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.

 

 

The Artist is Present

Films on artists and their realities
MOVEMENT UNBOUND (Germany 2026, Miriam Jakobs, Gerhard Schick). 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

The Sound of Music

Films about musicians and their stories
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
WACKEN – HEARTS FULL OF METAL (Germany 2026, Cordula Kablitz-Post). From outdoor village concert to metal mecca: the success story of Wacken Open Air.
#Music, #With film talk, #Ganz großes Kino, #@home, #World Premiere

Interdependence

Films about how We Love and Fight
BECOMING KIM (Germany, South Korea 2026, Susanne Kim). Kimchi & potatoes forever? When her marriage begins to falter, Susanne starts filming herself and her husband to figure out whether love is all it takes.
#World Premiere, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #With film talk, #Limited films, #Family and Relationships, #DOK.4teens, #@home
ICH ATME DIE GANZE ZEIT (DOK.shorts) – I'M BREATHING ALL THE TIME (Germany 2025, Rosa Gocht). Overwhelming and intangible: an autobiographical search for the root of one's own anxiety.
#With film talk, #Nominee megaherz Student Award, #Family and Relationships, #@home, #World Premiere
POLITIK IST PERSÖNLICH – Politics are Personal (Germany 2026, Indira Geisel). “Socialism is work”: A political change of allegiance splits a family.
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #Limited films, #History, #Family and Relationships, #@home, #World Premiere
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
SHALOM – Shalom (Israel 2026, Meital Zvieli). Shalom the rhino, the star and darling of Jerusalem Zoo, is nearing the end of his life.
#With film talk, #Politics and Society, #Environment and Nature, #@home, #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
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.
#With film talk, #Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte, #Migration and Displacement, #Family and Relationships, #@home, #World Premiere

LifeTogether

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

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
SYSTEMWANDELN – DIE WELT NEU ENTDECKEN (Germany 2026, Mickel Rentsch). A bicycle road movie, lots of encounters, a panoramic view of our society, and a glimpse of what a truly sustainable world might look like.
#Economy and Business, #World Premiere, #Environment and Nature, #Politics and Society, #With film talk, #DOK.4teens, #@home
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