Schedule
Here you will find all films and events during CPH:DOX 2026, day by day.
18:00
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Can law and litigation be effective tools in the fight for climate and environmental protection? This is what we will explore in an evening at Islands Brygge Kulturhus with the Lynetteholm project and the courtroom as the battleground in focus.
Dreaming of Serenada
Katrine Weber / Uganda, Denmark & United States / 2026 / World Premiere / 75 min
Danish-Ugandan Luba returns to her father’s rainforest in Uganda to save what is on the brink of being lost. A personal story about climate struggle, identity, and belonging.
A Child of My Own
Maite Alberdi / Mexico / 2026 / 93 min
Q&A in presence of director Maite Alberdi
A young Mexican woman fakes her own pregnancy, but soon becomes a hostage to her own stories. An incredible story, told in an equally unusual way by the Oscar-nominated filmmaker Maite Alberdi.
Matter of Britain
Peter Treherne / United Kingdom / 2026 / European Premiere / 103 min
Q&A in presence of director Peter Treherne
An enchanting film about an entire British village reenacting the myth of the Holy Grail over the course of a year. A striking debut film with enormous imaginative power.
Wax & Gold
Ruth Beckermann / Austria / 2026 / 97 min
Austrian documentary veteran Ruth Beckermann has traveled to Addis Ababa to uncover a historical truth. An essay about Ethiopia's divided past, where the questions outnumber the answers.
Q&A in presence of director Elisabeth Rasmussen and protagonist Jon Larsen
What if the mysteries of life can be found in the gutter? That question drives an unusual man on a journey to explore our connection to the stars.
Open My Mind
Marcel Wyss / Switzerland / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
Q&A in presence of director Marcel Wyss
Experimental, psychedelic therapy is put to the test in a film that is equal parts scientific and deeply personal, with the protagonist himself serving as the guinea pig.
19:00
Little Sinner
Daro Hansen & Thomas Papapetros / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A: Meet directors Daro Hansen & Thomas Papapetros
20 years of deeply personal recordings compiled into a raw and unfiltered journey from Damascus to Denmark, depicting a Syrian woman's relentless struggle against violence, betrayal, and her own past.
The Lives of My Father
Magnus Skatvold / Norway / 2026 / International Premiere / 86 min
Q&A in presence of director Magnus Skatvold
He thought his Norwegian father was a journalist. In reality, he was a CIA spy who fired AK-47s in the Kuwaiti desert and infiltrated cocaine laboratories in Colombia. It is time to face the truth, and it's stranger than fiction.
Everyone Is Lying To You For Money
Ben McKenzie / United States, El Salvador & United Kingdom / 2025 / European Premiere / 90 min
If you've bought cryptocurrency in the hope of easy money, you should watch Ben McKenzie's entertaining and eye-opening film, which is to cryptocurrency what ‘The Big Short’ was to the financial crisis.
Aanikoobijigan [ancestor / great-grandparent / great-grandchild]
Adam Khalil & Zack Khalil / United States / 2026 / European Premiere / 81 min
Q&A in presence of directors Adam & Zach Khalil
The battle for the earthly remains of Indigenous peoples is both bureaucratic and spiritual in a highly topical film by two members of the New Red Order artist collective.
The Cycle of Love
Orlando von Einsiedel / United Kingdom & Sweden / 2025 / European Premiere / 98 min
Q&A in presence of director Orlando von Einsiedel and the protagonists PK and Lotta,
A young Indian man cycles 10,000 km from Delhi to Sweden to find the love of his life. An epic adventure film and an incredible but true story – and one of the biggest romantic hits of the year.
Whispers in May
Dongnan Chen / Hong Kong, Netherlands, Republic of Korea (South Korea) & Sweden / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
Q&A in presence of director Dongnan Chen
In the remote Liangshan Mountains, 14-year-old Qihuo and her friends set out to find a skirt for her rite of passage. What begins as a small quest drifts into a suspended space of childhood, where time slows and the world is vast.
Fukushima
James Jones & Megumi Inman / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director James Jones
The Fukushima disaster, recounted hour by hour by the people who stayed behind to prevent a meltdown. An ultra-intense and gripping epic from the director of ‘Antidote’.
An Eye For an Eye
Tanaz Eshaghian & Farzad Jafari / United States, Iran & Denmark / 2025 / 84 min
An Iranian woman sentenced to death for killing her abusive husband fights for her life in a nerve-racking courtroom thriller about life, death and the very real price of forgiveness.
A Life Illuminated
Tasha Van Zandt / United States / 2025 / 89 min
Q&A in presence of director Tasha Van Zandt
On an expedition in the deep sea with marine biologist Dr. Edie Widder, who is on a mission to document the luminescent life forms that live in the dark - a sight no one has ever seen on film before.
20:00
Meet the director Alex Kiehl and the producer, Elin Rhys, together with scientist Troels C. Petersen, in a conversation about the unique project that is CERN. Moderator: Anders Lund Madsen.
A Very Good Boy
Sébastien Lifshitz / France / 2026 / 87 min
An aging French gay porn icon recounts a life story worthy of a novel. A beautiful and existential film that also tells the forgotten story of the gay rights movement with erotic power and style.
21:00
Q&A in presence of director Angelica Ruffier
As a teenager, she was in love with her teacher. Now, a French-Swedish filmmaker returns to her youthful obsession in a beautiful diary film about desire, vampires and self-discovery.
Petrolheads
Emil Langballe & Emil Langballe / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 77 min
Two very special friends on a road trip through Denmark in search of a used Honda Civic that might make life just a little bit more normal. A warm film that goes straight to the heart.
The Seasons
Maureen Fazendeiro / Portugal, France, Spain & Austria / 2025 / 82 min
Local fables and myths are brought to life in a film with deep roots in southern Portugal where the communal is always at the heart of the culture.
With dollar signs in their eyes, gold miners venture into a barren desert landscape, driven by dreams of wealth and a different life. An intense documentary thriller about the gold rush in Niger.
After #MeToo broke the cultural silence on gendered violence, international human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson fights against the weaponization of defamation laws to silence survivors.
A dazzlingly beautiful portrait of one of anti-colonialism's most iconic and enigmatic figures. A guerrilla leader, poet, and agronomist who was diplomatic, utopian, and ruthless in the struggle for freedom.
Creatures of the Mind
Marcelo Gomes / Brazil / 2025 / 84 min
A hypnotic study of dreams, sleep and the mysteries of the subconscious. Science meets myth in a Brazilian film where indigenous knowledge sheds new light on the deep mysteries of the mind.
The Tingbjerg Experiment
Louise Detlefsen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 75 min
What happens when a select group of young, idealistic middle-class families settle in a Copenhagen ‘ghetto’ with a dream of developing a new neighborhood?
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Robert Gordon / United States / 2025 / 99 min
Calling all fans of ‘A Complete Unknown’! Join us on a kaleidoscopic journey through the Newport Folk Festival in the years 1963–66, culminating in Bob Dylan's landmark electric performance.
Summer Tour
Mischa Richter / United States / 2025 / 82 min
Let your hair down and join an acid-fueled road trip through the summer with two young ‘Deadheads’ as they follow Grateful Dead on their final tour.












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