Danish Films at CPH:DOX 2026

DOCUMENTARY. On Wednesday, March 11, CPH:DOX opens with no fewer than three Danish films among the 12 titles in the main competition, DOX:AWARD. A total of 10 Danish films have been selected for the overall competition program, across five categories. Altogether, you can experience 24 Danish documentary films at the festival, which runs until March 22.

See the overview of all Danish films at the bottom.

Three Danish films selected for the main competition, DOX:AWARD

  • Christiania / Director: Karl Friis Forchhammer, Producer: Rikke Tambo / Denmark / World Premiere
  • Little Sinner / Director: Daro Hansen, Thomas Papapetros, Producer: Thor Hampus Bank / Denmark / World Premiere
  • Petrolheads / Director: Emil Langballe, Producer: Julie Walenciak, Claes Hedlund / Denmark / World Premiere

F:ACT AWARD

  • Cambodian Beer dreams  / Director: Laurits Nansen, Producer: Malene Flindt Pedersen, Signe Skov Thomsen, Ove Rishøj Jensen, Valérie Montmartin / Denmark, Sweden, France / World Premiere
  • Techplomacy / Director: Susanne Kovacs, Producer: Good Company Pictures / Denmark / World Premiere

HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD

  • Burning Voice / Director: Anna Bruun Nørager, Producer: Maria Stevnbak Westergren, Zahraa Ghandour / Denmark, Iraq / World Premiere (debutant)
  • For further information

    Mira Bach Hansen
    Festivalkonsulent, dokumentarfilm
    Tlf. +45 3112 1003
    mirab@dfi.dk

NEXT:WAVE

  • Becoming Ema / Director: Patricia Drati, Producer: Maria Helga Stürup, Sidsel Lønvig Siersted / Denmark, Spain, Slovakia / World Premiere
  • If Luck Will Come / Director: Camille Bildsøe, Producer: Sofie Husum Johannesen / Denmark / World Premiere

Talent Films in NORDIC:DOX

  • Homesick / Director: Taekyung Tanja In Wol Sørensen, Producer: Rikke Tambo Andersen, Sona Jo, Virpi Suutari / Denmark, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Finland / World Premiere
  • Fire, Water, Earth, Air / Director: Phie Ambo, Phie Ambo, Ewa Cederstam, Janne Lindgren, Rógvi Rasmussen, Producer: Rikke Tambo Andersen, Stina Gardell, Jón Hammer / Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Faroe Islands / World Premiere

All Danish Productions at CPH:DOX 2025

About CPH:DOX

Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival is among the world’s largest documentary film festivals. It supports independent and innovative filmmaking and presents the best and most distinctive contemporary documentary films.

The festival is recognized for challenging the documentary genre through its interaction with other art forms and for promoting art as an active voice in civil society.

With around 200 films in its programme each year, CPH:DOX welcomes more than 150,000 guests and over 2,000 industry professionals from documentary film, visual arts, journalism and science.