Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
Country Italy:
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
Fiume o Morte!
The wittiest history lesson of the year is the story of the flamboyant Italian poet and fascist Gabriele D'Annunzio, who conquered a Croatian town and declared war on his own country.
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In a public hospital in Milan, the progressive Dr. Maurizio Bini gives advice to childless couples and transgender people. But his stubborn fight for his patients' rights faces political opposition.
Gianluca Matarrese / France, Italy & Switzerland / 2025
Grand Tour
Melancholic and imaginative expedition across the Asian continent in the name of love. A new cinematic milestone from the freely imaginative Portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes.
Hydrogen – Revolution or Illusion?
Can innovative pioneers in green hydrogen technology solve the energy challenges of the future, or is the hydrogen hype closer to wishful thinking? A film about energy, technology and science.
Younes Ben Slimane, Yuyan Wang & Saodat Ismailova / United Kingdom, Tunisia, Republic of Korea (South Korea), France, China, Uzbekistan, Italy & Portugal
The Castle
Three children transform an abandoned building in the middle of Palermo into a secret fantasy world. A charming Sicilian adventure with a bittersweet aftertaste.
Danny Biancardi, Virginia Nardelli & Stefano La Rosa / France & Italy / 2025 / World Premiere
Wishing on a Star
Bittersweet docu-comedy about a female astrologer from Naples who offers the perfect solution to her clients' very human problems.
Peter Kerekes / Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria & Croatia / 2024