Calendar
09:00
The Flats
Alessandra Celesia / France, United Kingdom, Ireland & Belgium / 2024 / World Premiere / 114 min
A run-down Belfast housing estate becomes a haunted inner landscape in a dark, cinematic film where the echoes of the conflict in Northern Ireland still reverberate in the corridors. An aging man on his final, existential mission confronts the ghosts of the past.
The Silence of Others
Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar / United States & Spain / 2018 / 93 min
10:00
The hardest core of inmates in a maximum security prison in California participate in a life-changing photography project with French art star and Oscar-nominated director JR.
12:00
Dark Blossom
Frigge Fri / Denmark / 2021 / World Premiere / 80 min
The 20-year-old Josephine never felt she belonged in the small town she grew up in. In the Goth-culture she found her two friends - the expressive maximalist with the self-invented name “Nightmare” and the Christian and reflective Jay.
The Silence of Others
Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar / United States & Spain / 2018 / 93 min
The hardest core of inmates in a maximum security prison in California participate in a life-changing photography project with French art star and Oscar-nominated director JR.
The Flats
Alessandra Celesia / France, United Kingdom, Ireland & Belgium / 2024 / World Premiere / 114 min
A run-down Belfast housing estate becomes a haunted inner landscape in a dark, cinematic film where the echoes of the conflict in Northern Ireland still reverberate in the corridors. An aging man on his final, existential mission confronts the ghosts of the past.
Balomania
Sissel Morell Dargis / Denmark & Spain / 2024 / World Premiere / 93 min
With police and bounty hunters hot on her heels, a young filmmaker embarks on a wild ride with a Brazilian brotherhood of balloon builders. A real-life action film with an incredible story about finding freedom against all odds.
14:00
The Serengeti Rules
Nicolas Brown / United Kingdom & United States / 2018 / 84 min
15:30
Echo of You
Zara Zerny / Denmark / 2023 / 76 min
A poetic and touchingly honest film about lifelong love and what remains when it disappears. The echoes of love resound in the poignant, humorous and life-affirming stories of those left behind.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
16:30
Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Virpi Suutari / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere / 93 min
Biodiversity and generation gaps collide in a politically urgent and thoughtful film about two young activists' fight to save the vast Finnish forests. Is it still civil disobedience when you know you have both history and the future on your side?
War Game
Jesse Moss & Tony Gerber / United States / 2024 / International Premiere / 94 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A nerve-wracking political thriller where elite politicians and military personnel engage in a role-playing game based on January 6th. Is the democratic system strong enough to handle a real-life coup attempt in the near future?
Cool Finnish countryside charm meets French elegance when Finland's greatest film director Aki Kaurismäki decides to build the ultimate cinema from the past in an abandoned mining town.
A Dangerous Boy
Ole Bendtzen / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A: Meet the director
Reality beats fiction in the story of Icelandic teenage hacker Siggi who became Julian Assange's sidekick in a story of paranoia, intelligence services, abuse, friendship and betrayal. A coming of age film unlike any other.
Magic Mud
Jakob Gottschau / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 65 min
+ Talk: What are you able to do with glacial rock flour?
Meet the film's main characters, researcher Minik Rosing and businessman Eliot Booth, in conversation with the director of the movie, Jakob Gottshcau, about glacial rock flour as a research project and business. How can we use glacial rock flour to create a more sustainable world? You even get to take some of the glacial rock flour home with you to test it in your own window box.
Language: English
Star geologist Minik Rosing loves mud. Especially Greenlandic mud, also known as glacial rock flour - but can he prove that this magical mud can really save both the climate and solve global inequality?
17:00
The museum world is at a turning point. Artefacts from indigenous peoples and other cultures are being encouraged to be returned to their place of origin. A Sami filmmaker traces the heritage of her own people in a personal film.
