EYES WIDE OPEN

Over 100 current international documentaries will open up new perspectives on our world at DOK.fest München – from May 6 to 25, 2026.

 

 

African Encounters
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - African Encounters – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Congo (Democratic Republic), France 2026, Elisé Sawasawa). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war.
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion
THE PEOPLE SHALL - African Encounters (Kenya 2025, Mark Maina, Nick Wambugu). Kenya's Generation Z proves that activism can lead to political change.
#Politics and Society, #With film talk, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home
THE WOMAN WHO POKED THE LEOPARD - African Encounters – 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, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home, #With film talk

Interdependence
BETWEEN BROTHERS – Tussen Broers (Belgium, Netherlands 2026, Tom Fassaert). A missing father and unsolved family mysteries: two brothers in search of answers.
#Limited films, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home, #With film talk

Brave New Work?
DRIVING EUROPE (Germany 2025, Felix Länge). Drudgery behind the wheel: the heroes of the supply chain go on a hunger strike.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #Economy and Business, #@home, #With film talk, #Signature-Film
NICHTS BLEIBT UND NICHTS VERSCHWINDET – NOTHING REMAINS NOTHING DISAPPEARS (Germany 2026, Paul Sonntag). Where the familiar gives way, something new emerges. A Berlin street corner becomes a scene of transformation.
#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Essay, #Equality and Inclusion, #Economy and Business, #DOK.4teens, #@home, #With film talk

Young perspectives
FIRST LAP CRASH (Switzerland 2026, Liam Erlach). The sister suffers from ME/CFS, while the brother wanders from place to place collecting images—a cinematic poem.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #With film talk, #Body, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships, #Essay, #DOK.4teens, #@home
HAUS 4 – House 4 (Germany 2026, Philipp Schaeffer). A close-up of the correctional system: a group portrait with individual counseling.
#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #With film talk, #Equality and Inclusion, #DOK.4teens, #@home, #Signature-Film
MUSEUM (France 2025, Olivier Bienaimé Hervé Bienaimé). Teens from the French countryside ponder the limits of life in front of abstract paintings.
#Politics and Society, #Culture and Art, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home
OUT OF SCHOOL (Denmark, Morocco 2026, Hind Bensari). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #DOK.4teens, #@home, #With film talk

LifeTogether
FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Croatia, Germany, Netherlands 2026, Tatjana Božić). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son.
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion
HELLO NEW BODY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? (Germany 2025, Laura Kansy). Laura has ME/CFS: a filmic approach to a new reality.
#Science and Future, #World Premiere, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Body, #Equality and Inclusion, #Essay
SCHWARZE HÄUSER – A House Unspoken (Germany 2026, Katrin Sikora). How can trauma be overcome? The evacuation of children to the countryside in post-war Germany has left its mark.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #With film talk, #History, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships, #@home

Empowered
CHOSEN FAMILY – FAMILLE CHOISIE (Belgium 2025, Elisa Vdk). Four drag artists are shaping Brussels’ scene and carving out their place in society.
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #DOK.4teens, #Culture and Art, #@home, #Signature-Film
I, POPPY (France, India 2025, Vivek Chaudhary). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home
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