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.

 

 

The Artist is Present

Films on artists and their realities
LOIS WEINBERGER - RUDERAL SOCIETY (Austria 2025, Markus Heltschl). Artist, poet, and “field worker” – a tribute to a boundary-breaker who championed wilderness over order.
#Portrait, #History, #Environment and Nature, #Culture and Art, #@home, #With film talk

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight
TO HOLD A MOUNTAIN (Croatia, France, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia 2026, Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić). A fighter in her own right: Gara the shepherdess protects her mountain just as much as she protects young Nada.
#Environment and Nature, #Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Family and Relationships

Brave New Work?

Films about the realities of work
SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life.
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Environment and Nature, #@home, #World Premiere

LifeTogether

Films about Community
WATCHING PEOPLE WATCHING BIRDS (Germany 2026, Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken). Birdwatching—a passion, a life's work, and a wistful connection.
#Environment and Nature, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #With film talk, #Limited films, #DOK.4teens, #@home

EcoCinema

Films about the world at tipping point
DAS GEWICHT DER WELT – THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD (Germany 2026, Florian Heinzen-Ziob). Feelings or facts? In light of the climate crisis, three scientists are taking action.
#With film talk, #Science and Future, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Ganz großes Kino, #Environment and Nature, #World Premiere
LA PIETÀ (Iceland, Lithuania, Spain 2025, Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu). Where the world is melting, the crackling ice sings its swan song.
#Environment and Nature, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #@home
MELT (Austria 2025, Nikolaus Geyrhalter). What if snow and ice disappeared forever? A journey to places that will soon no longer exist.
#Environment and Nature, #With film talk, #@home
NUISANCE BEAR – Nuisance Bear (Canada, United Kingdom, United States 2025, Jack Weisman, Gabriela Osio Vanden). When polar bears and humans come face to face: Climate change is causing habitats to overlap.
#Environment and Nature, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Ganz großes Kino, #DOK.4teens
SYSTEMWANDELN – DIE WELT NEU ENTDECKEN (Germany 2026, Mickel Rentsch). A bicycle road movie, lots of encounters, a panoramic view of our society, and a glimpse of what a truly sustainable world might look like.
#Economy and Business, #World Premiere, #Environment and Nature, #Politics and Society, #With film talk, #DOK.4teens, #@home
WE HAVE TO SURVIVE (Austria, France, Slovakia 2026, Tomas Krupa). Four locations in a changing world – stories of courage, survival, and hope.
#Politics and Society, #Environment and Nature, #Economy and Business, #@home, #With film talk

Reframing History

Films exploring how the past shapes our present
HEART OF THE SEAL – BB Phoque (France 2025, Tito González García). Seal hunting in Greenland: An Inuit family faces pressure amid cultural change.
#Migration and Displacement, #History, #Equality and Inclusion, #Environment and Nature, #@home
MATERIA PRIMA (Germany 2026, Jens Schanze). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #History, #Equality and Inclusion, #Environment and Nature, #Economy and Business, #@home, #With film talk

HerStory

Films about fearless women
I FOLLOW RIVERS (Norway 2026, Barbora Hollan). Sport, family, identity. A world champion kayaker balances these often competing forces.
#Sports, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships, #Environment and Nature, #@home, #With film talk
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
SINGING WINGS (Belgium, Georgia, Iran 2025, Hemen Khaledi). Animal Welfare Task Force: Mrs. Khaje courageously makes the rescue of a stork into her mission.
#Only in cinemas, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #Environment and Nature, #With film talk
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