Documentaries

  • A young woman’s might

    SYRIA: After aiding in her region’s liberation from ISIS, 19-year old Hala must now do the same for her sisters arranged marriages.

  • The dimensions of human strength

    COVID-19: During the worst moments of our collective tragedy, healthcare staff and patients unite in the face of the unknown.

  • The new demon of war

    CONFLICT: The advent of artificial intelligence and digitalisation of weapons has shifted traditional battlefields into remote operations in the name of wartime «progress».

  • Climate change: More serious than the coronavirus

    CLIMATE: The CPH:DOX opening film portrays how young Danish activists are fighting for a greener future.

  • Poetry of pain

    REFUGEES: Gradually cut off, the civilians of the world’s largest Palestinian refugee camp organise themselves to resist starvation and despair.

  • The archive does not lie

    CONTROL: In Communist Poland, revolt intensifies as workers strike over food price increases while tension builds in the dignitaries’ offices.

  • Human bonding

    HEALTHCARE: Marie-Eve Hildbrand's Visions du Réel opening film looks at the human dimension of a rapidly changing health system.

  • Letters to Putin

    RUSSIA: On the margins of state control, Ostrov - Lost Island is an evocative portrait of an imperilled Russian community.

  • A permanent vacation from reality

    CULTURE: Everyday life in and around the world's biggest retirement community.

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