Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
Country Germany:
80 Angry Journalists
When Hungary’s largest newsroom collapses under political pressure, one journalist keeps filming, capturing the inside story of a collective stand for press freedom in an increasingly authoritarian state.
András Földes & Anna Kis / Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark & Norway / 2026
A World Gone Mad – The War Diaries of Astrid Lindgren
The Swedish author's early years during World War II, told through her own diaries in a beautiful and thoughtful film about life, death and art in the shadow of war.
bauhaus forever.
A cinematic essay on perception and the afterlife of ideas - told through a place in transition. A film of magnificent intellectual scope and uncompromising formal integrity.
Nico Weber / Germany & Netherlands / 2026 / World Premiere
Boy Cried Wolf
Performative video work recorded in an underground tunnel, where an artist explores authority and obedience.
Max Göran / Germany & Sweden / 2026 / International Premiere
Dark Rooms
'Dark Rooms' invites intimate exploration across virtual spaces where real stories of sexual awakening ask us to confront taboos, and move beyond shame and prejudice into the realm of unspoken desire and personal liberation.
Mads Damsbo & Laurits Flensted-Jensen / Denmark, Germany & Taiwan / 2025 / Danish Premiere
Desire Lines
An enigmatic and restless queer fable about a sleepless man who follows his brother on a cruise through the dark nights of Belgrade.
Dane Komljen / Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, Croatia & Germany / 2025
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.
Double Trouble
What do you get when you leave two aging Polish widows and inseparable soul mates in each other's loving company in a village in Romania? Double trouble!
Dry Leaf
A modern fairy tale in which the real world is enchanted with the fabulous, cinematic inventiveness of Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze.
Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment
Elon Musk wants to lead the race to develop self-driving cars, but it comes at a price. A docu-thriller about Tesla's fatal safety breach and the mindset behind it.
Andreas Pichler / Germany / 2025
Finding Connection
What do you want in a relationship? And what exactly is a relationship? When people fall in love with robots, an avalanche of existential questions is set off.
Florian Karner / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere
here and not here + Aerial + Boy Cried Wolf
Three poetic short films about memory, the gaze and identity in a world in constant shift: 'here and not here' by Andrea Zimmerman, 'Aerial' by Aida Berisha and 'Boy Cried Wolf' by Max Göran.
Jason’s Box
What happens when an experienced climate scientist becomes an activist? In Greenland, scientist Jason Box and his local colleagues are launching a radical project to raise global awareness.
Michael Strassburger / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere
KitKatClub – Kinks of Berlin
Step inside Berlin's legendary sex club, KitKatClub in a gorgeous black-and-white film. An intimate and generous tale of freedom, lust, boundaries, and sex in all its varieties.
Materia Prima
The Bolivian Andes are rich in both lithium and drama in a film about a new gold rush, where global interests collide and 500 years of colonial history continue to haunt the present.
Jens Schanze / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere
Menopause Mystery
A personal and investigative documentary about a phase of life that half the world's population goes through, yet we know surprisingly little about.
Louise Unmack Kjeldsen / Denmark, Norway & Germany / 2026 / World Premiere
One in a Million
Ten years in the life of an extraordinary young girl, from her escape from Syria to Germany with her family, where she grows up and becomes a young woman. A captivating film about exile, hope and dreams.
Itab Azzam & Jack MacInnes / United Kingdom & Germany / 2026
Scarlet Girls
A young filmmaker's graceful and courageous film from the Dominican Republic, where women speak openly about living in a country where abortion is banned - without exception.
Paula Cury Melo / Dominican Republic, Germany & Mexico / 2026 / World Premiere
Silent Flood
A festival hit that uses dazzling, hypnotic images to tell the story of a deeply religious and pacifist community whose way of life is threatened by the Russian invasion.
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Around the Self
The Norwegian-American author recounts her life journey from her and her husband Paul Auster's beautiful home in New York. A beautiful and sincere film about choosing a life of literature and art.
Sabine Lidl / Germany & Switzerland / 2026
The Arctic Circle of Lust
In Finland, a middle-aged couple of potato farmers must agree on the rules for living together, as the man's bisexuality puts the limits of their love to the test.
Markku Heikkinen / Finland, Germany & Sweden / 2026 / International Premiere
The Pledge
'The Pledge' is an interactive installation turning encounters with AI bias into a collective digital monument.
Daniela Nedovescu & Octavian Mot / Germany / 2025 / Danish Premiere
This suffocating now
Vika Kirchenbauer’s essayistic video work examines the political currents in contemporary Germany, where censorship of critical voices is becoming increasingly repressive.
Vika Kirchenbauer / Germany / 2026 / International Premiere
Watching People Watching Birds
Birds are an endangered species, but birdwatchers around the world are on the case in a delightful, charming film about amateur ornithologists.
Michael Loeken & Ulrike Franke / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere
When Pigs Fly
Would you still be the same if your heart belonged to someone else - even if that someone else was a pig? A philosophical and quietly poignant film about our relationship with our fellow creatures.
Denise Riedmayr / Germany / 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