Schedule
Here you will find all films and events during CPH:DOX 2026, day by day.
09:30
Intelligence Rising
Elena Andreicheva / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 73 min
Thinkers such as Yuval Harari and leaders from the EU, China and the US participate in a war game on AI, where they are confronted with geopolitical scenarios for possible future crises.
10:15
American Doctor
Poh Si Teng / United States, Palestine, Malaysia & Denmark / 2026 / International Premiere / 90 min
When three American doctors - Palestinian, Jewish and Zoroastrian - enter Gaza to save lives, they find themselves caught between medicine and politics, risking everything to expose the truth.
11:15
Scarlet Girls
Paula Cury Melo / Dominican Republic, Germany & Mexico / 2026 / World Premiere / 70 min
A young filmmaker's graceful and courageous film from the Dominican Republic, where women speak openly about living in a country where abortion is banned - without exception.
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
12:00
Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede
Joe Bini / United Kingdom / Live Cinema Experience / 2026 / 80 min
'Burden of Other People's Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede' is a surreal, abstract memoir of Joe Bini's life as a film editor and storyteller, presented as a live cinema experience for one audience member at a time.
bauhaus forever.
Nico Weber / Germany & Netherlands / 2026 / World Premiere / 96 min
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.
A Song Without Home
Rati Tsiteladze / Georgia & United States / 2026 / World Premiere / 75 min
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.
Open My Mind
Marcel Wyss / Switzerland / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
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.
13:00
CPH:DOX SUMMIT
13:00 - 17:00 Monday 16th Mar 2026 / 240 min
Discover the full CPH:DOX SUMMIT programme, taking place Monday March, 16.
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede
Joe Bini / United Kingdom / Live Cinema Experience / 2026 / 80 min
'Burden of Other People's Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede' is a surreal, abstract memoir of Joe Bini's life as a film editor and storyteller, presented as a live cinema experience for one audience member at a time.
14:00
Last Movies
Stanley Schtinter / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 86 min
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.
Atlas of Disappearance
Manuel Correa / Spain & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere / 84 min
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.
The Arctic Circle of Lust
Markku Heikkinen / Finland, Germany & Sweden / 2026 / International Premiere / 97 min
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.
15:00
Materia Prima
Jens Schanze / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere / 89 min
The Bolivian Andes are rich in both lithium and drama in a film about a new gold rush, where global interests collide and 500 years of colonial history continue to haunt the present.
Becoming Ema
Patricia Drati / Denmark, Spain & Slovakia / 2026 / World Premiere / 83 min
A young woman defies her parents' wishes and the pressure of society, and moves to the forest to start a family close to nature. But the road to becoming herself is long and difficult.
Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede
Joe Bini / United Kingdom / Live Cinema Experience / 2026 / 80 min
'Burden of Other People's Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede' is a surreal, abstract memoir of Joe Bini's life as a film editor and storyteller, presented as a live cinema experience for one audience member at a time.
16:00
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
Following the screening of “If Luck Will Come”, the focus will be on children in conflict and war zones and how play can be crucial to their well-being, development and mental health, even when their everyday lives are marked by insecurity and loss.
What happens when an entire country deregulates the alcohol market? Join us for a conversation with Kim Eng, the main source in Cambodian Beer Dreams, Lærke Højgaard Christiansen, professor at DTU in Corporate Social Responsibility, and Maria Koch Aabel, director of Alkohol & Samfund. Moderator: Knud Brix.
Do the Kurds have any friends other than the mountains? Meet director Maryam Embrahimi, creator of 'The Phantom Pain of Rojava', in conversation with Joanna Palani, who fought against Islamic State, and Naila Bugyi-Bozo, a former doctor stationed in ...
Meet the scientist from the film 'Menopause Mystery', Anette Tønnes, senior physician at Rigshospitalet, Pauline Maki, professor at the University of Illinois and Silje Mæland, University of Bergen, in a conversation about the state of menopause research.
Hell’s Army
Richard Rowley / Ukraine, Syria, Central African Republic, Lithuania & United States / 2026 / World Premiere / 92 min
Q&A in presence of director Richard Rowley
A dissident Russian journalist chases the world’s most feared mercenary army, Wagner, across the globe as she races to unmask a new model of violence that is transforming the world for all of us.
