Politik & magtstrukturer

The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist

Daniel Roher & Charlie Tyrell / United States / 2026 / 104 min / Sprog: English / Undertekster: English

When Daniel Roher and his partner learn that they are expecting their first child, his joy is accompanied by a growing unease. In record time, artificial intelligence has gone from being a closed experiment to global common property. Is this a good or bad time to bring a child into the world?

In search of answers, he builds a film studio in his home and invites researchers, critics and the most powerful players in the global AI game – from Yuval Harari and Tristan Harris to the directors of OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic – to share their thoughts and concerns and to discuss possible scenarios for a future with AI. They paint widely differing pictures of the technological (r)evolution, ranging from technological utopia to outright doom. The balance between technological progress and existential catastrophe is delicate.

Roher received an Oscar for ‘Navalny’ (CPH:DOX 2022), and with creative energy and intellectual acuity, he asks the questions we all want answers to in a phenomenally compelling, paradoxically entertaining and, above all, very human film about the most urgent issue of our time.

The Cord

Nolwenn Hervé / France / 2026 / 95 min / Sprog: Spanish & Wayuu / Undertekster: English

In Venezuela, giving birth has become a life-threatening act. At the center of this crisis is Carolina, a fearless activist who has been fighting for justice since her teenage years. Drawing from her past, she creates a resilience network in her underprivileged neighborhood, leading women in the fight for bodily autonomy and safe birthing conditions.

With her right hand Yanni, Carolina transforms a small car into a makeshift ambulance – part hearse, part nursery, part safe space for conversations about sexuality. A chorus of women enter and leave, each seeking to give birth safely and with dignity. From these struggles emerges Carolina’s most radical idea: a birth house, created outside failing state structures. 

Initially skeptical of her grandmother’s animistic spirituality, Carolina finds guidance in Flor, a Wayúu midwife from the native communities of Venezuela and Colombia. They envision a space where ancestral practices and Western medicine come together in a self-sustaining, community-led model of care. A place where women reclaim autonomy over their bodies, their births, and their futures.

The Tingbjerg Experiment

Louise Detlefsen / Denmark / 2026 / 75 min / Sprog: Danish & Arabic / Undertekster: English

For years, Tingbjerg has been called a ‘tough ghetto’. Now, the district is to be the setting for an experiment that will transform the so-called parallel society. The disadvantaged residential area on the outskirts of Copenhagen has long been notorious for gang conflicts and shootings, but at the same time it has been home and a beloved village for countless people, especially those from non-Western backgrounds. 

A small group of young, idealistic families from the well-educated, white middle class are handpicked to buy some newly built houses in the middle of Tingbjerg for a low price and with a clause that binds them to the area for at least four years. In return, they must contribute to developing the area and participate in the community. The intentions are good, but what about the realities? And what if the residents simply like their neighborhood the way it is?

Director Louise Detlefsen has followed the experiment through four years of ups and downs, creating a human and entertaining film that looks at all sides of the issue. A film that also raises the question of what it really takes for us to settle down next to people who are not like us?

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Felipe Bustos Sierra / United Kingdom / 2026 / 98 min / Sprog: English / Fag: Engelsk, samfundsfag, historie

I maj 2021 udløser en razzia fra det britiske indenrigsministerium en af de mest spontant opståede og succesrige civile modstandsaktioner i nyere tid. I Skotlands mest mangfoldige kvarter strømmer beboere ud på gaden for at forhindre deportationen af deres naboer. Denne morgen i Glasgow, den første dag af Eid, midt under Corona, begyndte som alle andre. Men da naboerne via lokale meddelelsesnetværk hører, at to lokale mænd er blevet anholdt med henblik på udvisning, forlader hundredvis af mennesker deres morgenborde, Zoom-møder og dagligdag for at skynde sig ned til Kenmure Street i solidaritet med deres naboer. Selvom de fleste ikke kendte hinanden og der ingen planlægning var gået forud, organiserede denne ekstremt mangfoldige gruppe sig og påtog sig forskellige afgørende roller for at gøre det muligt at nå sit mål om løsladelsen af deres naboer. Dokumentaren fletter denne fascinerende historie sammen med fortællingen om Glasgows særlige tradition for protestbevægelser imod staten, og reflekterer over hvor den kultur stammer fra. ‘Everybody To Kenmure Street’ er et yderst interessant indblik i, hvad der driver denne civile modstand, hvilke forskellige solidaritetskampe der er blevet kæmpet i Skotland og Glasgow frem mod denne case fra 2021, og den rolle Skotlands eget koloniale forhold til England spiller i dette.

MARIINKA

Pieter-Jan De Pue / Belgium / 2026 / 94 min / Sprog: Ukrainian & English / Undertekster: English / Fag: Samfundsfag, historie

‘MARIINKA’ begins long before the world watched the full-scale invasion. In eastern Ukraine, the film traces several young Ukrainians whose lives have been forever shaped by more than 10 years of war and conflict in the Donbas region.

Amidst the war a promising boxing talent turns military paramedic, a girl is smuggling unexpected goods across the frontline to survive, and as in a Greek tragedy, two brothers now fight on opposite sides of the front line – against each other – while their youngest brother lives in safety far from the war with a foster family in the United States. Through letters, videocalls and silent meetings, a story unfolds about belonging, national loyalty and the fault lines where political conflicts can trump even the bonds of blood.

Director Pieter-Jan De Pue is an exceptional storyteller and filmmaker who manages to anchor timeless themes in the harsh realities of our own times. With an almost biblical undertone and deeply original imagery, ‘MARIINKA’ captures the slow erasure of a city, and the fierce, tragic endurance of those who once called it home.

Christiania

Karl Friis Forchhammer / Denmark / 2026 / 93 min / Sprog: Danish / Undertekster: English / Fag: Historie, dansk, samfundsfag

Dokumentaren er oplagt til brug i historiefaget, med mulighed for at arbejde med en central begivenhed og alternativ bevægelse i den danske historie, som har været med til at præge og udvikle både politik og samfund, og som har tråde til internationale politiske bevægelser.

Facing War

Tommy Gulliksen / Norway & Belgium / 2025 / 105 min / Sprog: Norwegian & English / Undertekster: English / Fag: Samfundsfag, historie

Efter ni år i spidsen for NATO vil generalsekretær Jens Stoltenberg gerne hjem til sin kone i Norge og leve et normalt liv. Men han har lovet præsident Zelensky, at NATO vil stå ved Ukraines side, så længe det er nødvendigt. Nu beder præsident Biden ham om at blive et sidste år. Mens Putins krig i Ukraine raser videre, og autoritære kræfter forenes, stiger spændingerne mellem de 32 allierede lande, som frygter, at krigen kan sprede sig ud over Ukraine. Stoltenberg er nødt til at bruge alle sine diplomatiske evner for at holde alliancen samlet og engageret. Vil han være i stand til at holde sit ord over for Zelensky, før hans tid er gået?

Dokumentaren er et helt unikt indblik i storpolitikkens fysiske rum både inden- og udenfor NATO, som efterlader sit publikum med en større forståelse af, hvordan medlemslandene egentlig arbejder sammen.