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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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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

NOT MADE FOR POLITICS – Not Made for Politics (Estonia, France, United States 2025, Volia Chajkouskaya). Thirty years of dictatorship: Three women show strength and courage in their protest against Lukashenko.

#Politics and Society, #Migration and Displacement, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #@home, #With film talk

ONE IN A MILLION – One in a Million (United Kingdom, United States 2026, Itab Azzam, Jack MacInnes). Ten years in the life of a Syrian family in Cologne after fleeing Aleppo.

#Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Portrait, #Only in cinemas, #With film talk, #Migration and Displacement, #Equality and Inclusion, #Family and Relationships

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

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Politics. In times like these

Films about power, freedom, and human rights

80 ANGRY JOURNALISTS – 80 Angry Journalists (Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway 2026, András Földes, Anna Kis). Joint resignation in the fight for press freedom: 80 journalists leave the editorial office.

#Politics and Society, #With film talk, #History, #@home

CHANGE MY MIND – VELKÝ VLASTENECKÝ VÝLET (Czech Republic 2025, Robin Kvapil). Three Czech pro-Putin supporters on the Ukrainian front: Can their ideology withstand reality?

#With film talk, #History, #@home, #Politics and Society

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

SILENT FLOOD (Germany, Ukraine 2025, Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk). On the banks of the Dniester: A village in western Ukraine caught between pacifism and war.

#With film talk, #@home, #Politics and Society

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

WAHLKAMPF – THE RACE (Austria 2026, Harald Friedl). The SPÖ's left-wing figurehead: Andreas Babler fights for revolutionary change.

#Nominee VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch, #With film talk, #@home, #Politics and Society

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

BARBARA FOREVER (United States 2026, Brydie O'Connor). The story of a visual poet who dedicated her life to filming women in an intimate and experimental way.

#Only in cinemas, #Gender, Sexuality, LGBTQIA+, #Family and Relationships, #With film talk

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

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