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March 19 – 30, 2025

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CPH:DOX 2024 Programme

Hundreds of titles, seven(!) awards, a host of international guests, and nationwide distribution. You can delve into the program for the completed CPH:DOX 2024 right here on the page.

DOX:AWARD

12 films have been selected to compete in the festival's international competition.

NEXT:WAVE Award

Our competition for emerging, international artists and filmmakers.

NORDIC:DOX

The best and brightest in non-fiction filmmaking from the Nordic countries.

NEW:VISION

New:Vision Award is our international competition for artists’ films.

HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD

New award for courageous filmmakers in defence and support of human rights.

F:ACT AWARD

Dedicated to films between documentary filmmaking and investigative journalism.

THEMES

BODY POLITICS

With a focus on everything from fertility and ‘ableism’ to discrimination and trauma, we dive into highly topical conversations about the body as a battleground.

Conflicted

We are concerned with the battles, conflicts, and wars unfolding around us right now, leaving us sorrowful, angry, frustrated, and, yes, in conflict. This is why this year we have also gathered a series of films under the theme ‘Conflicted’

SECTIONS

Special Premieres

A special selection of exclusive premieres screening out of competition.

Highlights

Festival hits and front page stories. Great films, great stories, and great characters.

Artists & Auteurs

New work by some of the world’s most original artists and filmmakers.

PARA:FICTIONS

New section for cinematic features in the field between documentary, fiction and beyond.

Sound & Vision

The best music movies of the year with some of the world's biggest names in front of the camera.

Urgent Matters

Topical, political and relevant. Powerful stories from the world right now.

Backstory

Films tracing back through history. The present explained through the past.

Science

Films exploring the encounter between cinema, science and society.

DANISH:DOX

New Danish documentaries from both established and upcoming filmmakers.

The Youth Editorial Group

For the fourth year, the Youth Editorial Group is part of CPH:DOX ́ s programme department. Six young programmers have curated ten film screenings and events during the festival.

INTER:ACTIVE EXHIBITION

The Inter:Active exhibition is an ongoing exploration of creativity and technology. Each year we examine a different aspect of the impact of emerging tech on arts and society through a carefully-curated selection of recent immersive and interactive work, created in a variety of media.

CPH:CONFERENCE

CPH:CONFERENCE, a five-day program built in collaboration with Documentary Campus, presents an exciting array of talks featuring visionary thinkers delving into contemporary themes in documentary filmmaking. Together, we’re providing an interactive platform for professionals within our documentary community to exchange ideas and insights.

Concerts & Live Events

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The three theme cinemas

ART:CINEMA

CPH:DOX has always insisted that documentary films are art. And what better place to emphasize this than at our art scene, ART:CINEMA at SMK.

SOCIETY:CINEMA

Try to imagine CPH:DOX as a newspaper. With a foreign section, big interviews, and cultural content - and an overview of the most important events in the world right now - combine it with a huge ballroom party and you have our SOCIETY:CINEMA.

SCIENCE:CINEMA

Are you passionate about science, tech, climate, and nature? Then look forward to three days at CPH:DOX dedicated to Science.