Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
Sudan, Remember Us
They are young Sudanese yearning for freedom. Their revolution is poetic, driven by the power of words. As it intertwines their stories, the film reassembles fragments of a revolution, a battle pitting the voices of youth against the military's might.
Take the Money and Run
The (art)work of a genius or simple theft? Artist Jens Haaning made headlines around the world when he pocketed a fortune in protest against the conditions of the art world - and exhibited his action as a work of art.
Ole Juncker / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Tarang
'Tarang' is a multimedia artwork by Kinnari Saraiya exploring colonial surveillance and indigenous dreamworlds. Using textiles, interactive tech, and dance, it reclaims dreams as a decolonial archive.
Kinnari Saraiya / United Kingdom / 2025 / European Premiere
Tata
The roles are reversed in a brave and unusual film about a courageous filmmaker's willingness to confront her father with the violence and trauma of the past.
Lina Vdovii & Radu Ciorniciuc / Romania, Germany & Netherlands / 2024
Teenage Life Interrupted
Never before have so many children and young people suffered from unexplained illnesses. Two doctors at the University Hospital in Tromsø specialize in treating the undiagnosable.
Åse Svenheim Drivenes / Norway / 2025 / International Premiere
The Alluvials
The Alluvials is a four-level video game set in a near-future version of Los Angeles. Players take on the agency of conventionally non-playable and nonhuman characters, including wild fire, the LA River, a Yucca Moth and Joshua Tree, and a pack of wolves.
Alice Bucknell / United States / 2024
Roisin Agnew & Lawrence Abu Hamdan / Ireland, United Kingdom & Lebanon
The Bibi Files
All the cards in the corruption case against Benjamin Netanyahu are laid out on the table in a film based on leaked footage and interviews from the Israeli Prime Minister's inner circle. A political docu-thriller of historical relevance.
Alexis Bloom / United States / 2024
The Brink of Dreams
Winner of the Documentary Award at last year's Cannes Film Festival. A group of lively Egyptian girls start a theater troupe using the city streets as a stage to share their dreams and opinions.
Nada Riyadh & Ayman El Amir / Egypt, France, Qatar & Saudi Arabia / 2024
The Caring Machine
In the artwork The Caring Machine, we are invited to imagine that we are lying on our deathbeds, our loving digital companion 'sitting' by our side, watching over us, and speaking to us in a soothing human voice.
Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm / Denmark / 2024 / International Premiere
The Castle
Three children transform an abandoned building in the middle of Palermo into a secret fantasy world. A charming Sicilian adventure with a bittersweet aftertaste.
Danny Biancardi, Virginia Nardelli & Stefano La Rosa / France & Italy / 2025 / World Premiere
The Dating Game
Three Chinese men are looking for love on the dating market in China, where the one-child policy has shattered the gender balance but a celebrity love coach is on hand with advice. A tragicomic audience favourite with a heart.
Violet Du Feng / United States, United Kingdom & Norway / 2025
The Dialogue Police
Freedom of speech, democracy and the right to demonstrate. In Sweden, a special unit struggles to ensure everyone's right to speak their mind - and they are armed only with words. A captivating film from the frontline of democracy and dilemmas.
Susanna Edwards / Sweden / 2025 / International Premiere
The Encampments
The occupation of Columbia University by pro-Palestinian students made waves around the world. A film about power and resistance in the 21st century.
Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker / United States / 2025 / World Premiere
The End of the Internet
From a squat in Berlin through a futuristic Taiwan to the Brazilian rainforest. Around the world, hacktivists are fighting a shadow war for an internet beyond the influence of tech giants.
Dylan Reibling / Canada / 2025 / World Premiere
The Eukrainian
Working in the corridors of power with Ukraine's young Minister for the EU and NATO in a film about ideals, diplomacy and international grand politics.
