13 Danish and international films have been selected to compete for the festival’s top prize.
Programme CPH:DOX 2023
NEW:VISION AWARD
The New:Vision Award is the competition for art films and boundary-pushing experiments.
F:ACT AWARD
Dedicated to films in the field between documentary and in-depth journalism.
NORDIC:DOX AWARD
11 of the best new films from across the Nordic region are nominated for the Nordic:Dox Award.
NEXT:WAVE AWARD
The festival’s competition for upcoming filmmakers.
POLITIKEN:DOX AWARD
10 Danish films are nominated for the Politiken Critics’ Prize.
PREDICTING THE PAST
History increasingly plays a crucial role in the major debates of our time – from post-colonialism, claims to representation and identity politics, to the resurgence of fascism, to Putin’s historical justifications for his invasion of Ukraine. Everywhere the past casts its shadow over the present; everywhere it is renegotiated; everywhere it is used as an argument that some are right and others are wrong. We have put together a programme of six powerful films, each in its own way shining a light on history as a battleground, as a weapon and as outright explosive material.
REWRITING THE FUTURE
The future is out there, always on the move. But it’s also always right here, in the public conversations about where we want to go and not least where we don’t want to go. In ‘Rewriting the Future’ we look at the images of the future – utopian and dystopian – that dominate our times, and their impact on the way we design and redesign our societies. Right now.
Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Kunsthal Charlottenborg will be open to all guests from 10.00 am every day during the festival. Here you’ll find our very own cinemas Social Cinema and Mezzaninen with amazing film screenings, events and much more.
The Science Stage
The National Museum: 17 – 19 March
CPH:DOX moves into the National Museum of Denmark, which is transformed into the festival’s science stage. Look forward to some of the world’s best documentaries on everything from climate science, sustainable cities and cyborgs to human brains and citizen wages to and the Arctic seen from the inside.
The Community Stage
Pressen, Politikens Hus: 21 – 23 March
This year, the social scene moves into the Pressen building on Rådhuspladsen and transforms the old and crude printing hall into a cinema, where we present, together with Politiken, both domestic and foreign affairs on everything from work ethics and surveillance culture to the Iranian women’s struggle and American right-wing rationalism.
The Art Stage
The National Gallery (SMK): 24 – 26 March
In beautiful, grand surroundings at the SMK, we open the doors to a weekend full of documentaries about and with the arts at their centre, framed by screenings, artist talks, group critiques and audiovisual concerts.
SPECIAL PREMIERES
An exclusive selection of high-profile films celebrating their out-of-competition premieres.
SCIENCE
Research and film intersect in our focus on science, technology and society.
SOUND & VISION
Music films with room for the odd note in the darkness of the cinema.
ARTISTS & AUTEURS
New films by some of the world’s greatest artists and filmmakers.
PARAFICTIONS
A special focus on the relationships between filmmaker and subject. Explore ethics, power and paradoxes in a curated selection of films from this year’s festival.
HIGHLIGHTS
Handpicked highlights from the festival world. Award winners, audience favourites and brand new films.
CHANGE MAKERS
Films that will make a difference and powerful stories of people who will change the world.
DANISH:DOX
New Danish documentaries from both young and established names.
BE NO STRANGER
A special focus on the relationships between filmmaker and subject. Explore ethics, power and paradoxes in a curated selection of films from this year’s festival.
BØRNE:DOX
Bring your grown-ups to the cinema when CPH:DOX and the children’s film festival BUSTER invite you to the movies! Free admission for children, normal ticket price for adults.