Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
Country Denmark:
METAMETA – The World Without Us
A journey through Lars H.U.G.'s creative mind and musical universe with the man himself as tour guide, and with brand new songs on the soundtrack.
Elias Schaffalitzky, Nicklas Koney, Edward Therkildsen, Markus Simonsen, Jacques Pedersen, Martin Kogi & Lars H.U.G. / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Mother Creature + Joan of Arc
Two intense short films about faith, strength and inner fault lines: 'Mother Creature' by Maria Tórgarð and 'Joan of Arc' by Hlynur Pálmason.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
A special screening of the now Oscar winning Danish documentary! A brave and resilient primary school teacher secretly exposes Putin's aggressive militarisation of Russia's schools in a sensation of a film.
Co-director: Pavel Talankin & David Borenstein / Denmark & Czech Republic / 2025
Out of School
In a remote village high up in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a brother and sister are forced out of education before their childhood is over.
Hind Bensari / Morocco & Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Palestinian Unwanted
During the disaster in Gaza, a Danish-Palestinian film director attempts to raise awareness among the Danish public, while struggling to keep himself together. A deeply personal film with a mission.
Omar Shargawi / Denmark & Jordan / 2026 / World Premiere
Petrolheads
Two very special friends on a road trip through Denmark in search of a used Honda Civic that might make life just a little bit more normal. A warm film that goes straight to the heart.
Emil Langballe & Emil Langballe / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Qajaq Man
A British chef paddles 3,000 kilometers along Greenland's west coast, surviving on nature's bounty and discovering the power of community in a country surrounded by geopolitical tensions.
Joe Derrick / Norway, Denmark & Greenland / 2026 / World Premiere
Tales of a Nomadic City
This VR experience, co-created with Nouakchott youth, artists, poets, and scholars, weaves personal stories, archives, and immersive sound to portray the city’s complex history and ongoing urban transformation.
Med Lemine Rajel & Christian Vium / Denmark & Mauritania / 2026 / Danish Premiere
Techplomacy
From freedom of speech to fake news and AI. In a largely unregulated digital world, a 33-year-old Danish woman is appointed tech ambassador with a global mandate.
Susanne Kovacs / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
The Oligarch and the Art Dealer
The incredible story of one of the 21st century’s most sensational art scandals is a ten-year war over billions between a Russian oligarch and a Swiss art dealer.
Andreas Dalsgaard / Denmark, France, Netherlands, Switzerland & United States / 2026 / World Premiere
The Park (Dancing on the Rubble of Empire) + This suffocating now + Your Cards Are Bleeding
Three uncompromising short films about contemporary political tensions and the structures that shape our lives: 'The Park (Dancing on the Rubble of Empire)' by Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah, 'This suffocating now' by Vika Kirchenbauer and 'Your Cards Are Bleeding' by Kåre Frang.
The Patriarch
Danish film producer Peter Aalbæk is a self-proclaimed patriarch. Now his daughters are sending him to therapy—but can he really change? A loving, funny, and merciless portrait of a threatened species.
Andrea Storm Henriksen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
The Revolution Against Death
Joshua Oppenheimer is back with a short film about technology, self-deception, and the dream of immortality under the dazzling Californian sun.
Joshua Oppenheimer / United States, Denmark & Sweden / 2026
The Revolution Against Death + Fahrenheit + 7 Summers
Three short films about resistance, survival and the emotional temperature of political struggle: 'The Revolution Against Death', 'Fahrenheit' and '7 Summers'.
The Silo and Us
A group of passionate creatives set out to transform the old concrete silo on the harbor in Stubbekøbing into an artistic landmark for the town. Now the community must decide: Should the silo be torn down — or should this small town dare to dream big?
Carina Randløv / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
The Tingbjerg Experiment
What happens when a select group of young, idealistic middle-class families settle in a Copenhagen ‘ghetto’ with a dream of developing a new neighborhood?
Louise Detlefsen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
They (no longer) remember + Jirapo + City of Light + ti y l tt e dr ps ff sp c
Four experimental short films about memory, landscape and the traces history leaves in the present: 'They (no longer) remember' by Hira Nabi, 'Jirapo' by María Rojas Arias, 'City of Light' by Joséphine Privat and 'ti y l tt e dr ps ff sp c' by Anne Gry Friis Kristensen.
Three of Cups
A poetic hybrid exploration of love, identity, and change among three queer friends on a cold winter evening in Berlin.
Mário Macedo & Enotea / Portugal & Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
ti y l tt e dr ps ff sp c
Field recordings of the Atacama desert of Chile and analogue 8mm images explore the grainy, silent textures of sand, dust and noise.
Anne Gry Friis Kristensen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
We are Stardust
What if the mysteries of life can be found in the gutter? That question drives an unusual man on a journey to explore our connection to the stars.
Where Ever You Are
With visual elegance, a moving hybrid-story of diasporic grief and family reconciliation is told through a Filipino immigrant who wants to return to his homeland before it is too late.
Jenna Mangulad / Denmark & Philippines / 2026 / World Premiere
Where Music Grows
On a farm south of Copenhagen, young elite musicians practice the difficult art of classical music. A beautiful and life-affirming film full of wonderful music.
Katrine Philp / Denmark & Sweden / 2026 / World Premiere
White Hot Iron Rainbow
Thermal infrared study of how bodies react, adapt, and seek connections in a world shaped by surveillance and mediated violence.
Maria Meinild / Denmark & Sweden / 2026 / World Premiere
You Say That You’re Staying at the Party Because You’re Having Fun
A stylish and thought-provoking courtroom drama examines sexual assault through institutional and linguistic filters as a young woman recounts her testimony twice in two different languages.
Siri Hammarén / Sweden, Denmark & Germany / 2026 / World Premiere
Your Cards Are Bleeding
A performative work of fiction set in a contemporary time, where both reality and fiction itself crack open in small, unsettling ways as a couple attempts to help an absent friend move house.
Kåre Frang / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere