Cinema: Schule des Sehens 2025
In a 90-minute workshop in the extracurricular learning environment cinema, your students get to see an age-appropriate short documentary film on the big screen.
Based on teamwork assignments, the students answer various questions relating to the topic as well as the style of the respective film. Thereby, children and young people learn how to read films in a differentiated way and are playfully motivated to use media critically and confidently.
The documentaries we choose narrate at eye level and with artistic standards from the perspective of young people. The workshops are conducted by film experts trained in media education and in most cases accompanied by the respective filmmaker. Since this year, we have also been offering the School of Seeing in simple language to special schools and integration classes.
‘Our workshops are not just about watching films, but above all about discovering the creative tools that make films so powerful, such as dramaturgy, visual language and sound. We want to make this experience accessible to all pupils, whether at grammar school, vocational school or special school.’ Kathi Seemann, Inclusive Projects DOK.education & DOK.fest Munich
During the 40th DOK.fest München in May 2025 our cinema-workshops will take place at Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film (HFF), Pasinger Fabrik and Gasteig HP8.
The educational programme of Schule des Sehens is only available in German language.
The films of Schule des Sehens 2025
FRITZ HAT GLASKNOCHEN
The shortfilm for 8- to 12-years olds
Marco Giacopuzzi, DE 2018, 25 Min.
Fritz plays football with his friends and in a rock band. Thereby the eleven-year-old is not always as careful in his wheelchair as he should be: Fritz has ‘glass bones’ that break very easily. But he doesn't let this take away his joy of life.
more Information in German language
RUNDE 3
The shortfilm for 12- to 15-years olds
Liesbeth de Mey, BE 2024, 15 Min.
Sana is passionate about boxing and baking cakes. The 14-year-old always has to refocus: Training, baking, training – for the big boxing competition. Will she have to make a decision in the future or will she be able to withstand the challenge of both opposing passions?
more Information in German language
ALLES WIRD GUT
The shortfilm for 15- to 20-years olds
Eefje Blankevoort & Lara Aerts, NL 2024, 32 Min.
At the age of eight, Samie fled alone from Eritrea to the Netherlands. She remembers her refuge with unease and desperately wants to belong in her new home. Her strong will and her 18th birthday bring her one step closer to independence.
more Information in German language
Dates & registration for the cinema visit
Costs
4.00 euros per student / teachers free of charge.
Please pay cash on site or in advance.
Event locations
Gasteig HP8, Projektor, Hans-Preisinger-Straße 8, 81379 Munich
> Gasteig HP8 on Google Maps
HFF München, Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, Bernd-Eichinger Platz 1, 80333 Munich
> HFF on Google Maps
Pasinger Fabrik, August-Exter-Straße 1, 81245 Munich
> Pasinger Fabrik on Google Maps
Contact
We are looking forward to welcoming your school class!
Your contact person for any questions is Maya Reichert, Head of DOK.education:
reichert@dokfest-muenchen.de, Office phone: +49 177 629 26 29
Teacher trainings
We warmly invite you to our professional teacher trainings. The trainings are complementary and not obligatory for your class's participation at Schule des Sehens.
Schule des Sehens as an online educational programme
The cinema screenings are fully booked? You can't come to Munich with your class?
With the online cinemas, the DOK.education film education programme also enables school classes outside Munich to take a cultural education trip to the film festival. After registration, every teacher can use our educational programme flexibly: in the classroom, in distance learning or as homework.
In the online cinema hall, your school class will meet real filmmakers and watch an age-appropriate film under guidance. Our accompanying school material and prepared teaching units ensure sustainable preparation.
Click here for more information about the online cinema rooms.
Film selection
Sponsors & Partners
“At a time when we are confronted with different perspectives and interpretations of reality, it is more important than ever to reflect on the impact of film language in addition to enjoying artistic film narratives. The film education experts at DOK.fest München promote critical thinking with their film education and encourage people to align their own values with the good of the community.” Dominik Krause, Second Mayor of the City of Munich and patron of DOK.education
Schule des Sehens is an event of the International Documentary Film Festival Munich e.V. Sincere thanks are given to our partners und sponsors, who provide our students with cultural education, media competence training and participation in arts and culture this year.
