LifeTogether). Cancer: A film about survival, death and the question of what lies beyond. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None

11.00 Uhr

WATCHING PEOPLE WATCHING BIRDS (Deutschland 2026, Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken, LifeTogether). Birdwatching—a passion, a life's work, and a wistful connection. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Montag, 11.05.2026
Amerikahaus

20.00 Uhr

DAS GEWICHT DER WELT – THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (Deutschland 2026, Florian Heinzen-Ziob, EcoCinema). Feelings or facts? In light of the climate crisis, three scientists are taking action. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

17.30 Uhr

JARDIN D'ENFANTS – Kindergarten (Kanada 2025, Jean-François Caissy, Young perspectives). Tiny humans, big emotions: a glimpse into the lively everyday life of a daycare center. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English
Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr

THE PEOPLE SHALL (Kenia 2025, Mark Maina, Nick Wambugu, African Encounters). Kenya's Generation Z proves that activism can lead to political change. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD – The Woman Who Poked The Leopard (Uganda, Südafrika, Deutschland, USA 2025, Patience Nitumwesiga, African Encounters). The fight of a scientist, feminist, and poet against the Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English, None
Atelier 2

20.30 Uhr

NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Deutschland 2026, Paul Sonntag, Brave New Work?). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation. – Original version: English, German, Romanian – Subtitles: English, German

18.30 Uhr

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Demokratische Republik Kongo, Frankreich 2026, Elisé Sawasawa, African Encounters). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war. – Original version: French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili – Subtitles: English
City 2

20.00 Uhr

IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Deutschland 2026, Yulia Lokshina, LifeTogether). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories. – Original version: English, German, Guarani, Spanish – Subtitles: English, German
Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr

BECOMING KIM (Deutschland, Korea 2026, Susanne Kim, Interdependence). Kimchi & potatoes forever? When her marriage begins to falter, Susanne starts filming herself and her husband to figure out whether love is all it takes. – Original version: English, German, Korean – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

NOVA '78 (UK, Portugal 2025, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias, The Artist is Present). East Village, 1987: The avant-garde circle around William S. Burroughs gathers for the Nova Convention. Warning: explosive footage! – Original version: English – Subtitles: None

20.00 Uhr

BARBARA FOREVER (USA 2026, Brydie O'Connor, HerStory). The story of a visual poet who dedicated her life to filming women in an intimate and experimental way. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr

VAPEUR – Vapour (Frankreich 2025, Anush Hamzehian, Vittorio Mortarotti, LifeTogether). A detective is searching for a Jōhatsu on a mysterious volcanic island in Japan. – Original version: Japanese – Subtitles: None

20.00 Uhr

IL CASTELLO INDISTRUTTIBILE – THE CASTLE (Frankreich, Italien 2025, Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, Virginia Nardelli, Young perspectives). A ruin in Palermo: Three children build their own world. – Original version: Italian – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

15.30 Uhr

A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON (Iran, Frankreich, UK, USA, Dänemark 2025, Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhalaghi, Beyond Borders). A clown, a fox, the moon: the cinematic diary of an Iranian woman on her journey to freedom. – Original version: Dari, Persian, Turkish – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

LA PIETÀ (Spanien, Island, Litauen 2025, Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, EcoCinema). Where the world is melting, the crackling ice sings its swan song. – Original version: English, Icelandic – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH – Politics are Personal (Deutschland 2026, Indira Geisel, Interdependence). “Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

15.00 Uhr

THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgien 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise, The Artist is Present). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra. – Original version: English – Subtitles: French

18.00 Uhr

HUNDERTZWÖLF (Deutschland 2026, August Pflugfelder, Brave New Work?). 112: The Berlin Fire Department’s emergency dispatch center helps people in life-threatening situations. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Deutschland 2026, Thorsten Schütte, The Sound of Music). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure! – Original version: English, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

15.30 Uhr

THOSE WHO WATCH OVER – CEUX QUI VEILLENT (Belgien, Frankreich, Qatar 2025, Karima Saïdi, LifeTogether). In a mixed-faith cemetery, the mourners build a close-knit community. – Original version: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, French, Greek – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

MEANWHILE IN NAMIBIA (Deutschland, Namibia 2026, Jonas Spriestersbach, Reframing History). The injustices of the German colonial era in German South West Africa continue to have an impact in Namibia to this day. – Original version: Other, Afrikaans, English, German – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

DEATH OF DEATH (Lettland, Tschechische Republik 2025, Dāvis Sīmanis, Visions of the Future). Researchers, biohackers, visionaries—a film about people determined to cheat death. – Original version: English, Russian – Subtitles: English

13.00 Uhr

HOOD STORIES (Deutschland 2026, Alexander Bruch, Young perspectives). From the ghetto to the stage – a song brings together four young rap talents. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Literaturhaus

19.00 Uhr

INGEBORG BACHMANN - JEMAND, DER EINMAL ICH WAR (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Regina Schilling, HerStory). Sandra Hüller is embodying Ingeborg Bachmann – a portrait of the author in her own words. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr

AMÍLCAR (Spanien, Frankreich, Portugal, Schweden, Cabo Verde 2025, Miguel Eek, Reframing History). Amílcar Cabral: Revolutionary, poet and leader in the struggle against colonial rule. – Original version: French, Portuguese, Spanish – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

WHERE THE WAVES TOOK HER (Deutschland 2025, Jana Stallein, Brave New Work?). A sea rescue boat as a meeting point between two worlds. A film that broadens one's perspective. – Original version: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Somali – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Schweden, Irland 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén, The Sound of Music). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful? – Original version: English, Irish – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

20.30 Uhr

MATERIA PRIMA (Deutschland 2026, Jens Schanze, Reframing History). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom. – Original version: English, Quechua, Spanish – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

