Recommendations for this weekend’s festival programme

Thought-provoking and cinematic exploration of the most fascinating natural phenomenon of all: Light. Art and science join forces to illuminate the indescribable and create a space of mystery, magic and sensuality.

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.

Experience this year's eye-opening INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Untamed: Humanity Rewilded" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

We start the last weekend of the festival with the most important meal of the day and eat communal oatmeal from GRØD after the film about the world championships in - yes - oatmeal!

Bittersweet docu-comedy about a female astrologer from Naples who offers the perfect solution to her clients' very human problems.

Memories of ex-Yugoslavia meet autofiction in a critically acclaimed film about an 11-year-old girl who receives a series of mysterious phone calls that change her life. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

Experience this year's eye-opening INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Untamed: Humanity Rewilded" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

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.

A modern fairytale from Swingin' London about the first international supermodel, told with great energy and British humour by the protagonist herself. She is visiting this year's CPH:DOX herself.

A revealing film about the vicious cycle of consumerism and the destructive power of hyper-capitalism. Can we break the grip of the system before it is too late?

In Kenya's bustling capital Nairobi, two young women start a project to transform a colonial library into a vibrant cultural center for a new generation of young Africans.

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.

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.

Ai Weiwei makes his debut as an opera director with an interpretation of Puccini's 'Turandot' in Rome's Opera House. The classic and controversial opera has a lot to say about our own time.

Controversial and confrontational film debut from French author Christine Angot who confronts past abuse and the family that covered it up. A merciless film with a belligerent willpower.

Conversation between head of The Danish Filminstitute Tine Fischer and danish writer Urusula Andkjær Olsen, with principal of the Academy Of Fine Arts Lars Bent Petersen. Moderated by journalist Haena Laura Na Blankholm.

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.

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.

Experience this year's eye-opening INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Untamed: Humanity Rewilded" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

After the screening of 'A Stranger in the World' we invite you to a grand piano concert, accompanied by cellists from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the chamber choir Musica on SMK's beautiful stage.

A deeply fascinating time travel to North Korea, where young socialists from all over the planet gathered in 1989, a few months before the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.

A captivating IMAX film from Yellowstone National Park in the USA, where a group of biologists led by a charismatic woman set out to bring back the wolves - a project that changed their own lives forever.

Beautiful and atmospheric feature film about two young women in an unnamed city, which with delicate poetic and psychological presence maps out life after social isolation.

After The End of The Internet, we will debate the future of the internet as two debaters from the youth movement SAGA meet, and an expert adds nuance to the discussion.

Although Jeff Buckley only released one album before his tragic death, the man and his music are brought back to life for a while in a new and breathtaking film.

The frontman of the successful Danish band Ganger writes an album based on his parents' love letters, while rewriting his own life story in a charming and musical tale from the Danish West Coast.

A personal story about death and love in the context of contemporary Russia of the last 2 years.

An Oscar-winning Ukrainian director's unflinching film from the frontline, where a small group of soldiers fight their way two kilometers through a harsh landscape to liberate a village in ruins.

Whistleblower and Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev and his deadly fight against the Russian government. Premiering in a new version.

An Iranian housewife dreams of becoming a singer, but her husband and the regime say no. But it takes more than that to stop her in a genuine festival hit, filmed over seven years by her own sister.

Two strong Greenlandic women are united by a shared traumatic past and a chaotic present - one behind bars, the other behind a cool facade. A moving journey for justice, freedom and a second chance at life.

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. 

Experience this year's eye-opening INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Untamed: Humanity Rewilded" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Under the burning sun of Granada, the lonely figure of the mythical Roma king Chorrojumo wanders as an emissary from the past. An enigmatic and evocative film between dream and reality.

A sensory film from a variety of zoos in Argentina, where the life and world of animals is closely connected to their human caretakers.

Undercover in the far-right online communities in the Nordics with a fearless female journalist. A riveting story with more than a few twists along the way, at a moment when there is both power and money in spreading hate.

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.

Experience an evening where punk and preaching meet. Punk priest Thomas Høg Nørager opens Stefanskirken for the screening of 'Girls & Gods' and a punk concert with CHÆK. An evening where feminism and faith collide in a boundary-pushing encounter.

After 'The Dating Game', we debate modern dating culture when two debaters from the youth movement SAGA meet, and researcher Malthe Rye Thomsen nuances the topic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A surprisingly funny and warm tale of the most compassionate partnership in the French social sector - a deeply sympathetic duo that fixes things for people on the margins of society.

A hallucinatory crime mystery where an AI version of legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog must solve a suspicious death - all based on a script written by an AI.

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.

Undercover in the far-right online communities in the Nordics with a fearless female journalist. A riveting story with more than a few twists along the way, at a moment when there is both power and money in spreading hate.

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? 

Join us for the preview of the first three episodes of the series 'Elendig Software' about the Danish pop rock band Zar Paulo, followed by a talk and an intimate mini-concert. Finally: Afterparty in Kolme Bar with the Cousin Albert behind the dj-booth!

Join us for our final party which will - true to tradition - happen at BRUS!

After the film screening, we will transform the Social Cinema into a dance studio and invite you to a dance workshop, where you will learn to interpret some of the iconic BTS dances and enjoy a free Pink Yuzu Kombucha from LÆSK

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.

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.

Three short stories, imagining the human experience with visionary power and dark humour. Danish-Turkish artist Deniz Eroglu's debut film is work of a deeply inventive and original spirit.

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.

A deaf war photographer defends his country against invasion with the camera as a weapon. A visionary film from Ukraine with a subjective sound design by the team behind 'Sound of Metal'.

The waters are rising in the American South. Two young people watch the only world they know disappear before their eyes in a sensuous film about leaving childhood behind.

A pitch-black comedy from Transylvania where a woman's guilty conscience sends her on a tour of an ex-socialist universe of religion, nationalism and questionable morals.

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.

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. 

Hailed as one of the best films of the year since its premiere at Cannes. Chinese auteur Jia Zhang-ke is back with a poetic masterpiece shot over 20 years as a woman searches for her missing husband.

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.

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.