Life, wilder than fiction.
Experience outstanding international documentaries, with filmmakers and protagonists from around the world sharing their stories.
Doxumentale is Berlin’s festival for documentaries, non-fiction books, podcasts, and virtual reality.
Stream On is the festival's digital afterlife: until 30 June, 22 films from this year's selection are available to stream from anywhere in Germany, accessible until midnight.
Simply select a film from the list below, click "Available as VOD" on the right-hand side, and start watching. Or go directly to our streaming platform Eventive and select your film there.
All readings and live podcast recordings from the festival are available to re-watch on the Doxumentale YouTube channel.
Film
Ashes
02. Jun
/ 19:00 / Spanish Embassy
03. Jun
/ 18:30 / Sputnik Kino
05. Jun
/ 20:00 / KLICK Kino
A novel and an unresolved family history trigger two investigations that converge in Prague. Archives and memories uncover a nearly forgotten act of resistance during World War II. A personal search for clues becomes a journey into the depths of deportation, loss, and responsibility.
Mohana and Leela Rani are auto-rickshaw drivers fighting for respect and visibility amid Chennai's heavy traffic. Despite a lack of infrastructure, harassment, and prejudice, they are part of a growing movement of women taking the wheel in a male-dominated industry.
Film
Cinema Kawakeb
02. Jun
/ 18:00 / BALI Kino
03. Jun
/ 21:00 / ACUDkino
05. Jun
/ 17:30 / KLICK Kino
In a run-down cinema in Amman, a filmmaker captures its final days. Through archival footage, the film reflects on global conflicts, particularly in the Middle East, exploring how power struggles and historical ruptures shape everyday life. A meditation on memory and history.
In August 2021, the Taliban seizes power in Afghanistan. As international troops withdraw, countless women lose their protection and rights overnight. Targeted by the new regime and fearing for their lives, four of them scramble to find an escape.
14-year-old Fanta trains daily as an acrobat in the hope of escaping Conakry, Guinea. Between school, caring for her sick mother, and intense training, she fights for a spot in a circus troupe. But as pressure mounts, doubts grow and she must ask herself how far she is willing to go.
Behind the machines of AI are people and the power structures they uphold. In eight chapters, the film moves beyond the hype, exploring the philosophical, cultural, and political forces driving the global AI boom and examining how technology reshapes our understanding of what it means to be human.
In rural India, Vardibai ensures her family's survival by growing opium poppies, while her son uncovers corruption in the drug enforcement agency. When his investigations lead to the arrest of high-ranking officials, the state revokes the family's license, putting their livelihood at risk.
Film
LOOT: A Story of Crime and Redemption
03. Jun
/ 20:00 / KLICK Kino
06. Jun
/ 17:30 / Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Tracing a path from the jungles of Cambodia to Western museums, the film reveals how colonial power structures helped shape a global market for stolen cultural artifacts, exposing the hidden mechanisms of a system built on violence, inequality, and silence.
Film
Maintenance Artist
01. Jun
/ 20:00 / KLICK Kino
06. Jun
/ 18:00 / Bundesplatz-Kino
07. Jun
/ 21:30 / Nomadenkino
Who cleans up when the party’s over? A portrait of a radical artist who turns her gaze to the work that usually goes unnoticed. In collaboration with the New York City Department of Sanitation, Mierle Laderman Ukeles combines art with waste, transforming maintenance into an artistic practice.
Between 1965 and 1971, the OHO group emerged in Yugoslavia as one of Eastern Europe’s most vital avant-garde movements. Spanning art, philosophy, and nature, they challenged established cultural norms and redefined creative expression. Rare archival footage brings their radical spirit back to life.
Film
Omega Wants to Dance
01. Jun
/ 20:00 / Fitzroy
02. Jun
/ 21:00 / Freiluftkino Rosengarten
05. Jun
/ 18:00 / b-ware! Ladenkino
Dance has always been a tool for self-expression and community building. Following people across Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America, the film shows how movement shapes identity, belonging, and social change.
