CPH:FORUM 2024 REVEALS ITS SELECTION, FIRST BATCH OF CONFIRMED DECISION MAKERS & THE NEW AWARDS AT CPH:INDUSTRY

The 2024 CPH:FORUM line-up puts forward a curated group of projects, ranging from deeply personal to global stories, all painting a portrait of the state of our world and representing diverse documentary styles. These 32 projects – bringing together over 65 filmmakers and producers from 26 countries echo each other and reflect on pressing themes. CPH:DOX’ flagship financing and co-production event is going to welcome hundreds of guests in Copenhagen from Tuesday to Thursday, March 18-21, 2024, with CPH:WIP and CHANGE presentations taking place on Monday, March 18.

Wider WORK-IN-PROGRESS selection

This year, CPH:WIP will present a total of 6 projects, both Nordic and international. The titles include projects from established and up and coming filmmakers, who will showcase selected scenes with the purpose of securing gap financing or a launch pad for further distribution. The selected works will be featured as a prelude to CPH:FORUM in the CPH:WIP presentation on Monday, March 18, 2024.

Eastern European perspectives from the CHANGE projects

For the third year in a row, CPH:DOX, IMS (International Media Support) and EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) unite their efforts in bringing to light the development co-production training program CHANGE, highlighting projects from the Eastern European Partnership countries (EaP) – Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The third edition of the 6-month long training program will have its last residential workshop in Copenhagen, which is organised in partnership with the National Film School of Denmark and will culminate with a presentation of the 8 participating projects at the CHANGE pitch session on Monday, March 18, 2024.

“As voices are fighting to be heard all around the globe, it is a great honor to be able to present on a global stage projects that touch upon the human experience in all its hardship and its beauty. We’re humbled by the trust filmmakers bestow upon the CPH:FORUM and are excited to see these projects build bridges between people and spark dialogue,” says Mara Gourd-Mercado, Head of Industry & Training

New line of industry awards

After a decade of partnership on the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award, CPH:FORUM and Eurimages have introduced two new awards: the Innovation Award and the Outreach Award, focusing on innovative and experimental projects at different stages of production. The Innovation Award, with a €20,000 prize, targets projects by directors or visual artists showing potential for international cooperation. The Outreach Award, offering €30,000, aims to support independent production companies or directors with projects that seek to engage audiences internationally. Both awards are for the 2024-2026 cycle, and eligible projects must comply with Eurimages’ support criteria.

CPH:FORUM 2024 will also present the brand new Rise And Shine Award consisting in €3000 cash prize for the best project with international potential and no sales agent attached; the Unifrance Doc Award, in collaboration with Unifrance and TitraFilm, totaling at nearly €5500 in benefits for the best French co-produced pitch; The NewImages – Forum des Images Award inviting two CPH:LAB projects to the XR Development Market 2024 for further development and visibility; Last, but not least, the Sunny Side of the Doc Award which will select up to three CPH:LAB projects to participate in its 2024 edition.

More than 270 CPH:FORUM financiers and decision makers confirmed so far

The selected projects will be presented to established film financiers, representatives of streaming platforms such as Netflix, MUBI and HBO Europe; broadcasters such as ARTE, ZDF, Canal+, BBC, POV, Al Jazeera, Banijay and DR; film studios Participant Media, TIME Studios, Amazon Studios, Concordia Studio, Fremantle, Sandbox Films and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios; distributors such as NEON, Fifth Season and IMAX; art institutions such as Tate Modern, Fondazione MAXXI and the Barbican Centre; philanthropic foundations such as Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sundance Institute, Doc Society, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Catapult, Open Society Foundations, The Whickers among many others.

Read more about CPH:FORUM and the selection of projects here.
Find film stills for CPH:FORUM, CPH:WIP and CHANGE here.

