Schedule
Here you will find all films and events during CPH:DOX 2026, day by day.
11:30
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
13:30
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
16:00
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
The Tingbjerg Experiment
Louise Detlefsen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 75 min
In presence of director Louise Detlefsen
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?
Q&A in presence of the directors Olivier Bienaimé & Hervé Bienaimé
A French school class from the provinces goes on a trip to the Centre Pompidou in Paris in a film that explores what art and culture mean – and to whom.
In presence of directors Emma Harris & Antshi von Moos
Two sensuous short films about body, nature and transformation: 'Flying Scents' by Antshi von Moos and 'Errabonda' by Emma Harris.
Construction Site
Jean-Stéphane Bron / France & Switzerland / 2025 / 94 min
Q&A in presence of director Jean-Stéphane Bron
Star architect Renzo Piano's project to renovate a cinema in the heart of Paris becomes a fascinating study in reconciling artistic vision and practical realities.
Killing Anna
Sam Benstead / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 76 min
Q&A in presence of director Sam Benstead & protagonist Anna
A shocking video from Syria leads to an unusual detective story when a Syrian woman makes up a fake name to catch war criminals - on Facebook. A psychological thriller with a brave woman as a virtual Sherlock Holmes.
Atlas of Disappearance
Manuel Correa / Spain & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere / 84 min
Q&A in presence of director Manuel Correa
On the trail of the earthly remains of the victims of Franco's regime in a film that combines modern technology and paper archives in a historical investigation based on the director's own research through Forensic Architecture.
Fuck the Polis
Rita Azevedo Gomes / Portugal / 2025 / 74 min
The beauty and joy of living and traveling are at the heart of an award-winning, enigmatic work by a renowned Portuguese filmmaker. A cinematic travel diary full of poetry, art, and Greek myths.
Everybody to Kenmure Street
Felipe Bustos Sierra / United Kingdom / 2026 / 98 min
On a street in Glasgow, hundreds of residents flock to prevent the deportation of two of their neighbors. Award-winning Sundance hit about civil disobedience and radical neighborliness.
17:00
Meet the director of '80 Angry Journalists' András Földes, in conversation with Human Rights Watch advocacy director in Europe and Central Asia, Iskra Kirova, about the fight for press freedom in Hungary.
In-I In Motion
Juliette Binoche / France / 2025 / 127 min
Introduced by Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche visits CPH:DOX with her debut film as director: An intimate film about the demanding creative process of developing a dance performance with herself on stage.
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.
Enough is Enough
Elisé Sawasawa / France & Democratic Republic of Congo / 2026 / 65 min
Amidst the chaos of war in Congo, a young filmmaker documents his generation's struggle for dignity, using his camera as a weapon.
18:00
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
19:00
Techplomacy
Susanne Kovacs / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A with director Susanne Kovács and Denmark's Tech Ambassador Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard
From freedom of speech to fake news and AI. In a largely unregulated digital world, a 33-year-old Danish woman is appointed tech ambassador with a global mandate.
If Luck Will Come
Camille Bildsøe / Denmark, Iceland & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
The evening begins with a performance by Afghan singer Ghawgha
Through beautiful images and with a camera at eye level with its young protagonists, we gain a rare insight into what it means to grow up in Afghanistan after the Taliban took power.
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya / Iran, Türkiye & Greece / 2025 / 76 min
+ Meet the films directors Mehrdad Oskouie and Soraya Akhalaghi in conversation with Mette Knudsen, Denmark's Ambassador to Afghanistan. They will discuss what it means to be a woman in Afghanistan, talk about fleeing your country, and how storytelling and art can be used as a form of resistance. The conversation will be moderated by Wahida Faizi, Gender Coordinator at IMS.
This conversation is in English
Over five years, young Soraya documents her repeated attempts to flee Iran for Europe with her mobile phone.
Boy George & Culture Club
Alison Ellwood / United States & United Kingdom / 2025 / 96 min
The story of one of the most groundbreaking pop bands of the 1980s is a dramatic journey filled with internal infatuation, secret homosexuality, and destructive heroin abuse.
The Ballad of Judas Priest
Sam Dunn & Tom Morello / United States / 2026 / 98 min
Put on your studded belt and leather vest! 50 entertaining years of rock history with the iconic heavy metal legends that changed the sound and style of heavy metal forever.
Desire Lines
Dane Komljen / Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, Croatia & Germany / 2025 / 107 min
An enigmatic and restless queer fable about a sleepless man who follows his brother on a cruise through the dark nights of Belgrade.
