Empire Bio

Guldbergsgade 29F, 2200 København

Directions

Public transport: The nearest metro station is Nørrebros Runddel. Empire is located in the heart of Nørrebro, and there are also many buses that stop nearby, such as 5C, 1A, 111M, and 350S.

Parking: The City of Copenhagen has introduced parking ticket machines in Nørrebro as of March 19, 2007. Read more about the applicable rules here.

Accessibility Guide

At Empire Bio, wheelchair users are more than welcome. The cinema’s areas offer plenty of space and accessibility, from our entrance area to both the lounge and corridors on the 1st floor.

Halls 1, 2, and 3 have a wheelchair platform in the middle of the front row.

When you arrive at the cinema, you should contact the ticket office to arrange the necessary assistance to enter the halls.

Accessible toilets are available in both the men’s and women’s restrooms.

Companion: Of course, CPH:DOX has a companion scheme, so you can bring a companion for free to your desired screening. If you want a companion seat, simply contact tickets@cphdox.dk.

12:00

Life and Other Problems

Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 99 min

Beware of babies! For this special screening, parents can bring their sweet little infants or have them taken care of by the ticket personnel in the stroller. The sound is slightly lowered, and the lights are adjusted a bit for the comfort of the little ones.

The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya.

12:00 - 13:40Empire Bio / Empire Bio sal 3

14:30

Our Father Wears a Sun

Jasper Spanning & Rosalinde Mynster / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 59 min

A brother and sister's loving, poetic and personal film poem to their late father, Danish actor Søren Spanning.

14:30 - 15:30Empire Bio / Empire bio sal 2

16:00

KIX

Bálint Révész & Dávid Mikulán / Hungary, France & Croatia / 2024 / World Premiere / 94 min

+ The Youth Editorial Group: What language do documentary films speak?

In 'KIX', directors Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész meet young troublemaker Sanyi and follow him as they capture his chaotic street life over 10 years. Hear expert in creative process, Karin Evin Worsøe, and journalist, Haena Laura Na, talk about film language, narratives and the process of creating documentary films in a conversation with Oskar Lauge Dahlberg from CPH:DOX's Youth Editorial. After the film, we serve a free refreshment from To Øl.
Language: Danish

Handheld skate video meets hardcore social realism in a sensational film with the energy of a three-chord punk song and an unruly group of street kids in front of the camera, shot over 12 wild years of their young lives.

16:00 - 18:10Empire Bio / Empire bio sal 2

Life and Other Problems

Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 99 min

+ Talk: Meet the film's director Max Kestner

The director of this year's opening film, Max Kestner, asks a lot of questions in his new film. Now it's his turn to answer some of them, and preferably from you. Kestner takes part in a Q&A with the audience in this preview before the film 'Life and Other Problems' premieres in Danish cinemas across the country from 22 March.
Language: English

16:15 - 18:25Empire Bio / Empire Bio sal 1

17:00

No Other Land

Rachel Szor, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra & Hamdan Bilal / Palestine / 2024 / International Premiere / 95 min

The alliance between a young Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank and an Israeli journalist provides a unique and human insight into a decades-old conflict, as the two fight against the forced expulsion of the Masafer Yatta community. A film created by a Palestinian-Israeli collective.

17:00 - 18:35Empire Bio / Empire Bio sal 3

18:30

Eros

Rachel Daisy Ellis / Brazil / 2024 / International Premiere / 108 min

Q&A: Meet the director

Brazil's love motels are a sexual haven where fantasy becomes reality. When the filmmaker's own date never shows up, she gets a fresh idea for a film instead. The result is a kaleidoscopic insight into a parallel world of human desire.

18:30 - 20:50Empire Bio / Empire bio sal 2

19:00

Motherboard

Victoria Mapplebeck / United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere / 91 min

Q&A: Meet the director & Jim

Joys, sorrows and life's great tragicomedy in a video diary about motherhood and much more, recorded over nearly 20 years by award-winning British director Victoria Mapplebeck. A deeply personal and completely unsentimental film.

19:00 - 21:05Empire Bio / Empire Bio sal 1

21:15

The Battle for Laikipia

Daphne Matziaraki & Peter Murimi / United States & Kenya / 2024 / International Premiere / 90 min

Q&A: Meet the directors

Drought, politics and colonial history collide in a stormy and unpredictable conflict between Kenyan cattle herders and white ranchers in the vast African country. A complex and wise film about the consequences of climate change.

21:15 - 23:15Empire Bio / Empire bio sal 2

Balomania

Sissel Morell Dargis / Denmark & Spain / 2024 / World Premiere / 93 min

+ Q&A: Meet the director

Meet the director, Sissel Morell Dargis in an Q&A with Anton Fenris Falck.

With police and bounty hunters hot on her heels, a young filmmaker embarks on a wild ride with a Brazilian brotherhood of balloon builders. A real-life action film with an incredible story about finding freedom against all odds.

21:30 - 23:40Empire Bio / Empire Bio sal 1