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| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Disestablished | 2022 |
| Website | Archived version |
CPH PIX was a film festival that takes place annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. Created when the Copenhagen International Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival were merged in 2008, the festival ran from 2009 until 2021. It was run by Copenhagen Film Festivals, which also manages the documentary festival CPH:DOX. CPH PIX incorporated Buster Film Festival for Children and Youth between 2016 and 2018.
CPH PIX was created when the Copenhagen International Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival were merged in 2008, which created the organisation Copenhagen Film Festivals. Copenhagen Film Festivals also manages the documentary festival CPH:DOX. The festival was founded by Jacob Neiiendam, former head of programming at Copenhagen International Film Festival from 2005 to 2007, and the Nordic correspondent for Screen from 1999 until 2005. [1]
The first edition of CPH PIX was held in April 2009 with an audience of 36,500 - the largest crowd ever recorded for a film festival in Copenhagen at the time. The festival grew to an audience of 78,000 people in 2017. [2]
In 2016 the festival merged with Buster Film Festival for Children and Youth, and the festival period also moved from April to October/November. From 2016, Jacob Neiiendam and CPH:DOX founder-director Tine Fischer were co-CEOs of all three festivals (CPH PIX, CPH:DOX, and BUSTER). 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. [1]
Neiiendam had recently been appointed chairman of the Danish Film Academy earlier, and had been running the Robert Awards (the Danish film awards) since 2013. He had a continuing role on the selection committee for the European Film Academy. [1]
Until 2018, the festival lasted for two weeks, with a packed program of more than 200 films from around the world, as well as 700 film related events and activities. After the change in management, the festival's format relaunched in a new compressed WEEKEND edition. The first WEEKEND edition was held in 2019, with a strongly curated program consisting of 20 films in four days. In this year, the festival once again separated from Buster Film Festival for Children and Youth.[ citation needed ]
In 2020, CPH PIX was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
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. [4] [5] The 2021 edition was a smaller version of the event, running over five days and screening 40 films, and this was the last edition of the festival. [3]
In June 2022 it was announced that the festival would be shutting down permanently, after having had financial problems for some years in the new era of streaming services and being unable to raise the necessary funding. BUSTER and CPH:DOX festivals would continue, with the 2022 edition of BUSTER taking place from 29 September 29 to 9 October. [3]
Over the course of its history CPH PIX awarded several different prizes, including:[ citation needed ]
In 2021 the festival awarded only one prize: the Crystal Ball, an international competition for feature film debutants, which was selected by a jury consisting of industry professionals.
The award-winners were:
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Peter Strickland (RU/UK) | Katalin Varga |
| Politiken Audience Award | Philippe Falardeau (CA) | It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani (BE) | Amer |
| Politiken Audience Award | Scandar Copti (PS), Yaron Shani (IL) | Ajami |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Alistair Banks Griffin (US) | Two Gates of Sleep |
| Politiken Audience Award | Saverio Costanzo (IT) | La solitudine dei numeri primi |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Kleber Mendonça Filho (BR) | Neighbouring Sounds |
| Politiken Audience Award | Philippe Falardeau (CA) | Monsieur Lazhar |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Ramon Zürcher (CH) | The Strange Little Cat |
| Politiken Audience Award | Felix van Groeningen (NL) | The Broken Circle Breakdown |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Eskil Vogt (N) | Blind |
| Politiken Audience Award | Benedikt Erlingsson (IS) | Of Horses and Men |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Thomas Daneskov (DK) | The Elite |
| Politiken Audience Award | Dagur Kári (IS) | Virgin Mountain |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Ralitza Petrova (BG) | Godless |
| Nordisk Film Fonden's Best Children’s Film | Alexandra-Therese Keining (SE) | Girls Lost |
| Politiken Audience Award | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (IS) | Heartstone |
| Politiken Fonden's Best Short Film For Children | Amalie Næsby (DK) | Ztripes |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Hlynur Pálmason (Iceland) | Winter Brothers |
| Politiken Audience Award | Philippe Van Leeuw (Belgium) | In Syria |
| BUSTER's Best Children's Film | Izer Aliu (Norway) | Hunting Flies |
| Award | Director | Film |
|---|---|---|
| New Talent Grand PIX | Tuva Novotny (SE) | Blind Spot |
| Politiken Talent Award | Isabella Eklöf (SE) | Holiday |
| BUSTER's Best Children's Film | Anders Walter (DK) | I Kill Giants |
| PIX Audience Award | Boots Riley (US) | Sorry to Bother You |
| Award | Director | Film |
| Politiken Talent Award | Frelle Petersen | Uncle |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
| Award | Director | Film |
| The Crystal Ball | David Adler | End Of Night |
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