CPH:DOX has announced its full programme for 2025, featuring over 200 films, including a record-breaking 94 world premieres. Running from 19 to 30 March, the 22nd edition of the festival will introduce a new thematic section, Right Here, Right Now, focusing on human rights and global geopolitical shifts.

The festival’s main competition, DOX:AWARD, features high-profile world premieres such as My Dear Theo by Alisa Kovalenko, À demain sur la Lune by Thomas Balmès, The Helsinki Effect by Artur Franck, and the opening film Facing War by Tommy Gulliksen.

Other anticipated world premieres outside the competition include Animality by Ai Weiwei, Observer by Ian Cheney, Lost for Words by Hannah Papacek Harper, Everest Dark by Jereme Watt, and Azza by Stefanie Brockhaus.

With a strong focus on political and social issues, the festival presents documentaries exploring the Russian invasion of #Ukraine, the rise of #far-right# movements in Europe, identity politics, #activism, and artistic expression. Special guests include #Ai Weiwei#, investigative journalist Christo Grozev, Ukrainian activist Inna Shevchenko, musician Warren Ellis, and U.S. politician Adam Kinzinger.

CPH:DOX will also showcase standout titles from Sundance, including Mr. Nobody against Putin, The Dating Game, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, Coexistence, My Ass!, and Zodiac Killer Project.

The Sound & Vision section will feature music documentaries on Madonna, Jeff Buckley, John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and Pavement. Special events include Warren Ellis performing at a screening of Ellis Park and a Pavement tribute night.

Kunsthal Charlottenborg will serve as the festival hub, hosting the Disobedience Archive from the 2024 Venice Biennale and Banu Cennetoğlu’s solo exhibition, which critically engages with human rights discourse.

For those unable to attend in person, a curated selection of films will be available for streaming via PARA:DOX from 28 March to 13 April.