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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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The Artist is Present

Films on artists and their realities

NOVA '78 (Portugal, United Kingdom 2025, Aaron Brookner, Rodrigo Areias). East Village, 1978: The avant-garde circle around William S. Burroughs gathers for the Nova Convention. Warning: explosive footage!

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Music, #Culture and Art, #History, #@home

THE MAGIC CITY - BIRMINGHAM SELON SUN RA – The Magic City - Birmingham according to Sun Ra (Belgium 2025, Guillaume Maupin, Pablo Guarise). From Magic City to Saturn: The cosmic journey of jazz legend Sun Ra.

#Portrait, #Music, #With film talk, #Culture and Art, #@home

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The Sound of Music

Films about musicians and their stories

AMADOU ET MARIAM - THE BLIND COUPLE FROM MALI (Canada 2026, Ryan Marley). The musical duo Amadou and Mariam: First they conquered Bamako, then the whole world.

#Portrait, #Music, #Culture and Art, #@home

CELTIC UTOPIA – ÚTÓIPE CHEILTEACH (Ireland, Sweden 2025, Dennis Harvey, Lars Lovén). Ireland caught between history, identity, and folk music: raw, poetic, hopeful?

#Politics and Society, #Music, #History, #@home

ENSEMBLE MODERN – WHY WE PLAY (Germany 2026, Thorsten Schütte). Ensemble Modern proves that New Music isn't stuffy, but a wonderful adventure!

#Portrait, #Music, #With film talk, #Culture and Art

HEX (Norway 2026, Maja Holand). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal.

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Only in cinemas, #Music, #Culture and Art

SPORTFREUNDE STILLER – MIT DEM HERZ IN DER HAND (Germany 2026, Thorsten Berrar). An exceptionally intimate music documentary about the cult band ‘Sportfreunde Stiller’.

#Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #Music, #With film talk, #Culture and Art, #World Premiere

WACKEN – HEARTS FULL OF METAL (Germany 2026, Cordula Kablitz-Post). From outdoor village concert to metal mecca: the success story of Wacken Open Air.

#Music, #With film talk, #Ganz großes Kino, #@home, #World Premiere

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Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world

HOOD STORIES (Germany 2026, Alexander Bruch). From the ghetto to the stage – a song brings together four young rap talents.

#World Premiere, #Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #Music, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #DOK.4teens, #Culture and Art

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Visions of the Future

Tomorrow starts now!

WHEN PIGS FLY (Germany 2026, Denise Riedmayr). An organ donor? Or a lifelong companion? Two different takes on pigs.

#Science and Future, #Economy and Business, #Environment and Nature, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Music, #With film talk, #Body, #DOK.4teens, #@home