Calendar
09:30
FILM:MAKERS IN DIALOGUE: SISSEL DARGIS MORELL, BALINT REVESZ & DAVID MIKULAN
09:30 - 11:00 Monday 18th Mar 2024 / 90 min
+ Video
See the recording of the session until April 22 - For accredited guests only.
Join us for a FILM:MAKERS IN DIALOGUE with Bálint Révész and Dávid Mikulán directors of KIX (2024) and Sissel Dargis Morell director of Balomania (2023).
10:30
A Century in Sound
Nicholas Dwyer & Tu Neill / Japan & New Zealand / 2024 / World Premiere / 101 min
A meditative atour of three different, fascinating and distinctive Japanese listening cafés that offer an immersive, musical sanctuary amidst the chaotic streets of Tokyo.
11:30
Our Declaration of Independence
11:30 - 13:00 Monday 18th Mar 2024 / 90 min
+ Video
See the recording of the session until April 22 - For accredited guests only.
Join DISCO Network's Independence Project presentation & workshop, advocating for independent documentaries' role in culture, society, and democracy.
12:00
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.
Tell Them About Us
Rand Beiruty / Germany & Jordan / 2024 / World Premiere / 92 min
A group of delightful teenage girls who have all fled to Germany find their own creative ways to overcome hidden discrimination in a film about friendship, sisterhood and living your dreams.
13:00
Sting Like a Bee
Leone Balduzzi / Italy / 2023 / International Premiere / 82 min
A warmhearted and beautiful hybrid film about a group of Italian teenagers flirting their way through the summer on their three-wheeled, self-styled Piaggio Ape mopeds. Love, sex and young dreams come together in a film-within-the-film about the young heroes.
14:15
I Shall Not Hate
Tal Barda / Canada & France / 2024 / World Premiere / 95 min
A Canadian-Palestinian doctor's mission of tolerance and forgiveness is put to the ultimate test when he loses his three daughters. Meet a Nobel-nominated bestselling author from Gaza whose greatest adversary is hate itself.
Teaches of Peaches
Philipp Fussenegger & Judy Landkammer / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere / 102 min
Fuck the pain away! 20 years after queer musician Peaches kicked off the new millennium, she's embarking on an anniversary tour - and she's armed with bare breasts, a razor-sharp entourage and a prophetic fuck you to the patriarchy.
15:00
CPH:LAB INTER:ACTIVE SYMPOSIUM
15:00 - 18:00 Monday 18th Mar 2024 / 180 min
WHO OWNS THE NARRATIVE? – Monday March 18, 2024 15:00-18:00, CPH:DOX Social Cinema, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
To be an Extra
Henrike Meyer / Germany / 2024 / World Premiere / 71 min
A charismatic young woman's intelligent film about making the leap from supporting roles in German TV dramas to play the leading role in her own life. A courageous piece of performative autofiction which invents its own rules as it unfolds.
16:00
Join us for a special film screening and discussion as we move out of the cinema and into the United Nations.
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?
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin
Katia De Vidas / France & United Kingdom / 2023 / 95 min
10 years in the turbulent life of the British rock n' roll poet as a singer in The Libertines and Babyshambles, and as a regular in the tabloids. The struggle to quit the drugs is the untold chapter in the story of Pete Doherty - until now.
The Bones
Jeremy Xido / Canada & Germany / 2024 / World Premiere / 98 min
Q&A: Meet the director
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.
Lie To Me
Baar Tyrmi / Norway / 2024 / International Premiere / 94 min
+ Talk: Meet the man who exposed an international crypto scandal
Multi-million dollar scams in various cryptocurrency adventures. How can this happen again and again? And is there a future for cryptocurrency trading that isn't tainted by tech opportunists ready to empty out our pockets? Join us for a conversation with Norwegian Blockchain investigator Bjørn Bjercke and the film's two directors, Bår Tyrmi and Dag Mykland. The conversation will be moderated by tech expert and consultant at Global Focus, Henrik Chulu. Before the film, there will be a free beer (w/o alcohol) from To Øl.
Language: English
They promised a digital revolution of the financial market. It all turned out to be one of the biggest scams in history, but 10 years and countless scandals later, OneCoin is still in action. A docu-thriller about psychology and manipulation in a crypto-age.
No Other Land
Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra & Hamdan Bilal / Palestine / 2024 / International Premiere / 95 min
The alliance between a young Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank and an Israeli journalist provides a unique and human insight into a decades-old conflict, as the two fight against the forced expulsion of the Masafer Yatta community. A film created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective.
Little Girl Blue
Mona Achache / France / 2023 / 96 min
Marion Cotillard gives a hypnotic performance in a phenomenal docu-hybrid that charts one woman's dramatic life in the cultural bohemian milieu of Paris in the 60s and 70s. A reconstruction of a dark family history and an artist's attempt to understand her mother's tragedy.
