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.
Catch films in cinemas until 7 June 2026, or stream a selection online until 30 June 2026. Don’t miss our recorded readings and podcasts on YouTube.

One night at the cinema. Three more at home.

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  • 1 film in cinema, 3 more at home
  • Start on the big screen, continue streaming
  • Available until June 30
★ Recommendation

The full cinema experience + all films at home.

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  • Unlimited cinema screenings 5–7 June
  • One ticket per film
  • All 22 films to stream anywhere in Germany until 30 June

Explore 22 stories – start streaming now!

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  • 22 outstanding international documentaries
  • stream anywhere in Germany
  • available until 30 June 2026

* Reduced prices are available for students, youth under 18, Berlin Pass holders, seniors, and people with a severe disability ID. For Berlin Pass holders, the reduced price applies in advance sales.

Filmstill Ashes

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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.

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Auto Queens

29. May / 18:30 / Atrium Tower
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.

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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.

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Day Trip: Escaping the Taliban

01. Jun / 17:30 / KLICK Kino
03. Jun / 18:00 / BALI Kino
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.

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Fantastique

03. Jun / 18:30 / ACUDkino
07. Jun / 20:25 / b-ware! Ladenkino
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.

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Ghost in the Machine

03. Jun / 18:00 / b-ware! Ladenkino
05. Jun / 18:30 / ACUDkino
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.

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I, Poppy

03. Jun / 20:25 / b-ware! Ladenkino
06. Jun / 21:00 / Sputnik Kino
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.

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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.

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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.

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OHO Film

01. Jun / 19:00 / IL KINO
02. Jun / 18:30 / ACUDkino
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Beauty of the Donkey

01. Jun / 18:00 / b-ware! Ladenkino
03. Jun / 17:30 / KLICK Kino
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.

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The Blind Couple from Mali

01. Jun / 21:00 / Sputnik Kino
05. Jun / 21:30 / Freiluftkino Insel
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.

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The Mountain Won't Move

31. May / 18:30 / Atrium Tower
02. Jun / 21:00 / ACUDkino
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.

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The Partisan Necropolis

04. Jun / 21:00 / ACUDkino
07. Jun / 17:30 / KLICK Kino
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.

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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.
Film still Toni, Mio Padre

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Toni, My Father

06. Jun / 21:00 / hofkino.berlin
07. Jun / 18:00 / b-ware! Ladenkino
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.
Filmstill We Have to Survive

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We Have to Survive

30. May / 21:00 / Atrium Tower
05. Jun / 20:30 / Zeiss-Großplanetarium
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.
filmstill Women of Sin

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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.

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