Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2026.
Section Audience Award 2026:
In Full Agreement
The ideological war between Russia and the West takes on a highly dramatic form in Finland, where three Russian women are locked in a bitter dispute over Putin's regime and their own heritage.
Panu Suuronen / Finland / 2025 / International 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
Jaripeo
Behind the hypermasculine rituals of a Mexican rodeo show a hidden queer desire pulsates. A festival hit about performative masculinity and the longings of the subconscious.
Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig / United States, Mexico & United Kingdom / 2026
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
Jirapo
A beautiful Colombian film that draws parallels between native bee species, the country's colonial past, and a female biologist's family history.
María Rojas Arias / Colombia & Portugal / 2025 / European Premiere
Joan of Arc
As the seasons change, three young siblings build a knight figure as a target in a field on the edge of the world. A minimalist and very funny film by Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason.
Kabul Between Prayers
A young Taliban fighter turns out to be a complex individual, but inherited ideologies weigh heavily in a lavishly cinematic film by an Afghan CPH:DOX winner.
Aboozar Amini / Belgium & Netherlands / 2025
Kikuyu Land
A Kenyan journalist returns to her ancestral home to cover a legal battle between multinational corporations and the country's indigenous people, but must confront her own family's role.
Bea Wangondu & Andrew H. Brown / United States & Kenya / 2026 / International Premiere
King Hamlet
Filmmaker Elvira Linds returns with a deeply personal portrait of her husband, actor Oscar Isaac, who is facing the most difficult role of his life.
Elvira Lind / United States & Denmark / 2025 / International Premiere
KitKatClub – Kinks of Berlin
Step inside Berlin's legendary sex club, KitKatClub in a gorgeous black-and-white film. An intimate and generous tale of freedom, lust, boundaries, and sex in all its varieties.
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
Like Any Other Mortal
On a distant planet, a lonely robot roams around looking for signs of life, while scientists search for unknown life forms in Andalusia. A visionary journey with deep philosophical resonance.
Maria Molina Peiró / Netherlands & Spain / 2026 / International 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
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
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
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
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
Merckx – Race of a Champion
Eddy Merckx is the greatest cyclist of all time. The Belgian legend has won everything there is to win. An elegant portrait of an invincible champion through thick and thin.
Christophe Hermans & Boris Tilquin / Belgium / 2025
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
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
Mountain of Gold
With dollar signs in their eyes, gold miners venture into a barren desert landscape, driven by dreams of wealth and a different life. An intense documentary thriller about the gold rush in Niger.
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
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
One in a Million
Ten years in the life of an extraordinary young girl, from her escape from Syria to Germany with her family, where she grows up and becomes a young woman. A captivating film about exile, hope and dreams.
Itab Azzam & Jack MacInnes / United Kingdom & Germany / 2026
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 Flag
The story of Greenland's national flag is a story of cultural identity, pride, and unity. In ‘Our Flag’, we meet the artist who created the iconic motif of a red sun rising over the sea.
Johannes Müller / Greenland / 2025 / International Premiere