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International Documentary Film Festival Munich
#DOKfest2025: 7–25 May – we celebrate our 40th anniversary in 2025!
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We share this urgent statement by the Hungarian Doc Association. A new bill in Hungary threatens to criminalize dissent and international collaboration in documentary filmmaking.

We stand with our colleagues and urge the global film community to speak up.

Full statement: bit.ly/4kYrza3
May 28, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Reflecting on #DOKfest2025– thank you for being part of it!

→55500 people joined us
→2200 industry guests at DOK.forum
→9000 students at DOK.education

We’re collecting feedback to help shape the 2026 edition. Fill out the survey and win a festival pass:
bit.ly/4mFClDG

Save the date: 6–24 May 26
May 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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🎬 The 40th DOK.fest München @ the cinemas has come to a close – and it was a hit!

With around 36,000 guests on site, we surpassed last year’s attendance.

📲 The festival continues online: most films are still available @home across Germany until 25 May.
May 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🏆 Announcing the winner of the VIKTORIA DOK.international Main Competition

SILENT OBSERVERS
by Eliza Petkova (BG, DE 2024)
May 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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🏆 Announcing the winner of the VIKTORIA DOK.horizonte – Cinema of Urgency

🎬 RASHID, L’ENFANT DE SINJAR by Jasna Krajinovic (BE, FR 2025)
May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🏆 Announcing the winner of the VIKTORIA DOK.deutsch Competition

🎬 WIR ERBEN by Simon Baumann (CH 2024)
May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🏆 Winner of the megaherz Student Award at #dokfest2025:
WOMAN/MOTHER by Klara Harden (DE 2025)
May 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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📣 WRITING HAWA by Najiba & Rasul Noori wins the kinokino Audience Award at #DOKfest2025! 🏆
A powerful story of 3 generations of Afghan women – directed from exile.
🎥 Closing Film: Sat, Amerikahaus (19:30)
🎬 Also: Sun, Neues Maxim (18:00) + @home until 25 May
#WritingHawa #DocFilm
May 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🐣 The Late Bird Pass is out now!

🎟 25 euros =
🧡 3 full days of cinema (16–18 May)
🧡 10 days of streaming @home (16–25 May, Germany-wide)

Don’t miss the final cinema weekend and our extended digital festival!

📎 Info: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Late-Bird-Festivalpass

#dokfest2025
May 15, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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📍 @nsdoku.bsky.social
15. Mai | 18.00
DAS LIED DER ANDEREN
+ Gespräch im Rahmen von Nie wieder ist JETZT!

Im Fokus: Vulkanologin Evi Nomikou,

🗣 + Panel mit
Vadim Jendreyko, Mirjam Zadoff, Michaela Melián & Barbara Gessler
👉 Neue Perspektiven auf Erinnerungskultur & dokumentarisches Erzählen.
May 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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🧡 BEST DOKS are back!
See the most-watched & shortlisted docs from #dokfest2025 one more time – this Sunday, 18 May.

🎟️ Programme & tickets:
www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Best-DOKS-2025

#BestDOKS #DOKfest2025
May 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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May 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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DOK.fest München @home – jetzt online!
Die besten Dokumentarfilme des Jahres streamen, deutschlandweit – bis 25. Mai.

🎥 dokfest-muenchen.de/Filme
#dokfest2025 #athome #dokumentarfilm #streamingtipp
May 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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The open-air cinema with Cine Velo Vite kicks off! 🌞🎬

The sun’s back just in time over HFF München — tonight: YUMI – THE WHOLE WORLD in the courtyard.

More screenings: May 10, 11, 15, 16 & 17, all at 9 pm.
Don’t miss the music films EFTERKLANG: THE MAKEDONIUM BAND + ENDLICH UNSTERBLICH
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🎬 Barrierefrei ins Kino!
Dieses Jahr haben wir 5 Filme im Programm, die ihr mit der GRETA-App barrierefrei erleben könnt – Audiodeskription, Untertitel & Hörverstärkung, überall & jederzeit 📱🎧💬

👉 Einfach nach „Filme mit GRETA“ suchen!
www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Filme

#Barrierefrei #GRETAApp
May 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Kicking off #DOKfest2025 yesterday at a sold-out Deutsches Theater Munich with FRIENDLY FIRE by Klaus Fried, realized by Julia Albrecht!
🧡 Let the films begin!
May 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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💥 Art beyond the screen at #DOKfest2025!

With xrhub & DieNeueSammlung → VR Pop Up Cinema @ Futuro-Haus from 5 May

🎨 Egon Schiele’s last portrait
🎧 Munich graffiti
✊ Feminist counter-movements
🌊 Deep-sea climate journey

🎟 Free — book your timeslot → www.dokfest-muenchen.de/VR-Pop-Up-Ki...
May 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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🎟️ TICKET PRE-SALE IS LIVE! 🎟️
Discover the programme and grab your tickets or festival passes now! 🧡
Don’t miss your favorite films:
👉 www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Filme
April 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🎬 RASHID, L’ENFANT DE SINJAR wins the DOK.fest Award by SOS Children’s Villages!
A powerful story of survival, resilience & belonging.

🎥 May 17: Award · May 18: Screening (Amerikahaus, Munich)
#DOKfest #Documentary #Rashid #FilmAward #YouthVoices #Sinjar
April 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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💥 The #DOKfest2025 programme is live! 💥
105 documentaries from 58 countries

🎬 75 German premieres
🌍 19 world premieres
📅 7–18 May (Munich)
💻 12–25 May (online)

✨ New: The programme is curated in thematic strands for more curatorial focus.

🎟️ Presale starts 24 April
🔗 dokfest-muenchen.de/Programm
April 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🎥 Filmmaking in Exile #DOKfest2025
5 docs by filmmakers who can’t return home — stories of resilience, identity & art far from safety.

In collab w/ Goethe in Exil 🌍

WRITING HAWA
TIME TO THE TARGET
KHARTOUM
WE NEVER LEFT
YALLA PARKOUR

More: www.dokfest-muenchen.de/Filme?films_...
April 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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🌍 AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS – Films + Talks on Climate Justice

This year’s films explore climate justice between Africa and Europe.

THE BATTLE FOR LAIKIPIA
THE TREE OF AUTHENTICITY
RISING UP AT NIGHT

More: dokfest-muenchen.de/Doknetworkafrica
April 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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✨ PATRICE: THE MOVIE wins the 2025 All Inclusive Award! ✨
Big congrats to the whole team 🧡

The award honors documentary films led by filmmakers with disabilities. €5,000 prize, sponsored by Werksviertel-Mitte Stiftung München.

🎬 German premiere + award ceremony:
10 May, 8 PM
@MUC Kammerspiele 🏆
April 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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📣 Zum ersten Mal in Augsburg!
Das DOK.fest Augsburg bringt 10 Highlights seines 40. Festivals auf die Leinwand von Liliomkino & Thalia
🎬 8.–12. Mai

🎟️ Mehr Infos: liliom.de | lechflimmern.de

#DOKfestAugsburg #DOKfest40 #DokuLiebe #Kino
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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“Never Again” Is Now? – 7 films on memory & resistance, 80 yrs after WWII’s end. Stories from Europe & beyond.
m.dokfest-muenchen.de/w/SJ0CLLg763...

FRIENDLY FIRE, IT HAPPENED ON OUR GROUND, SOLDATEN DES LICHTS, IM OSTEN WAS NEUES, MÖLLNER BRIEFE, SREBRENICA TAPE, DAS LIED DER ANDEREN
#DOKfest40
April 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM