Mara Appelhagen

Editor, programme selection

She studied Visual Anthropology at LMU and Environmental Studies at the Rachel Carson Centre in Munich. Whilst studying, she was already active in the Munich events scene – for example, as a curator at the BASSart Festival.

Later, she studied documentary film directing at the self-organised film school filmArche e.V. in Berlin and worked as regional coordinator for the german nationwide documentary film days LETsDOK. Additionaly, she has been working as a freelance production manager and junior producer for cinema and television documentaries for several years.

In the 2020 DOK.fest edition, Mara Appelhagen assisted the DOK.forum team and returned to the DOK.fest editorial team in autumn 2026.

Contact: appelhagen@dokfest-muenchen.de