Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Founded | 2003 |
Most recent | 2024 |
Directors | Niklas Engstrøm |
No. of films | 200 |
Festival date | 13 to 24 March 2024 |
Website | www |
CPH:DOX, also known as Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is a Danish film festival focused on documentary films, held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. Since 2008 has been run by Copenhagen Film Festivals, which also managed the now-defunct CPH PIX festival.
The Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival was established in 2003. CPH:DOX has since grown to become one of the largest documentary film festivals in Europe, with 114,408 admissions in 2019. [1] The festival's founder-director was Tine Fischer . [2]
Following the 2015 edition of CPH:DOX, the festival announced that it would change its dates from November to March, and the first of the new spring editions of the festival was held from 16 to 26 March 2017, with the centrally-located Kunsthal Charlottenborg as the new festival centre. [3] [1] From 2016, Jacob Neiiendam and CPH:DOX founder-director Tine Fischer were co-CEOs of the three festivals (CPH PIX, CPH:DOX, and Buster Film Festival). In September 2018 it was announced that Jacob Neiiendam would be stepping down after 31 October, and that Fischer would continue as sole CEO for all three festivals. [2]
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2020 CPH:DOX held their festival virtually, using a Shift72 video-on-demand platform that was built and launched in just 24 hours. [4]
In February 2021 it was announced that Tine Fischer would be stepping down from the CEO role after the 18th edition (21 April to 2 May 2021) to take up a position as director of the National Film School of Denmark. [5] [6]
The 2023 event took place between 15 and 26 March. [7]
Past guest curators of film programmes have included artists and filmmakers such as The xx; Anohni; Harmony Korine; Animal Collective; Nan Goldin; Douglas Gordon; Ben Rivers with Ben Russell; Ai Weiwei; The Yes Men; Olafur Eliasson; and Naomi Klein with Avi Lewis.[ citation needed ]
CPH:DOX is the official name of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival. [1] Copenhagen Film Festivals has managed CPH:DOX and CPH PIX since the latter was created in 2008. [2] [7] It is held in Kunsthal Charlottenborg.
CPH:DOX is devoted to supporting independent and innovative film and to present contemporary non-fiction, art cinema, and experimental film. [8]
In 2009, the festival launched the international talent development and film production workshop CPH:LAB (formerly known as DOX:LAB) where around 20 filmmakers are invited each year to develop and direct a film in teams of two.[ citation needed ]
Besides its seven international competitions, the festival presents parallel curated and guest-curated sections.[ citation needed ] The festival hosts seminars, debates and events as well as the curated concert series "Audio:Visuals", where bands and artists perform to original work created for the occasion by visual artists. CPH:DOX also presents a number of other initiatives parallel to the festival itself: the industry platform CPH:Forum, with the attached CPH:Market for buyers and programmers, is a financing and co-production forum as well as a networking facility which takes place for three days during the festival. In 2011, the related ART:FILM branch was launched with the aim to facilitate the development and actual production of artists' films in the feature length format. CPH:DOX runs the five-day CPH:Conference as well as the experimental educational course DOX:Academy for students, both of which take place during the festival.[ citation needed ]
At the industry segment CPH:WIP, Nordic works-in-progress are presented to the potential sponsors and distributors. [9]
CPH: DOX is part of the Doc Alliance, a creative partnership among seven key European documentary film festivals.[ citation needed ]
Juries hand out prizes in seven international competition programmes:
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | The Damned and the Sacred (Dans, Grozny dans) | Jos de Putter |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Screaming Men (Huutajat – Screaming Men) | Mika Ronkainen |
Amnesty Award | Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) | José Padilha |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Cuban Rafters (Balseros) | Carlos Bosch & Josep Maria Domènech |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Hubert Sauper Pirjo Honkasalo | |
Amnesty:Award | Justice (Justiça) | Maria Ramos |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Disbelief (Nedoverie) | Andrei Nekrasov |
New:Vision Award | I Love You All (Aus Liebe zum Volk) | Audrey Maurion & Eyal Sivan |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Max Kestner Gunnar Hall Jensen |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Michael Glawogger Werner Herzog | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Michale Boganim | |
Amnesty:Award | Sabina Guzzanti | |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Peter Raymont | |
New:Vision Award | Clive Holden | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Mike Stubbs |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Gary Tarn | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Pernille Rose Grønkjær | |
Amnesty:Award | Staffan Julén | |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Maasja Ooms & Aliona van der Horst Vicky Funari & Sergio De La Torre | |
New:Vision Award (short) | Gabriele Mathes | |
New:Vision Award (long) | Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle) Tarachime birth/mother (Tarachime) | Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno Naomi Kawase |
Sound & Vision Award | Michel Gondry |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Santa Fe Street (Calle Santa Fe) | Carmen Castillo |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Michael Noer | |
Amnesty:Award | Charles Ferguson | |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Brian Hill Du Haibin | |
New:Vision Award (short) | Gee-Jung Jun | |
New:Vision Award (long) | Hartmut Bitomsky Hila Peleg | |
Sound & Vision Award | Grant Gee | |
Sound & Vision Award Special Mention | Luke Fowler |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Anders Østergaard | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Mark Hammersberg, Ester Martin Bergsmark and Beatrice Maggie Andersson | |
