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Programme 2020
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Opening film: The Fight for Greenland
Kenneth Sorento
Denmark, Greenland, Norway
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98
min
The young generation of Greenlanders are divided about the question of independence. Faced with an uncertain future, new times are coming for the world's largest island.
VR:Emergency
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36
min
Crisis is imminent in this program where dried-up lakes, antarctic glaciers, and space travel make us appreciate the urgency of taking care of our shared home.
VR:Mortal
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32
min
Come face to face with your own mortality as these two pieces delve into sickness and the challenges of growing old.
VR:Omni
Ai Weiwei
United Kingdom, Germany
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50
min
Ai Weiwei continues telling us urgent stories of displacement in this, his first, virtual reality artwork.
VR:Toxic
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25
min
Two moving VR-pieces explore human's will to survive in poisoned environments.
143 Sahara Street
Hassen Ferhani
Algeria, France
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100
min
One of this year's surprise hits in the festival world is the charming and multi-award-winning Algerian film about a woman who runs a café in the Sahara desert.
1900
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60
min
The critically acclaimed side-project of the drummer of Bob Hund, Christian Gabels, features minimalist sound collages created on analogue recording equipment.
25 Years of Crunchy Frog + Felix in Wonderland
Palle Demant + Marie Losier
Danmark; Frankrig, Tyskland
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80
min
Two films that celebrate musical creativity. Experience the German synth genius Felix Kubin in action with a festive short about Crunchy Frog’s 25th anniversary.
360° VR Space Safari
Peter Fisher, Niels Rahr
Denmark
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5
min
Astronauts often experience the “overview effect”. It’s the moment when they first see planet Earth, as a vulnerable dot in the universe needing our protection.
45 Seconds of Laughter
Tim Robbins
USA
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95
min
With the actor Tim Robbins as director, hardcore criminals find new faith in themselves and each other in a film about theatre as therapy.
A Colombian Family
Tanja Wol Sørensen
Denmark
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80
min
A mother and daughter confront the past after years of civil war, but end in the difficult dilemma between reconciliation and political ideals.
A Gift from God
Jørgen Lorentzen, Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Norway
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60
min
Erdogan's Turkey under the surface in an in-depth and highly topical film about power and international politics.
A New Beginning
Ala'A Mohsen
Denmark, Norway
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78
min
The arrival as Syrian refugees in Norway turns into a new beginning with challenges for a Syrian man and his young son.
A Sarcophagus for a Queen
Pavel Štingl
Czech Republic
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80
min
Bjørn Nørgaard and a team of Czech glass artists in the demanding process of creating a grave monument for Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik.
A Shape of Things to Come
Lisa Marie Malloy, J.P. Sniadecki
United States
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77
min
A sensory and cinematic work from the Sonoran Desert in the southern US, where a man lives in a lonely pact with a brutal nature and in the shadow of the apocalypse.
A Song Called Hate
Anna Hildur
Iceland
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91
min
The Icelandic band Hatari is used to provoking everyone and everything, but at the Eurovision Song Contest in Israel they have the opportunity to call out the whole world – that is if they want to.
A Swedish Love Story
Roy Andersson
Sweden
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115
min
Se (or re-see) Roy Andersson's fantastic film about Swedish youth in the 1970s and about a young couple's adventure during a warm summer.
A Writer Named Tove
Peter Lopes Andersson, Sami Saif
Denmark
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38
min
A mosaic portrait of Tove Ditlevsen. The self-confident and outspoken author, and the fragile woman behind the books.
A Year Forever
Pauline Merrildgaard
Denmark
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54
min
In a roller-coaster of large and small moments, we are invited inside a magical boyhood universe during a decisive year at a boarding school for lower secondary students.
A Year Forever + What the Sea Forget
Pauline Merrildgaard + Martin Johannsen
Danmark + Danmark
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66
min
We are invited to experience a roller-coaster of large and small moments in the magical universe of teenage boys during a decisive year at boarding school. Shown with the short film ‘What the Sea Forget’.
ASK WHY TALKS – Fighting for Fair Elections
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140
min
Director Sam Soko, Camillia Nielsson and Bent Nicolajsen in conversation following the screening of SOFTIE
ASK WHY TALKS – Freedom of Choice
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140
min
Stinne Bech (Amnesty) and Mette Marie Yde (Danner) in conversation following the screening of SAUDI RUNAWAY
ASK WHY TALKS – Freedom of Speech
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120
min
Grete Faremo (UNOPS) and Anders Krab-Johansen (Berlingske Media) in conversation following the screening of WE HOLD THE LINE
Acasa, My Home
Radu Ciorniciuc
Romania, Germany, Finland
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85
min
A Romani family living in a marshland outside Bucharest is forcibly rehoused to the city, in a lively and touching audience favourite of a film.
