Calls for Entries 2024
The submission for the 39th DOK.fest München (1 to 12 May 2024 @cinemas, 6 to 20 May @home) is open!
We are looking for stirring, moving, curious, impressive and relevant documentary films. From now on, filmmakers, producers, distributors and composers are invited to submit their latest films for the various programme sections of DOK.fest München.
With our third dual edition, we will continue to combine the best of both worlds into a dual festival experience in 2024: We will stick to our additional digital offering and present the festival films not only on the big screen in the cinema, but also again on the digital screen in your home.
All calls and regulations of DOK.fest München at a glance
DOK.fest München Film Programme
For the 39th DOK.fest München we are looking for outstanding national and international documentary films with a minimum length of 52 minutes which were completed after 1 January 2023 and have neither been shown regularly in cinemas in Germany, nor broadcast on German television, nor made freely available on any online platform (online presentation of festivals excepted). Preference will be given to premieres.
Submission extended! New deadline: 31 December 2023 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations, further information and film submission
DOK.education School Programme
For the school programme of our film literacy section DOK.education we are looking for professional documentary films or films by professional filmmakers (10–30 minutes) that tell strong stories for and about children and young people (aged 6 to 19) in an artistic and creative way. The films may already have been broadcast and shown on other platforms. Submission for DOK.education is free of charge.
Submission extended! New deadline: 24 December 2023 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
Click here for the announcement of the documentary film competition for young people.
Student Award
The Student Award presents outstanding documentary films by students from German-speaking film schools and academies. All students from our partner universities are invited to submit their films. The films selected for the competition are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, endowed with 3.000 euros. In addition to classic formats, the Student Award is also looking forward to submissions of innovative, experimental and hybrid formats of any length. There is no submission fee for students (full waiver).
Submission extended! New deadline: 31 December 2023 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
German Documentary Film Music Award
The German Documentary Film Music Award, endowed with 5.000 euros, honours film compositions that connect with the documentary narrative in a special way. Composers and filmmakers are invited to submit their original compositions for a current feature-length documentary film from the German-speaking countries. The award is sponsored by the Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung.
Submission deadline: 1 February 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
VFF Documentary Film Production Award
Unique in Germany, the VFF Documentary Film Production Award honours the role of production in the creation of current documentary feature films. It is endowed with 7.500 euros.
Sumbission deadline: 1 February 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
FAQ for the VFF Documentary Film Production Award
Competitions and Awards
Find out here about the competition series and awards of DOK.fest München.
Contact
DOK.fest München Film Programme
DOK.education School Programme
VFF Documentary Film Production Award
Veronica Loebner, loebner@dokfest-muenchen.de
Elena Lanzinger, lanzinger@dokfest-muenchen.de
Student Award
Jan Sebening, filmschulfestival@dokfest-
German Documentary Film Music Award
Johanna von Websky, websky@dokfest-muenchen.de
DOK.fest München
Dachauer Straße 116
80636 Munich
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 – 51 39 97 88
All calls and regulations of DOK.forum at a glance
DOK.forum Marketplace
The DOK.forum Marketplace, the market of co-creation and co-production of DOK.fest München, is looking for strong non-fiction projects in every stage of development for the German-speaking region. Every year, we enable around 45 selected project teams to engage in targeted matchmaking with around 250 committed partners from the editorial, production, funding and distribution sectors in various pitching formats, roundtable sessions and one-to-one meetings. In addition, three endowed prizes will be awarded: the DOK.archive Award from British Pathé, the DOK.composition Award from Sonoton Music and the DOK.talent Award.
Filmmakers are now invited to submit their current projects to us.
Regulations and further information
FAQ for the DOK.forum Marketplace
Master's Pitch
Up to nine projects with a particularly strong international potential will be pitched on stage and receive feedback from top-class international experts, who themselves will present their insights on current industry topics. A unique format for training and collaboration in partnership with Documentary Campus.
Sumbission deadline: 15 January 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Further information
DOK.archive Award
The funding award honours projects with a large proportion of archive material and thus strengthens a documentary genre rich in tradition. The winning project will receive British Pathé archive material worth 15,000 euros or, alternatively, 2,500 euros in cash. British Pathé is the award donor.
Sumbission deadline: 15 January 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
DOK.composition Award
In order to strengthen the artistic collaboration between filmmakers and composers, the best musical concept for a documentary film will be endowed with 2,500 euros. Sponsored by Sonoton Music.
Sumbission deadline: 15 January 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
DOK.forum Marketplace Guest Region 2024: The Balkans
The ideas and co-production market of DOK.fest München is looking for up to seven strong projects from the following countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, european Turkey, Slovenia, Romania, Moldova and Serbia. Filmmakers are cordially invited to submit their current projects.
Sumbission deadline: 29 January 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
DOK.talent Award
Students from our partner universities are invited to submit their current projects for the DOK.talent Award 2023: The pitch competition offers them the opportunity to present their current projects to editors, producers and distributors in a speed pitch as part of the DOK.forum Marketplace. The best student project, including the most convincing pitch, receives the award, which is endowed with 2,500 euros.
Sumbission deadline: 19 February 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
DOK.forum Perspectives
The DOK.forum Perspectives are a platform for discussing media-political, technical and narrative trends. In panels, workshops and other public events, we invite you to develop visions and impulses for the future of documentary film and to explore relevant media policy issues.
DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats
As part of DOK.forum Perspectives, we award the prize for digital storytelling. The prize is sponsored by the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) and is endowed with 2,500 euros. Young journalists, filmmakers, game designers and producers from German-speaking countries are invited to submit entries.
Sumbission deadline: 8 February 2024 – The submission is now closed.
Regulations and further information
FAQ for the DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats
Contact
DOK.forum
Alina Götzlich, marktplatz@dokfest-muenchen.de
DOK.fest München
Dachauer Straße 116
80636 München
Phone: +49 (0)89 – 51 51 97 86
