Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
Country Sweden:
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 & Norway / 2025 / World Premiere
Dear Tomorrow
In Japan, two people have more in common than they think in a film about loneliness in the modern world, and about finding the courage to reconnect with life.
Kaspar Astrup Schröder / Denmark, Sweden & Japan / 2025 / European Premiere
Rikke Luther, Emma Harris & Sille Skovgaard / Iceland, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Denmark & Greenland
Hacking Hate
Undercover in the far-right online communities in the Nordics with a fearless female journalist. A riveting story with more than a few twists along the way, at a moment when there is both power and money in spreading hate.
ILOVERUSS
Two artistic souls meet on the outskirts of Hollywood and a 20-year friendship is born. Illusions and realities are challenged while a raw and intimate film emerges.
Tova Mozard / Sweden / 2025 / World Premiere
Israel Palestine on Swedish TV 1958-1989
Four decades of the long, painful conflict between Palestine and Israel, presented with sober clarity and exemplary overview by the director of 'Black Power Mixtape 1967-75'.
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
Songs of Slow Burning Earth
Olha Zhurba paints a panoramic picture of life in Ukraine during Russia's tragic war. An elegiac masterpiece from one of the country's most talented filmmakers.
The Dialogue Police
Freedom of speech, democracy and the right to demonstrate. In Sweden, a special unit struggles to ensure everyone's right to speak their mind - and they are armed only with words. A captivating film from the frontline of democracy and dilemmas.
Susanna Edwards / Sweden / 2025 / International Premiere
The Eukrainian
Working in the corridors of power with Ukraine's young Minister for the EU and NATO in a film about ideals, diplomacy and international grand politics.
Viktor Nordenskiöld / Sweden, France, Ukraine & Belgium / 2025 / World Premiere
The Sequel to Summer Rain
An anarchic and hilarious meta-film about the chaotic struggle of a group of film fans to make a sequel to a cult Swedish film from the 90s.
Viktor Johansson / Sweden / 2025 / International Premiere
Trans Memoria
Gender affirming transition is portrayed with nerve and a deep sense of presence in a personal film diary where the ghosts of the past still haunt the present.
Unanimal
An imaginative and philosophical film about the relationship between humans and animals, with Isabella Rossellini as narrator. Innovative, absurdly witty and with a genuinely creative spirit.
Sally Jacobson & Tuva Bjork / Sweden & France / 2025 / World Premiere
Zlatan’s Nose
Someone has stolen the nose from a statue of world-famous football star Zlatan Ibrahimović. A film crew hires a private detective to solve the mystery in a hilarious, sprawling romp of a true crime film.
Nils Toftenow, Mathias Rosberg & Olle Toftenow / Sweden / 2025 / World Premiere