The selected CPH:FORUM projects in alphabetic order:

Before the Fire, CO/AR/ES
By Angel Giovanni Hoyos, produced by Jorge Botero

Children of Honey, TZ/UK
By Jigar Ganatra, produced by Natalie Humphreys

Cinderella Unbound, UK/RO
By Ilinca Calugareanu, produced by Anamaria Antoci and Ilinca Calugareanu

First Woman, DK
By Patricia Drati, produced by Maria Helga Stürup

Freedom (WT), DK
By Camilla Nielsson, produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen

Haiti – Collapse, DK
By Martin Tamm Andersen, produced by Andreas Dalsgaard

I Am An Olive Tree, SE/DK
By Yasaman Sharifmanesh, produced by Kristofer Henell and Erika Malmgren

I Am Pippi, SE
By Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen, produced by Maria Loohufvud and Love Martinsen

In Praise of Invasive Species, CA
By Mila Aung-Thwin, produced by Bob Moore

ISKRA (Spark!), SI/US
By Alenka Pavlin, produced by Errol Morris, Petra Vidmar, Geoffrey Smith and Cynthia Kane

Karsai vs. Hungary, HU/FR
By Marcell Gerő, produced by Jean-Laurent Csinidis and Sára László

My Estranged Sister, DK
By Marina Vorobyeva, produced by Julie Walenciak

My Skin and I, NI/US/DE
By Milton Guillen and Fiona Hall, produced by Zorana Mušikić, May Odeh, Nevo Shinaar and Brigid O’Shea

Oriente, DK/AR
By Juan Alvaro Hein, produced by Sidsel Lønvig Siersted

Our Sister Angela – Black Power in the GDR, DE/UK
By Katharina Warda and Jascha Hannover, produced by André Schäfer

Podium (You Have Three Minutes), IL/CA/FR/CH
By Rachel Leah Jones, produced by Philippe Bellaiche

Powwow People, US
By Sky Hopinka, produced by John Cardellino

Project Z, UK, US
By Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi, produced by Kat Mansoor, Sara Nodjoumi, Till Schauder

The Second Woman (WT), UK
By Ursula Macfarlane, produced by Mandy Chang

Showtime in Helsinki, FI/SE
By Arthur Franck, produced by Sandra Enkvist

The Blue Sweater With a Yellow Hole, UA
By Tetiana Khodakivska, produced by Elena Saulich

The Broken Greenhouse, SE
By Lars Bergström and Mats Bigert, produced by Mats Bigert

The Call: A Political Odyssey, DK
By Lise Birk Pedersen, produced by Sara Stockmann

The Dirty Dream, IN
By Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, produced by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

The Invisible World, DE
By Talal Derki, produced by Talal Derki, Heba Khaled, Maarten Schmidt and Ansgar Frerich

The Listeners, UK/US/FR
By Lindsey Dryden, produced by Samantha Steele and Lindsey Dryden

Timestamp, UA/NL
By Kateryna Gornostai, produced by Olha Beskhmelnytsina

Towards the Abyss, NO/DK/BE
By Mads Brügger, produced by Carsten Annonsen, Stig Andersen and Silje Viki

Tree People, US
By Regina Sobel, produced by Sarah Goodwin, Elliot Kirschner, Adam Bolt and Julia de Guzman

Under the Dream, MX/US
By Saelyx Finna, produced by Yollótl Alvarado, Isabel López Polanco and Laurie Polisky

Victor, US
By Stephani Victor, produced by Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Matt Radecki

Whispers in May, CN/NL
By Dongnan Chen, produced by Jia Zhao

The selected CPH:WIP projects in alphabetic order:

About a Hero, DK/DE
By Piotr Winiewicz, produced by Mads Damsbo and Rikke Tambo Andersen

Burnt Earth, FI
By John Webster, produced by Eveliina Kantola and Marko Talli

If Pigeons Turned to Gold, CZ/SK
By Pepa Lubojacki, produced by Wanda Kaprálová and Klára Mamojková

North South Man Woman, NO/LV/KR
By Morten Traavik and Mary Sun Kim, produced by Verona Meier

Unwelcomed, CL
By Amilcar Infante and Sebastian Gonzalez Mendez, produced by Sebastian Gonzalez

Confidential project from Yemen, YE

The selected CHANGE projects in alphabetic order:

Between Strange Borders, UA
By Mira Oyetoro and Sabina Asadova, produced by Mira Oyetoro

Echoes of Avey, AZ
By Atanur Nabiyeva, produced by Durna Safarova

Land of Fairy Tales and Dreams, MD/DE
By Denis Pavlovic

Language X, BY/PL
By Tanya Haurylchyk, produced by Katerina Barushka

Lessons of Chemistry, PL
By Magda Grudniewska

Nana’s Wings, GE
By Maradia Tsaava, produced by Mariam Chachia

Sacred Songs, GE
By Nona Giunashvili, produced by Mariam Bitsadze

The Ferryman, UA
By Pavlo Dorohoi, produced by Olha Symonenko