Actress + Young Paint (Live AI/AV)
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120
min
A unique digital duet between a man and a machine, when Actress explores the creative potential of artificial intelligence with the AI character Young Paint.
Adolescentes
Sébastien Lifshitz
France
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135
min
Five years in the lives of two young French girls. Friendships, love, early adult life – a virtuoso documentary 'Girlhood' about making the right choices.
After the Fallout
Sam Wolson, Dominic Nahr
USA, Switzerland
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13
min
‘After the Fallout’ follows people navigating life in Fukushima and the new world that has been created since the 2011 disaster.
Aleksi Perälä vs. Alice Topsøe-Jensen + support: Deb Foam
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120
min
The electronic composer and young VJ artist invites us to an audiovisual evening with microtonal and crystalline vibrations.
All I Can Say
Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen Hennessy, Shannon Hoon
USA
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101
min
The lead singer Shannon Hoon from Blind Melon documented his life on VHS tapes right until his death. A unique (self-)portrait and a time capsule of 90s culture.
American Rapstar
Justin Staple
United States
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73
min
Facial tattoos, prescription drug abuse, rebellious punk energy and early death. The story of SoundCloud rap and the world around the music.
An Evening with Edward Snowden
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150
min
An Evening with Werner Herzog
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100
min
Meet the German filmmaker in a conversation about his life's opus, ecstatic truth and about making films in the intersection between reality and fiction.
An Evening with the Climate Movement
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min
Special screening of 'Now' and debate with representatives of Fridays for Future, Extinction Rebellion and the Green Students' Movement.
An Evening with the Digital Privacy Movement
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150
min
A special screening of 'The Social Dilemma' and a debate about surveillance capitalism – and about how we take back control of our private lives.
An Evening with the Muslim Women's Movement
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150
min
Special screening of 'Saudi Runaway' followed by a conversation with representatives from the Danish Muslim Women's Movement.
Andrey Tarkovsky: A Cinema Prayer
Andrey A. Tarkovsky
Russia, Italy, Sweden
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97
min
The brilliant Russian filmmaker's life and work, told by himself through uncovered recordings and phenomenal footage.
Areum Married
Areum Parkkang
South Korea
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86
min
The form is lo-fi and personal like a diary in the Korean Areum's captivating film about gender roles, bodies and femininity, with her own family life as the raw material.
Attacked – the Copenhagen Shootings
Nils Giversen
Danmark
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118
min
Preview screening with subsequent debate about radicalisation and prevention with a panel of experts in the field.
Ayouni
Yasmin Fedda
United Kingdom, Qatar
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75
min
The families of two missing civilian activists in Syria speak out in a film, which uses words to give the invisible victims of the war a face.
Aznavour By Charles
Marc Di Dominico
France
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75
min
A cinematic self-portrait of one of France's most iconic artists, shot by the man himself over a period of 70 years.
Being Eriko
Jannik Splidsboel
Denmark, Norway
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73
min
From Japan to Copenhagen, and from the sophisticated to the grotesque. Opposites meet in the Japanese pianist Eriko Makimura, who now has to break with her past.
Being a Human Person
Fred Scott
Sweden, United Kingdom
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min
The world premiere of a portrait film about the singular Swedish film artist Roy Andersson, created in his spirit.
Bitter Love
Jerzy Sladkowski
Sweden, Finland, Poland
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86
min
Bittersweet and tragicomic film from a Russian cruise ship of the cheaper kind, where everyone is looking for love – and luckily find it.
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Turner Ross, Bill Ross
USA
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98
min
Last orders at a bar in Las Vegas before it closes. The last moments of an American microcosm, masterfully portrayed by the Ross brothers.
Blow It to Bits
Lech Kowalski
France
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109
min
A protest of French workers against the closure of their factory turns into a rebellion against an invisible enemy: globalisation.
Bring Down the Walls
Phil Collins
USA, Germany
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87
min
Pumping house music meets political activism at a club in New York, where former convicts find new hope.
CPH:CONFERENCE – Documenting the Future
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360
min
CPH:CONFERENCE – Science is Culture
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420
min
CPH:CONFERENCE – Art, Technology and Change: The Descent of Man
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420
min
CPH:CONFERENCE – Making Media Matter when the World is on Fire
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420
min
CPH:CONFERENCE – Tackling Disruption: Industry, Platforms, Audiences
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420
min
Capital in the 21st Century
Justin Pemberton
France, New Zealand
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103
min
A film version of Thomas Piketty's best-seller from 2014 has not become less relevant since the book was first published. 700 pages of razor-sharp conclusions in just 100 minutes!
