In this conversation, Keith Wilson talks about the value of critiquing the field with his live cinema performance on awards season madness, Pleased to
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In its 23rd edition, the Danish festival privileged fresh new voices and projects that put cocreation at their center
In this interview, Demos fellow Sameer Padania talks about the need for trust and independence in public media ahead of the BBC’s 2027 charter renewal
In this interview, CPH:DOX’s head of industry Mara Gourd-Mercado discusses expanding the role of industry programs and the metrics of success of a
Dongnan Chen on co-creating her CPH:DOX winner Whispers in May with three Yi girls in Liangshan—and why she wanted cinema to be a gift in the present
At CPH:DOX 2026, the creative doc industry bands together for a “European Netflix” and more coproductions
In this interview, Otilia Portillo Padua talks about having a mycological (and sci-fi) approach to her SXSW and CPH:DOX film, Daughters of the Forest
Watch the trailer for Tom Adjibi’s debut documentary satire, which begins as the video diaries of a biracial actor before Adjibi takes things into his
Diving deep into the Danish doc mainstay’s standout titles Always, The Helsinki Effect, and Nordic competition winner Walls – Akinni Inuk
When does childhood end? This slippery question becomes the crux of Chinese filmmaker Deming Chen’s second feature documentary, Always. The film, which won the top prizes at CPH:DOX and Jeonju over the past two months, centers on an 8-year-old boy, Gong Youbin, and his family in a small village in southern China’s Hunan province. Before the film’s North American premiere at Hot Docs, Chen and Producer Hansen Lin shared with Documentary the feedback they received at different labs and forums, the selection of poems for their film, and the approach of prioritizing emotions, rather than logic, in crafting the story.