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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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Politics. In times like these

Films about power, freedom, and human rights

INNERE EMIGRANTEN – INNER EMIGRANTS (France, Germany 2025, Lena Karbe). Call for counsel: A hotline in Moscow provides psychological support during the war in Ukraine.

#Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #With film talk, #DOK.4teens, #World Premiere

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

WHISTLEBLOWER (Germany 2025, Marc Bauder). In the fight against corruption and manipulation, whistleblowers themselves become targets.

#World Premiere, #Politics and Society, #With film talk, #History, #Ganz großes Kino, #@home, #Economy and Business

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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

ICE WOMEN – EISFRAUEN (Germany 2026, Jens Becker, Dorothea Braun). Women on polar expeditions? A fascinating look into archives and magnificent icy worlds.

#With film talk, #Science and Future, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #History, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Environment and Nature, #Economy and Business, #DOK.4teens, #@home, #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

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Visions of the Future

Tomorrow starts now!

HÉLÈNE HUBY – HER RACE TO SPACE (France, Germany, Guyana, Switzerland, United States 2025, Nadine Neumann, Ira Beetz, Lena Leonhardt). Europe's answer to SpaceX: Hélène Huby is building space capsules based on teamwork rather than cutthroat competition.

#World Premiere, #With film talk, #Science and Future, #Portrait, #Politics and Society, #Only in cinemas, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Ganz großes Kino, #Family and Relationships, #Environment and Nature

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