Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
language-category Russian:
Abode of Dawn
10 years in a Christian cult in the Siberian wilderness, where a growing following has realized the vision of a self-proclaimed prophet. A sensational debut.
Kristina Shtubert / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere
Antidote
Whistleblower and Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev and his deadly fight against the Russian government. Premiering in a new version.
James Jones / United Kingdom / 2025 / World Premiere
Bright Future
A deeply fascinating time travel to North Korea, where young socialists from all over the planet gathered in 1989, a few months before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.
Andra MacMasters / Romania / 2024
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
A brave and resilient primary school teacher secretly exposes Putin's aggressive militarisation of Russia's schools in one of the great documentary sensations of the year.
Co-director: Pavel Talankin & David Borenstein / Denmark & Czech Republic / 2025
Songs of Slow Burning Earth
Olha Zhurba paints a panoramic picture of life in Ukraine during Russia's tragic war. An elegiac masterpiece from one of the country's most talented filmmakers.
The Shards
A personal story about death and love in the context of contemporary Russia of the last 2 years.
Viktor
A deaf war photographer defends his country against invasion with the camera as a weapon. A visionary film from Ukraine with a subjective sound design by the team behind 'Sound of Metal'.
Olivier Sarbil / Denmark, Ukraine, France & United States / 2024
We Live Here
On a desolate former nuclear test site, three generations confront the haunting legacy of the past as they fight for survival and hope in a world on the brink of destruction.
Zhanana Kurmasheva / Kazakhstan / 2025 / World Premiere