Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
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The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist
AI is changing the world as we know it. An Oscar-winning director asks all the questions that keep him awake at night in a compelling and urgent film with great creative energy.
Daniel Roher & Charlie Tyrell / United States / 2026 / International Premiere
The Ballad of Judas Priest
Put on your studded belt and leather vest! 50 entertaining years of rock history with the iconic heavy metal legends that changed the sound and style of heavy metal forever.
Sam Dunn & Tom Morello / United States / 2026
The Cycle of Love
A young Indian man cycles 10,000 km from Delhi to Sweden to find the love of his life. An epic adventure film and an incredible but true story – and one of the biggest romantic hits of the year.
Orlando von Einsiedel / United Kingdom & Sweden / 2025 / European Premiere
The Great Experiment
A cinematic time capsule depicting one of the most volatile eras of American history - a historical record, non-fiction experiment, and intimate observation of the state of American democracy.
Stephen Maing & Eric Daniel Metzgar / United States & Mexico / 2026 / International Premiere
The History of Concrete
The man behind the beloved HBO series ‘How To with John Wilson' makes his feature film debut with a hilarious and quirky exploration of a fundamental element of city life: concrete.
John Wilson / United States / 2026 / International Premiere
The Lives of My Father
He thought his Norwegian father was a journalist. In reality, he was a CIA spy who fired AK-47s in the Kuwaiti desert and infiltrated cocaine laboratories in Colombia. It is time to face the truth, and it's stranger than fiction.
Magnus Skatvold / Norway / 2026 / International Premiere
The Mother Age
Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin and other female thinkers, a Norwegian filmmaker invites us on a sensual and richly philosophical journey of (re)discovery in the deep Finnish forests.
Irene Kaltenborn / Norway & Sweden / 2026 / World Premiere
The Oldest Person in the World
A warm and subtle film about life, death and everything in between – which is quite a lot! Not least if you are one of the oldest people in the world, like those we meet in Sam Green's new film.
Sam Green / United States / 2026
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)
Over two long summers, this film spends time at a community park in London and asks what it means to celebrate, play, and belong amid the rubble of empire.
Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah / United Kingdom / 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 Peace Particle
Black holes. The birth of the internet. The potential destruction of the universe. The world's largest scientific experiment at CERN opens a Pandora's box of new discoveries and unforeseen problems.
Alex Kiehl / United Kingdom & Wales / 2025 / European 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
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 Salisbury Poisonings: A Spy Next Door
A botched assassination. A quiet English city contaminated by a chemical weapon. Russian spies on the run. A mother of three killed. A government fearing the start of WW3. The most extraordinary true spy tale in modern history.
Dan Vernon / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere
The Sanctuary of Dreams
'The Sanctuary of Dreams' invites audiences into a collective future-dreaming ritual, where imagination becomes a tool to envision new social, spiritual, and cultural realities shaped by shared human desires.
Pierre-Christophe Gam / France, Benin & Cameroon / 2025 / Danish Premiere
The Sandbox
A clear-sighted mapping of the fault lines on the world map of the 21st century. Power politics, migration, and surveillance are violent forces in a global drama, depicted with sharp artistic vision.
Kenya-Jade Pinto / Canada / 2026 / World Premiere
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where women are denied the right to study, work, and speak freely, a group of young women risk their lives to form a secret reading circle.
Shakiba Adil & Elina Hirvonen / Finland & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere
The Settlers
Fourteen years ago, Louis Theroux visited the Westbank, following a group of ultra Zionists, infringing on international law by building their homes in Palestinian territory. Now, Theroux is back in the Westbank, in a post October 7th world.
Joshua Baker / United Kingdom / 2025
The Way Elsewhere
Three experienced taxi drivers roam the streets of Athens dreaming of art and new beginnings in a nocturnal and poetic film for night owls.
Eirini Vourloumis / Greece / 2026 / International 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
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
Time and Water
Iceland's ancient landscapes are changing, and for author Andri Snær Magnason, the deep changes are about more than ice. A thoughtful and existential film from the director of ‘Fire of Love’.
Sara Dosa / United States & Iceland / 2026
Tutu
A historical and inspiring portrait of South African Nobel Prize winner and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who rallied an entire generation in the fight against apartheid.
Sam Pollard / United Kingdom / 2026
Underland
Three underground astronauts explore the underworld and reveal deep connections between the past and the future. Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller and narrated by Sandra Hüller.
Robert Petit / United States & United Kingdom / 2025
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
Wax & Gold
Austrian documentary veteran Ruth Beckermann has traveled to Addis Ababa to uncover a historical truth. An essay about Ethiopia's divided past, where the questions outnumber the answers.
Ruth Beckermann / Austria / 2026
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.
We Want The Funk
Get ready for a pure funk explosion! Wild stories from the 70s are mixed with sweaty bass lines, electric grooves and the kind of rhythms that get right into your feet.
Stanley Nelson & Nicole London / United States / 2025
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
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