Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
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In Defense of Self
The tragic killing of a Norwegian man in urgent need of psychiatric help is recounted in a film that uses his own tape recordings as a guide to ask what happened and how it could have been avoided.
Linn Helene Løken / Norway / 2026 / World Premiere
Intelligence Rising
Thinkers such as Yuval Harari and leaders from the EU, China and the US participate in a war game on AI, where they are confronted with geopolitical scenarios for possible future crises.
Elena Andreicheva / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere
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
Jenny – A story on Lydmor
An intimate portrait of an uncompromising feminist artist and musician, depicting both her fierce creative drive and the personal costs of using her own life as raw material.
Sebastian Cordes / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Just Look Up
Michael Greenberg is a defiant young visionary and climate activist in the US. With the timing of a stand-up comedian, lightning intelligence, and the charisma of a young Bob Dylan, he is rallying a generation in the fight for a livable future.
Emma Wall & Betsy Hershey / United States & Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Killing Anna
A shocking video from Syria leads to an unusual detective story when a Syrian woman makes up a fake name to catch war criminals - on Facebook. A psychological thriller with a brave woman as a virtual Sherlock Holmes.
Sam Benstead / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere
Last Movies
Film history from Kafka to Kurt Cobain: A darkly humorous, alternative timeline based on the last films iconic celebrities watched before (and sometimes while) they died – narrated by Jeremy Irons.
Stanley Schtinter / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere
Let Our Mountains Live
The Norwegian government prioritizes green energy and economic gain over the Sami people's rights to land in a tense courtroom drama about power, land, trust, and cultural heritage.
Håvard Bustnes / Norway & Finland / 2026 / World Premiere
Little Sinner
20 years of deeply personal recordings compiled into a raw and unfiltered journey from Damascus to Denmark, depicting a Syrian woman's relentless struggle against violence, betrayal, and her own past.
Daro Hansen & Thomas Papapetros / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Lynetteholm on Trial
The climate movement and two lawyers are challenging the Danish state in a high-profile court case to stop a new artificial peninsula in Copenhagen Harbor.
Naja Andersen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
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
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
Mother Creature
A daughter attempts to pull the monster of her childhood out from under the bed in an original, deeply personal and creative film about her mother's mental illness.
Maria Tórgarð / Sweden / 2026 / World 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
Out of School
In a remote village high up in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a brother and sister are forced out of education before their childhood is over.
Hind Bensari / Morocco & Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
Pacífico
Pacífico is the name of a region, but also that of a force. A land where music accompanies life, where one can be reborn.
Daniel Duque / France & Colombia / 2026 / World Premiere
Palestinian Unwanted
During the disaster in Gaza, a Danish-Palestinian film director attempts to raise awareness among the Danish public, while struggling to keep himself together. A deeply personal film with a mission.
Omar Shargawi / Denmark & Jordan / 2026 / World Premiere
Petrolheads
Two very special friends on a road trip through Denmark in search of a used Honda Civic that might make life just a little bit more normal. A warm film that goes straight to the heart.
Emil Langballe & Emil Langballe / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
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
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
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
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
The Calf Doll
A beautiful fable from India, where the inhabitants of a small village play themselves in a simple and enigmatic tale about a retired professor and his cow.
Ankur Hooda / India / 2026 / World Premiere
The Cord
Venezuela: In a broken health system where life hangs by a thread, Carolina rises as a maternity warrior. Drawing strength from her past, she relentlessly preserves the vital cord between pregnant women and their babies.
Nolwenn Hervé / France / 2026 / World Premiere
The Futora
Connecting traces of hypnagogia, fragmented geography and childhood sci-fi media, through senses of time belonging to translucent dreams, shadows, fantasies and family owned workshops. the images drift into the peripheral glimmers of a nocturnal city and slip into another world.
Yuqing Lin / China & United Kingdom / 2026 / World 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 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 Patriarch
Danish film producer Peter Aalbæk is a self-proclaimed patriarch. Now his daughters are sending him to therapy—but can he really change? A loving, funny, and merciless portrait of a threatened species.
Andrea Storm Henriksen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere
The Phantom Pain of Rojava
In a secret house in northern Syria, wounded Kurdish guerrilla soldiers live with phantom pains in the shadow of a failed revolution. An Emmy-winning director's portrayal of five years in a secret community.
Maryam Embrahimi / Sweden & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere































