Schedule
Here you will find all films and events during CPH:DOX 2026, day by day.
10:00
CPH:CONFERENCE - A MORNING WITH POH SI TENG
10:00 - 11:00 Tuesday 17th Mar 2026 / 60 min
Filmmaker Poh Si Teng has long been an esteemed producer with stints at ABC News, Al Jazeera, Vice, and the New York Times. Now she makes her directing debut with "American Doctor" that follows three American doctors from different backgrounds - ...
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.
11:10
CONVERSATION ABOUT TIME AND WATER
11:10 - 12:00 Tuesday 17th Mar 2026 / 50 min
Challenging misconceptions and revealing how partnership can support creative integrity rather than simply constrain it, this session will see Carolyn Bernstein (National Geographic) converse with director Sara Dosa and producer Shane Boris (Time and Water).
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
12:00
Matter of Britain
Peter Treherne / United Kingdom / 2026 / European Premiere / 103 min
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.
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.
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 ART OF LISTENING: THE CRAFT OF SONIC CINEMA
12:10 - 13:00 Tuesday 17th Mar 2026 / 50 min
In the beginning the cinema was silent. How is sound used as a creative and critical force in contemporary moving images - what do we sense first, sound or image?
Killing Anna
Sam Benstead / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 76 min
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.
Christiania
Karl Friis Forchhammer / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 93 min
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.
13:30
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
WHAT IS TRUTH ANYWAY - DOCUMENTARY IN THE AGE OF MISTRUST
14:00 - 14:50 Tuesday 17th Mar 2026 / 50 min
A conversation about trust, power, and the future of documentary.
After the screening, we will hold a draw for places on a very special stardust (micrometeorite) safari through the streets of Copenhagen, led by Jon Larsen. A rare opportunity to experience the cosmic within the most earthly surroundings. (The event is weather-dependent and requires dry conditions)
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.
Birita
Búi Dam / Faroe Islands / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
In the Faroe Islands, a family of theatre people are working on staging ‘King Lear’ with the mother in the lead role – a beloved actress who suffers from Alzheimer’s.
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.
Techplomacy
Susanne Kovacs / Denmark / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
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.
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.
15:00
FROM PROMPT TO PROTOCOL: THE MAKING OF DOX AI
15:00 - 16:30 Tuesday 17th Mar 2026 / 90 min
What would an AI built by and for documentary filmmakers actually look like? What values should guide it? What should it refuse to do?
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.
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
16:15
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.
How do we prepare for a future with more water and more violent climate disasters? Meet documentary director Phie Ambo in conversation with Maria Reumert Gjerding, president of the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, and climate researcher Nina ...
In presence of directors Daniel Duque, Onyeka Igwe & Tulapop Saenjaroen
Three short films by artists about desire, the gaze and power in the shadow of colonial structures: 'Pacifico' by Daniel Duque, 'Penkelemes' by Onyeka Igwe and 'Local Sensations' by Tulapop Saenjaroen.
Where the Silence is Heard
Gabriela Pena & Picho García / Chile & Spain / 2026 / World Premiere / 94 min
Q&A in presence of directors Gabriela Pena & Picho García
A young Chilean woman moves into an abandoned house in Valparaíso to piece together her family's history, which has been colored by dictatorship, exile, and silence for five decades.
All Rivers Spill Their Stories to the Sea
Jeanie Finlay / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Jeanie Finlay
A wave of poisoned crabs, like a biblical plague has washed ashore on the coast of North East England, where fishermen, coastal communities and politicians are fighting for different futures after Brexit. A highly topical tale with a strong local accent.
The Great Experiment
Stephen Maing & Eric Daniel Metzgar / United States & Mexico / 2026 / International Premiere / 100 min
Q&A in presence of director Stephen Maing
A cinematic time capsule depicting one of the most volatile eras of American history - a historical record, non-fiction experiment, and intimate observation of the state of American democracy.
Bouchra
Meriem Bennani & Orian Barki / Italy, Morocco & United States / 2025 / 82 min
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.
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.
MULTI-SENSORY STORYTELLING
16:40 - 17:30 Tuesday 17th Mar 2026 / 50 min
The past 15 years have unleashed a wave of immersive projects challenging the visual dominance of 20th-century media. These works invite embodied engagement through smell, touch, and positional awareness, turning passive viewing into visceral understanding.
