The Youth Editorial Group
The Youth Editorial Group celebrates 5 years at CPH:DOX with a bigger program than ever before! Six ambitious editors curate 15 screenings and events. Get the overview here.
From live concerts, critical debates, poetry readings, big parties, workshops and special premieres, the youth editorial team presents everything. The editorial team aims to challenge the festival’s fixed framework and reformulate what we see as pressing issues – from global crises to personal testimonies and artistic expression.
The youth editorial team creates film events that engage people across different life experiences. As a group, the Youth Editors ensure a stronger representation at CPH:DOX – both in terms of the films screened, the people who plan and the audience that attends.
The editorial team consists of project manager Malika Sia Lalit and programmers Amy Assakaf, Maria Nguyen, Oskar Lauge Dahlberg, Sara Bjerre, Svea Blem and Yasmin Touzani.
Always
A Chinese boy discovers the power of poetry in a picturesque and magical film from a mountain village. A striking debut of great beauty.
Deming Chen / United States, France & China / 2025 / World Premiere
Another World
The mind behind the underground film hit 'The Great Glitch' is back with a new, unbridled series that takes us on a galloping journey through the great rabbit hole of the internet.
Søren Peter Langkjær Bojsen / Denmark / 2025 / World Premiere
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Five years after her Academy-Award nominated ‘The Edge of Democracy’, Petra Costa dives into Brazil’s political inferno, brilliantly exposing the apocalyptical clash between religion and democracy.
Petra Costa / Brazil / 2024
Azza
An existential road movie from Saudi Arabia where a brave woman is determined to create a life on her own terms. A close friendship with a filmmaker opens the door to new horizons.
Stefanie Brockhaus / Germany & Saudi Arabia / 2025 / World Premiere
Casa
A group of 20-year-olds from tough backgrounds pursue their fashion dreams at Casa 93, a unique institute offering a last chance for some and a new beginning for others, capturing their transformative journey through an extraordinary year.
Caroline Benarrosh / France / 2025 / World Premiere
Death Without Mercy
An Oscar-nominated Syrian filmmaker uncovers the political and human aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey two years ago.
Waad Alkateab / United Kingdom / 2024
Girls & Gods
Can feminism and religion coexist? Inna Shevchenko of the Ukrainian FEMEN collective seeks answers to a difficult question in candid conversations with priests, imams, rabbis and other activists.
Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltiz / Austria / 2025 / World Premiere
Hacking Hate
Undercover in the far-right online communities in the Nordics with a fearless female journalist. A riveting story with more than a few twists along the way, at a moment when there is both power and money in spreading hate.
K-Number
A Korean adoptee seeks answers about her biological origins, but ends up unravelling the shadowy side of international adoption. An existential detective film with red threads to Denmark.
Seyoung Jo / Republic of Korea (South Korea) / 2024 / International Premiere
Legacy
The incredible, hardboppin’ story of when Scandinavia became the creative haven for black American jazz stars - told by their children who, for better or worse, still live with their fathers' life choices.
Manal Masri / Sweden & United States / 2024
Little Syria
An intimate look into the lives of a group of Syrian refugees in Berlin as they fight for justice for the victims of the Assad regime. When the regime suddenly topples, new questions arise.
Madalina Rosca & Reem Karssli / Portugal, Romania & Germany / 2025 / World Premiere
Rave
Techno and rave culture had its own breakthrough in Eastern Europe in the early 90s, when the world suddenly opened up and a whole new scene emerged from the Cold War.
Lukasz Ronduda & Dawid Nickel / Poland / 2024 / International Premiere
Rule of Stone
In-depth and thought-provoking analysis of Israeli architecture and the type of stone that has shaped modern Jerusalem and has been used to control the city.
Sudan, Remember Us
They are young Sudanese yearning for freedom. Their revolution is poetic, driven by the power of words. As it intertwines their stories, the film reassembles fragments of a revolution, a battle pitting the voices of youth against the military's might.
When The Phone Rang
Memories of ex-Yugoslavia meet autofiction in a critically acclaimed film about an 11-year-old girl who receives a series of mysterious phone calls that change her life.
Iva Radivojević / Serbia & United States / 2024