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!

In good company?

films about life and living together
AT THE DOOR OF THE HOUSE WHO WILL COME KNOCKING (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia 2024, Maja Novaković). A horse, its human and eternal nature. A fleeting look at the life of a hermit.
BEYOND ROCK BOTTOM – MÉLYPONT ÉRZÉS (Hungary 2024, Ádám Miklós). ​​Looking up. Rock climbing to combat drug addiction.
DOUBLE TROUBLE – KUMOTRY (Germany, Poland 2025, Emilia Śniegoska). Friendship is everything. Hanka and Bronka navigate everyday life in the provinces with humour.
EIN LEBEN IN FARBE – A LIFE IN COLOR (Austria 2025, Axel Stasny). Exercise, colourful clothes and plastic surgery at the age of 92. Eleanor is a firecracker of a woman.
#DOK.deutsch nomination
PALLIATIVSTATION – PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT (Germany 2025, Philipp Döring). Everyday life in a palliative care unit: listening, autonomy, and life – at every moment.
#Films in German language
PATRICE: THE MOVIE (United States 2024, Ted Passon). Loyal friends against unfair laws: Patrice and Garry want to live together.
THE GROUND BENEATH OUR FEET – JÖRÖIN UNDIR FÓTUM OKKAR (Iceland, Poland 2025, Yrsa Roca Fannberg). A sensitive ode to growing old: the twilight years in Iceland’s oldest care home

Coming-of-Age

films about childhood and growing up
AFTERWAR (Denmark, Finland, Kosovo, Sweden 2024, Birgitte Stærmose). War never ends. Four people speak about the trauma they suffered during the Kosovo war and their hopes for the future.
DAS FAST NORMALE LEBEN – A NEARLY NORMAL LIFE (Germany 2025, Stefan Sick). Wild and strong! Four young girls growing up and their almost normal life.
#Films in German language, #DOK.deutsch nomination, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
MY SWEET LAND – Տունս քաղցր ա (France, Ireland, Jordan, United States 2024, Sareen Hairabedian). The conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh eats away at Vrej’s childhood. Will he be able to stay in his home or be forced to flee?
RASHID, L’ENFANT DE SINJAR – RASHID, THE BOY FROM SINJAR (Belgium, France 2025, Jasna Krajinovic). A young Yazidi struggles with his past – and an uncertain future in Sinjar.
#DOK.horizonte nomination
SPRING IN KANGIQSUALUJJUAQ (Canada, Germany 2025, Marie Zrenner). Spring in the Arctic – young Kathy faces a dilemma: to stay or to leave?
#Student Award nomination, #Films with German Subtitles
THE MOUNTAIN WON'T MOVE (France, North Macedonia, Slovenia 2024, Petra Seliškar). Three brothers caught between tradition and ambition. Do they carry on tending to their sheep or take a chance at a different life?
#DOK.4teens: 14 years and older
VRACHT – FREIGHT (Schweiz 2024, Max Carlo Kohal). A chamber play on a container ship: Rudmer dreams of being a captain himself one day.
#Student Award nomination, #Former marketplace project, #DOK.4teens: 14 years and older

Brave New Work?

films about the realities of work
9-MONTH CONTRACT (Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany 2025, Ketevan Vashagashvili). Zhana pushes herself to her physical limits for her daughter’s future.
#Only in Cinema, #DOK.horizonte nomination

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