STERBEN FÜR ANFÄNGER – Dying for Beginners (Österreich 2025, Kurt Langbein, LifeTogether). Cancer: A film about survival, death and the question of what lies beyond. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None

16.00 Uhr

SCHWARZE HÄUSER – A House Unspoken (Deutschland 2026, Katrin Sikora, LifeTogether). How can trauma be overcome? The evacuation of children to the countryside in post-war Germany has left its mark. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Rio 2

20.30 Uhr

THE KARTLI KINGDOM – ᲥᲐᲠᲗᲚᲘᲡ ᲪᲮᲝᲕᲠᲔᲑᲐ (QARTLIS TSKHOVREBA) (Georgien, Frankreich 2025, Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel, Empowered). Kartli Kingdom, a rundown sanatorium in Tbilisi, becomes a safe haven for refugees. – Original version: Georgian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

ONE IN A MILLION – One in a Million (USA, UK 2026, Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes, Beyond Borders). Ten years in the life of a Syrian family in Cologne after fleeing Aleppo. – Original version: Arabic, German – Subtitles: English
Secret Location

21.00 Uhr – SECRET SCREENING

Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

SOMETHING FAMILIAR (Rumänien, UK 2026, Rachel Taparjan, Interdependence). Adopted as a child, the filmmaker sets out to find her siblings and uncovers a dark family legacy. – Original version: English, Romanian – Subtitles: English
Dienstag, 12.05.2026
Amerikahaus

20.00 Uhr

NUISANCE BEAR – Nuisance Bear (USA, Kanada, UK 2025, Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden, EcoCinema). When polar bears and humans come face to face: Climate change is causing habitats to overlap. – Original version: English, Inuktitut – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

UNWELCOMED – Si vas para Chile (Chile 2025, Sebastián González, Amílcar Infante, Beyond Borders). “We have no life there anymore”: Thousands of Venezuelans at Chile's inhospitable border. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English
Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr

WE HAVE TO SURVIVE (Slowakei, Frankreich, Österreich 2026, Tomas Krupa, EcoCinema). Four locations in a changing world – stories of courage, survival, and hope. – Original version: Danish, English – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

SILENCED – Silenced (Australien 2025, Selina Miles, HerStory). Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights the weaponisation of defamation laws to silence survivors. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Atelier 2

20.30 Uhr

WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT – Sometimes, I imagine them all at a party (Deutschland 2026, Daniela Magnani Hüller, HerStory). What remains? A question that echoes with the trauma of a survived femicide attempt. – Original version: German, Portuguese – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

IL CASTELLO INDISTRUTTIBILE – THE CASTLE (Frankreich, Italien 2025, Danny Biancardi, Stefano La Rosa, Virginia Nardelli, Young perspectives). A ruin in Palermo: Three children build their own world. – Original version: Italian – Subtitles: English
Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr

WHEN PIGS FLY (Deutschland 2026, Denise Riedmayr, Visions of the Future). An organ donor? Or a lifelong companion? Two different takes on pigs. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE (Armenien, Niederlande 2025, Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan, LifeTogether). The stage as a mirror of life: residents of an Armenian retirement home rehearsing Shakespeare. – Original version: Armenian – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Österreich 2025, Markus Heltschl, The Artist is Present). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr

HEX (Norwegen 2026, Maja Holand, The Sound of Music). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (Serbien, Frankreich, Montenegro, Slowenien 2026, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Interdependence). A fighter in her own right: Gara the shepherdess defends her mountain just as she does her daughter. – Original version: Montenegrin – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

16.00 Uhr

WHISTLEBLOWER (Deutschland 2025, Marc Bauder, Politics. In times like these). In the fight against corruption and manipulation, whistleblowers themselves become targets. – Original version: English, French, German – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr – VFF Documentary Film Production Award

INNERE EMIGRANTEN – INNER EMIGRANTS (Deutschland, Frankreich 2025, Lena Karbe, Politics. In times like these). Call for counsel: A hotline in Moscow provides psychological support during the war in Ukraine. – Award Ceremony for the VFF Production Award and the Production Talent Awar
HFF - Kino 1

16.00 Uhr

MATABELELAND (Kenia 2025, Nyasha Kadandara, Interdependence). A forgotten massacre in Zimbabwe and a family searching for peace. – Original version: Other, English, Ndebele – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

INTELLIGENCE RISING – Intelligence Rising (Großbritannien 2026, Elena Andreicheva, Visions of the Future). “War Game” over the future: Who can control artificial intelligence before it can control us? – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
HFF - Kino 2

17.30 Uhr

I, POPPY (Indien, Frankreich 2025, Vivek Chaudhary, Empowered). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption. – Original version: Hindi – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

I FOLLOW RIVERS (Norwegen 2026, Barbora Hollan, HerStory). Sport, family, identity. A world champion kayaker balances these often competing forces. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English
Instituto Cervantes

19.00 Uhr

THE CULPRITS – Les Culpables (Spanien 2026, Marta Duran Lozano, Empowered). Breaking taboos and breaking free: Marta is giving a voice to anonymous abortion stories. – Original version: Catalan – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

18.00 Uhr

DEATH OF DEATH (Lettland, Tschechische Republik 2025, Dāvis Sīmanis, Visions of the Future). Researchers, biohackers, visionaries—a film about people determined to cheat death. – Original version: English, Russian – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

WATCHING PEOPLE WATCHING BIRDS (Deutschland 2026, Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken, LifeTogether). Birdwatching—a passion, a life's work, and a wistful connection. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen, Young perspectives). A documentary fairy tale about the rituals surrounding the transition to adulthood in the Chinese mountains. – Original version: Mandarin – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

17.00 Uhr

MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Deutschland 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick, The Artist is Present). For 30 years, the DIN A 13 tanzcompany company has been breaking aesthetic and artistic norms in the world of dance. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

