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.

 

 

Interdependence
MARIINKA (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden 2026, Pieter-Jan De Pue). Five young people, nine years of war in Ukraine, and the question: What does homeland mean?
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #Family and Relationships
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
VATER, SOHN UND DER PREIS DES WIDERSTANDS – Father, Son and the Price of Resistance (Germany 2026, Götz Schauder). Scars of dictatorship: A father and son struggle to find closeness.
#World Premiere, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #Culture and Art, #History, #Family and Relationships

Young perspectives
JARDIN D'ENFANTS – Kindergarten (Canada 2025, Jean-François Caissy). Tiny humans, big emotions: a glimpse into the lively everyday life of a daycare center.
#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #Family and Relationships, #@home

Empowered
A SONG WITHOUT HOME (Denmark, Georgia, United States 2026, Rati Tsiteladze). Neon lights, nicotine, hope—a documentary film noir about finding one's identity.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #@home

EcoCinema
LA PIETÀ (Iceland, Lithuania, Spain 2025, Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu). Where the world is melting, the crackling ice sings its swan song.
#With film talk, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Environment and Nature, #@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

Beyond Borders
A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON (Denmark, France, Iran, United Kingdom, United States 2025, Mehrdad Oskouei, Soraya Akhalaghi). A clown, a fox, the moon: the cinematic diary of an Afghan woman on her journey to freedom.
#With film talk, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Migration and Displacement, #Culture and Art

Politics. In times like these
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?
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #Economy and Business, #@home
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

HerStory
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
INGEBORG BACHMANN - JEMAND, DER EINMAL ICH WAR (Austria, Germany 2026, Regina Schilling). Sandra Hüller is embodying Ingeborg Bachmann – a portrait of the author in her own words.
#World Premiere, #Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #Culture and Art, #Ganz großes Kino, #Essay, #DOK.4teens