Mediha
Hasan Oswald / United States / 2023 / International Premiere / 90 min
A teenage girl from northern Iraq is fighting to bring her former Islamic State hostage taker to justice for the terrorist movement's biggest crime to date.
Abiding Nowhere
Tsai Ming-Liang / Taiwan & United States / 2024 / 79 min
A barefoot monk slowly wanders through the streets of Washington DC in Tsai Ming-liang's new and meditative work, which uses few and simple means to send one’s mind wandering (and wondering) along.
Food Inc. 2
Melissa Robledo & Robert Kenner / United States / 2023 / 94 min
Q&A: Meet the directors
Turbo chickens, plant-based steaks and a pandemic. A lot has happened since the first 'Food Inc.' film, and it's time for a fresh in-depth look at the food industry and at possible solutions.
A New Kind of Wilderness
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024 / 83 min
A family who have created an idyllic self-sufficient life for their four children are forced to rethink their choices and try to (re)integrate into modern society when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Radical life choices meet dilemmas in a moving and wise film.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
18:00
Copa 71
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023 / 90 min
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
Deep Sky
Nathaniel Kahn / United States / 2023 / 40 min
Experience the furthest reaches of our galaxy in IMAX where the incredible images from the James Webb Telescope are framed in ideal conditions on the big screen.
A love sonata to ballet and to 'Swan Lake' with all that it entails of hard training, low self-esteem, dreams, racism, redemption and stubborn traditions that might be in a process of change.
Apollo Thirteen: Survival
Peter Middleton / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 97 min
Q&A: Meet the director
The greatest and most iconic space rocket drama in history is told in a thrilling and human way through crisp, crunchy archive footage and unique audio clips from the shuttle, the control centre and the astronauts' families.
Secretly intercepted phone calls from the front line in Ukraine, where Russian soldiers call home and tell of the murders and abuses they have committed in Putin's name.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
The Bones
Jeremy Xido / Canada & Germany / 2024 / World Premiere / 98 min
Dinosaur fossils are worth their weight in gold in a market where serious scientists and fortune hunters vie to be first to the next big find. An eye-opening adventure documentary about bones, cash and big egos - and an absolute must for dinosaur fans.
Copa 71
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023 / 90 min
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
Copa 71
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023 / 90 min
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
19:00
Life and Other Problems
Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 99 min
+ Premiere: Meet director Max Kestner and the team behind the movie
Meet the director of the movie, Max Kestner, and the team behind this year's opening film, which will undoubtedly make you reflect on life - both your own life and those around you.
Language: Danish
The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya.
This is Ballroom
Juru & Vitã / Brazil / 2024 / World Premiere / 94 min
Q&A: Meet the directors
An upbeat tribute to the Brazilian ballroom scene, where LGBTQ+ and non-white people create the creative space they are not allowed in a repressive society.
Limits of Europe
Apolena Rychlíková / Czech Republic, Slovakia & France / 2024 / World Premiere / 98 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A Czech journalist goes undercover in the European market for cheap labour. But documenting the outrageous conditions and social inequality on her own body while her family waits for her to return home comes at a personal cost.
God, Please Send a Whale
Julie Bezerra Madsen / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 75 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A Danish family travels to Brazil to say goodbye to their mother, who passed away six years ago. But things don't quite go according to plan. Can the father and the two adult sisters reach each other and talk about loss, life and death?
Dance First
James Marsh / United Kingdom, Hungary & Belgium / 2023 / 100 min
Q&A: Meet the director
Gabriel Byrne plays Samuel Beckett in Oscar-winning documentarian James Marsh's biopic on the life and works of the literary genius. The man behind the myth is portrayed with humour and irony.
Agent of Happiness
Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbó / Bhutan & Hungary / 2024 / 94 min
How happy are you on a scale of 1 to 10? Two government officials are sent out to measure the happiness of the people of Bhutan, but how are they doing themselves? A bittersweet, existential crowd favourite from the Himalayas.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
Life and Other Problems
Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 99 min
The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya.
