Schedule

A festival hit that uses dazzling, hypnotic images to tell the story of a deeply religious and pacifist community whose way of life is threatened by the Russian invasion.

Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

A young Taliban fighter turns out to be a complex individual, but inherited ideologies weigh heavily in a lavishly cinematic film by an Afghan CPH:DOX winner.

With great patience, an elderly Vietnamese woman tries to pass on her wisdom to her grandchildren. A tactile film shot with an old Bolex camera about the power of language and cultural heritage.

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.

When Hungary’s largest newsroom collapses under political pressure, one journalist keeps filming, capturing the inside story of a collective stand for press freedom in an increasingly authoritarian state.

Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Join us for an introduction ahead of the screening of 'Our Land', followed by a shared lunch in partnership with Grønt Marked. A relaxed way to ease into the themes of the film and spend the afternoon together.

Ten years in the life of an extraordinary young girl, from her escape from Syria to Germany with her family, where she grows up and becomes a young woman. A captivating film about exile, hope and dreams.

Two intense short films about faith, strength and inner fault lines: 'Mother Creature' by Maria Tórgarð and 'Joan of Arc' by Hlynur Pálmason.

Meet the visionary director Peter Mettler at the screening of his seven hour long film 'While the Green Grass Grows: A Seven part Diary', as he hosts the filmscreening and a communal dinner.

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.

Danish film producer Peter Aalbæk is a self-proclaimed patriarch. Now his daughters are sending him to therapy—but can he really change? A loving, funny, and merciless portrait of a threatened species.

Czech festival hit about two ageing twins with revolutionary blood in their veins who have created a world for themselves on a farm outside of society. But now their bond is starting to unravel.

What do you get when you leave two aging Polish widows and inseparable soul mates in each other's loving company in a village in Romania? Double trouble!

Amidst the chaos of war in Congo, a young filmmaker documents his generation's struggle for dignity, using his camera as a weapon.

Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

The winner of last year's Berlinale award for best documentary is a complex portrait of how a Jewish family's tragedy on October 7 turns into a pawn in a geopolitical game.

Venezuela: In a broken health system where life hangs by a thread, Carolina rises as a maternity warrior. Drawing strength from her past, she relentlessly preserves the vital cord between pregnant women and their babies.

In a remote village high up in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, a brother and sister are forced out of education before their childhood is over.

What do you want in a relationship? And what exactly is a relationship? When people fall in love with robots, an avalanche of existential questions is set off.

During the disaster in Gaza, a Danish-Palestinian film director attempts to raise awareness among the Danish public, while struggling to keep himself together. A deeply personal film with a mission.

Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin and other female thinkers, a Norwegian filmmaker invites us on a sensual and richly philosophical journey of (re)discovery in the deep Finnish forests.

A visit to a worn-out backyard cinema in Jordan, where the two employees and their only regular customer become the protagonists in a witty and politically poignant course in filmmaking.

The ideological war between Russia and the West takes on a highly dramatic form in Finland, where three Russian women are locked in a bitter dispute over Putin's regime and their own heritage.

A Danish-Korean director explores her life as an adopted child and discovers a family history full of shadows, stretching from the west coast of Denmark to the mountains of South Korea.

What can mushrooms teach us about the past and the future? Join us for dinner by Grønt Marked, followed by a short introduction to contemporary fungal research by PhD fellow Nikita Morel.

A botched assassination. A quiet English city contaminated by a chemical weapon. Russian spies on the run. A mother of three killed. A government fearing the start of WW3. The most extraordinary true spy tale in modern history.

The climate movement and two lawyers are challenging the Danish state in a high-profile court case to stop a new artificial peninsula in Copenhagen Harbor.

Four short films from Palestine about everyday resilience, fragile hope and lives shaped by occupation and displacement: 'The Miracle of Life', 'Colors Under The Sky', 'Very Small Dreams' and 'Hassan'.

Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Join us for the screening of 'Jaripeo' followed by a Q&A with the directors on masculine camouflage, performativity and gender expression. And stay for the Hyper Expression Party afterward where we celebrate gender expression in our very own queer jaripeo!

At the premiere of the film, meet the director Suki Chan in conversation with collaborator and participant in the film, neuroscientist and author Dr. Anil Seth.

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.

After 11 years locked up in her family home, Adelina flees from a Georgian village to Vienna in the hope of finding the freedom to be herself. But even in exile, the chains of the past prove difficult to break free from.

Young love and intertwined lives in Taipei in a romantic and charming debut film with a colossal creative energy that dissolves the boundary between fiction and reality - just like when you are in love.

A cinematic essay on perception and the afterlife of ideas - told through a place in transition. A film of magnificent intellectual scope and uncompromising formal integrity.

It's summer in Paris, and at a youth club in Belleville the young people have an idea: they want to organize a music festival in a park. A fast-paced film where the positive energy comes from within.

An animated autofiction from Morocco, in which a queer filmmaker calls home from NYC to her mother in Casablanca to talk things out. Truly original, and truly cool.

Would you still be the same if your heart belonged to someone else - even if that someone else was a pig? A philosophical and quietly poignant film about our relationship with our fellow creatures.

An intimate portrait of an uncompromising feminist artist and musician, depicting both her fierce creative drive and the personal costs of using her own life as raw material.

In Finland, a middle-aged couple of potato farmers must agree on the rules for living together, as the man's bisexuality puts the limits of their love to the test.

In a Calabrian village, peace is threatened by a long-standing family feud between two sisters-in-law. A tragicomic portrait of a tiny town where the art of the melodrama is alive and well.

Five bold short films by contemporary artists about bodies, boundaries and systems under pressure.

A British chef paddles 3,000 kilometers along Greenland's west coast, surviving on nature's bounty and discovering the power of community in a country surrounded by geopolitical tensions.

First time at the rodeo? Join os for a queer jaripeo: a gender expression rodeo at the Opening of Charlottenborg party!

Allow yourself to be teleported directly from Park Bio in Østerbro to Jacob Shaw's musical farm – Scandinavian Cello School - in Stevns when we invite you to the world premiere of Katrine Philp's documentary 'Where Music Grows' – accompanied by delicious food and wonderful music.

Following the world premiere of 'Jason's Box, we invite you to a panel discussion on climate activism in Greenland and all the small actions we can take to avoid drowning in a feeling of powerlessness. Meet the film's protagonist and glaciologist, ...

Michael Greenberg is a defiant young visionary and climate activist in the US. With the timing of a stand-up comedian, lightning intelligence, and the charisma of a young Bob Dylan, he is rallying a generation in the fight for a livable future.

From the carefree summers of childhood to the turbulent teenage years. Five formative years in a young group of friends in Stockholm, where their bond is put to the test as they navigate their way into adulthood.

A cinematic time capsule from William S. Burroughs' legendary Nova Convention in New York, where icons such as Patti Smith, Frank Zappa, and Laurie Anderson met in an explosive artistic clash.

Friends, colleagues, and spiritual companions paint an intimate portrait of Nick Cave - an artist in transformation, shaped by grief, curiosity, and the search for meaning after the loss of his son.

Young Ukrainians from the frontline town of Mariinka face a decade of war that divides their families and derails their fates. An epic and visionary masterpiece filmed over 10 years.

What does Irish folk music sound like in 2026? There are as many answers to that question as there are singers in the countless pubs where the genre is still kept alive throughout Ireland today.

Step inside Berlin's legendary sex club, KitKatClub in a gorgeous black-and-white film. An intimate and generous tale of freedom, lust, boundaries, and sex in all its varieties.

Three young Norwegian women form a coven and start the black metal band Witch Club Satan. Before they know it, they are playing at major international festivals, but the battle has only just begun.