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Festivals

Bodies in motion: a report from CPH:DOX 2024

by Savina Petkova

One of the world’s most impor­tant doc­u­men­tary fes­ti­val deliv­ers a host of very fine films as well as some flim-flam­my polit­i­cal statements.
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Festivals

My First Film – first-look review

by Savina Petkova

In her intrigu­ing debut fea­ture, direc­tor Zia Anger attempts to exor­cise the ghost of a long-aban­doned film­mak­ing venture.
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Festivals

Saunas, Funkytown and the consciousness of plants at CPH:DOX 2023

by Chris Cassingham

A raft of inno­v­a­tive and thought­ful world pre­mieres stood out at Copen­hagen’s annu­al doc­u­men­tary fes­ti­val, which moves from autumn to spring.
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Festivals

Immersive and inspiring music documentaries to look out for in 2021

by Patrick Gamble

Sound­Cloud rap­pers and a for­got­ten folk singer took cen­tre stage at this year’s CPH:DOX.
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Festivals

Six of the best new documentaries from CPH:DOX 2019

by Demetrios Matheou

Ai Weiwei’s lat­est chron­i­cle of the refugee cri­sis was among the highlight’s of Copenhagen’s pre­mier doc­u­men­tary festival.
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Festivals

Abel Ferrara has made a film about Rome’s most infamous square

by Holly Connolly

The direc­tor is joined by Willem Dafoe to explore the city’s Piaz­za Vittorio.
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Festivals

What does it mean to come of age in the modern world?

by Matt Turner

Three out­stand­ing new films at this year’s CPH:DOX pre­sent­ed illu­mi­nat­ing respons­es to this question.
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Festivals

Blurred realities at CPH:DOX 2017

by Matt Turner

This year’s fes­ti­val boast­ed ground-break­ing cin­e­mat­ic exper­i­ments which offered reflec­tions on our dig­i­tal age.