Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
Country Qatar:
Cinema Kawakeb
A visit to a worn-out backyard cinema in Jordan, where the two employees and their only regular customer become the protagonists in a witty and politically poignant course in filmmaking.
Colors Under The Sky
Aya, a young artist from Gaza, lost her father and brother and was displaced with her mother to a tent in Rafah. Amid the destruction and war, she insists on composing and recording her new song.
Do You Love Me
Lebanese festival hit that paints a fragmented portrait of a country, a city, and a people. A cinematic love letter to Lebanon - and a virtuoso act of creative filmmaking.
Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me
A woman is separated from her newborn twins during the war in Gaza. A filmmaker follows her for 16 long months as war and chaos rage and her children take their first steps far away.
Mohammed Sawwaf / Palestine, Qatar & Netherlands / 2025 / International Premiere
Hassan
A 17-year-old Palestinian is trapped by need amid Gaza’s starvation war. His dangerous attempt to fetch a sack of flour ends with a lone fifteen-month journey from north to south Gaza.
Palestinian shorts: The Miracle of Life + Colors Under The Sky + Very Small Dreams + Hassan
Four short films from Palestine about everyday resilience, fragile hope and lives shaped by occupation and displacement: 'The Miracle of Life', 'Colors Under The Sky', 'Very Small Dreams' and 'Hassan'.
Very Small Dreams
In Gaza’s refugee camps, women struggle to maintain their dignity and health amid inhumane conditions, where even the simplest needs become a daily battle for survival.