Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
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Local Sensations
An elegant and thought-provoking film shot in graceful black-and-white images that move from room to room in an exploration of location, architecture, and monuments.
Tulapop Saenjaroen / Thailand / 2026 / European Premiere
Mare’s Nest
CPH:DOX winner Ben Rivers is back with a trippy and magical hybrid film based on a play by Don DeLillo about a girl's journey from the Stone Age to the future through a mysterious world without adults.
Ben Rivers / United Kingdom, France & Canada / 2025
MARIINKA
Young Ukrainians from the frontline town of Mariinka face a decade of war that divides their families and derails their fates. An epic and visionary masterpiece filmed over 10 years.
Pieter-Jan De Pue / Belgium / 2026 / World Premiere
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
Matter of Britain
An enchanting film about an entire British village reenacting the myth of the Holy Grail over the course of a year. A striking debut film with enormous imaginative power.
Peter Treherne / United Kingdom / 2026 / European Premiere
Memory of Princess Mumbi
In a futuristic Africa, a filmmaker falls in love with his protagonist and loses control of his film. A playful and deeply original sci-fi mockumentary unlike anything you've ever seen before.
Damien Hauser / Kenya, Switzerland & Saudi Arabia / 2025
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
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
Molly vs the Machines
The responsibility of tech giants for young people's mental health is put to the test in a film in which a tragedy in a British family leads to a court case where a heartbroken father takes legal action.
Marc Silver / United Kingdom / 2025
My Father and Qaddafi
A Libyan diplomat disappears under mysterious circumstances after breaking with Gaddafi. Decades later, his daughter seeks the truth about her father's disappearance and a brutal regime.
Jihan / Libya & United States / 2025
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Calling all fans of ‘A Complete Unknown’! Join us on a kaleidoscopic journey through the Newport Folk Festival in the years 1963–66, culminating in Bob Dylan's landmark electric performance.
Robert Gordon / United States / 2025
Nick Cave’s Veiled World
Friends, colleagues, and spiritual companions paint an intimate portrait of Nick Cave - an artist in transformation, shaped by grief, curiosity, and the search for meaning after the loss of his son.
Mike Christie / United Kingdom / 2026
No Place at Home
'No Place at Home' follows a mother and her trans teen deciding to leave the US after gender-affirming care restrictions, allowing us to feel the pain of leaving their world behind.
Sam Wolson & Lilli Carré / United States / 2025 / Danish Premiere
Nova ’78
A cinematic time capsule from William S. Burroughs' legendary Nova Convention in New York, where icons such as Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, and Laurie Anderson met in an explosive artistic clash.
Aaron Brookner & Rodrigo Areias / United Kingdom & Portugal / 2025
Nurses come and go, but none for me
His father's diaries from his final months in hospital, minimalistically staged by artist Ed Atkins and by Steven Zultanski as a performative film in two acts.
Ed Atkins & Steven Zultanski / United Kingdom / 2025 / International Premiere
Open My Mind
Experimental, psychedelic therapy is put to the test in a film that is equal parts scientific and deeply personal, with the protagonist himself serving as the guinea pig.
Marcel Wyss / Switzerland / 2026 / World Premiere
Our Land
Does everyone have the right to roam freely in nature? Not in England, where eccentric landowners and nature lovers fight a creative battle over the land.
Orban Wallace / United Kingdom / 2025 / International Premiere
Pacifico + Penkelemes + Local Sensations
Three short films by artists about desire, the gaze and power in the shadow of colonial structures: 'Pacifico' by Daniel Duque, 'Penkelemes' by Onyeka Igwe and 'Local Sensations' by Tulapop Saenjaroen.
Phantoms
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's film featuring Tilda Swinton visits her at her family's home in the Scottish countryside, allowing two images to overlap in a simple but immensely suggestive gesture.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul / Netherlands & Thailand / 2025 / International Premiere
Phenomena
A psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe, guided by a filmmaker’s immersive practical experiments that transcend into a deeply hypnotic audio-visual experience (re)connecting us to the natural world.
Josef Gatti / Australia / 2026 / European Premiere
Powwow People
From dawn to dusk, filmmaker Sky Hopinka depicts a powwow where Native Americans gather to celebrate their community and shared history.
Sky Hopinka / United States / 2025
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
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
Social Landscapes
A virtual trip around the world, with commentary exclusively from TripAdvisor. A deeply original film of true satirical wit that confronts us with a world where mass tourism has triumphed.
Jonas Meier / Switzerland / 2026 / International Premiere
Some of You Fucked Eva
A mysterious and disturbing video work about a group of American high school cheerleaders who suddenly began fainting simultaneously in a collective psychosis.
Lilith Grasmug / France / 2025
Something Familiar
While trying to help a stranger find her birth mother, a filmmaker is drawn into the shadows of her own family history, uncovering a dark legacy that has loomed over its women.
Rachel Taparjan / Romania & United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere
Stormbound
Visually stunning IMAX film about the world's most powerful tornadoes and hurricanes – depicted from the inside by a photographer who is himself living on borrowed time. A sublime experience with an unexpected love story at its dark heart.
Miko Lim / United States / 2025 / International Premiere
Summer Tour
Let your hair down and join an acid-fueled road trip through the summer with two young ‘Deadheads’ as they follow Grateful Dead on their final tour.
Mischa Richter / United States / 2025
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible
Space is the place! A colorful portrait of the visionary jazz composer who shaped both jazz and black Americans' self-image with his bold visions for music and humanity.
Christine Turner / United States / 2025
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