Amnesty:Award | Anders Østergaard | |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Joseph Bullman | |
New:Vision Award | Michel Auder, Andrew Neel | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | |
Sound & Vision Award | Sacha Gervasi | |
Sound & Vision Award Special Mention | Margarita Jimeno |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Harmony Korine | |
DOX Award Special Mention | Måns Månsson | |
Amnesty:Award | Geoffrey Smith, Roberto Hernández | |
Amnesty:Award Special Mention | Yoav Shamir | |
New:Vision Award | shared by: O'er The Land and Trypps 1-6 | Deborah Stratment / Ben Russell |
Sound & Vision Award | Vincent Moon | |
Sound & Vision Award Special Mention | Kara Blake |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Michelangelo Frammartino | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Andrei Ujică | |
Danish:Dox Award | shared by: The Naked of St. Petersburg and Empire North | Ada Bligaard Søby / Jakob Boeskov |
Danish:Dox Award Special Mention | Jacob Schulsinger | |
Amnesty:Award | Kim Longinotto | |
New:Vision Award | Hito Steyerl | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Out | Roee Rosen |
Sound & Vision Award | Dylan Goch, Gruff Rhys | |
Sound & Vision Award Special Mention | Backyard | Árni Sveinsson |
Short:Dox Award | Irma | Charles Fairbanks |
Politiken Audience Award | Theis Molin |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Ben Rivers | |
New:Vision Award | Philippe Grandrieux | |
Amnesty:Award | Anca Damian | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Thomas Østbye | |
Sound & Vision Award | Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, Orri Jónsson & Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir | |
Politiken Audience Award | Wim Wenders |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Joshua Oppenheimer | |
New:Vision Award | Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Véréna Paravel | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Jonas Poher Rasmussen | |
Amnesty:Award | Andrey Gryazev | |
Sound & Vision Award | Jay Bulger | |
Politiken Audience Award | Mikala Krogh |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Narimane Mari | |
New:Vision Award | Ben Rivers & Ben Russell | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Wilhelm Sasnal & Anka Sasnal | |
Nordic:Dox Award | After You | Marius Dybwad Brandrud |
F:ACT Award | Richard Rowley | |
Politiken Audience Award | Arash T. Riahi & Arman T. Riahi |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Joshua Oppenheimer | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Camilla Nilsson | |
New:Vision Award | Basim Magdy | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Lea Glob & Petra Costa | |
F:ACT Award | Katy Chevigny & Ross Kauffman | |
Politiken Audience Award | Grant Baldwin |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Ewan McNicol & Anna Sandilands | |
New:Vision Award | Ali Cherri | |
New:Vision Award | Rosa Barba | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Mika Taanila & Jussi Eerola | |
Nordic:Dox Award Special Mention | Ane Hjort Guttu | |
F:ACT Award | Hemal Trivedi & Mohammed Ali Naqvi | |
F:ACT Award Special Mention | Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe | |
Politiken Audience Award | David Sington |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Feras Fayyad, co-directed by Steen Johannessen | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Austin Lynch & Matthew Booth | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Jeppe Rønde | |
New:Vision Award | Chen Zhou | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Ane Hjort Guttu & Daisuke Kosugi | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Camilla Magid | |
Nordic:Dox Award Special Mention | Egil Håskjold Larsen | |
F:ACT Award | Reber Dosky | |
F:ACT Award Special Mention | Schaul Schwarz & Christina Clusiau | |
Next:Wave Award | Marcos Migliavacca & Nahuel Lahora | |
Next:Wave Award Special Mention | Wattanapume Laisuwanchai | |
Politiken Audience Award | Matthew Heineman |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Marcus Lindeen | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | América | Chase Whiteside & Erick Stoll |
New:Vision Award | Jumana Manna | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Tinne Zenner | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Lasse Lau | |
Nordic:Dox Award Special Mention | Steffan Strandberg | |
F:ACT Award | Elissa Mirzaei & Gulistan Mirzaei | |
Next:Wave Award | Giorgio Ferrero | |
Next:Wave Award Special Mention | Bing Liu | |
Next:Wave Award Special Mention | Anat Yuta Zruia & Shira Clara Winther | |
Politiken Audience Award | Katrine Philp |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | John Skoog | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Pia Hellenthaler | |
New:Vision Award | Mania Akbari & Douglas White | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Petter Sommer & Jo Vemund Svendsen | |
Nordic:Dox Award Special Mention | Lina Mannheimer | |
F:ACT Award | Julien Elie | |
F:act:Award Special Mention | Luke Lorentzen | |
Next:Wave Award | Aboozar Amini | |
Next:Wave Award Special Mention | Juan Palacios | |
Politiken Audience Award | Fredrik Gertten |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Estephan Wagner & Marianne Hougen-Moraga | |
New:Vision Award | South | Morgan Quaintance |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Wingyee Wu & Lap-See Lam | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Jannik Splidsboel | |
Nordic:Dox Award Special Mention | Lotta Petronella | |
F:ACT Award | Marc Wiese | |
F:act:Award Special Mention | Jeff Orlowski | |
Next:Wave Award | David Osit | |
Next:Wave Award Special Mention | Lisa Rovner | |
Politiken:Danish:Dox Award | Estephan Wagner & Marianne Hougen-Moraga |
Award | Film | Director |
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CPH:DOX Award | Ousmane Samassekou | |
CPH:DOX Award Special Mention | Rami Farah & Signe Byrge Sørensen | |
New:Vision Award | Haig Aivazian | |
New:Vision Award Special Mention | Maxime & Audrey Jean-Baptiste | |
Nordic:Dox Award | Nina Hobert | |
Nordic:Dox Award Special Mention | Cille Hannibal & Christine Hanberg | |
F:act Award | Cathy Chu, Iris Kwong, Ip Kar Man, Huang Yuk-kwok, Evie Cheung, Han Yan Yuen & Jen Lee | |
F:act:Award Special Mention | Theo Anthony | |
Next:Wave Award | Fanny Chotimah | |
Next:Wave Award Special Mention | Liesbeth de Ceulaer | |
Politiken:Danish:Dox Award | Frigge Fri |
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