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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.

 

 

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INNERE EMIGRANTEN – INNER EMIGRANTS (France, Germany 2025, Lena Karbe). Call for counsel: A hotline in Moscow provides psychological support during the war in Ukraine.

#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #With film talk, #DOK.4teens, #World Premiere

SILENT FLOOD (Germany, Ukraine 2025, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk). On the banks of the Dniester: A village in western Ukraine caught between pacifism and war.

#With film talk, #@home, #Politics and Society

THE NARRATIVE (Switzerland 2026, Bernard Weber, Martin Schilt). A UBS trader has been found guilty of causing a $2.3 billion loss. But is he really at fault?

#Economy and Business, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #@home

WAHLKAMPF – THE RACE (Austria 2026, Harald Friedl). The SPÖ's left-wing figurehead: Andreas Babler fights for revolutionary change.

#Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #With film talk, #@home, #Politics and Society

WHEN I GET JAILED (France 2025, Anastasiia Vedenskaia). After Navalny's death, Russians who oppose the ruling regime want to pay their respects by laying flowers—but this will not be without consequences.

#World Premiere, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #@home

WHISTLEBLOWER (Germany 2025, Marc Bauder). In the fight against corruption and manipulation, whistleblowers themselves become targets.

#World Premiere, #Politics and Society, #With film talk, #History, #Ganz großes Kino, #@home, #Economy and Business

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HerStory

Films about fearless women

HELENE WEIGEL – REVOLUTIONÄRIN IM RAMPENLICHT – HELENE WEIGEL – INSTRUCTIONS FOR A REVOLUTION (Austria, Germany 2026, Maria Wischnewski). A communist and an exceptional artist: finally, the woman “at Brecht's side" is stepping into the spotlight.

#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Migration and Displacement, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships, #Culture and Art, #World Premiere

ICE WOMEN – EISFRAUEN (Germany 2026, Jens Becker, Dorothea Braun). Women on polar expeditions? A fascinating look into archives and magnificent icy worlds.

#With film talk, #Science and Future, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #History, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Environment and Nature, #Economy and Business, #DOK.4teens, #@home, #World Premiere

OUT AT SIX (Israel 2025, Livi Kessel). According to studies, there are eight stages leading up to a femicide—what remains after the sixth?

#Politics and Society, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #@home, #With film talk

SILENCED – Silenced (Australia 2025, Selina Miles). Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights the weaponisation of defamation laws to silence survivors.

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Politics and Society, #With film talk, #@home

WAS AN EMPFINDSAMKEIT BLEIBT – Sometimes, I imagine them all at a party (Germany 2026, Daniela Magnani Hüller). What remains? A question that echoes with the trauma of a survived femicide attempt.

#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #With film talk, #Family and Relationships

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Visions of the Future

Tomorrow starts now!

DEATH OF DEATH (Czech Republic, Latvia 2025, Dāvis Sīmanis). Researchers, biohackers, visionaries—a film about people determined to cheat death.

#Science and Future, #Economy and Business, #Politics and Society, #Body, #Essay, #@home

ELON MUSK UNCOVERED - DAS TESLA EXPERIMENT (Germany 2025, Andreas Pichler). Risky Business: An investigative look at Tesla, Musk, and the hazards of Autopilot.

#Science and Future, #Economy and Business, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas

FINDING CONNECTION (Germany 2026, Florian Karner). Genuine connection to AI? Four people in search of what real relationships no longer provide.

#Science and Future, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships, #@home, #With film talk

HÉLÈNE HUBY – HER RACE TO SPACE (France, Germany, Guyana, Switzerland, United States 2025, Nadine Neumann, Ira Beetz, Lena Leonhardt). Europe's answer to SpaceX: Hélène Huby is building space capsules based on teamwork rather than cutthroat competition.

#World Premiere, #With film talk, #Science and Future, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships, #Environment and Nature

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