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

Films about how We Love and Fight
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

Films about growing up in this world
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

Films about defiance and speaking out
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

Films about the world at tipping point
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
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

Films about migration, exile, and their realities
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.
#Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #Migration and Displacement, #Culture and Art

Politics. In times like these

Films about power, freedom, and human rights
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?
#Economy and Business, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.international, #With film talk, #@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

Films about fearless women
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