Care(less) 2
Lindsay Seers, Keith Sargent
United Kingdom
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16
min
‘Care(less) 2’ addresses the attitudes toward the elderly by exploring the possibilities of VR.
Caught in the Net
Vít Klusák, Barbora Chalupová
Czech Republic, Slovakia
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100
min
A controversial experiment with three young women on social media documents the sickening reality that many children face on the internet.
Cemetery
Carlos Casas
France, United Kingdom, Poland, Uzbekistan
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85
min
An elephant cemetery in Sri Lanka is the goal of a dark and trippy journey through the jungle, like an 80s action film in slow motion and on magic mushrooms.
Chained (Agora II)
Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Greece, Germany
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90
min
Five years in the corridors of power in Greece, which for years struggled with economic meltdown and political extremism.
Chassol
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60
min
An audiovisual performance based on Leonard Cohen's life and work by the French composer, who has worked with Frank Ocean and Solange.
Citizen K
Alex Gibney
USA, United Kingdom
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125
min
From oligarch to icon for the democracy movement. A political thriller from Russia with Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the lead role.
Citizen Science #1: The Debater
Harry Spitzer, Joshua Davis
USA
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80
min
What happens when AI stops playing games?
Citizen Science #2: Kaspar
Piotr Winiewicz
Denmark, The Netherlands
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90
min
Can artificial intelligence create art and edit a documentary in real time? See for yourself, when we make an attempt and follow it up with a panel discussion.
Citizen Science #3: Me & My Robot
Mark Decena
Germany, Thailand, Japan, Russia, Philippines, United States, China, Canada, Honduras
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120
min
Young people from all over the world meet for the World Robot Olympiad in Thailand. Meet some of them live, when we host a film screening, debate and workshop at CPH:DOX.
Climate Symphony
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75
min
With live visuals and musicians from the Danish Chamber Orchestra, artists Leah Borromeo, Jamie Perera and Katharine Round re-imagine the Anthropocene as a four part symphony composed from climate data.
Collective
Alexander Nanau
Romania, Luxembourg
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109
min
A team of Romanian journalists dig their way deep into a corruption scandal which goes all the way to the top of the system. A true documentary thriller, and one of this year's best-received films.
Coup 53
Taghi Amirani
United Kingdom, Iran, USA
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119
min
The Iranian coup of 1953 changed the Middle East for ever. An intense and revelatory docu-drama tells the dramatic story of how it happened.
Crazy, Not Insane
Alex Gibney
USA
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117
min
What happens in the brains of serial killers? Find possible answers in a chilling but sober film about criminal psychology by the Oscar winner Alex Gibney.
Crip Camp
Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht
USA
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102
min
When disabled youths started their own Woodstock and fought a battle for rights and recognition, they laid the foundations for the political changes of today.
Cunningham
Alla Kovgan
Germany, France, USA
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93
min
One of the greatest and most groundbreaking names within modern dance has finally been given the film he deserves – and on top of that in artistic 3D.
DIS Presents: What Do People Do All Day? (Charlottenborg)
—
min
Exhibition curated by DIS at Kunsthal Charlottenborg from 20 March to 9 August. Free admission during CPH:DOX.
DIS Presents: What Do People Do All Day? (Tranen)
—
min
Exhibition curated by DIS at Tranen from 20 March to 9 August. Free admission during CPH:DOX.
Daddy + I Am An Other
Lars Leonhardt + Victoria Vogel Salomonsen
Denmark, USA + Denmark
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69
min
Two Danish films. An American anthropologist has a child with his Danish wife and sees himself in a new light. And two young women share a passion for cosplay and each other.
Danish Artists' Film/Video
Lena Ditte Nissen + Jeppe Lange + Clara Busch + Sofia Albina Novikoff Unger + Mie Mollerup
Denmark
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56
min
Five short and uncompromising works by Danish visual artists, created for both the gallery and the cinema.
Dare To Do Whatever
Ina Lindgreen, Nicole N. Horanyi, Andrea Storm Henriksen, Emil Langballe, Alexander Evers Lind
Denmark
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74
min
A youth film that takes place at a creative school that allows you to be different: the Academy for Untamed Creativity.
Days of Cannibalism
Teboho Edkins
France, South Africa, The Netherlands
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80
min
Chinese entrepreneurs with dollar signs in their eyes settle in Africa in a neo-Western about the new face of globalisation.
Desert One
Barbara Kopple
USA
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108
min
The hostage crisis at the US embassy in Teheran in 1979 told by those who were involved on both sides.
Desertør
—
min
Halfan Pisket's award-winning graphic novel on the stage of Revolver from 10 March to 8 April.
