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

Here you find all festival films by festival edition. You can sort by thematic section, countries and keywords (nominations, with film talk, language versions etc.).

Here you find our programme archive up to 2003.

Here you find our year-round programme.

 
ICE GRAVE (Finland, France, Sweden 2025, Robin Hunzinger). Three men, a balloon and a lot of ice: the tragic story of an expedition to the North Pole.
#DOK.international nomination, #@home available
READY TO DIE – SIAM PRONTI ALLA MORTE (Germany, Italy 2024, Basilio Maritano Sailer). What would you give your life for? A grandson answers his grandfather. A cinematographic poem.
#Student Award nomination, #With film talk, #@home available
SILENT OBSERVERS (Bulgaria, Germany 2024, Eliza Petkova). Animals observe a Bulgarian village – an experimental look at disappearing traditions.
#DOK.international nomination, #@home available
SO IST DAS LEBEN UND NICHT ANDERS. – LIFE IS LIKE THAT AND NOT OTHERWISE. (Germany 2024, Lenia Friedrich). An animated documentary for a very old neighbour – a cinematic declaration of love.
#Student Award nomination, #With film talk, #@home available, #German language version
THE THOUGHTS OF OUR ANCESTORS (Germany 2024, Kokutekeleza Musebeni). Do we have to inherit our ancestors’ traumas? Or can we turn the inheritance down?
#Student Award nomination, #@home available, #With film talk
TRAINS – POCIAGI (Lithuania, Poland 2024, Maciej Drygas). A rhythmic found footage collage on the theme of railways in the 20th century.
#Only in cinema, #DOK.international nomination

The Sound of Music

films about musicians and their stories
1-800-ON-HER-OWN (United States 2024, Dana Flor). Pioneer, mother, role model – an approachable portrait of the musician Ani DiFranco.
#@home available
EFTERKLANG: THE MAKEDONIUM BAND (Denmark, North Macedonia 2024, Andreas Johnsen). The Danish band Efterklang in Macedonia: the genesis of a very special concert.
#@home available
ENDLICH UNSTERBLICH – IMMORTAL AT LAST (Germany 2025, Vera Brückner). An intimate portrait of a German indie pop band as they run through a gamut of emotions.
#German language version, #@home available
LEGACY (Sweden 2025, Manal Masri). The forgotten story of African American jazz stars in Sweden – told by their children.
#@home available
PRIMADONNA OR NOTHING (Germany 2024, Juliane Sauter). A glimpse behind the curtain of the opera world, exploring what it means to chase a dream.
#Student Award nomination, #Former Marketplace project, #With film talk, #@home available
SIMON! THE JOY OF CONDUCTING (Germany 2024, Benedikt Schulte). Capable of producing miracles. Simon Rattle’s unique relationship with his musicians and his audience.
#Only in cinema, #With film talk, #German subtitles

About Art

films on artists and their realities
A SUDDEN GLIMPSE TO DEEPER THINGS (United Kingdom 2024, Mark Cousins). The world seen through the eyes of the British artist and visionary Wilhelmina Barns-Graham.
#@home available
AI WEIWEI'S TURANDOT (Italy, United States 2025, Maxim Derevianko). From extra to opera director – Ai Weiwei’s contemporary interpretation of Turandot.
#@home available
IN HELL WITH IVO (Bulgaria, United States 2025, Kristina Nikolova). A queer Bulgarian artist captivates and polarises audiences – and his parents.
#DOK.international nomination, #@home available

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