Welcome to Day 7 of CPH:DOX 2023

CPH:DOX continues in full swing!
Check the full lineup for today here and make sure to book your tickets in good time! If you have questions on how to book tickets as an accreditation holder, you will find the answer here.

CPH:INDUSTRY Day 3 is here!

We’ll start off the day with the CPH:FORUM project presentations from 09:00-12:30 at Stærkassen, followed by lunch, one-to-one meetings and the Forum dinner for invited guests. Check out the project lineup for today here.

For the second day of CPH:CONFERENCE we start off with the next session of ‘Filmmaker Mornings: Artists & Auteurs’ with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi from 09:30-11:00 at Social Cinema, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, followed by ‘Dialogue on Craft’ with Alison O’Daniel, Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck from 11:30-13:00.

Today we kick off the ‘Future At Our Fingertips’ theme with a focus on ‘Filmmaking: Freedom’, where we’ll collectively rethink the way documentaries are being made, financed and distributed from 15:00-18:00 together with a not-to-be-missed lineup of speakers.

The day will culminate with Happy Hour Drinks hosted by Fremantle in the Upper Foyer, Kunsthal Charlottenborg at 18:00.

Check the full schedule for today here.

Join us for the world premiere of ‘Eat Bitter’
FILM + TALK / DOX:AWARD

A local construction worker and a Chinese engineer are assigned to build a bank in the Central African Republic. But time and resources are scarce, there are rumors of civil war – and their personal lives are not going too well either. ‘Eat Bitter’ mirrors the existential and mundane problems of the two men, while an unlikely friendship and mutual trust blossoms between them.

Meet directors Ningyi Sun and Pascale Appora-Gnekindy after the screening.
Read more here.

Join us for the world premiere of ‘The Other Profile’
FILM + TALK / DOX:AWARD, BE NO STRANGER

French filmmaker Armel Hostiou discovers he has a double in Kinshasa. Someone has created a fake Facebook profile in his name to hustle aspiring actors. So Armel heads to Congo’s vast capital to track him down, and there begins one of the wildest and most unpredictable films of the year. An elementally suspenseful and wildly entertaining detective story about a white filmmaker on foreign ground. But also a story which with hilarious self-irony and in one twist after another turns into a darker story about the internet, identities and post-colonial struggles in the 21st century.

Meet director Armel Hostiou at the world premiere.
Read more here.

Don’t miss the world premiere of ‘Total Trust’
FILM + TALK / DOX:AWARD, REWRITING THE FUTURE

Knowledge is power, and in China, the state now knows more about the population than people know about themselves. Surveillance never has just one face, but is a fine-meshed mix of facial recognition, big data analysis and a points system where you can gain and lose points based on your behavior. ‘Total Trust’ is the first major film that intimately portrays courageous people living in China’s increasingly monitored society. An eye-opening and deeply disturbing tale of technology, abuse of power and (self-)censorship, which the Covid pandemic only caused to accelerate at rocket speed.

Meet director Jialing Zhang at the world prmeiere.
Read more here.

Join us at the opening of SOCIETY:CINEMA
PARTY
We draw the line between East and West when we invite you to a free opening party at Pressen, marking three days of SOCIETY:CINEMA at CPH:DOX.
We’ll celebrate the opening of the stage with a party that, in line with today’s screenings of the films ‘Soviet Bus Stops’ and ‘Merkel’, we’ll pull down the iron curtain and open up the dance floor DJs Frederik Nielsen and Hex Electronix from the DJ collective Kmmunity and visuals by artist Sillou.eight!

East vs. West – on which side of the wall do you find the best party?
Read more here.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

FILM + PANEL / BE NO STRANGER, NEXT:WAVE
Megaheartz

Can love exist without madness? An ultra-intense, high-speed (self-)portrait of four women exploring the darkest corners of love without a filter. Hard, brutal and real – to a score by electro-queen Eartheater.

After the world premiere, join director Emily Norling and author Anna Rieder (‘Hjertet er en fold med heste’) as they explore the hybrid format and discuss the advantages of telling a story in a fragmented way.

FILM + EVENT / DANISH:DOX
Somewhere by the Sea

A folkloristic tour of the Northwest of Denmark where the sand is blowing, the sea is roaring and the horizon is settling in your mind.

Meet director Anne Svejgård Lund at the world premiere, where along the way we will sing a community song and enjoy coffee from a classic North Jutland coffee table.

FILM / DANISH:DOX
Murky Waters

Mo travels with a humanitarian organisation to the Greek island of Lesbos to help refugees, but when he saves a crowded boat from drowning, the authorities accuse him of human trafficking.

Join us at the world premiere.

21.03 — Day 7

FILM + TALK / BE NO STRANGER, NEXT:WAVE
The Last Year of Darkness

Bass-heavy and neon-coloured portrait of the alternative Chinese youth in a country in constant state of change that now threatens the underground club Funky Town.

Meet director Benjamin Mullinkosson at the world premiere and enjoy a free beer from our friends at To Øl after.

FILM + Q&A / BE NO STRANGER, NEW:VISION
Bruises

A sensory film from the twilight between two worlds. In a village on Mexico’s southern coast, a small community lives in a complex, spiritual bond with nature’s animals.

Before the world premiere, the Mexican Embassy will serve a fresh fruit drink in Asta Bar. After the film you can meet the directors Daniel Ulacia Balmaseda and Ginan Seidl.

FILM + CONCERT / SOUND & VISION, UNGDOMSREDAKTIONEN
Rahčan – Ella’s riot

Love, music, Sami identity and environmental activism go hand in hand in this inspiring tale of young singer Ella and her fight against the mining company that threatens her Sami heritage.

Join the concert of Ella and her band ISÁK after the screening.