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.

 

 

Personal Memoriams

A look back at great filmmakers
BEGEGNUNG IM KNAST - Personal Memoriam Troller – BEGEGNUNG IM KNAST - Personal Memoriam (Deutschland 1981, Georg Stefan Troller).
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #With film talk
CENTRAL PARK - Personal Memoriam Wisemann – CENTRAL PARK - Personal Memoriam (USA 1990, Frederick Wiseman). Central Park: for many, a second living room; for others, a public park that requires management.
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #With film talk

African Encounters

Films and dialogues on resistance and activism
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - African Encounters – ENOUGH IS ENOUGH / TROP C'EST TROP (Congo (Democratic Republic), France 2026, Elisé Sawasawa). Goma in eastern Congo – after 30 years, the city and its residents have had enough of the ongoing war.
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion

The Sound of Music

Films about musicians and their stories
HEX (Norway 2026, Maja Holand). The band Witch Club Satan: Three women bringing feminism to the world of black metal.
#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Only in cinemas, #Music, #Culture and Art
SPORTFREUNDE STILLER – MIT DEM HERZ IN DER HAND (Germany 2026, Thorsten Berrar). An exceptionally intimate music documentary about the cult band ‘Sportfreunde Stiller’.
#Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #Music, #With film talk, #Culture and Art, #World Premiere

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

Brave New Work?

Films about the realities of work
HUNDERTZWÖLF (Germany 2026, August Pflugfelder). 112: The Berlin Fire Department’s emergency dispatch center helps people in life-threatening situations.
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Migration and Displacement, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships, #Economy and Business, #World Premiere

Young perspectives

Films about growing up in this world
HOOD STORIES (Germany 2026, Alexander Bruch). From the ghetto to the stage – a song brings together four young rap talents.
#World Premiere, #Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #Music, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #DOK.4teens, #Culture and Art

LifeTogether

Films about Community
EDGE OF THE NIGHT – Ööäär (Estonia 2025, Vladimir Loginov). Sleepless in Tallinn: Nocturnal glimpses between a karaoke bar, emergency call center, and sex club.
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Essay, #Culture and Art, #With film talk
FRAGMENTS OF BELONGING – Fragments of Belonging (Croatia, Germany, Netherlands 2026, Tatjana Božić). Sufficiently integrated? A filmmaker attempts to settle in for the sake of her son.
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #Equality and Inclusion, #With film talk
IM UMKREIS DES PARADIESES – Around Paradise (Germany 2026, Yulia Lokshina). El Paraíso Verde: a European dropout community caught between myths and conspiracy theories.
#Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Migration and Displacement, #History, #With film talk

Empowered

Films about defiance and speaking out
TO DANCE IS TO RESIST (Germany, Ukraine 2026, Julian Lautenbacher). From dance to resistance: queer dancers persevere in Kyiv.
#With film talk, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Equality and Inclusion, #Culture and Art

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
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