Life and Other Problems
Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 99 min
The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya.
Efterklang: The Makedonium Band
Andreas Johnsen / Denmark & North Macedonia / 2024 / World Premiere / 81 min
A charming tour of Macedonian folk music and a fascinating insight into the creative process of the Danish band Efterklang.
A New Kind of Wilderness
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024 / 83 min
A family who have created an idyllic self-sufficient life for their four children are forced to rethink their choices and try to (re)integrate into modern society when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Radical life choices meet dilemmas in a moving and wise film.
A New Kind of Wilderness
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024 / 83 min
A family who have created an idyllic self-sufficient life for their four children are forced to rethink their choices and try to (re)integrate into modern society when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Radical life choices meet dilemmas in a moving and wise film.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
The Lost Notebook
Ida Marie Gedbjerg Sørensen / Denmark & Hungary / 2024 / World Premiere / 80 min
Q&A: Meet the director
The discovery of a diary with meticulous records of a Hungarian man's 2,158 visits to the cinema becomes a tale of a divided family held together by a shared love of film.
Copa 71
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023 / 90 min
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
20:00
Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay / United Kingdom & United States / 2023 / 96 min
+ Event: Absalon x CPH:DOX: Burlesque, film and free dance
Together with Folkehuset Absalon, we invite you to join us for an evening with a movie, burlesque and free dance. We kick off the evening with a very special performance by burlesque dancer Morgan, followed by the movie screening. Then we clear the room and fill the dance floor so we can let our bodies move freely together. Lisa Sommer from Absalon (Dance Like Nobody's Watching) guides us into our bodies for half an hour of free dance, where we move as we want to move – and celebrate our bodies just as they are! Everyone can join in, because it's all about letting go and letting our bodies show the way. Presented in collaboration with Absalon.
Language: English
A humorous, personal and highly educational manifesto about being fat in a world designed for thin people. Based on the iconic texts and activist Aubrey Gordon, and on six years of lived experience from anonymous blogger to best-selling author.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
The Train and the Peninsula
Sky Richards & Andreas Kruger Foncerrada / Mexico / 2023 / 88 min
A thoughtful and sensuous tour along Mexican train tracks on the Yutacán Peninsula, where a new, large-scale railway project threatens the indigenuos Mayan culture and the nature around them.
21:15
From a simple and minimalistic setup, an entire universe of human stories emerges as a Polish director shuttles to the Ukrainian border to rescue fleeing families from the country.
A Disturbance in the Force
Steve Kozak & Jeremy Coon / United States / 2023 / 86 min
A wildly entertaining deep dive into the Star Wars film everone tried to forget, but which refused to die and has grown to become the ultimate cult favourite: The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird
Nicolas Jack Davies / Germany & United Kingdom / 2023 / International Premiere / 121 min
Friendship, love and rock n' roll! The lives of the pioneering rock bands At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta, authentically and honestly portrayed on video through a lifetime by the two childhood friends at the front of the stage.
The hardest core of inmates in a maximum security prison in California participate in a life-changing photography project with French art star and Oscar-nominated director JR.
They Shot The Piano Player
Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal / Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal & Peru / 2023 / 103 min
A film noir in colour that brings back the heyday of bossa nova in stunning animations and to a jazzy score, as it tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of one of Brazil's most legendary jazz pianists.
Laughing Day
Lars Emil Leonhardt & Brendan Cooney / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 80 min
Q&A: Meet the directors
A quirky hybrid film that employs understated humour and spontaneous encounters to explore the healing power of conversation and its ability to break down both internal and external boundaries.
Johatsu – Into Thin Air
Andreas Hartmann & Arata Mori / Germany & Japan / 2024 / 86 min
Q&A: Meet the director
In Japan, thousands of people disappear voluntarily every year. And there are companies ready to help those who want to disappear without a trace and start a new life somewhere else. Meet some of them in a film that soberly examines a modern phenomenon.