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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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MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Germany 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick, The Artist is Present). For 30 years, the DIN A 13 tanzcompany company has been breaking aesthetic and artistic norms in the world of dance.

#World Premiere, #Sports, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Body, #Culture and Art, #DOK.4teens, #@home

FIRST LAP CRASH (Switzerland 2026, Liam Erlach, Young perspectives). 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

WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen, Young perspectives). A documentary fairy tale about the rituals surrounding the transition to adulthood in the Chinese mountains.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Body, #@home

HELLO NEW BODY, HOW ARE YOU TODAY? (Germany 2025, Laura Kansy, LifeTogether). 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, LifeTogether). 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

SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury, Empowered). Abortion as criminal offence: Young women in the Dominican Republic risk prison sentences—and their lives.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships, #Body, #@home, #With film talk

THE CULPRITS – Les Culpables (Spain 2026, Marta Duran Lozano, Empowered). Breaking taboos and breaking free: Marta is giving a voice to anonymous abortion stories.

#Politics and Society, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #DOK.4teens, #Body, #@home, #With film talk

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

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

WHEN PIGS FLY (Germany 2026, Denise Riedmayr, Visions of the Future). 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