All festival films of DOK.fest München: In the cinema. At home.

EYES WIDE OPEN

Over 100 current international documentaries will open up new perspectives on our world at DOK.fest Munich – from May 6 to 25, 2026.

Get an overview of the programme through our themed sections.
In each section, we present a signature film, accompanied by an in-depth FocusTalk.

We’re also presenting the films from our educational program, DOK.education.

All films from the 41st edition of the festival will be available here starting April 15, 2026.
Advance ticket sales also begin on that day.

 

LifeTogether

Films about Community
AND THEY LIVE IN ROW HOUSES – And They Live In Row Houses (Austria 2025, Matteo Sanders, Julia Haugeneder). Dad, Mom, child. And they need a house. Neatly lined in a row. A "dys-topology".
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Culture and Art, #History, #Family and Relationships
EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estonia 2025, Vladimir Loginov). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club.
#Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Essay
FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Croatia, Germany, Netherlands 2026, Tatjana Božić). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son.
#Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
HELLO NEW BODY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? (Germany 2025, Laura Kansy). Laura has ME/CFS: a filmic approach to a new reality.
#Science and Future, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Body, #Equality and Inclusion, #Essay
IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Germany 2026, Yulia Lokshina). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories.
#Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #History
OUTLIVING SHAKESPEARE (Armenia, Netherlands 2025, Inna Sahakyan, Ruben Ghazaryan). The stage as a mirror of life: residents of an Armenian retirement home rehearsing Shakespeare.
#Other, #Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships
SCHWARZE HÄUSER – A House Unspoken (Germany 2026, Katrin Sikora). How can trauma be overcome? The evacuation of children to the countryside in post-war Germany has left its mark.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #History, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
STERBEN FÜR ANFÄNGER – Dying for Beginners (Österreich 2025, Kurt Langbein). Cancer: A film about survival, death and the question of what lies beyond.
#Science and Future, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Body, #Family and Relationships, #Essay
THOSE WHO WATCH OVER – CEUX QUI VEILLENT (Belgium, France, Qatar 2025, Karima Saïdi). In a mixed-faith cemetery, the mourners build a close-knit community.
#Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships
VAPEUR – Vapour (France 2025, Anush Hamzehian, Vittorio Mortarotti). A detective is searching for a Jōhatsu on a mysterious volcanic island in Japan.
#Politics and Society
WATCHING PEOPLE WATCHING BIRDS (Germany 2026, Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken). Birdwatching—a passion, a life's work, and a wistful connection.
#Environment and Nature, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch

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