Ottu + My Want of You Partakes of Me
Sandra Ignagni, Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner / Canada, France, Italy, United Kingdom & Netherlands / 75 min
Q&A: Meet the directors
Two films nominated for the festival's art film award.
Johatsu – Into Thin Air
Andreas Hartmann & Arata Mori / Germany & Japan / 2024 / 86 min
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.
17:00
Join us as we move out of the cinema and into Cisternerne - an underground art gallery - for an introspective journey into hyper-fabricated realities.
The Perfect Meal – The Secrets of the Mediterranean Diet
Alexandros Merkouris / Greece / 2023 / 72 min
A food-loving and scientific tribute to the Mediterranean diet and, not least, the liquid gold: olive oil.
The Walk
Tamara Kotevska / Syria, Türkiye, France, Palestine, Greece & United Kingdom / 2023 / 79 min
+ Event: Join us for a special film screening and debate at UN City
Join us for a special screening as we move out of the cinema and into the United Nations. For this CPH:DOX x docUNight screening, we will dive into a discussion on migration and the many bodies travelling across borders as a consequence of conflict, climate change, persecution, and more. Meet the Chairperson of Rapolitics, recipient of the Institute for Human Rights' Human Rights Award (2022) and former refugee from Afghanistan, Manila Ghafuri, in conversation with Deputy Head of Joint Data Centre at UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Maja Lazić, and Secretary General for Red Cross in Denmark, Anders Ladekarl. The conversation will be moderated by Head of Communication and Engagement at The Danish Institute for Human Rights, Jakob Sheikh. Prior to the screening, the UN offers a free guided tour of UN City (limited spots available). Co-organised by docUNight.
Language: English
The director of 'Honeyland' returns with a contemporary fairytale made with sensitivity and poetry as a giant puppet travels from Syria up through Europe to tell the story of migration from a child's perspective.
Q&A: Meet the director and the producer
A panoramic snapshot of Chile in a turbulent period where a new youth movement has joined the fight for the country's future. A razor-sharp take on a time of upheaval with a clear vision of the nature of political conflict.
18:00
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.
Join us as we move out of the cinema and into Cisternerne - an underground art gallery - for an introspective journey into hyper-fabricated realities.
Wilfred Buck
Lisa Jackson / Canada / 2024 / World Premiere / 97 min
+ Talk: Premiere with performative opening ceremony
Come to a special premiere of 'Wilfred Buck' as the film opens with a Greenlandic drum performance led by Jens Davidsen, an indigenous drummer from West Greenland. After the screening, meet the film's director Lisa Jackson before the Canadian Embassy offers a drink (w/o alcohol) in the foyer. Presented in collaboration with the Canadian Embassy.
Language: English
An elderly member of the indigenous Cree people of Canada is our spiritual guide in a film that, like its charismatic protagonist, moves between past and present, and between Earth and the stars, to overcome the ghosts of colonisation.
7,000 years ago, the area was one of the largest civilisations in prehistoric Europe. Today, it is the largest landfill on the continent. An unexpected festival hit about the men who fight a daily battle against the fury of the elements.
Motherboard
Victoria Mapplebeck / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 91 min
Q&A: Meet the director & Jim
Joys, sorrows and life's great tragicomedy in a video diary about motherhood and much more, recorded over nearly 20 years by award-winning British director Victoria Mapplebeck. A deeply personal and completely unsentimental film.
Democracy Noir
Connie Field / United States, Germany & Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 113 min
Three brave women are fighting to expose the corruption and incremental destruction of democracy in Viktor Orbán's Hungary - a white nationalist regime that is the envy of authoritarian movements around the world.
A New Kind of Wilderness
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024 / 83 min
Q&A: Meet the director
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.
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.
Union
Brett Story & Stephen Maing / United States / 2024 / International Premiere / 102 min
Q&A: Meet the directors
The employees at an Amazon warehouse start a union against all odds, but internal divisions and powerful opponents makes the fight for rights and decent conditions a long and hard one.
19:00
The Son and the Moon
Roja Pakari / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 87 min
+ Talk: Meet the director
Join us at the world premiere of 'The Son and the Moon' and meet the film's director, Roja Pakari, in conversation with Marie Erbs Ørbæk, Head of Live at CPH:DOX. We offer a cold beer (w/o alcohol) from To Øl after the film screening.
Language: Danish
A Danish-Iranian filmmaker's brave and honest journey through six years of cancer, love and a life project of mapping her family's dramatic history. Existential poetry with an unforgettable woman in front of (and behind) the camera.
Monumental and unfiltered story about women and their bodies, told empathetically and insightfully through the eyes of patients, doctors and nurses in a Parisian public hospital.
Hunt for the Oldest DNA
Niobe Thompson / Canada & United States / 2024 / World Premiere / 82 min
+ Talk: Come to the premiere and reception with Eske Willerslev and Gyldendal
Meet director Niobe Thompson, cinematographer Athan Merrick and the film's undisputed protagonist, DNA researcher and evolutionary biologist, Eske Willerslev, in conversation. Afterwards, Tangled Bank Studios invites all audience members to a reception with drinks and snacks in the SULT Restaurant in the cinema.
