Recommendations for Tuesday’s festival programme
Tuesday 25th Mar 2025
Dear Festivalgoer,
CPH:DOX is in full bloom – and here’s what’s happening on Day 7 of the festival.
With the arrival of hundreds of filmmakers from around the world, CPH:DOX is in full swing – and so is the programme, which continues to offer powerful and timely film experiences.
Among Tuesday’s highlights is the world premiere of the HUMAN:RIGHT AWARD-nominated film The Encampments, which documents the pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University in New York in 2024 – a movement that sent shockwaves across the globe.
You can also embark on a visually stunning journey to majestic Finland in the documentary gold-rush western The Last Misfits by The Golden River, or gain fresh perspectives on modern dating with Trine Hjorth Bønnerup – the couples therapist from Married at First Sight – who will share insights on dating culture in 2025 following a screening of the Chinese film The Dating Game.
What else is happening?
If you want the full overview of the festival, you can always check out our schedule here or at the bottom of the page to find something that speaks to you – or simply explore the program on your own.
Have a great Tuesday and enjoy the festival!
The Encampments / Up close with the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in 2024
Tuesday, March 25 at 16:30 – Empire Bio
On a cold morning in April 2024, a group of students set up camp on the lawn in front of Columbia University in New York. They founded the Gaza Solidarity Encampment in protest against the war in Gaza – and against their university’s investments in the American and Israeli arms industries. The action made headlines around the world and quickly grew into the largest student protest movement in the U.S. since the Vietnam War. The Encampments is a powerful account of power and resistance in the 21st century – a compelling frontline report from an ideological battleground over justice and injustice.
The Last Misfits by The Golden River / World premiere of a documentary gold-rush western from Finland
Tuesday, March 25 at 16:30 – Dagmar
More than a hundred years after the dust settled on the Wild West, gold fever still simmers quietly in the wilderness of Lapland. Here, a small community of prospectors lives far from modern society. It’s a proud, traditional way of life with roots dating back 150 years – now under threat from the only constant there is: change. A picturesque and bittersweet documentary from the cold North, where the last gold diggers search for fortune and freedom in the Finnish wilderness. Meet the director after the screening!
Film & Talk on Modern Dating with Married at First Sight Therapist Trine Hjorth Bønnerup
Tuesday, March 25 at 19:00 – Grand Teatret
After a screening of the entertaining Chinese Sundance hit The Dating Game, join us for a conversation with Trine Hjorth Bønnerup, couples therapist from Married at First Sight, as she dives into the state of modern dating in the year 2025. Expect an engaging and timely discussion about relationships, changing norms, and the very real challenges of today’s dating culture. Because yes – it’s still hard to date!
We Live Here / World premiere of a Kazakh masterpiece about the ghosts of the atomic age
Tuesday, March 25 at 21:45 – Cinemateket
On a desolate former nuclear test site in Kazakhstan’s barren steppes, three generations are confronted with the legacy of the past as they struggle for survival and hope in a world on the brink of collapse. Zhanna Kurmasheva’s debut is a chilling and cinematic work that lingers long after the final frame. Meet the director at the screening!
11:00
The Brink of Dreams
Nada Riyadh & Ayman El Amir / Egypt, France, Qatar & Saudi Arabia / 2024 / 102 min
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.
12:00
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!
Wishing on a Star
Peter Kerekes / Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Austria & Croatia / 2024 / 99 min
+ Event: A good start to the astrological new year
After the film, we explore how the positions of the stars and planets influence us right now. This is followed by a session with oracle cards, where we dive into the energies shaping the new astrological year together.
Language: Danish
Bittersweet docu-comedy about a female astrologer from Naples who offers the perfect solution to her clients' very human problems.