PAIKAR (Niederlande, Iran, Afghanistan 2025, Dawood Hilmandi, Beyond Borders). In all four corners of the world: An autobiographical attempt to get to know one’s own father. – Original version: Dari, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English
Pasinger Fabrik

20.30 Uhr

IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Deutschland 2026, Yulia Lokshina, LifeTogether). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories. – Original version: English, German, Guarani, Spanish – Subtitles: English, German

18.00 Uhr

TO DANCE IS TO RESIST (Ukraine, Deutschland 2026, Julian Lautenbacher, Empowered). From dance to resistance: queer dancers persevere in Kyiv. – Original version: English, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English
Rio 2

20.30 Uhr

SILENT FLOOD (Ukraine, Deutschland 2025, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Politics. In times like these). On the banks of the Dniester: A village in western Ukraine caught between pacifism and war. – Original version: Ukrainian – Subtitles: English, Ukrainian

18.00 Uhr

NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Deutschland 2026, Paul Sonntag, Brave New Work?). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation. – Original version: English, German, Romanian – Subtitles: English, German
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

18.30 Uhr

OUT OF SCHOOL (Marokko, Dänemark 2026, Hind Bensari, Young perspectives). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains. – Original version: Other, Arabic – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

HELENE WEIGEL – REVOLUTIONÄRIN IM RAMPENLICHT – HELENE WEIGEL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REVOLUTION (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Maria Wischnewski, HerStory). A communist and an exceptional artist: finally, the woman “at Brecht's side" is stepping into the spotlight. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, German
Mittwoch, 13.05.2026
Atelier 1

18.30 Uhr

THE KARTLI KINGDOM – ᲥᲐᲠᲗᲚᲘᲡ ᲪᲮᲝᲕᲠᲔᲑᲐ (QARTLIS TSKHOVREBA) (Georgien, Frankreich 2025, Tamar Kalandadze, Julien Pebrel, Empowered). Kartli Kingdom, a rundown sanatorium in Tbilisi, becomes a safe haven for refugees. – Original version: Georgian – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgien 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise, The Artist is Present). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra. – Original version: English – Subtitles: French
Atelier 2

18.00 Uhr

I FOLLOW RIVERS (Norwegen 2026, Barbora Hollan, HerStory). Sport, family, identity. A world champion kayaker balances these often competing forces. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

THE END OF QUIET – DEN SIDSTE STILHED (Dänemark, Schweden 2025, Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski, Visions of the Future). A community in West Virginia lives in the “Quiet Zone,” far from the constant digital noise. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
Bergson

19.00 Uhr

WACKEN – HEARTS FULL OF METAL (Deutschland 2026, Cordula Kablitz-Post, The Sound of Music). From outdoor village concert to metal mecca: the success story of Wacken Open Air. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr

HUNDERTZWÖLF (Deutschland 2026, August Pflugfelder, Brave New Work?). 112: The Berlin Fire Department’s emergency dispatch center helps people in life-threatening situations. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

AMÍLCAR (Spanien, Frankreich, Portugal, Schweden, Cabo Verde 2025, Miguel Eek, Reframing History). Amílcar Cabral: Revolutionary, poet and leader in the struggle against colonial rule. – Original version: French, Portuguese, Spanish – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

HELENE WEIGEL – REVOLUTIONÄRIN IM RAMPENLICHT – HELENE WEIGEL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REVOLUTION (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Maria Wischnewski, HerStory). A communist and an exceptional artist: finally, the woman “at Brecht's side" is stepping into the spotlight. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, German
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr

THE LAST GIRL (Iran 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh, Young perspectives). Maryam is growing up in the South Iranian mountains. A quiet story about connection to nature, the passage of time, and belonging. – Original version: Persian – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Kanada 2026, Ryan Marley, The Sound of Music). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world. – Original version: English, French – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

15.00 Uhr

WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT – Sometimes, I imagine them all at a party (Deutschland 2026, Daniela Magnani Hüller, HerStory). What remains? A question that echoes with the trauma of a survived femicide attempt. – Original version: German, Portuguese – Subtitles: English

17.00 Uhr

FINDING CONNECTION (Deutschland 2026, Florian Karner, Visions of the Future). Genuine connection to AI? Four people in search of what real relationships no longer provide. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

CHOSEN FAMILY – FAMILLE CHOISIE (Belgien 2025, Elisa Vdk, Empowered). Four drag artists are shaping Brussels’ scene and carving out their place in society. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

15.00 Uhr

THE NARRATIVE (Schweiz 2026, Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt, Politics. In times like these). A UBS trader has been found guilty of causing a $2.3 billion loss. But is he really at fault? – Original version: English – Subtitles: German

17.30 Uhr

DAS GEWICHT DER WELT – THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (Deutschland 2026, Florian Heinzen-Ziob, EcoCinema). Feelings or facts? In light of the climate crisis, three scientists are taking action. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

BARBARA FOREVER (USA 2026, Brydie O'Connor, HerStory). The story of a visual poet who dedicated her life to filming women in an intimate and experimental way. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
HFF - Kino 2

14.00 Uhr

ALMOST FOREVER (Schweden, Finnland 2026, Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen, Young perspectives). Philip and Jasmine: Film reflections on growing up in Stockholm. – Original version: Swedish – Subtitles: English

16.30 Uhr

WE HAVE TO SURVIVE (Slowakei, Frankreich, Österreich 2026, Tomas Krupa, EcoCinema). Four locations in a changing world – stories of courage, survival, and hope. – Original version: Danish, English – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

NOVA '78 (UK, Portugal 2025, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias, The Artist is Present). East Village, 1987: The avant-garde circle around William S. Burroughs gathers for the Nova Convention. Warning: explosive footage! – Original version: English – Subtitles: None

19.00 Uhr

THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS (Finnland, Schweden 2026, Jukka Kärkkäinen, Interdependence). As his son becomes more and more independent, Tero, a single father, must come to terms with his loneliness. – Original version: Finnish – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr

HOOD STORIES (Deutschland 2026, Alexander Bruch, Young perspectives). From the ghetto to the stage – a song brings together four young rap talents. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None

20.30 Uhr

MARIINKA (Belgien, Niederlande, Deutschland, Schweden 2026, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Interdependence). Five young people, nine years of war in Ukraine, and the question: What does homeland mean? – Original version: English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

MATABELELAND (Kenia 2025, Nyasha Kadandara, Interdependence). A forgotten massacre in Zimbabwe and a family searching for peace. – Original version: Other, English, Ndebele – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

20.30 Uhr

FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Kroatien, Deutschland, Niederlande 2026, Tatjana Božić, LifeTogether). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son. – Original version: Croatian, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

MEANWHILE IN NAMIBIA (Deutschland, Namibia 2026, Jonas Spriestersbach, Reframing History). The injustices of the German colonial era in German South West Africa continue to have an impact in Namibia to this day. – Original version: Other, Afrikaans, English, German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

WHERE THE WAVES TOOK HER (Deutschland 2025, Jana Stallein, Brave New Work?). A sea rescue boat as a meeting point between two worlds. A film that broadens one's perspective. – Original version: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Somali – Subtitles: English
Pasinger Fabrik

18.00 Uhr

80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS – 80 Angry Journalists (Deutschland, Ungarn, Tschechische Republik, Norwegen, Dänemark 2026, András Földes, Anna Kis, Politics. In times like these). Joint resignation in the fight for press freedom: 80 journalists leave the editorial office. – Original version: Hungarian – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

DRIVING EUROPE (Deutschland 2025, Felix Länge, Brave New Work?). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English
Rio 2

18.00 Uhr

TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (Serbien, Frankreich, Montenegro, Slowenien 2026, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić, Interdependence). A fighter in her own right: Gara the shepherdess defends her mountain just as she does her daughter. – Original version: Montenegrin – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

STERBEN FÜR ANFÄNGER – Dying for Beginners (Österreich 2025, Kurt Langbein, LifeTogether). Cancer: A film about survival, death and the question of what lies beyond. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

18.30 Uhr

MUSEUM (Frankreich 2025, Olivier Bienaimé Hervé Bienaimé, Young perspectives). Teens from the French countryside ponder the limits of life in front of abstract paintings. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estland 2025, Vladimir Loginov, LifeTogether). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club. – Original version: English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English
Donnerstag, 14.05.2026
Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr

OUT AT SIX (Israel 2025, Livi Kessel, HerStory). According to studies, there are eight stages leading up to a femicide—what remains after the sixth? – Original version: Hebrew – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

THE CULPRITS – Les Culpables (Spanien 2026, Marta Duran Lozano, Empowered). Breaking taboos and breaking free: Marta is giving a voice to anonymous abortion stories. – Original version: Catalan – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

BECOMING KIM (Deutschland, Korea 2026, Susanne Kim, Interdependence). Kimchi & potatoes forever? When her marriage begins to falter, Susanne starts filming herself and her husband to figure out whether love is all it takes. – Original version: English, German, Korean – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

20.30 Uhr

WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen, Young perspectives). A documentary fairy tale about the rituals surrounding the transition to adulthood in the Chinese mountains. – Original version: Mandarin – Subtitles: English

15.00 Uhr

ONE IN A MILLION – One in a Million (USA, UK 2026, Itab Azzam, Jack Macinnes, Beyond Borders). Ten years in the life of a Syrian family in Cologne after fleeing Aleppo. – Original version: Arabic, German – Subtitles: English

17.30 Uhr

HEX (Norwegen 2026, Maja Holand, The Sound of Music). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English
Bellevue di Monaco

18.00 Uhr

A SONG WITHOUT HOME (Georgien 2026, Rati Tsiteladze, Empowered). Neon lights, nicotine, hope—a documentary film noir about finding one's identity. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

TO DANCE IS TO RESIST (Ukraine, Deutschland 2026, Julian Lautenbacher, Empowered). From dance to resistance: queer dancers persevere in Kyiv. – Original version: English, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English
City 2

20.00 Uhr

WHEN PIGS FLY (Deutschland 2026, Denise Riedmayr, Visions of the Future). An organ donor? Or a lifelong companion? Two different takes on pigs. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

17.30 Uhr

MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Deutschland 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick, The Artist is Present). For 30 years, the DIN A 13 tanzcompany company has been breaking aesthetic and artistic norms in the world of dance. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Deutschland 2026, Paul Sonntag, Brave New Work?). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation. – Original version: English, German, Romanian – Subtitles: English, German
Gasteig HP8

16.00 Uhr

HELLO NEW BODY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? (Deutschland 2025, Laura Kansy, LifeTogether). Laura has ME/CFS: a filmic approach to a new reality. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English, None
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

20.00 Uhr

ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Deutschland 2026, Thorsten Schütte, The Sound of Music). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure! – Original version: English, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Demokratische Republik Kongo, Frankreich 2026, Elisé Sawasawa, African Encounters). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war. – Original version: French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

20.30 Uhr

HER RACE TO SPACE (Deutschland, Frankreich, Französisch Guyana, USA, Schweiz 2025, Lena Leonhardt, Nadine Neumann, Ira Beetz, Visions of the Future). Europe's answer to SpaceX: Hélène Huby is building space capsules based on teamwork rather than cutthroat competition. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

ALMOST FOREVER (Schweden, Finnland 2026, Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen, Young perspectives). Philip and Jasmine: Film reflections on growing up in Stockholm. – Original version: Swedish – Subtitles: English