MARIINKA
Pieter-Jan De Pue / Belgium / 2026 / World Premiere / 94 min
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.
Something Familiar
Rachel Taparjan / Romania & United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Rachel Taparjan
While trying to help a stranger find her birth mother, a filmmaker is drawn into the shadows of her own family history, uncovering a dark legacy that has loomed over its women.
The Calf Doll
Ankur Hooda / India / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Ankur Hooda
A beautiful fable from India, where the inhabitants of a small village play themselves in a simple and enigmatic tale about a retired professor and his cow.
17:00
Meet the films director, Poh Si Teng, in conversation with Dr. Thaer Ahmad, from the film, and Nadia Hardmann, senior researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Gaza’s Twins, Come Back to Me
Mohammed Sawwaf / Palestine, Qatar & Netherlands / 2025 / International Premiere / 96 min
Q&A in presence of producer Sylvia Sahawneh
A woman is separated from her newborn twins during the war in Gaza. A filmmaker follows her for 16 long months as war and chaos rage and her children take their first steps far away.
Underland
Robert Petit / United States & United Kingdom / 2025 / 79 min
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.
An Eye For an Eye
Tanaz Eshaghian & Farzad Jafari / United States, Iran & Denmark / 2025 / 84 min
Q&A: Meet director Tanaz Eshaghian
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.
Takkuuk
Zak Norman & Charlie Miller / United Kingdom / 2025 / 67 min
A visually explosive, musical journey into the Arctic, where musicians and researchers share their personal stories about nature, culture, and rapidly changing identities to a dizzying score by BICEP.
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.
Experience this year's INTER:ACTIVE Exhibition titled "Hypervigilance" at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
18:00
Taste Portugal: communal long-table dining with authentic Portuguese food at Karens Minde Cultural Center.
ÆRØ:DOX - Local Filmfestival
The Swedish author's early years during World War II, told through her own diaries in a beautiful and thoughtful film about life, death and art in the shadow of war.
The Oligarch and the Art Dealer
Andreas Dalsgaard / Denmark, France, Netherlands, Switzerland & United States / 2026 / World Premiere / 174 min
The incredible story of one of the 21st century’s most sensational art scandals is a ten-year war over billions between a Russian oligarch and a Swiss art dealer.
19:00
Form, function, and feeling — a conversation with Danh Vo and Oliver Stilling about how art, architecture, and culture can be more than aesthetics - and perhaps become the spark for something new.
In presence of directors Phuong Kieu Anh Nguyen, Yuqing Lin & Rico Wong
Four short films about ghosts, technology and the fragile relationship between body and image: 'Phantoms' by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 'Fallen Noon' by Kieu Anh Phuong Nguyen, 'The Futora' by Yuqing Lin and 'Compact Disc' by Rico Wong.
Social Landscapes
Jonas Meier / Switzerland / 2026 / International Premiere / 78 min
Q&A in presence of director Jonas Meier
A virtual trip around the world, with commentary exclusively from TripAdvisor. A deeply original film of true satirical wit that confronts us with a world where mass tourism has triumphed.
To Hold a Mountain
Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić / Serbia, France, Montenegro, Slovenia & Croatia / 2026 / European Premiere / 105 min
Q&A in presence of directors Biljana Tutorov & Petar Glomazić
This year's Sundance winner is an immersive and down-to-earth portrayal of the lives of a woman and a young girl in the mountains of Montenegro, which are in danger of becoming a NATO training area.
Phenomena
Josef Gatti / Australia / 2026 / European Premiere / 86 min
Q&A in presence of director Josef Gatti and composer Rival Consoles
A psychedelic odyssey into the fabric of the universe, guided by a filmmaker’s immersive practical experiments that transcend into a deeply hypnotic audio-visual experience (re)connecting us to the natural world.
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.
Better Go Mad in the Wild
Miro Remo / Czech Republic & Slovakia / 2025 / 83 min
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.
Elon Musk Unveiled – The Tesla Experiment
Andreas Pichler / Germany / 2025 / 90 min
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.
A deeply original and inventive film about microfungi, the passage of time, and human vanity, which turns the microscope both on these mysterious life forms and on ourselves.
In collaboration with Africa Engage, we are hosting an evening dedicated to all children's right to education. Meet the director behind ‘Out of School’, Hind Bensari, in a conversation about children's rights and the living conditions of many Moroccan children.