Film
Punk Under Communist Regime
03. Jun
/ 20:00 / SO36
05. Jun
/ 20:25 / b-ware! Ladenkino
07. Jun
/ 19:30 / Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Ljubljana, late 1970s: Teenagers pick up guitars before they even know how loud they are allowed to play. Out of music, anger, and a desire for freedom, a punk scene emerges, disrupting everyday life and shaking the foundations of an entire system.
Film
Redlight to Limelight
29. May
/ 21:00 / Atrium Tower
01. Jun
/ 18:30 / Sputnik Kino
06. Jun
/ 20:25 / b-ware! Ladenkino
In Kolkata’s red-light district, sex workers establish their own film production company—an act of radical self-empowerment. As they stage their precarious lives, reality and fiction blur, and cinema becomes a means of reimagining their future.
Film
Sorry for the Genocide
03. Jun
/ 18:00 / Bundesplatz-Kino
06. Jun
/ 20:30 / Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Over a century after the genocide of the Ovaherero and Nama, Germany and Namibia continue to grapple with issues of accountability and the enduring legacy of colonialism. The film follows those affected, exposing tensions in diplomatic efforts and questioning what constitutes a true reckoning.
The director accompanies her father on a journey back to his homeland in Kosovo. After decades in exile, they encounter the traces of war and a hidden family history. Amid breathtaking landscapes and heartfelt encounters, memory and the present blur into a poetic portrait.
Amadou & Mariam have been performing together on stage for over fifty years. Despite losing their sight at a young age, they became international icons with an unmistakable sound. Driven by their love of music and of each other, they now bid farewell with a final album and a big concert in Mali.
Each summer, three brothers live high in the mountains of North Macedonia, far from society. Amid the quiet of the pastures, work, duty, and family shape their daily lives, while questions of identity and the future quietly take root.
Defaced with far-right graffiti and left to decay, Mostar’s Partisan Cemetery has become a battleground over memory. Once a national monument to anti-fascist fighters, it is now dismissed by many as an unwanted relic, while the victims’ families fight to keep its legacy alive.
Film
The Stolen Children of Aotearoa
01. Jun
/ 21:00 / ACUDkino
04. Jun
/ 17:30 / KLICK Kino
07. Jun
/ 17:00 / Zeiss-Großplanetarium
For decades in New Zealand, thousands of children, including many Māori, were taken from their families and placed in state care, where they experienced violence and abuse. The film weaves their testimonies with political examination, revealing how colonial systems continue to have an effect today.
In the late 1970s, Toni Negri was accused of being the secret mastermind behind left-wing terrorism in Italy. Although he was later acquitted, the damage was done for his daughter, and a rift remained. In this autobiographical film, she recounts her childhood in the shadow of his ideology.
From threatened coastlines in the United States, across the vast Mongolian deserts, to underground Australian cities and the icy shores of Greenland, the film explores human resilience in the face of climate change, showing how communities are forging new paths forward with creativity and hope.
Film
Women of Sin
01. Jun
/ 21:00 / Atrium Tower
02. Jun
/ 20:00 / KLICK Kino
06. Jun
/ 17:00 / IL KINO
In Morocco, Karima Nadir fights against Article 490, which makes sex outside of marriage a crime. As a single mother and activist, she defends her son, supports other women stigmatized and punished, and courageously brings her battle to parliament.
Our Locations
- ACUDkino
- Archenhold Observatory
- Atrium Tower
- Atrium Tower: Lounge 19
- BALI Kino
- b-ware! Ladenkino
- Bundesplatz-Kino
- Elektra
- Fitzroy
- Freiluftkino Insel
- Freiluftkino Kreuzberg
- Freiluftkino Rosengarten
- Galiläakirche
- hofkino.berlin
- IL KINO
- Kater
- KLICK Kino
- Manifesto Market
- Sputnik Kino
- SO36
- The Playce
- Zeiss-Großplanetarium