11.30 Uhr

MELT (Österreich 2025, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, EcoCinema). What if snow and ice disappeared forever? A journey to places that will soon no longer exist. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: German

15.00 Uhr

UNWELCOMED – Si vas para Chile (Chile 2025, Sebastián González, Amílcar Infante, Beyond Borders). “We have no life there anymore”: Thousands of Venezuelans at Chile's inhospitable border. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

14.30 Uhr

EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estland 2025, Vladimir Loginov, LifeTogether). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club. – Original version: English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English

17.30 Uhr

CHANGE MY MIND – VELKÝ VLASTENECKÝ VÝLET (Tschechische Republik 2025, Robin Kvapil, Politics. In times like these). Three Czech pro-Putin supporters on the Ukrainian front: Can their ideology withstand reality? – Original version: Czech, English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

12.00 Uhr

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Schweden, Irland 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén, The Sound of Music). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful? – Original version: English, Irish – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON (Iran, Frankreich, UK, USA, Dänemark 2025, Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhalaghi, Beyond Borders). A clown, a fox, the moon: the cinematic diary of an Iranian woman on her journey to freedom. – Original version: Dari, Persian, Turkish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

18.00 Uhr

HAUS 4 – House 4 (Deutschland 2026, Philipp Schaeffer, Young perspectives). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English, None

20.00 Uhr

WHEN I GET JAILED (Frankreich 2025, Anastasiia Vedenskaia, Politics. In times like these). After Navalny's death, Russians who oppose the ruling regime want to pay their respects by laying flowers—but this will not be without consequences. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English

11.00 Uhr

JARDIN D'ENFANTS – Kindergarten (Kanada 2025, Jean-François Caissy, Young perspectives). Tiny humans, big emotions: a glimpse into the lively everyday life of a daycare center. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

WATCHING PEOPLE WATCHING BIRDS (Deutschland 2026, Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken, LifeTogether). Birdwatching—a passion, a life's work, and a wistful connection. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

14.00 Uhr

AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Kanada 2026, Ryan Marley, The Sound of Music). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world. – Original version: English, French – Subtitles: English
HFF - Open Air / Ciné Vélo Cité

21.00 Uhr

SYSTEMWANDELN – DIE WELT NEU ENTDECKEN (Deutschland 2026, Mickel Rentsch, EcoCinema). Is a sustainable world possible? A bicycle road movie about initiatives that offer hope. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

18.30 Uhr

ICE WOMEN – EISFRAUEN (Deutschland 2026, Jens Becker, Dorothea Braun, HerStory). Women on polar expeditions? A fascinating look into archives and magnificent icy worlds. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None

20.30 Uhr

LA PIETÀ (Spanien, Island, Litauen 2025, Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, EcoCinema). Where the world is melting, the crackling ice sings its swan song. – Original version: English, Icelandic – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

OUT OF SCHOOL (Marokko, Dänemark 2026, Hind Bensari, Young perspectives). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains. – Original version: Other, Arabic – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

14.00 Uhr

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI. LIVING WITHOUT A SCRIPT – Roberto Rossellini. Più di una vita (Italien 2025, Ilaria De Laurentiis, Raffaele Brunetti, Andrea Paolo Massara, The Artist is Present). Roberto Rossellini: Curious, true to his ideals, uncompromising to the very end. – Original version: English, French, Italian, Spanish – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

FINDING CONNECTION (Deutschland 2026, Florian Karner, Visions of the Future). Genuine connection to AI? Four people in search of what real relationships no longer provide. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

NUISANCE BEAR – Nuisance Bear (USA, Kanada, UK 2025, Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden, EcoCinema). When polar bears and humans come face to face: Climate change is causing habitats to overlap. – Original version: English, Inuktitut – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH – Politics are Personal (Deutschland 2026, Indira Geisel, Interdependence). “Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Rio 2

18.30 Uhr

MATERIA PRIMA (Deutschland 2026, Jens Schanze, Reframing History). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom. – Original version: English, Quechua, Spanish – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Niederlande, Belgien 2026, Tom Fassaert, Interdependence). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers. – Original version: Dutch – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

16.00 Uhr

VAPEUR – Vapour (Frankreich 2025, Anush Hamzehian, Vittorio Mortarotti, LifeTogether). A detective is searching for a Jōhatsu on a mysterious volcanic island in Japan. – Original version: Japanese – Subtitles: None

18.00 Uhr

SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli, Brave New Work?). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life. – Original version: Arabic, French, Hebrew – Subtitles: English
Freitag, 15.05.2026
Amerikahaus

18.00 Uhr

THE END OF QUIET – DEN SIDSTE STILHED (Dänemark, Schweden 2025, Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski, Visions of the Future). A community in West Virginia lives in the “Quiet Zone,” far from the constant digital noise. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

ELON MUSK UNCOVERED - DAS TESLA EXPERIMENT (Deutschland 2025, Andreas Pichler, Visions of the Future). Risky Business: An investigative look at Tesla, Musk, and the hazards of Autopilot. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Atelier 1

15.00 Uhr

BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Niederlande, Belgien 2026, Tom Fassaert, Interdependence). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers. – Original version: Dutch – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

MAGILLIGAN (UK, Irland, USA 2026, Ross McClean, Interdependence). Between prison and resocialisation: A thoughtful portrait of a young man. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

MATABELELAND (Kenia 2025, Nyasha Kadandara, Interdependence). A forgotten massacre in Zimbabwe and a family searching for peace. – Original version: Other, English, Ndebele – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

16.00 Uhr

SCHWARZE HÄUSER – A House Unspoken (Deutschland 2026, Katrin Sikora, LifeTogether). How can trauma be overcome? The evacuation of children to the countryside in post-war Germany has left its mark. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

