Films
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A Dangerous Boy
Reality beats fiction in the story of Icelandic teenage hacker Siggi who became Julian Assange's sidekick in a story of paranoia, intelligence services, abuse, friendship and betrayal. A coming of age film unlike any other.
Ole Bendtzen / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
A Disturbance in the Force
A wildly entertaining deep dive into the Star Wars film everone tried to forget, but which refused to die and has grown to become the ultimate cult favourite: The Star Wars Holiday Special.
Steve Kozak & Jeremy Coon / United States / 2023
A New Kind of Wilderness
A family who have created an idyllic self-sufficient life for their four children are forced to rethink their choices and try to (re)integrate into modern society when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Radical life choices meet dilemmas in a moving and wise film.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024
ABBA: Against the Odds
World premiere of the ultimate film about the ultimate pop band. On the 50th anniversary of their iconic urovision victory, this is the untold story of ABBA in the golden years between 1976 and 1980.
James Rogan / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere
Agent of Happiness
How happy are you on a scale of 1 to 10? Two government officials are sent out to measure the happiness of the people of Bhutan, but how are they doing themselves? A bittersweet, existential crowd favourite from the Himalayas.
Alreadymade
Is that supposed to be art? Marcel Duchamp's urinal became the most influential artwork of the 20th century, but the story of the iconic piece unravels itself in an intelligent and witty film that dares to ask: Did a woman actually come up with the idea?
Barbara Visser / Netherlands / 2023 / International Premiere
And So It Begins
Democracy is crumbling in the Philippines, where presidential candidate Leni Robredo is running for power in a toxic and brutal battle against one of the most extreme figures of the populist right, by celebrating freedom and solidarity.
Ramona Diaz / United States & Philippines / 2024
Apollo Thirteen: Survival
The greatest and most iconic space rocket drama in history is told in a thrilling and human way through crisp, crunchy archive footage and unique audio clips from the shuttle, the control centre and the astronauts' families.
Peter Middleton / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere
Architecton
Thousands of years of architectural history are woven together in Kossakovsky's visionary epic, a film almost almost dialogue but with images as sharp as flint and a soundtrack as massive as an earth quake.
Victor Kosakovskiy / Germany, France & United States / 2024
Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story
One of the most heartwarming love stories of the year is about the close friendship between a melancholic Scottish man - and an otter. An irresistible film that goes straight to the heart.
Charlie Hamilton James / United Kingdom & United States / 2024 / International Premiere
Børne:Dox: De største spørgsmål med de mindste
Meet the talented Ömer Sami as we screen three of his touching films, all of which depict the world through the eyes of children with a unique intensity.
Ömer Sami / Denmark & United Kingdom
Børne:Dox: Verdensnyheder i børnehøjde
Mads Køngerskov has travelled all over the world for DR Nyheder with his camera, telling visual stories and with his special eye for children, he has collected his best stories that give insight into children's lives across the globe.
Mads Køngerskov / Denmark / 2023
Bottle Conditioned
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023
Bushman
A Nigerian man embarks on an adventure in 1960s San Francisco in this rediscovered sensation, which blends documentary and fiction, and manages to collapse and reinvent itself along the way. The greatest rediscovery of the last year, screened in a newly restored version.
David Schickele / United States / 1971
Can’t Feel Nothing
An eye-opening film about numbness in the age of social media. The diagnosis is alarming, but it is made with understated humour and energy by director David Borenstein, himself a screen zombie in digital rehab.
David Borenstein / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
Carlos
The life of guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana from his childhood in Mexico to international stardom, according to the 76-year-old legend himself.
Rudy Valdez / United States / 2023
Cinema Laika
Cool Finnish countryside charm meets French elegance when Finland's greatest film director Aki Kaurismäki decides to build the ultimate cinema from the past in an abandoned mining town.
Copa 71
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023
Core Memory + You Are Closer To God When You Do Not Indulge + My Next Door Neighbours + Finale
Four artistic Danish short films screened together.
Patricia Drati, Tore Hallas, Maia Torp Neergaard & Marlene Lyngstad / Denmark
Dance First
Gabriel Byrne plays Samuel Beckett in Oscar-winning documentarian James Marsh's biopic on the life and works of the literary genius. The man behind the myth is portrayed with humour and irony.
James Marsh / United Kingdom, Hungary & Belgium / 2023
Death of a Saint
A Danish director travels to Uganda to find out what happened the Christmas Eve her mother lost her life. A personal and life-affirming film about family, motherhood and confronting the past.
Patricia Bbaale Bandak / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
Deep Sky
Experience the furthest reaches of our galaxy in IMAX where the incredible images from the James Webb Telescope are framed in ideal conditions on the big screen.
Nathaniel Kahn / United States / 2023
Democracy Noir
Three brave women are fighting to expose the corruption and incremental destruction of democracy in Viktor Orbán's Hungary - a white nationalist regime that is the envy of authoritarian movements around the world.
Connie Field / United States, Germany & Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
Devo
Meet the cult band of them all in the rockumentary of the year about a band that fused a political vision with being bizarre, nerdy and rock star cool. From the director of ‘American Movie’ and the hit series about the Fyre Festival.
Chris Smith / United States / 2024 / European Premiere