CPH:DOX_2022

200 new films. 76 world premieres. 59 competition titles in six international competitions. CPH:DOX is ready to present the full film programme with a diverse selection of films of 「artistic quality and contemporary relevance 」 Several films focusing on Ukraine and Russia will be premiering in the festival’s main competition, Dox:Award.

CPH:DOX reveals this year’s full film programme with more than 200 international documentaries that speaks volumes about the world we live in.

After two years of COVID-shutdown, CPH:DOX will finally return to the Danish movie theaters. CPH:DOX 2022 will run as a hybrid festival with film screenings and industry events in Copenhagen from April 23 to May 3, 2022. In addition, a selection of films will be made available for streaming in Denmark from April 1-10.

“Right now, our thoughts are first and foremost with the people in Ukraine, a sovereign European state unlawfully invaded by an autocratic regime. In Kyiv, the great festival Docudays UA was supposed to happen around the same time as CPH:DOX. That is no longer possible. In that perspective, it feels like an incredible privilege to be able to gather the international documentary community as well as the audience in Denmark around a cultural manifestation like CPH:DOX. A documentary film festival is not only a celebration of cinema, it is also an opportunity to critically reflect on reality, to engage in democratic dialogue and to discuss how our views of the world have consequences – sometimes fatal consequences. With CPH:DOX 2022, we strive to create a space for these hugely important discussions”, says Niklas Engstrøm, Artistic Director of CPH:DOX.

Art, Science and Society in focus
Thematically, CPH:DOX will be exploring three important tracks in the programme: Art, Science, and Society. During the festival, audiences in Copenhagen can experience the tracks on three new venues around Copenhagen – each with a dedicated pop-up cinema where film screenings will be accompanied by debates, talks, concerts, performances and a number of special events.

Focus on Russia and Ukraine
With the war raging in Ukraine right now, this year’s CPH:DOX will offer a number of brand new films that go behind the news flow and provide new perspectives on the reality in Russia and Ukraine. Here, the audience will get the chance to experience the story of the famous Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned with the nerve gas Novichok and is now imprisoned in Russia. The films ‘Navalny’, ‘Holidays’, and ‘Outside’ have all been selected for the main competition Dox:Award. CPH:DOX will also screen the world premiere of ‘Novorossiya’, a new film focusing on the lives of people in war-torn Eastern Ukraine. The focus programme includes the critically acclaimed Danish Sundance winner ‘A House Made of Splinters’ about an orphanage in the eastern part of Ukraine, as well as a number of other films about Russia and Ukraine.

Competition line-up
The five competitions, that will all be evaluated by an international jury, are: Dox:Award, New:Vision, F:act Award, Nordic:Dox Award, and Next:Wave Award. The full competition line-up consists of 59 titles and features 39 world premieres, 16 international premieres and 4 European premieres.

DOX:AWARD_ 12 films including 6 world premieres, 5 international premieres and 1 European premiere.

NEW:VISION AWARD_ 16 films (shorts and features) including 11 world premieres, 3 international premieres and 2 European premieres.

F:ACT AWARD_ 10 films including 6 world premieres and 4 international premieres.

NORDIC:DOX AWARD_ 12 films including 9 world premieres and 3 international premieres.

NEXT:WAVE AWARD_ 10 films including 7 world premieres, 1 international premieres and 2 European premieres.

POLITIKEN:DOX AWARD_ 10 films

The programme pays attention to gender representation with 50% of the films being directed or co-directed by female directors. The selection both includes films from established, international, award-winning directors as well as new voices across the five competitions.