FIRST LAP CRASH (Schweiz 2026, Liam Erlach, Young perspectives). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem. – Original version: Swiss German – Subtitles: English, German, None

18.30 Uhr

MUSEUM (Frankreich 2025, Olivier Bienaimé Hervé Bienaimé, Young perspectives). Teens from the French countryside ponder the limits of life in front of abstract paintings. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English
Bellevue di Monaco

18.00 Uhr

WHEN I GET JAILED (Frankreich 2025, Anastasiia Vedenskaia, Politics. In times like these). After Navalny's death, Russians who oppose the ruling regime want to pay their respects by laying flowers—but this will not be without consequences. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

SYSTEMWANDELN – DIE WELT NEU ENTDECKEN (Deutschland 2026, Mickel Rentsch, EcoCinema). Is a sustainable world possible? A bicycle road movie about initiatives that offer hope. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
City 3

20.00 Uhr

WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen, Young perspectives). A documentary fairy tale about the rituals surrounding the transition to adulthood in the Chinese mountains. – Original version: Mandarin – Subtitles: English
Einstein 28

09.30 Uhr

HAUS 4 – House 4 (Deutschland 2026, Philipp Schaeffer, Young perspectives). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English, None
Filmmuseum

18.00 Uhr

THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS (Finnland, Schweden 2026, Jukka Kärkkäinen, Interdependence). As his son becomes more and more independent, Tero, a single father, must come to terms with his loneliness. – Original version: Finnish – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

JARDIN D'ENFANTS – Kindergarten (Kanada 2025, Jean-François Caissy, Young perspectives). Tiny humans, big emotions: a glimpse into the lively everyday life of a daycare center. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

20.00 Uhr

I FOLLOW RIVERS (Norwegen 2026, Barbora Hollan, HerStory). Sport, family, identity. A world champion kayaker balances these often competing forces. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

UNWELCOMED – Si vas para Chile (Chile 2025, Sebastián González, Amílcar Infante, Beyond Borders). “We have no life there anymore”: Thousands of Venezuelans at Chile's inhospitable border. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

18.00 Uhr

SILENCED – Silenced (Australien 2025, Selina Miles, HerStory). Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights the weaponisation of defamation laws to silence survivors. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None

15.30 Uhr

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI. LIVING WITHOUT A SCRIPT – Roberto Rossellini. Più di una vita (Italien 2025, Ilaria De Laurentiis, Raffaele Brunetti, Andrea Paolo Massara, The Artist is Present). Roberto Rossellini: Curious, true to his ideals, uncompromising to the very end. – Original version: English, French, Italian, Spanish – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

SINGING WINGS (Iran, Georgien, Belgien 2025, Hemen Khaledi, HerStory). Animal Welfare Task Force: Mrs. Khaje courageously makes the rescue of a stork into her mission. – Original version: Kurdish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 1

16.00 Uhr

AMÍLCAR (Spanien, Frankreich, Portugal, Schweden, Cabo Verde 2025, Miguel Eek, Reframing History). Amílcar Cabral: Revolutionary, poet and leader in the struggle against colonial rule. – Original version: French, Portuguese, Spanish – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

INNERE EMIGRANTEN – INNER EMIGRANTS (Deutschland, Frankreich 2025, Lena Karbe, Politics. In times like these). Call for counsel: A hotline in Moscow provides psychological support during the war in Ukraine. – Original version: Russian – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

THE LAST GIRL (Iran 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh, Young perspectives). Maryam is growing up in the South Iranian mountains. A quiet story about connection to nature, the passage of time, and belonging. – Original version: Persian – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

15.30 Uhr

THE CULPRITS – Les Culpables (Spanien 2026, Marta Duran Lozano, Empowered). Breaking taboos and breaking free: Marta is giving a voice to anonymous abortion stories. – Original version: Catalan – Subtitles: English

11.00 Uhr

HEART OF THE SEAL – BB Phoque (Frankreich 2025, Tito González García, Reframing History). Seal hunting in Greenland: An Inuit family faces pressure amid cultural change. – Original version: Other, Danish, French – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

MARIINKA (Belgien, Niederlande, Deutschland, Schweden 2026, Pieter-Jan De Pue, Interdependence). Five young people, nine years of war in Ukraine, and the question: What does homeland mean? – Original version: English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

13.00 Uhr

SOMETHING FAMILIAR (Rumänien, UK 2026, Rachel Taparjan, Interdependence). Adopted as a child, the filmmaker sets out to find her siblings and uncovers a dark family legacy. – Original version: English, Romanian – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

THE PEOPLE SHALL (Kenia 2025, Mark Maina, Nick Wambugu, African Encounters). Kenya's Generation Z proves that activism can lead to political change. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
HFF - Open Air / Ciné Vélo Cité

21.00 Uhr

I, POPPY (Indien, Frankreich 2025, Vivek Chaudhary, Empowered). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption. – Original version: Hindi – Subtitles: English
Literaturhaus

19.00 Uhr – Reading FRANZ XAVER GERNSTL

– Ticket
Neues Maxim

16.00 Uhr

CHOSEN FAMILY – FAMILLE CHOISIE (Belgien 2025, Elisa Vdk, Empowered). Four drag artists are shaping Brussels’ scene and carving out their place in society. – Original version: French – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

WAHLKAMPF – THE RACE (Österreich 2026, Harald Friedl, Politics. In times like these). The SPÖ's left-wing figurehead: Andreas Babler fights for revolutionary change. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

INTELLIGENCE RISING – Intelligence Rising (Großbritannien 2026, Elena Andreicheva, Visions of the Future). “War Game” over the future: Who can control artificial intelligence before it can control us? – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr

WHISTLEBLOWER (Deutschland 2025, Marc Bauder, Politics. In times like these). In the fight against corruption and manipulation, whistleblowers themselves become targets. – Original version: English, French, German – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