When The Phone Rang
Iva Radivojević / Serbia & United States / 2024 / 73 min
+ YOUTH EDITORIAL GROUP: Storytelling through art
How can art portray topics such as identity, heritage, and memories? After the screening of Serbian filmmaker Iva Radivojević’s When the Phone Rang, author Celine Szabó and visual artist Jeannette Ehlers are invited for a conversation on art’s ability to tell stories. Moderated by Ingrid Baraka from the podcast A Seat At The Table, they will explore how art forms like sculpture, performance, and literature can address questions of the past, heritage, and belonging. Through their personal and artistic perspectives, they will examine how art not only communicates but also challenges and enriches our understanding of culture and history, creating space for reflection and change.
Language: Danish
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.
Black Water
Natxo Leuza / Spain / 2025 / World Premiere / 85 min
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.
From Here Where We Stand – 80 years with Niels Skousen
Linda Wendel / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere / 84 min
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.
Elemental: Family Fortunes + Public Pool + A Robust Heart + Victoria
Mila Turajlić, Elizabeth Lo, Martín Benchimol & Sam Soko / Serbia, United States, Argentina & Kenya / 46 min
Seeds
Brittany Shyne / United States / 2025 / 122 min
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.
Facing War
Tommy Gulliksen / Norway & Belgium / 2025 / World Premiere / 105 min
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.
13:30
Experience this year's eye-opening INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Untamed: Humanity Rewilded" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship
Firat Yucel, Erhan Örs, Sibil Çekmen, Serra Akcan, Nadir Sönmez, Hakan Bozyurt, Can Memiş & belit sağ / Netherlands & Türkiye / 2024 / 66 min
+ Debate: Curating, art and censorship
After the screening of 'Seen Unseen: An Anthology of (Auto)Censorship', we set the stage for a conversation with the artists and curator Kira Kofoed about the work as an artist and the issue of self-censorship.
Language: English
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.
Birthdays + In Search of the Miraculous + The House + Europe Endless
Adrian Jalily, Sybilla Tuxen, Carl Olsson & Thomas Elley / Denmark, Estonia & Sweden / 71 min
14:00
Twiggy
Sadie Frost / United Kingdom / 2024 / 97 min
+ Talk: Conversation with Emma Rosenzweig about career change and artistic authority
After the screening, author and artist Emma Rosenzweig shares her own experiences with a creative career change and about being taken seriously when you, as a former model, establish yourself as a writer and artist. The conversation is moderated by journalist and fashion expert Mikkel Lind Sorgenfrey.
Language: Danish
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.
You Need This
Ryan Andrej Lough / United States / 2025 / World Premiere / 84 min
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?
How to Build a Library
Maia Lekow & Christopher King / Kenya / 2025 / 98 min
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.
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Co-director: Pavel Talankin & David Borenstein / Denmark & Czech Republic / 2025 / 90 min
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.
9-Month Contract
Ketevan Vashagashvili / Georgia, Bulgaria & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere / 79 min
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’s Turandot
Maxim Derevianko / Italy & United States / 2025 / International Premiere / 77 min
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.
Moria Six
Jennifer Mallmann / Germany / 2024 / International Premiere / 82 min
+ Talk: Meet rights expert Peter Vedel (Institute for Human Rights) and documentary filmmaker Michael Graversen
After the film, Michael Graversen talks about his own experiences making a film about the Moria camp in Greece and talks with rights expert Peter Vedel (Institute for Human Rights) about the loss of humanity in politics.
Language: English
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.
Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story
Jane Mingay / United Kingdom / 2024 / International Premiere / 92 min
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.
15:15
Time Paradox + Sinking Latitude + Siticulosa
Minha Park, Jiawei Zheng & Maeve Brennan / Republic of Korea (South Korea), Denmark, China & United Kingdom / 85 min
16:00
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.
Bright Future
Andra MacMasters / Romania / 2024 / 88 min
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.
Lost Wolves of Yellowstone
Thomas Winston / United States / 2024 / International Premiere / 91 min
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.
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
Amy Berg / United States / 2025 / International Premiere / 106 min
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 Sound of Love Letters
Tammes Bernstein / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere / 85 min
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.
