CPH:FORUM 2025 announces documentary selection and new industry awards

CPH:FORUM, the leading international financing and co-production event within #CPH:DOX, has unveiled its official project selection for 2025, featuring 30 documentary projects from 26 countries. Taking place 24-27 March 2025, the forum will connect 5 filmmakers and producers with key industry players, including representatives from Netflix, ARTE, HBO Europe, BBC, and Sundance Institute.

The lineup includes projects by filmmakers Jennie Livingston (Paris is Burning), Marc Cousins (The Story of Film), Peter Middleton (Notes on Blindness), and Tamara Kotevska (Honeyland), exploring topics from personal and existential journeys to global and societal issues.

New for 2025, CPH:FORUM introduces CPH:ROUGHCUT, a dedicated section for five near-complete documentaries seeking festival premieres and distribution. The CHANGE initiative returns for its fourth year, showcasing projects from #Ukraine, #Moldova, #Georgia, and beyond.

Several new awards highlight this year’s event, including the $25,000 Sandbox Films Science Pitch Prize, the €10,000 Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Co-Production Award, and the €30,000 Outreach Award for projects with international audience engagement. Winners will be announced on 27 March 2025, at Kunsthal Charlottenborg.

Full List of Selected Projects at CPH:FORUM 2025

Main CPH:FORUM Selection:

Anatomy of a Genocide (NO, HR) – Dir. Torstein Grude
Being Human: Perspectives on Peace and Conflict (SE, DK, FR) – Dir. Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
Confidential (DE) – Dir. Andreas Pichler
Earth Camp One (US) – Dir. Jennie Livingston
Hopefully, Not Today (DK, NO, IS) – Dir. Tereza Šimíková, Eivind H. Natvig
House No. 7 (SY) – Dir. Rama Abdi
In The Black Fantastic (UK) – Dir. Julian Knox
Landfall (UK) – Dir. Peter Middleton
Metropolis (IN) – Dir. Anirban Dutta, Anupama Srinivasan
My Friend the Bear (US) – Dir. Drew Xanthopoulos
One Day in the Future (CN) – Dir. Hang Ji, Xuan-nian Jiang
Pantheras (NO, PT) – Dir. Salome Lamas
Rescue (DK, IT) – Dir. Sine Plambech, Janus Metz
Spaceman in Kongo (CD, UK, DE, US) – Dir. Maisha Maene
Story of Documentary Film (UK) – Dir. Mark Cousins
The Amnesiac (SE) – Dir. Marcus Lindeen
The Coil Case (DK) – Dir. Camilla Nielsson
The Freedom Theatre (DK, NO) – Dir. Nagieb Khaja
The Journey to Santa Rosa de Amanadona (AT, VE, UK, FR) – Dir. Anabel Rodríguez

CPH:ROUGHCUT Projects:

Four Brothers [WT] (BE, SE, NL, DE) – Dir. Pieter-Jan De Pue
The Alarmist (DK, US) – Dir. Jacob Tschernia, Tomer Slutzky
The Last Nomads (RS, MN, FR, SI, BE) – Dir. Biljana Tutorov, Peter Glomazić
The Sinner (BG, DE, RS) – Dir. Boris Despodov
Virtual Girlfriends (CZ, SK, BG) – Dir. Barbora Chalupová

CHANGE Projects (Eastern European Focus):

Entr’actes (UA, BE) – Dir. Yuriy Shylov
Eyes Wide Open (GE) – Dir. Sopho Apriamashvili
Import/Export MD (ML) – Dir. Max T. Ciorbă
Kura (AZ) – Dir. Murad Allahverdi
Leave Easy Come Back Safe (BY, DE) – Dir. Sasha Kulak
Missing In Action (UA) – Dir. Kateryna Holovko
My Name Is Enough (AR) – Dir. Marina Arzumanova
Whispers of Womanhood (GE) – Dir. Rati Tsiteladze

For more details, visit CPH:DOX’s official website.