VATER, SOHN UND DER PREIS DES WIDERSTANDS – Father, Son and the Price of Resistance (Deutschland 2026, Götz Schauder, Interdependence). Scars of dictatorship: A father and son struggle to find closeness. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON (Iran, Frankreich, UK, USA, Dänemark 2025, Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhalaghi, Beyond Borders). A clown, a fox, the moon: the cinematic diary of an Iranian woman on her journey to freedom. – Original version: Dari, Persian, Turkish – Subtitles: English
Rio 2

20.30 Uhr

SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury, Empowered). Abortion as criminal offence: Young women in the Dominican Republic risk prison sentences—and their lives. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH – Politics are Personal (Deutschland 2026, Indira Geisel, Interdependence). “Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

THE NARRATIVE (Schweiz 2026, Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt, Politics. In times like these). A UBS trader has been found guilty of causing a $2.3 billion loss. But is he really at fault? – Original version: English – Subtitles: German
Samstag, 16.05.2026
Amerikahaus

18.00 Uhr

SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury, Empowered). Abortion as criminal offence: Young women in the Dominican Republic risk prison sentences—and their lives. – Original version: Spanish – Subtitles: English

20.00 Uhr

THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgien 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise, The Artist is Present). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra. – Original version: English – Subtitles: French
Atelier 1

18.00 Uhr

THOSE WHO WATCH OVER – CEUX QUI VEILLENT (Belgien, Frankreich, Qatar 2025, Karima Saïdi, LifeTogether). In a mixed-faith cemetery, the mourners build a close-knit community. – Original version: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, French, Greek – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr

WHERE THE WAVES TOOK HER (Deutschland 2025, Jana Stallein, Brave New Work?). A sea rescue boat as a meeting point between two worlds. A film that broadens one's perspective. – Original version: Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Somali – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

INTELLIGENCE RISING – Intelligence Rising (Großbritannien 2026, Elena Andreicheva, Visions of the Future). “War Game” over the future: Who can control artificial intelligence before it can control us? – Original version: English – Subtitles: None

13.00 Uhr

VATER, SOHN UND DER PREIS DES WIDERSTANDS – Father, Son and the Price of Resistance (Deutschland 2026, Götz Schauder, Interdependence). Scars of dictatorship: A father and son struggle to find closeness. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
Atelier 2

18.30 Uhr

CHANGE MY MIND – VELKÝ VLASTENECKÝ VÝLET (Tschechische Republik 2025, Robin Kvapil, Politics. In times like these). Three Czech pro-Putin supporters on the Ukrainian front: Can their ideology withstand reality? – Original version: Czech, English, Russian, Ukrainian – Subtitles: English

11.00 Uhr

80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS – 80 Angry Journalists (Deutschland, Ungarn, Tschechische Republik, Norwegen, Dänemark 2026, András Földes, Anna Kis, Politics. In times like these). Joint resignation in the fight for press freedom: 80 journalists leave the editorial office. – Original version: Hungarian – Subtitles: English

14.00 Uhr

SILENT FLOOD (Ukraine, Deutschland 2025, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Politics. In times like these). On the banks of the Dniester: A village in western Ukraine caught between pacifism and war. – Original version: Ukrainian – Subtitles: English, Ukrainian

21.00 Uhr

DEATH OF DEATH (Lettland, Tschechische Republik 2025, Dāvis Sīmanis, Visions of the Future). Researchers, biohackers, visionaries—a film about people determined to cheat death. – Original version: English, Russian – Subtitles: English

16.30 Uhr

SOMETHING FAMILIAR (Rumänien, UK 2026, Rachel Taparjan, Interdependence). Adopted as a child, the filmmaker sets out to find her siblings and uncovers a dark family legacy. – Original version: English, Romanian – Subtitles: English
Filmmuseum

16.00 Uhr

MELT (Österreich 2025, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, EcoCinema). What if snow and ice disappeared forever? A journey to places that will soon no longer exist. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: German

19.00 Uhr

HEX (Norwegen 2026, Maja Holand, The Sound of Music). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal. – Original version: English, Norwegian – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

LA PIETÀ (Spanien, Island, Litauen 2025, Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, EcoCinema). Where the world is melting, the crackling ice sings its swan song. – Original version: English, Icelandic – Subtitles: English
Gasteig HP8 Projektor

18.00 Uhr

SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli, Brave New Work?). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life. – Original version: Arabic, French, Hebrew – Subtitles: English

20.30 Uhr

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Schweden, Irland 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén, The Sound of Music). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful? – Original version: English, Irish – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

11.00 Uhr

FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Kroatien, Deutschland, Niederlande 2026, Tatjana Božić, LifeTogether). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son. – Original version: Croatian, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English

14.00 Uhr

WAHLKAMPF – THE RACE (Österreich 2026, Harald Friedl, Politics. In times like these). The SPÖ's left-wing figurehead: Andreas Babler fights for revolutionary change. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

19.30 Uhr – Award ceremony – DOK.fest München 2026

HFF - Kino 1

11.00 Uhr

VAPEUR – Vapour (Frankreich 2025, Anush Hamzehian, Vittorio Mortarotti, LifeTogether). A detective is searching for a Jōhatsu on a mysterious volcanic island in Japan. – Original version: Japanese – Subtitles: None

13.00 Uhr

INGEBORG BACHMANN - JEMAND, DER EINMAL ICH WAR (Deutschland, Österreich 2026, Regina Schilling, HerStory). Sandra Hüller is embodying Ingeborg Bachmann – a portrait of the author in her own words. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

