Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
premiere-type World Premiere:
50 Meters
Deeply charming Egyptian debut from an outswimming pool in Cario where an adult daughter's relationship with her good-natured father is universally recognizable about life's big questions.
Yomna Khattab / Egypt, Denmark & Saudi Arabia / 2025 / World Premiere
9-Month Contract
Nine months of pregnancy for 14,000 dollars? A long friendship between director and protagonist evolves into a film about surrogate motherhood and dignity in an unregulated industry in Tbilisi.
Ketevan Vashagashvili / Georgia, Bulgaria & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere
À demain sur la Lune
An ordinary woman finds hope and an unexpected friend in her last months on Earth. A sensual film about life and death, where gratitude gets the last word.
Thomas Balmès / France / 2025 / World Premiere
Agatha’s Almanac
Defying modernity, 90-year-old Agatha forges a solitary existence on her ancestral farm preserving heirloom seeds. A film from a vanishing world, immersing us in a handmade universe.
Amalie Atkins / Canada / 2025 / World Premiere
Aggregate
If an artificial intelligence were to learn to desire, what path would it take to bridge the space between intimacies? Aggregate is a collective process requiring a large number of players to take turns and experience reinforcement learning (punishment/reward) as they progress through the uncharted territory of machine learning and queer desire.
Distraction / France / 2024 / World Premiere
All These Summers
What kind of presence is made possible by the cinematic encounter? With the camera as an intermediary, an artist punches a hole in the wall that separates her responsibilities as a filmmaker from her role as a daughter.
Therese Henningsen / United Kingdom & Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Always
A Chinese boy discovers the power of poetry in a picturesque and magical film from a mountain village. A striking debut of great beauty.
Deming Chen / United States, France & China / 2025 / World Premiere
Animality
Ai Weiwei examines our relationship with animals, from China and Egypt to the Danish mink farms. At times violent, always thought-provoking - and above all, a mirror image of ourselves.
Weiwei Ai / Germany / 2025 / World Premiere
Another World
The mind behind the underground film hit 'The Great Glitch' is back with a new, unbridled series that takes us on a galloping journey through the great rabbit hole of the internet.
Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen / Denmark / 2025 / World 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
Azza
An existential road movie from Saudi Arabia where a brave woman is determined to create a life on her own terms. A close friendship with a filmmaker opens the door to new horizons.
Stefanie Brockhaus / Germany & Saudi Arabia / 2025 / World Premiere
Balane 3
A snapshot of life as a young African right now in a lively and chatty film from a town on the coast of Mozambique.
Ico Costa / Portugal & France / 2025 / World Premiere
Black Water
In southern Bangladesh, Lokhi and her family prepare to escape an extreme climate and flee to Dhaka - the fastest growing city in the world. A film about a future that is already a reality.
Natxo Leuza / Spain / 2025 / World Premiere
Casa
A group of 20-year-olds from tough backgrounds pursue their fashion dreams at Casa 93, a unique institute offering a last chance for some and a new beginning for others, capturing their transformative journey through an extraordinary year.
Caroline Benarrosh / France / 2025 / World Premiere
Cirkeline & the invisible artist
An honest, loving and insightful portrait of Cirkeline's mother: Hanne Hastrup, the artist behind one of Denmark's most beloved animated characters, who never received the recognition she deserves.
Esther Wellejus / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
City Child
An enigmatic and elliptical narrative slowly takes shape in 'City Child', whose architectural form mirrors the geometric structure of a high-rise building rising against a dark sky above Berlin.
Austin Lynch / United States & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere
Climate in Therapy
Seven climate scientists meet in a godforsaken meeting room to engage in circle therapy about their shared climate anxiety. Can emotional honesty be part of the solution?
Nathan Grossman / Sweden & Norway / 2025 / World Premiere
Copan
Social-realist sci-fi from an apartment block with five thousand inhabitants in the centre of São Paulo. A Brazilian microcosm about money, power and a fragile democracy.
Carine Wallauer / Brazil & France / 2025 / World Premiere
Cosmic Balance
Hour-long musical trance sessions lead a young man from a small Indonesian village to his first concert outside the city limits at a music festival in Denmark. A cosmic film about music, spirituality and heritage.
Andreas Johnsen / Denmark & Indonesia / 2025 / World Premiere
Elendig Software
A unique taste of a playful and brand new series about the Danish pop rock success Zar Paulo.
Freja Rørkær & Oskar Langballe Dahl / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Everest Dark
A visually stunning film from Mount Everest, but from an overlooked angle - the local one. A Nepalese mountaineer embarks on a dangerous mission to appease the mountain gods who demand respect for nature.
Jereme Watt / Canada / 2025 / World Premiere
Facing War
Jens Stoltenberg's last year as Secretary General of NATO, filmed with unique access to one of the greatest political leaders of our time at a time of upheaval. An epic drama about the war between Russia and Ukraine and the role the alliance will play in the future.
Tommy Gulliksen / Norway & Belgium / 2025 / World Premiere
Fantastic Family
A young director returns to a family trauma buried deep in the soil of her father’s garden. But what do you do when no one in the family agrees on what actually happened? A courageous film with creative energy and the will to bring the past to light.
Nicoline Skotte / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Fission
A warm film about a hot topic. Is nuclear power the future, or...? The locals of two small European towns throw themselves into the discussion in a film with humor and heart, even though the stakes are high.
João Pedro Prado & Anton Yaremchuk / Germany / 2025 / World Premiere
Flophouse America
A 12-year-old boy defies his parents' alcohol abuse and finds glimmers of hope in an unexpected tragedy, in a heartbreaking film from the desperate flip side of America.
Monica Strømdahl / Norway, Netherlands & United States / 2025 / World Premiere
From Here Where We Stand – 80 years with Niels Skousen
The popular Danish songwriter is lovingly portrayed by his wife and film director Linda Wendel in a film that spans six decades in the service of music.
Linda Wendel / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Girls & Gods
Can feminism and religion coexist? Inna Shevchenko of the Ukrainian FEMEN collective seeks answers to a difficult question in candid conversations with priests, imams, rabbis and other activists.
Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz / Austria / 2025 / World Premiere
Huk, The Jaguaress
An ancient jaguaress deity from the Amazon, reborn through artificial intelligence, calls on humanity to confront their role in her rainforest's destruction and the future of our shared world.
Violeta Ayala / Australia, Canada & Bolivia / 2025 / World Premiere
Human Race
Professor Eske Willerslev has an ambition to build the world's largest collection of prehistoric human DNA. As the collection grows, he is forced to confront the ghosts of his own past.
Simon Lec / Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland & United States / 2025 / World Premiere
If I Die Today
Seven years in the life of a troubled young man. From his time in prison for attempted murder, to his time as a hopeful parolee, to his fatal decision.
Camilla Arlien / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
ILOVERUSS
Two artistic souls meet on the outskirts of Hollywood and a 20-year friendship is born. Illusions and realities are challenged while a raw and intimate film emerges.
Tova Mozard / Sweden / 2025 / World Premiere
Little Syria
An intimate look into the lives of a group of Syrian refugees in Berlin as they fight for justice for the victims of the Assad regime. When the regime suddenly topples, new questions arise.
Madalina Rosca & Reem Karssli / Portugal, Romania & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere