The Dialogue Police

Susanna Edwards / Sweden / 2025 / International Premiere / 90 min

The Dialogue Police is a special unit whose mission is to strengthen democracy and ensure the right of all citizens to say what they want. Armed only with words – and an otherworldly patience! – Anna, Calle, Jimmy, Johan, Erik, Nicole and Semsi work to ensure other people’s freedom of speech. From anti-muslim protesters to climate activists who have glued themselves to the asphalt. They mediate between the public and the organisers, and try to explain to passers-by why everyone has the right to raise their voice in public. And not everyone understands why anyone else can stand on a beer crate and share their opinions with the world – especially when they themselves disagree or feel mocked. The dilemmas are part of the job as dialogue police. But at a time when democratic dialogue is under pressure, the paradoxical fight for other people’s freedom of expression is more urgent than ever.

Familiarise yourself with human rights at CPH:DOX
According to a new survey from the Danish Institute for Human Rights, Danes largely support human rights and believe they are important – but more than half, 53 percent, cannot name a single human right. At the premiere screenings of all films nominated for the Human Rights Award, you will receive the 30 articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, printed by Human Rights Watch. And below you can see exactly which articles this film addresses.

Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.

Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.