15.30 Uhr – DOK.shorts

MEMENTO MURI (Italien 2025, Jonathan Bugiel, Reframing History). “Fortress Europe”: The Atlantic Wall as a monument to nationalistic hubris – an exploration. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
ICH ATME DIE GANZE ZEIT – I'AM BREATHING ALL THE TIME (Deutschland 2025, Rosa Gocht, Interdependence). Overwhelming and intangible: an autobiographical search for the root of one's own anxiety. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English
AND THEY LIVE IN ROW HOUSES – And They Live In Row Houses (Österreich 2025, Matteo Sanders, Julia Haugeneder, LifeTogether). Dad, Mom, child. And they need a house. Neatly lined in a row. A "dys-topology". – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

NOT MADE FOR POLITICS – Not Made for Politics (Estland, Frankreich, USA 2025, Volia Chajkouskaya, Beyond Borders). Thirty years of dictatorship: Three women show strength and courage in their protest against Lukashenko. – Original version: Belarusian, English, Estonian, Russian – Subtitles: English

21.00 Uhr

NUISANCE BEAR – Nuisance Bear (USA, Kanada, UK 2025, Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden, EcoCinema). When polar bears and humans come face to face: Climate change is causing habitats to overlap. – Original version: English, Inuktitut – Subtitles: English
HFF - Kino 2

11.00 Uhr

OUT AT SIX (Israel 2025, Livi Kessel, HerStory). According to studies, there are eight stages leading up to a femicide—what remains after the sixth? – Original version: Hebrew – Subtitles: English

13.30 Uhr

ICE WOMEN – EISFRAUEN (Deutschland 2026, Jens Becker, Dorothea Braun, HerStory). Women on polar expeditions? A fascinating look into archives and magnificent icy worlds. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None

20.30 Uhr

OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE (Armenien, Niederlande 2025, Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan, LifeTogether). The stage as a mirror of life: residents of an Armenian retirement home rehearsing Shakespeare. – Original version: Armenian – Subtitles: English

18.30 Uhr

A SONG WITHOUT HOME (Georgien 2026, Rati Tsiteladze, Empowered). Neon lights, nicotine, hope—a documentary film noir about finding one's identity. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

MAGILLIGAN (UK, Irland, USA 2026, Ross McClean, Interdependence). Between prison and resocialisation: A thoughtful portrait of a young man. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English
Neues Maxim

20.30 Uhr

IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Deutschland 2026, Yulia Lokshina, LifeTogether). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories. – Original version: English, German, Guarani, Spanish – Subtitles: English, German

18.00 Uhr

SYSTEMWANDELN – DIE WELT NEU ENTDECKEN (Deutschland 2026, Mickel Rentsch, EcoCinema). Is a sustainable world possible? A bicycle road movie about initiatives that offer hope. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

16.00 Uhr

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Demokratische Republik Kongo, Frankreich 2026, Elisé Sawasawa, African Encounters). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war. – Original version: French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili – Subtitles: English
Neues Rottmann

16.00 Uhr

I, POPPY (Indien, Frankreich 2025, Vivek Chaudhary, Empowered). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption. – Original version: Hindi – Subtitles: English

14.00 Uhr

SILENCED – Silenced (Australien 2025, Selina Miles, HerStory). Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights the weaponisation of defamation laws to silence survivors. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None

20.30 Uhr

HUNDERTZWÖLF (Deutschland 2026, August Pflugfelder, Brave New Work?). 112: The Berlin Fire Department’s emergency dispatch center helps people in life-threatening situations. – Original version: German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

STERBEN FÜR ANFÄNGER – Dying for Beginners (Österreich 2025, Kurt Langbein, LifeTogether). Cancer: A film about survival, death and the question of what lies beyond. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None
Rio 2

20.30 Uhr

DRIVING EUROPE (Deutschland 2025, Felix Länge, Brave New Work?). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike. – Original version: English, Georgian, German – Subtitles: English

18.00 Uhr

THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD – The Woman Who Poked The Leopard (Uganda, Südafrika, Deutschland, USA 2025, Patience Nitumwesiga, African Encounters). The fight of a scientist, feminist, and poet against the Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni. – Original version: English – Subtitles: English, None
Theatiner Kino

18.00 Uhr

PAIKAR (Niederlande, Iran, Afghanistan 2025, Dawood Hilmandi, Beyond Borders). In all four corners of the world: An autobiographical attempt to get to know one’s own father. – Original version: Dari, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English
Sonntag, 17.05.2026
Amerikahaus

18.00 Uhr

BARBARA FOREVER (USA 2026, Brydie O'Connor, HerStory). The story of a visual poet who dedicated her life to filming women in an intimate and experimental way. – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Bergson

11.00 Uhr

LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Österreich 2025, Markus Heltschl, The Artist is Present). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order. – Original version: English, French, German, Japanese – Subtitles: English
HFF - Audimax

18.00 Uhr – Personal Memoriams

MEINE VÄTER (Deutschland 2021, Julia von Heinz, Personal Memoriams). Following the death of her 80-year-old father, Julia von Heinz uncovers his secret double life. – Original version: English, German – Subtitles: English, None
MEINE MÜTTER - SPURENSUCHE IN RIGA – MEINE MÜTTER - SPURENSUCHE IN RIGA (Deutschland 2007, Rosa von Praunheim, Personal Memoriams). Searching for clues and contemporary history: Rosa von Praunheim’s attempt to find his biological mother. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None
Literaturhaus

11.00 Uhr – Personal Memoriam

BEGEGNUNG IM KNAST – BEGEGNUNG IM KNAST (Deutschland 1981, Georg Stefan Troller, Personal Memoriams). – Original version: English – Subtitles: None
Montag, 18.05.2026
City 1

19.30 Uhr

SPORTFREUNDE STILLER – MIT DEM HERZ IN DER HAND (Deutschland 2026, Thorsten Berrar, The Sound of Music). An exceptionally intimate music documentary about the cult band ‘Sportfreunde Stiller’. – Original version: German – Subtitles: None