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!
SPALTUNG – FISSION (Germany 2025, João Pedro Prado. Co-Director: Anton Yaremchuk). Nuclear power. Yes please! No thank you! A discourse between fans and critics.
#Films in German language, #DOK.deutsch nomination, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
WE LIVE HERE – ATAMEKEN (Kazakhstan 2024, Zhanana Kurmasheva). Atomic weapons testing in the Kazakh Steppe – seen through the eyes of three generations.
#DOK.horizonte nomination
YUMI – THE WHOLE WORLD (Egypt, Fiji, Germany, Netherlands, Scotland, United States, Vanuatu 2024, Felix Golenko). The South Pacific faces rising sea levels. Three students and an ace up their sleeves.
#Student Award nomination, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

Empowered

films about defiance and speaking out
(K)EINEN TON SAGEN – (DON'T) BREATHE A WORD (Italy 2024, Georg Lembergh). Four women discuss their experiences of sexual abuse and speak about rehabilitation and dignity.
#Films in German language, #DOK.deutsch nomination
AZZA (Germany 2025, Stefanie Brockhaus). Divorced and working as a driving instructor? A revolution in Saudi Arabia – one small step at a time.
#Only in Cinema, #DOK.international nomination
È A QUESTO PUNTO CHE NASCE IL BISOGNO DI FARE STORIA – IT IS AT THIS POINT THAT THE NEED TO WRITE HISTORY ARISES (Austria, Portugal 2024, Constanze Ruhm). ​​Five centuries of feminist struggles. An essay film born out of an archive discovery.
GIRLS & GODS (Austria, Switzerland 2025, Arash T. Riahi, Verena Soltiz). Feminism and religious faith - an irreconcilable contradiction or compatible after all?
#Only in Cinema, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
LI CHAM – I DIED (Mexico 2024, Ana Ts'uyeb). No land, no rights, no joy? A film about three self-empowered women.
#DOK.horizonte nomination
WIDOW CHAMPION (Kenya 2024, Zippy Kimundu). Widows united! Resilient Kenyan widows and the struggle for basic women’s rights.
#DOK.horizonte nomination
WOMAN/MOTHER – woman/mOther (Germany 2025, Klara Harden). Creative expression despite the isolation and overwhelming demands of motherhood – a performative quest.
#Student Award nomination, #Films in German language

This Is America

films about a divided United States
CHILD OF DUST (Czech Republic, Poland, Sweden, Viet Nam 2025, Weronika Mliczewska). It is never too late: a poignant story of an American Vietnamese man searching for his father.
SEEDS (United States 2024, Brittany Shyne). A lyrical insight into the fragile existence of black farmers in the American South.
THE BAD GUY (Belgium, United States 2024, Louise Van Assche. Co-Director: Kwinten Gernay). Safety first! Texas and active shooter drills in schools.
THE LAST REPUBLICAN (United States 2024, Steve Pink). His constitutional oath is more important to him than Donald Trump. A portrait of a patriot.
THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT (United States 2024, Bonni Cohen, Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk). How lobbying overturned climate policy – an archive film about missed chances.

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