Accreditation
Industry professionals can now apply for an accreditation. The accreditation gives exclusive access to DOK Leipzig’s industry offers and networking events, film programme, talks and masterclasses.
Journalists planning to cover the festival can now request a press accreditation.
Sustainability Fee:
We are working towards making our festival as sustainable as possible. Find more information about our sustainability efforts.
We ask all participants to support the sustainability efforts by DOK Leipzig with a separate fee of 15 € per person. The fee will be added to your invoice automatically.
DOK Leipzig Film Programme:
- Free tickets for screenings of the entire festival programme
- Online access to selected films of the festival programme, from 26 October to 8 November 2026
DOK Industry Programme:
- Access to insightful live talks, project presentations, conferences, master classes, DOK Archive Market, DOK Exchange XR Conference, Get Togethers and more
- Online access to event livestreams / recordings
- Industry Guide: our comprehensive guide of industry professionals to help you network, fund and circulate your new films and projects in development
Rates:
Early Dove Rate: 110 € / Regular Rate: 150 € / Last Minute Rate: 180 €
All rates plus 15 € sustainability fee.
Includes all services of the regular accreditation plus a six-month access to the DOK Film Market Library with more than 200 current titles.
Limited to buyers from TV stations, cinema distributors and world sales as well as representatives of film festivals, exhibitors and cultural institutes who want to acquire new films for their programme as well as film school and university lecturers.
Rates:
Early Dove Rate: 170 € / Regular Rate: 220 € / Last Minute Rate: 250 €
All rates plus 15 € sustainability fee.
Valid only on 27 and 28 October 2026:
- Tuesday 27/10: Archive Panel
- Wednesday 27/10: DOK Archive Market (More details about participating archives and the accompanying talk and networking programme to be announced.)
- Further DOK Industry events open to all accredited guests
- Two vouchers to get free tickets for festival film screenings
Not included:
- Access to online Industry Guide, event livestreams and recordings
- Online access to view the festival programme
Rate:
50 €
Rate plus 15 € sustainability fee.
Valid only on 29 and 30 October 2026:
- DOK Exchange XR Conference, Showcase and Prototyping Zone
- Further DOK Industry events open to accredited guests on both days
- Three vouchers to get free tickets for festival film screenings
Not included:
- Access to online Industry Guide, event livestreams and recordings
- Online access to view the festival programme
Rate:
70 €
Rate plus 15 € sustainability fee.
Now open. Are you a journalist and planning to attend and report about DOK Leipzig?
Find further information on press access in the press area.
Step 1: myDOK account and login
When opening the accreditation form you are prompted to log in to your myDOK account. If you do not have an account yet, you can create one in just a few steps.
Step 2: Processing your accreditation request
After submitting the form, your accreditation request will be processed by our team. This might take up to 10 working days.
Step 3: Invoice and payment
Once your accreditation request has been approved, you will receive a confirmation email including a link to the invoice.
You can pay the accreditation fee online via credit card or PayPal.
The discounts listed below apply exclusively to the regular rate of the accreditation Festival & Industry (when registering between 10/7 and 13/10/2026).
Discounts cannot be combined.
Students registered in a film-related university programme receive a 50 % discount on the regular accreditation fee (75 € instead of 150 €).
Please note: In order to receive the student discount, a current student certificate must be uploaded in the accreditation form. All applications are reviewed individually.
Are you a coordinator from a film school or university and want to organise a group to attend the festival together? Please get in touch until 30 August 2026 via accreditation [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de (accreditation[at]dok-leipzig[dot]de).
You have the possibility to add or withdraw students from your group until 13 October.
The accreditation fees can be invoiced on a collective invoice or paid by the students individually. Lecturers and coordinators need to pay the regular rate for their accreditation.
Persons with disabilities receive a 20% discount on their accreditation fee (120€ instead of 150€).
Please note: To receive the discount you must submit a disability certificate/pass in your accreditation form. All applications are reviewed individually.
Information on accessibility is available here. For further information please contact inklusion [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de (inklusion[at]dok-leipzig[dot]de)
In cooperation with selected professional associations, we offer discounts for their members. More information will be announced through their newsletters.
If you are a member of one of the following organisations, please get in touch with your coordinator to take advantage of a discount:
- AG Animationsfilm / ASIFA Germany
- AG DOK
- Berlin Documentary Meetup
- BVR – Bundesverband Regie
- BPM Büro für Popkultur und Musik
- CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator
- DAE – Documentary Association of Europe
- Deutsche Filmakademie
- DFC Documentary Film Council
- Eurodoc
- EsoDoc Network
- FOCAL International
- Produktionsallianz
- PROG Producers of Germany
- Video Consortium
- Women in Film and TV Germany
Should you be interested in receiving discounts for your organisation’s members, please contact us at industry [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de (industry[at]dok-leipzig[dot]de).
Participating professionals from countries included on the DAC list (Development Assistance Committee of the OECD) and European low audiovisual capacity countries from LCC group B (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine) will receive a 20% discount.
You can cancel your accreditation and request a refund until 13 October. For accreditations which were already paid, we charge a rebooking fee of 10 €.
Please contact us at accreditation [at] dok-leipzig [dot] de (accreditation[at]dok-leipzig[dot]de).
