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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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Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight

MATABELELAND (Kenya 2025, Nyasha Kadandara). A forgotten massacre in Zimbabwe and a family searching for peace.

#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #@home

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Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world

OUT OF SCHOOL (Denmark, Morocco 2026, Hind Bensari). Too old for school and too young for a job – growing up in Morrocco’s Atlas Mountains.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #DOK.4teens, #@home, #With film talk

THE LAST GIRL (Iran 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh). Maryam is growing up in the South Iranian mountains. A quiet story about connection to nature, the passage of time, and belonging.

#World Premiere, #With film talk, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #@home

WHISPERS IN MAY (Hong Kong, Niederlande, Süd Korea, Schweden 2026, Dongnan Chen). 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

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Empowered

Films about defiance and speaking out

I, POPPY (France, India 2025, Vivek Chaudhary). From teacher to activist: Mangilal Meghwal calls for protests against corruption.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #@home

SCARLET GIRLS – Niñas Escarlata (Dominikanische Republik, Mexiko, Deutschland 2026, Paula Cury). 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

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Reframing History

Films exploring how the past shapes our present

AMÍLCAR (Cabo Verde, France, Portugal, Spain, Sweden 2025, Miguel Eek). Amílcar Cabral: Revolutionary, poet and leader in the struggle against colonial rule.

#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #History, #Essay, #@home, #With film talk

MATERIA PRIMA (Germany 2026, Jens Schanze). A new natural resource, old structures: Bolivia between colonial history and the lithium boom.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #History, #Equality and Inclusion, #Environment and Nature, #Economy and Business, #@home, #With film talk

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Beyond Borders

Films about migration, exile, and their realities

PAIKAR (Afghanistan, Iran, Netherlands 2025, Dawood Hilmandi). In all four corners of the world: An autobiographical attempt to get to know one’s own father.

#Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #@home

UNWELCOMED – Si vas para Chile (Chile 2025, Sebastián González, Amílcar Infante). “We have no life there anymore”: Thousands of Venezuelans at Chile's inhospitable border.

#Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #@home, #With film talk