EYES WIDE OPEN: All festival films of DOK.fest München

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.

You can buy your ticket directly on the respective film page.

Personal Memoriams

A look back at great filmmakers

MEINE MÜTTER - SPURENSUCHE IN RIGA – MEINE MÜTTER - SPURENSUCHE IN RIGA (Deutschland 2007, Rosa von Praunheim). Searching for clues and contemporary history: Rosa von Praunheim’s attempt to find his biological mother.

#Family and Relationships, #@home

MEINE VÄTER (Deutschland 2021, Julia von Heinz). Following the death of her 80-year-old father, Julia von Heinz uncovers his secret double life.

#Portrait, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships, #@home

African Encounters

Films and dialogues on resistance and activism

THE PEOPLE SHALL (Kenia 2025, Mark Maina, Nick Wambugu). Kenya's Generation Z proves that activism can lead to political change.

#Equality and Inclusion, #@home, #Politics and Society

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, #@home

The Artist is Present

Films on artists and their realities

LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Austria 2025, Markus Heltschl). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order.

#Environment and Nature, #Portrait, #Culture and Art, #History, #@home

MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Germany 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick). For 30 years, the DIN A 13 tanzcompany company has been breaking aesthetic and artistic norms in the world of dance.

#Sports, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #DOK.4teens, #Culture and Art, #Body, #@home

NOVA '78 (Portugal, United Kingdom 2025, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias). East Village, 1987: The avant-garde circle around William S. Burroughs gathers for the Nova Convention. Warning: explosive footage!

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Music, #Culture and Art, #History, #@home

ROBERTO ROSSELLINI. LIVING WITHOUT A SCRIPT – Roberto Rossellini. Più di una vita (Italy 2025, Ilaria De Laurentiis, Raffaele Brunetti, Andrea Paolo Massara). Roberto Rossellini: Curious, true to his ideals, uncompromising to the very end.

#Portrait, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships, #@home

THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgium 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra.

#Music, #Culture and Art, #@home, #Portrait

The Sound of Music

Films about musicians and their stories

AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Canada 2026, Ryan Marley). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world.

#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art, #@home

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Ireland, Sweden 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful?

#Politics and Society, #Music, #History, #@home

ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Germany 2026, Thorsten Schütte). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure!

#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art, #@home

WACKEN – HEARTS FULL OF METAL (Germany 2026, Cordula Kablitz-Post). From outdoor village concert to metal mecca: the success story of Wacken Open Air.

#Music, #Ganz großes Kino, #@home

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight

BECOMING KIM (Germany, South Korea 2026, Susanne Kim). 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.

#Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships, #DOK.4teens, #@home

BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Belgium, Netherlands 2026, Tom Fassaert). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers.

#Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home