Viktor Nordenskiöld / Sweden, France, Ukraine & Belgium / 2025 / World Premiere
The Father, The Sons and The Holy Spirit
Two brothers reunite after a multi-million inheritance dispute in a film about blood, bonds and breakups - and about how hard it is to escape your own family.
Christian Sønderby Jepsen / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
The Forest that Breathes Us
A VR journey immersing participants in the sensory lives of a Douglas fir, a coyote, and a humpback whale, inviting reconciliation with the more-than-human world as active collaborators in life.
Jennifer Abbott / Canada / 2025 / World Premiere
The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy
Cynical spy for the asbestos industry or a whistleblower facing a miscarriage of justice? Judge for yourself in a film about deception and manipulation, where one twist leads to another.
Håvard Bustnes / Norway, Germany & United Kingdom / 2025 / World Premiere
The Golden Spurtle
Welcome to the Oatmeal World Cup - and if that sounds gray and boring, think again! A warm and genuinely funny Scottish film about finding the greatest meaning in the smallest things.
Constantine Costi / United Kingdom & Australia / 2025 / World Premiere
The Ground Beneath Our Feet
A warm, human film from an elderly home in Reykjavík with a poetic eye for the small mysteries and miracles of everyday life - and a great love for life itself, as long as it lasts.
Yrsa Roca Fannberg / Iceland & Poland / 2025 / World Premiere
The Helsinki Effect
Hundreds of hours of archival footage from a historic Cold War summit is rolled out with ironic wit and a sharp political eye for the human drama on the grand, diplomatic stage.
Arthur Franck / Finland, Germany & Norway / 2025 / World Premiere
The Hobby: Tales from the Tabletop
If you like to throw a dice and shuffle the cards, this is the winning film! Board games are more than just games n this affectionate, character-driven portrait of a surprisingly diverse culture.
Simon Ennis / Canada & United States / 2024 / International Premiere
The Last Ambassador
What do you do as an ambassador for Afghanistan when the Taliban take power and you are a feminist? You fight back - at least if you're Manizha Bakhtari.
Natalie Halla / Austria / 2025 / World Premiere
The Last Misfits by The Golden River
A picturesque documentary western from the cold north, where the last gold miners search for happiness and riches in the Finnish wilderness.
Juho-Pekka Tanskanen / Finland / 2025 / World Premiere
The Last Republican
A conservative Republican standing up to Trump teams up with a left-leaning filmmaker in a film about risking everything to do the right thing - and about maintaining a sense of humor in a bitter ideological battle.
Steve Pink / United States / 2024
The Lions By The River Tigris
Cultural heritage is the invisible casualty of any war. ISIS left Mosul in ruins after liberation. Today, a fisherman, a musician and a collector struggle to preserve what remains of the city's soul.
Zaradasht Ahmed / Norway & Netherlands / 2025 / World Premiere
The More Naked We Dare to Be
Danish auteur Jon Bang Carlsen takes stock of his life's work, the art of cinema and life itself in a film that stretches from the west coast of Denmark to the red desert sands of Arizona.
Jon Bang Carlsen / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
The Nicest Men on Earth
If Denmark is the best country in the world to be a woman, what does that mean for its men? A tender and humorous group portrait of the soft, modern men who live alongside the strong Danish women.
Josefine Exner & Sebastian Gerdes / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
The Ox Road
Prince Joachim and author Steffen Jacobsen are on a hike through Jutland, bringing with them their own life stories. A beautiful nature film with words of wisdom along the way.
Jesper H. Grand / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
The Perfect Neighbor
A shocking and heartbreaking story of a fatal neighborhood dispute in Florida, that shines a light on legal blind spots in the US. One of the most innovative films of the year.
Geeta Gandbhir / United States / 2025 / International Premiere
The Secret of Me
A female student makes a discovery that turns her life upside down in a harrowing and gripping film from the team behind 'Three Identical Strangers'.
Grace Hughes-Hallett / United Kingdom & United States / 2025 / European Premiere