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.

Before we release the full program, you can already find the films from our sections “HerStory – Films About Fearless Women” and "The Sound of Music" here, as well as the films at the Deutsches Theater labeled “Ganz großes Kino.” You can also purchase tickets here.

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.

 

African Encounters

Films and dialogues on resistance and activism
BLACK IS BLACK (Deutschland 1968, King Ampaw). A sharp look at housing bias, revealing racism in everyday encounters in Germany.
#Politics and Society, #Equality and Inclusion
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Congo (Democratic Republic), France 2026, Elisé Sawasawa). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war.
#Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion
THE PEOPLE SHALL (Kenia 2025, Mark Maina, Nick Wambugu). Kenya's Generation Z proves that activism can lead to political change.
#Equality and Inclusion
THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD – The Woman Who Poked The Leopard (Germany, South Africa, Uganda, United States 2025, Patience Nitumwesiga). The fight of a scientist, feminist, and poet against the Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni.
#Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight
BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Belgium, Netherlands 2026, Tom Fassaert). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers.
#Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships

Brave New Work?

Films about the realities of work
DRIVING EUROPE (Germany 2025, Felix Länge). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike.
#Economy and Business, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Germany 2026, Paul Sonntag). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation.
#Economy and Business, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Equality and Inclusion, #Essay

Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world
FIRST LAP CRASH (Switzerland 2026, Liam Erlach). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem.
#Politics and Society, #Body, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships, #Essay, #Nominee megaherz Student Award
HAUS 4 – House 4 (Germany 2026, Philipp Schaeffer). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling.
#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Equality and Inclusion
MUSEUM (France 2025, Olivier Bienaimé Hervé Bienaimé). Teens from the French countryside ponder the limits of life in front of abstract paintings.
#Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Equality and Inclusion
OUT OF SCHOOL (Denmark, Morocco 2026, Hind Bensari). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships

LifeTogether

Films about Community
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
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

Empowered

Films about defiance and speaking out
CHOSEN FAMILY – FAMILLE CHOISIE (Belgium 2025, Elisa Vdk). Four drag artists are shaping Brussels’ scene and carving out their place in society.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships
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