CPH:DOX 2025 announces competition lineup
CPH:DOX has unveiled the official competition lineup for its 22nd edition, set to take place from 19–30 March 2025. The
CPH:DOX
Located in Copenhagen, Denmark
CPH:DOX – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival – is one of the largest documentary film festivals in the world. CPH:DOX was founded in 2003. CPH:DOX continues to develop and expand, presenting a program that ranges from the works of major international directors to new talent, from large-scale theatrical releases to film/video works in the field between cinema and visual art. The program goes beyond traditional boundaries between disciplines and media, offering perspectives on creative crossovers between cinema, television and media art.
Mr Nobody Against Putin
RUSSIA: How a small-town teaching assistant became an unlikely whistleblower on the grim reality of wartime propaganda.
CPH:DOX and Kunsthal Charlottenborg launch three-year human rights initiative
Kunsthal Charlottenborg and #CPH:DOX have announced a three-year collaboration aimed at deepening public engagement with #human rights#. The new initiative,
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
The Bibi Files
CORRUPTION: Alexis Bloom’s gripping exposé of the web of lies apparently woven by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to avoid corruption charges shows how one man’s fear of jail has led to war and instability in the Middle East.
Bright Future
COLD WAR: The sensory and ideological layers of a forgotten Cold War festival, exploring fleeting solidarity, ideological discord, and the fragility of socialist dreams.
The destructive borders of European self-interest
MIGRATION: At the entrance to the Sahara, Agadez, Niger, reveals the human cost of EU migration policy.
The war games we, the people, play
CONFLICT: A high-stakes, six-hour simulation where veterans navigate complex choices, aiming to prevent a fictional civil war amid insurgent threats.
The endurance of the ordinary
UKRAINE: Olha Zhurba’s meditative take on the war avoids frontline images to show how the conflict affects ordinary people.
Frames of motherhood
MOTHERHOOD: Exploring single motherhood, technology, and self-expression, ‘Motherboard’s captures intimate moments using iPhones, blurring boundaries between life and technology.
CPH:LAB unveils 2024/2025 project line-up
CPH:DOX has revealed the nine immersive documentary projects selected for its talent development programme, #CPH:LAB. The programme, running from September