DANISH:DOX
New Danish documentaries from both established and upcoming filmmakers.
Trans Hero
Charli, Nya, Chris, Alia and Milo are children. They tell their own stories in their own voices about being between genders - surrounded by family and love.
A Place in The Sun
A visual tour of the pastel-coloured holiday destination of Gran Canaria, a haven for millions of tourists - and for people fleeing more than just rain and cold. The paradoxes of tourism meet the harsh realities of those who live in paradise all year round.
Farvel uden tak (Thanks for Your Service)
A heartwarming and vibrant film about a chapter in life that everyone will have to deal with sooner or later: The transition from working life to retirement.
The Expedition to the End of the World
Tribute screening in memory of Michael Haslund. An epic and adventurous journey of discovery to the last white spaces on the world map.
Echo of You
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.
A Dangerous Boy
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.
The Nature of Grief
A gentle, personal story about a filmmaker who has lost his older brother and decides to explore the culture of grief with a group of experts in psychology.
Fighting Demons
A young man struggles to break free from the demons of his past that still haunt him years after the sexual abuse he survived as a child.
The Sky Above Zenica
In the centre of Europe, one of the world's three most polluted cities has united its citizens in a common fight for a viable future. But money, power and environmental politics prove to be as toxic an opponent as the factory smoke that clouds the city.
The Unfair Body Fight
It's a paradox that the world's population is getting fatter and fatter when many dream of being thin. Why can't weight be controlled?
Our Father Wears a Sun
A brother and sister's loving, poetic and personal film poem to their late father, Danish actor Søren Spanning.
The Son and the Moon
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.
The Lost Notebook
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.
God, Please Send a Whale
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?
Laughing Day
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.