Detour + The Seismic Form + South
Mario Valero + Antoinette Zwirchmayr + Morgan Quaintance
Spain, France + Austria + United Kingdom
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73
min
Three short and very beautiful films where form and experience have mutually influenced each other. Complex and suggestive.
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Kirsten Johnson
USA
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89
min
Moving, witty, and completely unpredictable. A daughter's farewell to her father leads to an unexpected finale in a deeply personal film by Kirsten Johnson ('Cameraperson').
Disclosure
Sam Feder
USA
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105
min
A critical look at Hollywood in this exposition of the lives of transgender people on film and TV, with the star Laverne Cox.
Do Not Split + America + Two Sisters who are Not Sisters
Anders Hammer + Garrett Bradley + Beatrice Gibson
United Kingdom, Norway +United States + United Kingdom
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73
min
Dope is Death
Mia Donovan
Canada
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78
min
The Black Panther party's own rehab programme has connections going from 1970s New York – via racism, radical politics and an unsolved bank robbery – right up to the present day.
Dox:Court
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150
min
CPH:DOX and the think tank Justitia present an interactive trial, where you are the judge in a recent and real-world criminal case.
Ecstasy
Moara Passoni
Brazil
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80
min
Episodes from the filmmaker's life with an eating disorder, told through the life of her alter ego from the ages of 7 to 18. A deeply personal experience in a sensuous form.
Epicentro
Hubert Sauper
Austria, France, United States
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108
min
Hubert Sauper's visionary Sundance winner from modern Cuba is a panoramic report from a country with a unique and disruptive history.
Errans + Dear Joel
Mira Adoumier + Thanasis Trouboukis
Lebanon + Greece
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84
min
Her search for a missing friend leads a woman to the traces of her own past in a poetic essay film from Lebanon and Iceland.
Faith
Valentina Pedicini
Italy
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94
min
Life behind the walls of an Italian sect of Catholic kung fu monks, who live in an isolated world on a strong diet of martial arts, spirituality and occult rituals.
Family Romance, LLC
Werner Herzog
Germany, USA
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89
min
Werner Herzog in Japan, where a real rent-your-own family member is cast to play himself in a strange and surreal fusion of reality and fiction.
Fantaventura
Mike Robbins, Harmke Heezen
Germany
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45
min
‘Fantaventura’ is a trip to a psychedelic island with the legendary German hip hop group ‘Die Fantastischen Vier’.
Feels Good Man
Arthur Jones
USA
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92
min
How a cartoon frog became an iconic meme for the hateful alt-right movement in a film that dives deep into the dark internet.
Felix Kubin: film + concert
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90
min
Solo concert with the German sound artist after the screening of the portrait film 'Felix in Wonderland'.
Final Party
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60
min
We are rounding off this year's festival with a midnight concert with the Brainfeeder beat creator Teebs, and MMH Radio will curate the DJs.
Flux
Suvi Andrea Helminen
Denmark
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15
min
‘Flux’ is a thought experiment where genders aren’t seen as polar opposites.
Félicia Atkinson x Ben Rivers
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75
min
Poetic and whispering ambient meet cinematic visuals, when the enigmatic sound artist and award-winning filmmaker visit Charlottenborg.
Ganden: A Joyful Land
Ngawang Choephel
United States
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80
min
Tibetan monks from an over 500 year old Buddhist group initiate us in their story about banishment and quiet resistance.
Garage People
Natalija Yefimkina
Germany
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93
min
The fall of the Soviet Union left a vacuum that the people on the fringes of Russia have found their own ways of filling. A quirky and stylish directorial debut.
Gifts of Chance – a film about Jørgen Leth
Kasper Bech Dyg
Denmark
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80
min
Jørgen Leth looks back at more than 50 years as a filmmaker in a cheerful film, whose contagious enthusiasm initiates us in his special poetry.
Gunda
Victor Kossakovsky
Norway, USA
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93
min
Life among the animals we eat, as seen from the camera lens of the 'Aquarela' filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky.
Heimat Is a Space in Time
Thomas Heise
Germany, Austria
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219
min
The modern history of Germany, told by four generations in a film by a director with a unique eye for detail. An artistic triumph.
Here for Life
Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Adrian Jackson
United Kingdom
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87
min
The inhabitants of London's own answer to Christiania form a united front against gentrification and the dictatorship of normality.
Hypha
Natalia Cabrera
Chile
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12
min
‘Hypha’ is an immersive journey beginning with you as a spore in space taken by a meteorite to Earth.
I Am Not Alone
Garin Hovannisian
Armenia, United States
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93
min
A simple man starts to march towards the capital in protest, and forty days later a corrupt government is overthrown.

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