Amongst the Birds
Mika Kaurismäki, Ragnar Axelsson & Ingvar Þórðarson / Iceland / 2026 / World Premiere / 83 min
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.
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Mehrdad Oskouei & Soraya / Iran, Türkiye & Greece / 2025 / 76 min
Over five years, young Soraya documents her repeated attempts to flee Iran for Europe with her mobile phone.
Burden of Other People’s Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede
Joe Bini / United Kingdom / Live Cinema Experience / 2026 / 80 min
'Burden of Other People's Dreams: Chapter One – Ganymede' is a surreal, abstract memoir of Joe Bini's life as a film editor and storyteller, presented as a live cinema experience for one audience member at a time.
The Cord
Nolwenn Hervé / France / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
Q&A in presence of director Nolwenn Hervé
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.
17:00
Join politician Ida Auken and author Knud Romer as they explore the concept of spiritual armament and celebrate unity.
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.
Construction Site
Jean-Stéphane Bron / France & Switzerland / 2025 / 94 min
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.
I Heard That They Are Not Going To See Each Other Anymore
Ka Ki Wong / Taiwan, Hong Kong, Türkiye & United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 86 min
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.
Jason’s Box
Michael Strassburger / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere / 89 min
What happens when an experienced climate scientist becomes an activist? In Greenland, scientist Jason Box and his local colleagues are launching a radical project to raise global awareness.
Join us beneth the surface as we screen 'Underland' in Cisternerne.
18:00
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
In presence of directors Andrea Zimmerman, Aida Berisha & Max Göran
Three poetic short films about memory, the gaze and identity in a world in constant shift: 'here and not here' by Andrea Zimmerman, 'Aerial' by Aida Berisha and 'Boy Cried Wolf' by Max Göran.
Q&A in presence of director Alisa Kovalenko
Ukrainian women who have survived sexual violence during Russia's war refuse to remain silent. A brutally honest testimony from the female victims of war.
Nurses come and go, but none for me
Ed Atkins & Steven Zultanski / United Kingdom / 2025 / International Premiere / 122 min
Q&A in presence of directors Ed Atkins & Steven Zultanski
His father's diaries from his final months in hospital, minimalistically staged by artist Ed Atkins and by Steven Zultanski as a performative film in two acts.
19:00
What is the price of justice and who pays the price? Meet Sissel Stormo Holtan, a Sámi reindeer herder from Fosen, climate activist Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen and Jonas Christoffersen, Lawyer in a conversation about indigenous peoples' rights and ...
Amazomania
Nathan Grossman / Sweden, Denmark & France / 2026 / World Premiere / 93 min
Q&A in presence of director Nathan Grossman
A hazardous expedition in the Amazon becomes a moral minefield in a thought-provoking film about the white man's gaze, as the project turns the camera on itself and the colonial legacy.
Arctic Link
Ian Purnell / Switzerland / 2026 / World Premiere / 82 min
Q&A in presence of director Ian Purnell
A remote corner of Alaska is finally connected to the internet, but what does that mean for the islanders? An epic debut film about the technological imaginaries of a changing world.
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul
Shakiba Adil & Elina Hirvonen / Finland & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
Q&A in presence of directors Shakiba Adil & Elina Hirvonen
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where women are denied the right to study, work, and speak freely, a group of young women risk their lives to form a secret reading circle.
Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment
Andreas Pichler / Germany / 2025 / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Andreas Pichler
Elon Musk wants to lead the race to develop self-driving cars, but it comes at a price. A docu-thriller about Tesla's fatal safety breach and the mindset behind it.
Watching People Watching Birds
Michael Loeken & Ulrike Franke / Germany / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Birds are an endangered species, but birdwatchers around the world are on the case in a delightful, charming film about amateur ornithologists.
One in a Million
Itab Azzam & Jack MacInnes / United Kingdom & Germany / 2026 / 103 min
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.
Five bold short films by contemporary artists about bodies, boundaries and systems under pressure.
