Films
Get an overview of the films coming to CPH:DOX 2025.
Subject Heia Norway!: Norwegian documentary films are having a moment these years with awards at many of the biggest international film festivals. In this year's program of CPH:DOX we have collected no less than 8 of the best new documentary films from Norway. The films are presented in collaboration with Fondet for Dansk-Norske Samarbejde.
A stranger in the world
A filmmaker and his son with autism. A composer and his musical work inspired by the slow processes of dripstone caves. Two parallel love stories.
Sturla Pilskog / Norway / 2024
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
Fighter
Hard-hitting and hopeful tragedy about a Norwegian MMA fighter whose life is tied to his ability to move. But when a tragic accident sets him back, he must reinvent himself from the bottom up.
Sunniva Sundby & Mari Bakke Riise / Norway / 2025 / International 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
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
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
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 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 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