20.06.2025

Doxumentale Film Awards 2025

The award-winning films of Doxumentale 2025 open doors to new perspectives, touch our souls, and challenge us to stay awake: Discover them now!  

20.06.2025

Discover our online programme now!

Until June 30th, immerse yourself in a curated collection of our powerful, moving festival films. Turn your living room into a cinema!  

The Festival Continues Online – Watch 30 Films Until June 30!

Via our partner platform Eventive, you can stream 30 selected films until June 30. Don’t miss the chance to enjoy these outstanding documentaries from the comfort of your home. The Doxumentale isn’t over yet — bring the festival experience home

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Film

Black Limbo

17. Jun / 19:30 / City Kino Wedding
21. Jun / 18:00 / Kant Kino
22. Jun / 20:30 / b-ware! Ladenkino
Spain’s dark colonial past resurfaces as the family of Acacio Mañe, Equatorial Guinea’s independence leader, demands justice. Silenced crimes, hidden archives, and a decades-long fight for truth reveal a history Spain has repeatedly tried to forget.

Film

Oceania: Journey to the Center

19. Jun / 21:30 / Freiluftkino Insel
21. Jun / 20:30 / b-ware! Ladenkino
A quiet, haunting observation of daily life on a Pacific atoll threatened by rising seas. At the heart of the story: a mother and her son — their life, their memories, their quiet resistance.

D'Lounge

The Sixsters at Doxumentale

21. Jun / 20:30 / Atelier Gardens
This Saturday night, something wild is about to hit the stage at Atelier Gardens. The Sixsters — a rock band made up of five girls are going to perform.
Festival

The Power of Films and Documentaries and Films for Transparency

This year, the Dokumentale, in partnership with Transparency International and the International Anticorruption Conference Series (IACC), explores the impact of non-fiction storytelling in the fight against corruption. The program features seven carefully selected films that highlight the global influence of corruption and the power of truth.

Festival

Award Winning Films of Doxumentale 2025

In a world that’s always shifting, it’s the stories that hold us, move us, and transform us. The award-winning films of Doxumentale 2025 open doors to new perspectives, touch our souls, and challenge us to stay awake — to remember, to awaken, and to change together.

Films

Moving cinema, wherever you are

As the Doxumentale festival draws to a close, the journey of extraordinary documentary storytelling continues. Until June 30th, immerse yourself in a curated collection of our powerful, moving festival films. Bring these stories home, and let their impact linger long after the screen goes dark.

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Film

The Age of Water

19. Jun / 18:00 / b-ware! Ladenkino
21. Jun / 21:00 / Sputnik Kino
22. Jun / 20:30 / Zeiss-Großplanetarium
After a series of mysterious illnesses and deaths, a community in Mexico discovers that their water is radioactive. At the center of the story are six mothers on a quest for justice who suspect that there is a connection between the contamination and the death of three girls.

Film

Color

22. Jun / 19:30 / City Kino Wedding
How does color shape cultures? How does it evoke emotions and influence artistic expression? This film follows renowned artist Alteronce Gumby on his journey exploring the connections between creativity, identity, and joy of life, as he seeks to understand the true meaning of color.

Film

The Dialogue Police

16. Jun / 18:00 / b-ware! Ladenkino
20. Jun / 18:30 / Sputnik Kino
22. Jun / 18:00 / Kant Kino
Amid the chaos of escalating protests, a small Swedish police unit steps into the fray with an unusual mission: they want to talk. Armed with words and patience, they work tirelessly to protect democracy.
Films

'God is optional'

Rabbi Amichai Lau Lavie is the heir to a rabbinic lineage that spans thirty-eight generations. He is also a drag queen and queer father. The protagonist of 'Sabbath Queen' reimagines religious traditions through art and community.

Book

Enthralled by the senses

What happens when the world tilts—and we step outside ourselves, even if just for a moment? A glimpse into the elusive, the unpredictable, and the uncontrollable. An Essay by Racha Kirakosian.

Films

'Writing Hawa': From Storytelling to Social Change

'Writing Hawa' tells the story of three generations of Afghan women—and has laid the foundation for a global movement. An Essay by Hasse van Nunen about the 'Learning with Hawa' campaign and the Afghan diaspora fighting for education and hope.

Our Event Passes

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Stream Now: 20,00 €

Stream 6 Dokumentale films for the price of 4 – available until June 30, 2025!

All prices quoted are total prices including VAT.
* Reduced price for students, volunteers, trainees, unemployed people, disability ID card holders and interns.

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