In collaboration with MIX Copenhagen, we open up the conversation Through a Queer Lens, exploring representation, intersectionality, and the right to define one’s own story on screen.
Amongst the Birds
Mika Kaurismäki, Ragnar Axelsson & Ingvar Þórðarson / Iceland / 2026 / World Premiere / 83 min
Q&A in presence of directors Mika Kaurismäki, Ragnar Axelsson & Ingvar Þórðarson
Understated Icelandic humour and breathtaking landscapes in a charming and picturesque film about birds and people – and about a deeply lovable elderly couple and their friends.
Daughters of the Forest
Otilia Portillo / Mexico / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
Q&A in presence of Julieta Serafina Amaya (protagonist) & Elena Fortes (producer)
Science fiction meets ancient practices deep in Mexico's mushroom-rich forests, where two female mycologists from the country's indigenous peoples seek to unite past and present across life forms.
Two powerful short films about identity, belonging and responsibility in a Greenlandic reality: 'Our Flag' by Johannes Müller and 'Tamatta Ataqatigiippugut – We are all connected' by Arina Kleist.
Experience the premiere of the Danish documentary 'Burning Voice', a harsh and political film about women's rights, identity, and the price of speaking out. Through one woman's personal story, the film depicts negative social control and the ...
A modern fairy tale in which the real world is enchanted with the fabulous, cinematic inventiveness of Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze.
Christiania
Karl Friis Forchhammer / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 93 min
Q&A with director Karl Friis Forchhammer
Christiania is one of the world's most iconic social experiments. After 50 years of big dreams, strong tobacco and anarchy, this colourful neighbourhood finally got the film its colourful history deserves.
20:00
Opening of our SCIENCE:CINEMA! At the world premiere of 'Menopause Mystery' you can meet the film's director, Louise Unmack Kjeldsen, in conversation with nurse Sanne Gottlieb and Pauline Maki, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Illinois.
Iconic film star Juliette Binoche visits CPH:DOX for a very special evening at Grand Teatret. Experience Binoche's debut as a documentary filmmaker on the big screen and meet her in an exclusive conversation about her creative process.
Newport and the Great Folk Dream
Robert Gordon / United States / 2025 / 99 min
+ MEET THE PRODUCER
After the film's screening there will be a Q&A with the film's producer, Joe Lauro.
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.
21:00
Our Land
Orban Wallace / United Kingdom / 2025 / International Premiere / 91 min
Does everyone have the right to roam freely in nature? Not in England, where eccentric landowners and nature lovers fight a creative battle over the land.
Ghost Elephants
Werner Herzog / United States / 2025 / 99 min
German film legend Werner Herzog is back. This time, he has joined an expedition into the jungles of Angola to search for a mysterious herd of giant ghost elephants.
Two Filipino women are heading in different directions in life, but face the same choices in a film that subtly connects postcolonial realities and storytelling.
Join our party where queer art, film, and culture merge with dance, presence, and celebration.
Sun Ra: Do The Impossible
Christine Turner / United States / 2025 / 84 min
+ MEET THE DIRECTOR
After the screening there will be a Q&A with the film's director, Christine Turner.
Space is the place! A colorful portrait of the visionary jazz composer who shaped both jazz and black Americans' self-image with his bold visions for music and humanity.
Dreaming of Serenada
Katrine Weber / Uganda, Denmark & United States / 2026 / World Premiere / 75 min
Meet director Katrine Weber and protagonist Luba Mukibi Lynch
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.
Last Movies
Stanley Schtinter / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 86 min
Q&A in presence of director Stanley Schtinter
Film history from Kafka to Kurt Cobain: A darkly humorous, alternative timeline based on the last films iconic celebrities watched before (and sometimes while) they died – narrated by Jeremy Irons.
Underland
Robert Petit / United States & United Kingdom / 2025 / 79 min
Q&A in presence of director Robert Petit
Three underground astronauts explore the underworld and reveal deep connections between the past and the future. Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller and narrated by Sandra Hüller.
Broken English
Jane Pollard & Iain Forsyth / United Kingdom / 2025 / 99 min
The legendary Marianne Faithfull's extraordinary life, told by herself and accompanied by George MacKay, Tilda Swinton, and Nick Cave in a deeply original film by the duo behind ‘20,000 Days on Earth’.













