Close to Home + The Garden Caretaker
Shubhdeep Singh Parwana, Natalia Anna Ciepiel & William Andreas Wivel / Denmark & India / 72 min
A personal story about death and love in the context of contemporary Russia of the last 2 years.
17:00
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Mstyslav Chernov / Ukraine / 2025 / European Premiere / 107 min
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.
Antidote
James Jones / United Kingdom / 2025 / World Premiere / 93 min
Whistleblower and Bellingcat journalist Christo Grozev and his deadly fight against the Russian government. Premiering in a new version.
A Sisters’ Tale
Leila Amini / Switzerland, France & Iran / 2024 / 94 min
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.
The Ban + The Diary of a Sky
Roisin Agnew & Lawrence Abu Hamdan / Ireland, United Kingdom & Lebanon / 71 min
Walls – akinni inuk
Nina Paninnguaq Skydsbjerg & Sofie Rørdam / Greenland / 2025 / World Premiere / 72 min
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.
The Nicest Men on Earth
Josefine Exner & Sebastian Gerdes / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere / 77 min
+ Event: NOAH x CPH:DOX presents!
This screening is in collaboration with our furniture partner NOAH. After the screening there will be some free drinks and music in the foyer!
Language: English.
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.
18:00
Experience this year's eye-opening INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Untamed: Humanity Rewilded" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Who Witnessed the Temples Fall
Lucía Selva / Spain / 2025 / World Premiere / 72 min
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.
Collective Monologue
Jessica Sarah Rinland / Argentina & United Kingdom / 2024 / 104 min
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.
The Bibi Files
Alexis Bloom / United States / 2024 / 115 min
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.
19:00
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.
Everest Dark
Jereme Watt / Canada / 2025 / World Premiere / 90 min
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.
Little Syria
Madalina Rosca & Reem Karssli / Portugal, Romania & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere / 90 min
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.
One to One: John & Yoko
Kevin Macdonald & Sam Rice-Edwards / United Kingdom / 2025 / Danish Premiere / 100 min
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.
The Typewriter and Other Headaches
Nicolas Philibert / France / 2024 / 72 min
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.
About a Hero
Piotr Winiewicz / Denmark / 2024 / 84 min
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.
Human Race
Simon Lec / Denmark, United Kingdom, Norway, Germany, Switzerland & United States / 2025 / World Premiere / 100 min
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.
My Sweet Land
Sareen Hairabedian / United States, Jordan, France & Ireland / 2024 / 86 min
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?
20:00
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
Fantastic Family
Nicoline Skotte / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere / 85 min
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.
21:00
Agatha’s Almanac
Amalie Atkins / Canada / 2025 / World Premiere / 87 min
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.
The Shipwrecked Triptych
Deniz Eroglu / Germany / 2025 / 90 min
Q&A: Meet director Deniz Eroglu
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.
Copan
Carine Wallauer / Brazil & France / 2025 / World Premiere / 98 min
+ Debate: Who Has the Right to Tell the Stories?
Moderated by documentary filmmaker Jennifer Tonndorff, we will dive into how a filmmaker’s personal relationship with their subject influences the story, together with this film’s director, Carine Wallauer, and filmmaker Marina Vorobyeva.
Language: Engelsk
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.
Viktor
Olivier Sarbil / Denmark, Ukraine, France & United States / 2024 / 89 min
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'.
Lowland Kids
Sandra Winther / Denmark & United States / 2025 / World Premiere / 92 min
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.
Kontinental ’25
Radu Jude / Romania / 2025 / 109 min
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.
Pavements
Alex Ross Perry / United States / 2024 / 130 min
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.
Ol’ Dirty Bastard: A Tale of Two Dirtys
Sam Pollard & Jason Pollard / United States / 2024 / 88 min
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.
Caught by the Tides
Zhang-Ke Jia / China / 2024 / 111 min
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.
ILOVERUSS
Tova Mozard / Sweden / 2025 / World Premiere / 90 min
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.
Rave
Lukasz Ronduda & Dawid Nickel / Poland / 2024 / International Premiere / 77 min
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.