Films

a stranger in the world

A filmmaker and his son with autism. A composer and his musical work inspired by the slow processes of dripstone caves. Two parallel love stories.

Sturla Pilskog / Norway / 2024

Aggregate

If an artificial intelligence were to learn to desire, what path would it take to bridge the space between intimacies? Aggregate is a collective process requiring a large number of players to take turns and experience reinforcement learning (punishment/reward) as they progress through the uncharted territory of machine learning and queer desire.

Distraction / France / 2024 / World Premiere

Ai Weiwei’s Turandot

Ai Weiwei makes his debut as an opera director with an interpretation of Puccini's 'Turandot' in Rome's Opera House. The classic and controversial opera has a lot to say about our own time.

Maxim Derevianko / Italy & United States / 2025 / International Premiere

Always

A Chinese boy discovers the power of poetry in a picturesque and magical film from a mountain village. A striking debut of great beauty.

Deming Chen / United States, France & China / 2025 / World Premiere

Animality

Ai Weiwei examines our relationship with animals, from China and Egypt to the Danish mink farms. At times violent, always thought-provoking - and above all, a mirror image of ourselves.

Weiwei Ai / Germany / 2025 / World Premiere

Antidote

Whistleblower and Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev and his deadly fight against the Russian government. Premiering in a new version.

James Jones / United Kingdom / 2025 / World Premiere

Azza

An existential road movie from Saudi Arabia where a brave woman is determined to create a life on her own terms. A close friendship with a filmmaker opens the door to new horizons.

Stefanie Brockhaus / Germany & Saudi Arabia / 2025 / World Premiere

Becoming Madonna

Pop lovers unite! The story of ‘the material girl's stratospheric leap to fame is told in riveting fashion through unseen and unheard archive clips and interviews. 

Michael Ogden / United Kingdom & United States / 2024

Casa 93

Take a (cat)walk on the wild side! At an alternative fashion school in the toughest suburb of Paris, the young fashion designers of the future give free rein to their wild creative dreams.

Caroline Benarrosh / France / 2025 / World Premiere

Climate in Therapy

Seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution?

Nathan Grossman / Sweden / 2025 / World Premiere

Constantinopoliad

Constantinopoliad is a handmade book, read collectively by the audience inside of a sound installation. A response to the archive of the poet Constantine Cavafy, the work is inspired by the blank and torn out pages in “Constantinopoliad, an epic”, the journal the teenage Cavafy began when he and his family fled Alexandria; by lost and missing archives through time;  and by the ghosts, both erotic and historical, that visit the older Cavafy in his poems.

Sister Sylvester & Nadah El Shazly / United Kingdom / 2025 / International Premiere

Cosmic Balance

Hour-long musical trance sessions lead a young man from a small Indonesian village to his first concert outside the city limits at a music festival in Denmark. A cosmic film about music, spirituality and heritage.

Andreas Johnsen / Denmark & Indonesia / 2025 / World Premiere

Death Without Mercy

Waad Alkateab / United Kingdom / 2024

Disco’s Revenge

From resistance to dancefloor, and from Studio 54 to 'Saturday Night Fever': Disco is an ever-evolving movement.

Omar Majeed & Peter Mishara / Canada / 2024

Ellis Park

Charismatic composer Warren Ellis invites us into his personal universe where he runs a shelter for endangered animals in Sumatra when he is inventing new sounds with his violin and synthesizer.

Justin Kurzel / Australia, Indonesia & France / 2024 / European Premiere

Facing War

Jens Stoltenberg's last year as Secretary General of NATO, filmed with unique access to one of the greatest political leaders of our time at a time of upheaval. An epic drama about the war between Russia and Ukraine and the role the alliance will play in the future.

Tommy Gulliksen / Norway & Belgium / 2025 / World Premiere

Fantastic Family

A young director returns to a family trauma buried deep in the soil of her father’s garden. But what do you do when no one in the family agrees on what actually happened? A courageous film with creative energy and the will to bring the past to light.

Nicoline Skotte / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere

Forever We Are Young

K-pop's biggest group BTS and their global army of loyal superfans finally get the film they deserve. An epic and captivating journey around the world in the biggest fan culture of the 21st century.

Grace Lee & Patty Ahn / United States & Republic of Korea (South Korea) / 2025 / International Premiere

From Here Where We Stand – 80 years with Niels Skousen

The popular Danish songwriter is lovingly portrayed by his wife and film director Linda Wendel in a film that spans six decades in the service of music.

Linda Wedel / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere

Girlfriend Experience

Girlfriend Experience is an interactive video installation that EXPLORES emotional distress in our hyper-connected society.
 

Ugo Arsac / France / 2024 / International Premiere

Girls & Gods

Can feminism and religion coexist? Inna Shevchenko of the Ukrainian FEMEN collective seeks answers to a difficult question in candid conversations with priests, imams, rabbis and other activists.

Verena Soltiz & Arash T. Riahi / Austria / 2025 / World Premiere

Googoosh – Made of Fire

Hope never fades in the resistance story about Iran's greatest pop icon: The incomparable singer and activist Googoosh, who makes an unexpected comeback after 20 years under house arrest. 

Niloufar Taghizadeh / Germany / 2024

Huk, The Jaguaress

An ancient jaguaress deity from the Amazon, reborn through artificial intelligence, calls on humanity to confront their role in her rainforest's destruction and the future of our shared world.

Violeta Ayala / Australia, Canada & Bolivia / 2025 / World Premiere

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley

Although Jeff Buckley only released one album before his tragic death, the man and his music are brought back to life for a while in a new and breathtaking film.

Amy Berg / United States / 2025 / International Premiere

Legacy

The incredible, hardboppin’ story of when Scandinavia became the creative haven for black American jazz stars - told by their children who, for better or worse, still live with their fathers' life choices.

Manal Masri / Sweden & United States / 2024

Little Syria

An intimate look into the lives of a group of Syrian refugees in Berlin as they fight for justice for the victims of the Assad regime. When the regime suddenly topples, new questions arise.

Madalina Rosca & Reem Karssli / Portugal, Romania & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

A brave and resilient primary school teacher secretly exposes Putin's aggressive militarisation of Russia's schools in one of the great documentary sensations of the year.

Co-director: Pavel Talankin & David Borenstein / Denmark & Czech Republic / 2025

NATURAL CONTACTS

NATURAL CONTACTS is a piece of malware designed to arrest control over its host machine for 24 hours, transforming it into a dynamic virtual garden. 

Mark Fingerhut, Matthew D Gantt, Bridget DeFranco & Peter Burr / United States / 2024 / International Premiere

Nobody’s Angel

The five women in the Danish band Miss B. Haven rocked the 1980s at a time when men still had a monopoly on rock, but where a new movement was taking shape.

Torben Skjødt Jensen / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere

Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys

The true story of the mad, brilliant rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard from the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, who was swallowed by the industry and left the world too soon. 

Sam Pollard & Jason L. Pollard / United States / 2024

One to One: John & Yoko

A lively and compelling account of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's first year in New York. A year of political and cultural turmoil culminating in Lennon’s only solo concert.

Kevin Macdonald & Sam Rice-Edwards / United Kingdom / 2025 / Danish Premiere

Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story

The absolute frontwoman of the 2-Tone movement is a British style icon with a strong political stance and the voice to get it out into the world.

Jane Mingay / United Kingdom / 2024 / International Premiere