Call for Entries: all inclusive Documentary Film Award 2025

Submit now until 3 February 2025!

DOK.fest München and the Werksviertel-Mitte Stiftung are pleased to announce the 1st all inclusive Award – the award for inclusive work in documentary film – which will be presented as part of the 40th DOK.fest München in May 2025.

The award for inclusive documentary film productions

The award honours documentary film productions in which filmmakers with disabilities play a leading role. It is sponsored by the Werksviertel-Mitte Stiftung and is endowed with prize money of 5,000 euros.

In order to assess eligibility for participation, we are guided by the definition of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: "People with disabilities include people who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may prevent them from participating fully, effectively and equally in society."

The prize is awarded for the inclusive team effort in the realisation of the film. The award ceremony takes place during DOK.fest München.

Producers, directors and screenwriters are cordially invited to submit their current cinema documentary films!

Conditions of participation

Films that meet the following criteria are eligible for submission to the all inclusive Documentary Film Award 2025:

Film teams in whose film production one or more persons with disabilities were significantly involved may submit films. This applies to the tasks of production, direction, screenplay, camera, sound and editing.
The subject of the film does not necessarily have to be about a life with a disability.
The prize is awarded internationally.
Cinema film productions with a minimum length of 52 minutes
Completion after 1 January 2024
The film may have already been released and shown in cinemas.
If your film has already been shown in a previous DOK.fest München edition, a new submission is not possible.
The prize is awarded across all film series.
University films (including graduation films) are eligible.
All submitted films will be considered in the regular programme selection of the festival. The public screening at DOK.fest München 2025 is therefore possible regardless of the award.
Two public screenings at DOK.fest München 2025 are obligatory.

Submission

If you are submitting a film to us for the first time, please set up an account under "My account".
If you already have an account, you can log in at any time.
Please select "all inclusive Documentary Film Award" under "Registration for" in the film submission form.
We provide information on the exact steps for submitting a film here under item 8.

Please also send the following documents by email to Kathi Seemann (seemann@dokfest-muenchen.de):

Cover letter, informal (with telephone number and address of the submitter)
Synopsis of the film (max. 1,500 characters)
Short biographies of the leading filmmakers (max. 700 characters per biography)
Statement on the extent to which the disability of one or more filmmakers has brought a new perspective or positive impact on the film production and the work in the team. (max. 2,000 characters)
We are happy to receive information or proof of the degree of disability.

Please make sure that you send in all documents, as incomplete submissions cannot be considered. All documents and information will be treated in strict confidence.

The submission is independent of the participation at the DOK.fest München.

Submission deadline is 3 February 2025.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding your application, please contact:

Kathi Seemann
seemann@dokfest-muenchen.de
Phone: +49 89 51 39 97 88