Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
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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
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
City Child
An enigmatic and elliptical narrative slowly takes shape in 'City Child', whose architectural form mirrors the geometric structure of a high-rise building rising against a dark sky above Berlin.
Austin Lynch / United States & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere
Coexistence, My Ass!
With humor as her weapon of choice, Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi has provoked strong reactions with her mission for freedom and justice. A goal that suddenly needs to be defended like never before.
Amber Fares / United States & France / 2025
Mila Turajlić, Elizabeth Lo, Martín Benchimol & Sam Soko / Serbia, United States, Argentina & Kenya
Flophouse America
A 12-year-old boy defies his parents' alcohol abuse and finds glimmers of hope in an unexpected tragedy, in a heartbreaking film from the desperate flip side of America.
Monica Strømdahl / Norway, Netherlands & United States / 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
Human Race
Professor Eske Willerslev has an ambition to build the world's largest collection of prehistoric human DNA. As the collection grows, he is forced to confront the ghosts of his own past.
Simon Lec / Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland & United States / 2025 / World Premiere
Eliyah Mesayer, Nanna Rebekka & Mariah Garnett / Denmark & United States
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
Lost Wolves of Yellowstone
A captivating IMAX film from Yellowstone National Park in the USA, where a group of biologists led by a charismatic woman set out to bring back the wolves - a project that changed their own lives forever.
Thomas Winston / United States / 2024 / International Premiere
Lowland Kids
The waters are rising in the American South. Two young people watch the only world they know disappear before their eyes in a sensuous film about leaving childhood behind.
Sandra Winther / Denmark & United States / 2025 / World Premiere
Men of War
Reality surpasses fiction in a real-life action movie about a former US soldier's failed coup d'état in Venezuela - told in incredible detail by the man himself.
Jen Gatien & Billy Corben / United States & Canada / 2024 / European Premiere
Mistress Dispeller
One of the biggest surprises of the year is a love triangle drama from China where a heartbroken woman hires another woman to sabotage her husband's affair. A love story unlike any other.
Elizabeth Lo / China & United States / 2024
My Sweet Land
Vrej is a tender 11-year-old boy living in Artsakh, a small mountain paradise with porous borders. But when war breaks out again, will he be able to carry the hopes of his wounded homeland on his young shoulders?
Sareen Hairabedian / United States, Jordan, France & Ireland / 2024
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
Observer
Can we observe the world without affecting it? An adventure in eight chapters from around the world where a group of professional scientists taking part in a playful, philosophical experiment.
Ian Cheney / United States / 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 Pollard / United States / 2024
Pavements
Slacker heroes Pavement are back in a creative and kaleidoscopic meta-musical with as many layers as there are grooves in a record - directed with love by Alex Ross Perry.
Alex Ross Perry / United States / 2024
Predators
Vigilante justice, journalism and ethical gray zones were challenged in a controversial TV show that lured male pedophiles into the public spotlight. But did the show cast its own long shadows?
David Osit / United States / 2025 / International Premiere
Seeds
Depicting the lives of black farmers in the American South, this Sundance winning debut film paints a vivid and rich picture of a world in historical transition.
Brittany Shyne / United States / 2025
The Alluvials
The Alluvials is a four-level video game set in a near-future version of Los Angeles. Players take on the agency of conventionally non-playable and nonhuman characters, including wild fire, the LA River, a Yucca Moth and Joshua Tree, and a pack of wolves.
Alice Bucknell / United States / 2024
The Bibi Files
All the cards in the corruption case against Benjamin Netanyahu are laid out on the table in a film based on leaked footage and interviews from the Israeli Prime Minister's inner circle. A political docu-thriller of historical relevance.
Alexis Bloom / United States / 2024
The Dating Game
Three Chinese men are looking for love on the dating market in China, where the one-child policy has shattered the gender balance but a celebrity love coach is on hand with advice. A tragicomic audience favourite with a heart.
Violet Du Feng / United States, United Kingdom & Norway / 2025
The Encampments
The occupation of Columbia University by pro-Palestinian students made waves around the world. A film about power and resistance in the 21st century.
Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker / United States / 2025 / World Premiere
The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop
If you like to throw a dice and shuffle the cards, this is the winning film! Board games are more than just games n this affectionate, character-driven portrait of a surprisingly diverse culture.
Simon Ennis / Canada & United States / 2024 / International Premiere
The Last Republican
A conservative Republican standing up to Trump teams up with a left-leaning filmmaker in a film about risking everything to do the right thing - and about maintaining a sense of humor in a bitter ideological battle.
Steve Pink / United States / 2024
The Perfect Neighbor
A shocking and heartbreaking story of a fatal neighborhood dispute in Florida, that shines a light on legal blind spots in the US. One of the most innovative films of the year.
Geeta Gandbhir / United States / 2025 / International Premiere
The Secret of Me
A female student makes a discovery that turns her life upside down in a harrowing and gripping film from the team behind 'Three Identical Strangers'.
Grace Hughes-Hallett / United Kingdom & United States / 2025 / European Premiere
The White House Effect
How US climate policy changed course and set the stage for decades of polarization, told through archival footage that unfolds the overlooked story.
Pedro Kos, Jon Shenk & Bonni Cohen / United States / 2024