The Way Elsewhere
Eirini Vourloumis / Greece / 2026 / International Premiere / 82 min
Q&A in presence of director Eirini Vourloumis
Three experienced taxi drivers roam the streets of Athens dreaming of art and new beginnings in a nocturnal and poetic film for night owls.
In Full Agreement
Panu Suuronen / Finland / 2025 / International Premiere / 85 min
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.
Daughters of the Forest
Otilia Portillo / Mexico / 2026 / World Premiere / 95 min
Q&A in presence of director Otilia Portillo & protagonist Julieta Serafina Amaya
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.
Just Look Up
Emma Wall & Betsy Hershey / United States & Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 94 min
+ Meet the films main protagonist Michael, Maxwell, Cheyenne and Bala, in a conversation about climate activism in the US.
This conversation will be in English.
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.
20:00
Meet Bastian Emil and Brian Holm in a live version of their hit podcast Café Eddy, in celebration of their icon, cycling legend Eddy Merckx.
Join us beneth the surface as we screen 'Underland' in Cisternerne.
The Patriarch
Andrea Storm Henriksen / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 55 min
Q&A in presence of director Andrea Storm Henriksen
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.
21:00
In presence of directors Hira Nabi, María Rojas Arias, Joséphine Privat & Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Four experimental short films about memory, landscape and the traces history leaves in the present: 'They (no longer) remember' by Hira Nabi, 'Jirapo' by María Rojas Arias, 'City of Light' by Joséphine Privat and 'ti y l tt e dr ps ff sp c' by Anne Gry Friis Kristensen.
Dream of Another Summer
Irene Bartolomé / Spain & Lebanon / 2026 / World Premiere / 70 min
A dreamlike exploration of Beirut as a state of mind, where every shadowy image is a moving photograph and the intimacy is like lines in a diary.
Four short films about love, rupture and fragile connections: 'From This Day Forth' by Jonatan Egholm Keis, 'Where Ever You Are' by Jenna Mangulad, 'You Say That You’re Staying at the Party Because You’re Having Fun' by Siri Hammarén and 'Three of Cup' by Mário Macedo.
Barrio Triste
STILLZ / Colombia & United States / 2025 / 89 min
Banger of the year! A breathless and trippy hybrid film sensation, shot on a VHS tape in Medellín by four young punks. Produced by Harmony Korine and featuring a new score by Arca.
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.
Like Any Other Mortal
Maria Molina Peiró / Netherlands & Spain / 2026 / International Premiere / 92 min
Q&A in presence of director Maria Molina Peiró
On a distant planet, a lonely robot roams around looking for signs of life, while scientists search for unknown life forms in Andalusia. A visionary journey with deep philosophical resonance.
Time and Water
Sara Dosa / United States & Iceland / 2026 / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Sara Dosa, author Andri Snær Magnason and producers Shane Boris, Jameka Autry & Elijah Stevens
Iceland's ancient landscapes are changing, and for author Andri Snær Magnason, the deep changes are about more than ice. A thoughtful and existential film from the director of ‘Fire of Love’.
Q&A in presence of director Sinéad O' Shea
The curse of old money and the shadows of the past haunt a young and ultra-rich anti-capitalist from one of America's wealthiest families in one of the most incredible stories of the year.
Almost Forever
Lia Hietala & Hannah Reinikainen / Sweden & Finland / 2026 / World Premiere / 87 min
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.
Christiania
Karl Friis Forchhammer / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 93 min
Presented in collaboration with CAFx
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.
Powwow People
Sky Hopinka / United States / 2025 / 88 min
Q&A in presence of director Sky Hopinka
From dawn to dusk, filmmaker Sky Hopinka depicts a powwow where Native Americans gather to celebrate their community and shared history.
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.
22:00
Jaripeo
Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig / United States, Mexico & United Kingdom / 2026 / 71 min
Q&A in presence of directors Efraín Mojica & Rebecca Zweig
Behind the hypermasculine rituals of a Mexican rodeo show a hidden queer desire pulsates. A festival hit about performative masculinity and the longings of the subconscious.






































