Language: English
Led by star scientist Eske Willerslev, a team of researchers are sequencing DNA from before the Ice Age for the first time in history. A project that could revolutionise our understanding of the history of life itself.
Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other
Jacob Perlmutter & Manon Ouimet / United Kingdom, Denmark & United States / 2024 / World Premiere / 100 min
Q&A: Meet the directors and the protagonists
Life, death and making meaning are the heart of a beautiful and often very funny film about an aging couple who, after an accident, face the inevitability of impermanence and seek a deep peace in their relationship while they still can.
Grand Me
Atiye Zare Arandi / Belgium & Iran / 2024 / World Premiere / 78 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A 9-year-old Iranian girl plans to sue her parents after their bitter divorce in a lively and bittersweet film directed by her aunt. A lively contribution to the great Iranian tradition of films about the world of children.
Power
Yance Ford / United States / 2024 / International Premiere / 85 min
+ Talk: The long arm of the law in a structural critical light
Join award-winning director Yance Ford in conversation about the American police force in a historical and critical light.
Language: English
A sharp and thought-provoking essay on power, race and class. Yance Ford's analysis of the dark history of policing in the US is a highly topical and ever relevant deep dive into one of society's institutions.
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.
The Recovery Channel
Ellen Ugelstad / Norway / 2023 / International Premiere / 103 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A filmmaker who has been set back by her own brother's decades-long battle with the mental health system, invents a fictional TV channel to expose the injustices of modern psychiatric treatment.
20:00
Join us as we move out of the cinema and into Cisternerne - an underground art gallery - for an introspective journey into hyper-fabricated realities.
Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin
Katia De Vidas / France & United Kingdom / 2023 / 95 min
10 years in the turbulent life of the British rock n' roll poet as a singer in The Libertines and Babyshambles, and as a regular in the tabloids. The struggle to quit the drugs is the untold chapter in the story of Pete Doherty - until now.
21:00
Black Box Diaries
Shiori Ito / Japan, United States & United Kingdom / 2024 / European Premiere / 103 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A Japanese journalist becomes both detective and protagonist in her own story of overcoming a sexual assault and confronting both the boss of Japan's leading TV networks and a deeply conservative system. Dramatic, moving and determined to change a toxic culture.
Realm of Satan
Scott Cummings / United States / 2024 / International Premiere / 80 min
Talking crows, red velour and black Lamborghinis. Get a rare glimpse into the life of a Satanist in a stylish and suitably mischievous film that challenges our expectations of the alternative philosophy.
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Peter Ettedgui & Ian Bonhôte / United Kingdom / 2024 / European Premiere / 106 min
One of the biggest audience favourites of the year is a genuinely gripping and truly epic film about the man who first became Superman and then became a real-life superhero after a tragic accident changed his life forever.
Look Into My Eyes
Lana Wilson / United States / 2024 / International Premiere / 100 min
Q&A: Meet the director
Try your hand at the world of spirits in a true audience favourite from this year's Sundance Festival, where seven New York psychics can put their clients in touch with the supernatural beyond - or maybe just in touch with their own emotions.
Efterklang: The Makedonium Band
Andreas Johnsen / Denmark & North Macedonia / 2024 / World Premiere / 81 min
Q&A: Meet the director
A charming tour of Macedonian folk music and a fascinating insight into the creative process of the Danish band Efterklang.
The Stimming Pool
The Neurocultures Collective, Benjamin Brown, Georgia Bradburn, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Lucy Walker & Steven Eastwood / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 70 min
Q&A: Meet the filmcrew
Created by a collective of neurodivergent filmmakers in an attempt to provide an alternative and artistic take on what it's like to live with neurodivergence in a chaotic world not made for those who are different.
Architecton
Victor Kosakovskiy / Germany, France & United States / 2024 / 94 min
Thousands of years of architectural history are woven together in Kossakovsky's visionary epic, a film almost almost dialogue but with images as sharp as flint and a soundtrack as massive as an earth quake.
Heartwarming and life-affirming Norwegian coming-of-age story about the intellectually disabled man Ola, his deeply felt friendship with Danish Lasse and the need for all people to belong.
Single File + Silent Night + Efforts of Nature + No Exorcism Film
Simon Liu, Jonathan Schaller, Philipp Schaeffer, Morgan Quaintance & Komtouch Napattaloong / Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Germany & Thailand / 63 min
Q&A: Meet the directors
Four short works nominated for the CPH:DOX Art Film Award and screened together.
Invisible People
Alisa Berger / France & Germany / 2024 / World Premiere / 71 min
Q&A: Meet the Director
An atmospheric trip to Japan in an existential and expressive film where the nightmarish butoh dance becomes the prism through which the forces of life express themselves. The hideous and the sublime meet and strange micro-connections emerge.