Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
Moria Six
Six young refugees are convicted of the Moria camp fire in Lesbos after a questionable trial. A look at a justice system where justice itself is only one interest among many.
Jennifer Mallmann / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere
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
My Dear Théo
In a series of letters to her young son, a mother, soldier and filmmaker documents her thoughts from the Ukrainian frontline. A deeply moving and existential film of unimaginable courage.
Alisa Kovalenko / Poland, Czech Republic & Ukraine / 2025 / World Premiere
My Sweet Land
Vrej is a tender 11-year-old boy living in Artsakh, a small mountain paradise with porous borders. But when war breaks out again, will he be able to carry the hopes of his wounded homeland on his young shoulders?
Sareen Hairabedian / United States, Jordan, France & Ireland / 2024
NATURAL CONTACTS
NATURAL CONTACTS is a piece of malware designed to arrest control over its host machine for 24 hours, transforming it into a dynamic virtual garden.
Mark Fingerhut, Matthew D Gantt, Bridget DeFranco & Peter Burr / United States / 2024 / International Premiere
Nobody’s Angel
The five women in the Danish band Miss B. Haven rocked the 1980s at a time when men still had a monopoly on rock, but where a new movement was taking shape.
Torben Skjødt Jensen / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Observer
Can we observe the world without affecting it? An adventure in eight chapters from around the world where a group of professional scientists taking part in a playful, philosophical experiment.
Ian Cheney / United States / 2025 / World Premiere
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
The true story of the mad, brilliant rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard from the legendary Wu-Tang Clan, who was swallowed by the industry and left the world too soon.
Sam Pollard & Jason Pollard / United States / 2024
On the Border
The desert city of Agadez in Niger is a hub of trade routes, migration, EU politics and the nomadic culture of the Tuaregs. A cinematic report from a human tower of babel, where dilemmas line up.
Gabriela Schild & Gerald Igor Hauzenberger / Austria, Germany & Switzerland / 2024
One to One: John & Yoko
A lively and compelling account of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's first year in New York. A year of political and cultural turmoil culminating in Lennon’s only solo concert.
Kevin Macdonald & Sam Rice-Edwards / United Kingdom / 2025 / Danish Premiere
Only on Earth
A visually stunning film from Galicia where humans and animals struggle with apocalyptic forest fires during the hottest and driest summer on record.
Open Call
A witty satire on public art and culture, as the citizens of Oslo are invited to celebrate the city’s 400th anniversary. Things don’t quite go according to plan.
Sille Storihle / Norway / 2025 / World Premiere
Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story
The absolute frontwoman of the 2-Tone movement is a British style icon with a strong political stance and the voice to get it out into the world.
Jane Mingay / United Kingdom / 2024 / International Premiere
Pavements
Slacker heroes Pavement are back in a creative and kaleidoscopic meta-musical with as many layers as there are grooves in a record - directed with love by Alex Ross Perry.
Alex Ross Perry / United States / 2024
Portrait of a Confused Father
An unusual father/son story takes an unexpected and tragic turn in a film shot over 20 years, that turns into a (self-)portrait of a Norwegian filmmaker in the biggest crisis of his life.
Gunnar Hall Jensen / Norway / 2025 / World Premiere
Predators
Vigilante justice, journalism and ethical gray zones were challenged in a controversial TV show that lured male pedophiles into the public spotlight. But did the show cast its own long shadows?
David Osit / United States / 2025 / International Premiere
Primitive Diversity
German avant-garde artist Alexander Kluge has created a visual essay about (and with) AI, based on the cultural history and possible future of images.
Alexander Kluge / Germany / 2025
Rave
Techno and rave culture had its own breakthrough in Eastern Europe in the early 90s, when the world suddenly opened up and a whole new scene emerged from the Cold War.
Lukasz Ronduda & Dawid Nickel / Poland / 2024 / International Premiere
Red Forest
A growing group of anarchists establish an eco-activist, anti-capitalist community in a French forest. But the state has other plans. A cinematic, revolutionary film about freedom and ideals.
Laurie Lassalle / France / 2025 / World Premiere
Rule of Stone
In-depth and thought-provoking analysis of Israeli architecture and the type of stone that has shaped modern Jerusalem and has been used to control the city.
Sanatorium
At a colossal ex-Soviet wellness center in Odesa, both patients and staff search for health, happiness and love while the war echoes through the lime green corridors.
Gar O'Rourke / Ireland, Ukraine & France / 2025 / World Premiere
Save Our Souls
A filmmaker boards a ship bound for the coast of Libya to document the crew's rescue mission: to bring migrants to safety from drowning. The operation succeeds, but an uncertain future lies ahead.
Jean-Baptiste Bonnet / France / 2024
Scars of a Putsch
A filmmaker unfolds the story behind the scars on her husband's body. The answer is the story of the 1980 military coup and Türkiye’s slide towards authoritarianism.
Seeds
Depicting the lives of black farmers in the American South, this Sundance winning debut film paints a vivid and rich picture of a world in historical transition.
Brittany Shyne / United States / 2025
Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship
Eight directors from Turkey reflect on (auto)censorship and possible counter-strategies in a video work that looks at prison graffiti, desktop collages, surveillance cameras and the art of cruising.
Firat Yucel, Erhan Örs, Sibil Çekmen, Serra Akcan, Nadir Sönmez, Hakan Bozyurt, Can Memiş & belit sağ / Netherlands & Türkiye / 2024
Silent Observers
A dark and deeply original film about superstition in a Bulgarian village where the bewitched farm animals are silent witnesses to a human tragicomedy. Documentary meets folk horror with a wry sense of humor.
Lisa Rovner / France / 2020
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.
Songs of Travel
An animated graphic novel exploring the unique stories of five migrants seeking new beginnings in Europe. Together, these stories paint a mosaic of themes such as our hopes, dreams, and identities; home; and the things we treasure most.
Ben Wahl, Lisley Viraphong & Jack Gutmann / Austria / 2024
Spacewoman
Cosmic portrait of the first female astronaut to pilot a space shuttle mission. Eileen Collins broke the glass ceiling all the way into space, and is a riveting storyteller of her own incredible story.
Hannah Berryman / United Kingdom / 2024 / European Premiere