The film programme of the 40th DOK.fest München: In the cinema. At home.

Presale starts on 24 April 2025.

 
 
 

Like every year, DOK.fest München 2025 opens up a view of the world: with 105 of the best and most current international documentaries from 58 countries.

For the 40th DOK.fest München, the former programme scheme is being dissolved. The festival films are divided into 16 thematically focussed sections based on current themes. 

Our aim is to ensure the greatest possible participation in our films, which is why we bring them to the big screen in Munich cinemas and cultural venues as well as to home screens throughout Germany as barrier-free as possible: DOK.fest München stays dual!
ALICE SCHWARZER (Austria, Germany 2022, Sabine Derflinger, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). “Let’s not get upset, let’s do something!” Alice Schwarzer, Germany’s most famous women’s rights activist.
#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe
BERLIN BYTCH LOVE (Germany 2022, Heiko Aufdermauer, Johannes Girke, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). Two young people – and soon a baby. A love story on the streets of Berlin.
#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex
DEAR MEMORIES – EINE REISE MIT DEM MAGNUM FOTOGRAFEN THOMAS HOEPKER (Germany, Switzerland 2021, Nahuel Lopez, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). An iconic photographer, a serious diagnosis and one last trip through the USA: Thomas Hoepker.
#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Struggle for Visibility: Mental Lifeworlds, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe
EUROPA PASSAGE (Germany 2022, Andrei Schwartz, DOK.deutsch Wettbewerb). A group of Roma travels on the margins of society between Hamburg and their homeland of Romania.
#Where is Home: Migration & Flight, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
SORRY GENOSSE (Germany 2022, Vera Brückner, Student Award). Hedi loves Karl. Karl loves Hedi. A love affair between East and West. A drama… as a comedy!
#Nominees Talent Award Documentary Film, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Best Doks
PORNFLUENCER (Germany 2022, Joscha Bongard, DOK.focus BRAVE NEW WORK). If you’re well-behaved, nothing happens. Jamie & Nico make a fortune through amateur porn.
#Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Controversial: Let's discuss!, #Europe, #A Question of Desire: Love & Sex, #Best Doks, #Working World in Upheaval
DIE AUTOBAHN – KAMPF UM DIE A 49 (Germany 2022, Klaus Stern, Frank Marten Pfeiffer, DOK.panorama). The Police vs the protest camp: in Dannenrod Forest, the court’s ruling is imminent.
#Power of the People: Politics & Society, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #In the Close-up: Nature & Climate Change, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
KALLE KOSMONAUT (Germany 2022, Tine Kugler, Günther Kurth, Best of Fests). Lunch at “The Ark,” playing Uno, coming of age, jail. Adolescence on the Avenue of the Cosmonauts in Berlin.
#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Nominees DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit, #Nominees Germany Documentary Film Music Award, #Limited Films, #Europe, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
ANIMA – DIE KLEIDER MEINES VATERS (Germany 2022, Uli Decker, Munich Premieres). Who is my father? A tragicomic rollercoaster ride through a family history in Upper Bavaria.
#We are Family: Where do I belong?, #Celebrating Diversity: LGBTQIA*, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Europe, #Best Doks
LIEBE, D-MARK UND TOD – LOVE, DEUTSCHMARK AND DEATH (Germany 2022, Cem Kaya, DOK.special). The Turkish guest workers brought their music with them to Germany. A hidden treasure!
#The Art of Living: Art, Theater, Music, Dance, Literature, Photography, #Award-winning Film, #Nominees VFF Documentary Film Production Award, #Nominees Documentary Film Award of the Goethe-Institut, #Cinema Special: Only with Popcorn Crackling, #Films with German Subtitles, #Europe, #Best Doks

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