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.

 

 

LifeTogether

Films about Community
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, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Essay, #Equality and Inclusion, #Body, #World Premiere
STERBEN FÜR ANFÄNGER – Dying for Beginners (Österreich 2025, Kurt Langbein). Faced with a cancer diagnosis, Kurt Langbein explores the existential questions of dying and death in a film that is both personal and thought-provoking.
#With film talk, #Science and Future, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Family and Relationships, #Essay, #Body, #@home, #World Premiere

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

HerStory

Films about fearless women
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

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
INTELLIGENCE RISING – Intelligence Rising (United Kingdom 2026, Elena Andreicheva). “War Game” over the future: Who can control artificial intelligence before it can control us?
#Science and Future, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #History, #Economy and Business, #With film talk
THE END OF QUIET – DEN SIDSTE STILHED (Denmark, Sweden 2025, Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski). A community in West Virginia lives in the “Quiet Zone,” far from the constant digital noise.
#Science and Future, #Politics and Society, #With film talk, #Culture and Art, #Family and Relationships, #@home
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