The Sandbox
Kenya-Jade Pinto / Canada / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Kenya-Jade Pinto
A clear-sighted mapping of the fault lines on the world map of the 21st century. Power politics, migration, and surveillance are violent forces in a global drama, depicted with sharp artistic vision.
In Defense of Self
Linn Helene Løken / Norway / 2026 / World Premiere / 87 min
Q&A in presence of director Linn Helene Løken
The tragic killing of a Norwegian man in urgent need of psychiatric help is recounted in a film that uses his own tape recordings as a guide to ask what happened and how it could have been avoided.
Where Music Grows
Katrine Philp / Denmark & Sweden / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min
Q&A in presence of director Katrine Philp
On a farm south of Copenhagen, young elite musicians practice the difficult art of classical music. A beautiful and life-affirming film full of wonderful music.
Transnational adoption has often been portrayed in the West as a humanitarian solution, but what happens when we look at the systems behind it? Meet moderator and journalist Haena Laura Na Blankholm, Stine Moon Joo Pitney from Forum For Adoption ...
Burning Voice
Anna Bruun Nørager / Denmark & Iraq / 2026 / World Premiere / 84 min
+ This screening will be followed by a conversation about feminism and self-defense
After the screening of 'Burning Voice' we invite a panel on stage to talk about feminism and self-defense
Language: This conversation will be in Danish
Alongside her studies, 35-year-old Tamara Amer is fighting a fierce battle against negative social control, a culture of silence, and the oppression of women in Iraq where she grew up.
20:00
After the screening of 'Molly vs. The Machines' we discuss how Big Tech has built business models that exploits it's users and how we can hold them accountable. With author prof. Shoshana Zuboff, the films director Marc Silver and psychologist Lotte Rubæk.
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’.
A 45-person choir, a guitarist, a Foley artist - and, last but not least, Jenny Rossander aka. Lydmor, on stage for a very special live performance of the album ‘Nimue’, after the screening of the film about her.
21:15
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.
Two intense short films about faith, strength and inner fault lines: 'Mother Creature' by Maria Tórgarð and 'Joan of Arc' by Hlynur Pálmason.
The Oldest Person in the World
Sam Green / United States / 2026 / 87 min
Q&A in presence of director Sam Green
A warm and subtle film about life, death and everything in between – which is quite a lot! Not least if you are one of the oldest people in the world, like those we meet in Sam Green's new film.
A Child of My Own
Maite Alberdi / Mexico / 2026 / 93 min
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.
Q&A in presence of director Miguel Eek
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.
Kabul Between Prayers
Aboozar Amini / Belgium & Netherlands / 2025 / 112 min
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.
Adam’s Apple
Amy Jenkins / United States / 2026 / International Premiere / 97 min
Q&A in presence of director Amy Jenkins
A mother has followed her transgender teenager through a camera lens for two decades. A touching, intimate, and eye-opening account of parents, children, and butterflies spreading their wings.
Amadou & Mariam – The Blind Couple From Mali
Ryan Marley / Canada / 2026 / International Premiere / 82 min
The unlikely love story of two blind Malian musicians, Amadou and Mariam, who have toured all over the world. Now they are returning home to Mali to play a big concert and record one last album.
I Want Her Dead
Gianluca Matarrese / Italy / 2025 / 85 min
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.
This is Not a French Film
Tom Adjibi / Belgium & France / 2026 / World Premiere / 80 min
A young, racialised director's struggles to make his debut film turn into a docu-satire with political punch that takes you by surprise. Entertaining, energetic and intensely unpredictable.
Conscious
Suki Chan / United Kingdom / 2026 / World Premiere / 80 min
Can subjective consciousness be studied objectively? A philosophical and scientific dilemma looms large in a film about the mysteries of the brain, where life itself catches up with a neuroscientist.
22:00
+ MEET THE DIRECTOR
For this screening there will be an introduction by the film's director Maja Holand.
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.
Nick Cave’s Veiled World
Mike Christie / United Kingdom / 2026 / 65 min
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.















































































