Copenhagen documentary movie competition CPH:DOX, whose twenty first version runs from March 13-24, has unveiled the movies nominated throughout all six award classes. The choice options 66 movies in competitors, amongst which 47 are world premieres, 17 worldwide premieres and two European premieres. All of the movies in the principle competitors might be world premieres.

Niklas Engstrøm, CPH:DOX’s creative director, commented: “What unites these movies is their ambition to interact with the world in a significant means. This 12 months’s competitors sharpens its concentrate on essentially the most pressing problems with our time, from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza to gang violence in Sweden, exploring themes of id politics, colonialism, and the foundational struggles for democracy and the battle in opposition to local weather change. These movies supply contemporary views, problem aesthetic boundaries, and delve deeper into points we thought we understood.”

CPH:DOX and the Institute for Human Rights have launched the brand new Human:Rights Award to this 12 months’s competition, marking the seventy fifth anniversary of the Common Declaration of Human Rights. This award “underscores the continued relevance of human rights in difficult instances.”

Mads Ok. Mikkelsen, CPH:DOX’s head of program, said: “In an period that calls for solidarity with brave filmmakers who champion equality and justice worldwide, we’ve established the Human:Rights Award. This 12 months, we nominate 10 distinctive movies that spotlight urgent world points, reflecting our dedication to fostering a deeper understanding of human rights.”

The DOX:AWARD, providing €10,000, options world premieres. The NEW:VISION Award, with a €5,000 prize, delves into artwork movies and boundary-pushing experiments, whereas the NEXT:WAVE Award, additionally valued at €5,000, spotlights rising filmmakers. The NORDIC:DOX Award, one other €5,000 prize, highlights distinctive movies from the Nordic area, whereas the F:ACT Award, additionally with a €5,000 prize, celebrates the sector between documentary and in-depth journalism. The HUMAN:RIGHTS Award, valued at €5,000, emphasizes movies addressing human rights points. The Viewers Award, with a prize of €5,000, permits festival-goers to vote for his or her favourite movie.

DOX:AWARD:
“Balomania” (Sissel Morell Dargis, Denmark/Spain, World Premiere)
“The Black Backyard” (Alexis Pazoumian, France/Belgium, World Premiere)
“E.1027 – Eileen Grey and the Home by the Sea” (Beatrice Minger, co-dir. Christoph Schaub, Switzerland, World Premiere)
“The Flats” (Alessandra Celesia, France/U.Ok./Eire/Belgium, World Premiere)
“Immortals” (Maja Tschumi, Switzerland/Iraq, World Premiere)
“Life and Different Issues” (Max Kestner, Denmark/Sweden/U.Ok., World Premiere)
“Motherboard” (Victoria Mapplebeck, U.Ok., World Premiere)
“Evening of Nights” (Truman, U.S., World Premiere)
“As soon as Upon a Time in a Forest” (Virpi Suutari, Finland, World Premiere)
“Phantoms of the Sierra Madre” (Håvard Bustnes, Norway/Finland/U.S./Mexico, World Premiere)
“Two Strangers Making an attempt To not Kill Every Different” (Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter, U.Ok., World Premiere)
“Wilfred Buck” (Lisa Jackson, Canada, World Premiere)

NEW:VISION AWARD
“Preemptive Listening” (Aura Satz, U.Ok./Finland, European Premiere)
“Ottu” (Sandra Ignagni, Canada/France/Italy, World Premiere)
“My Need of You Partakes of Me” (Beny Wagner & Sasha Litvintseva, U.Ok./Netherlands, World Premiere)
“Acquainted Phantoms” (Larissa Sansour, Søren Lind, U.Ok./Palestine, World Premiere)
“And Nonetheless, It Stays” (Arwa Aburawa, Turab Shah, Algeria/U.Ok., World Premiere)
“Look on the Brilliant Aspect” (Yuyan Wang, France/Italy, Worldwide Premiere)
“Dieseline Desires” (Max Göran, Sweden, World Premiere)
“Trash the Musical” (Loretta Fahrenholz, Germany, World Premiere)
“Two Suns” (SUPERFLEX, Denmark, World Premiere)
“You, My, Omma, Mama” (Laure Prouvost, Belgium/ France/Austria, World Premiere)
“Lichens Are the Manner” (Ondřej Vavrečka, Czech Republic/Slovakia, World Premiere)
“Single File” (Simon Liu, Italy/U.S./U.Ok./Hong Kong, World Premiere)
“Silent Evening” (Philipp Schaeffer, Jonathan Schaller, Germany/Palestine/Israel, World Premiere)
“Efforts of Nature” (Morgan Quaintance, U.Ok., Worldwide Premiere)
“No Exorcism Movie” (Komtouch Napattaloong, Thailand, World Premiere)

F:ACT AWARD
“The Battle for Laikipia” (Daphne Matziaraki, Peter Murimi, Kenya/U.S., Worldwide Premiere)
“Black Snow” (Alina Simone, U.S., World Premiere)
“Can’t Really feel Nothing” (David Borenstein, Denmark/China/Russia/North Macedonia/U.S., World Premiere)
“Daughter of Genghis” (Kristoffer Juel Poulsen, Christian Als, Denmark, World Premiere)
“Democracy Noir” (Connie Discipline, U.S./Germany/Denmark, World Premiere)
“Misinform Me” (Baar Tyrmi, Norway, Worldwide Premiere)
“Limits of Europe” (Apolena Rychlíková, Czech Republic/Slovakia/France, World Premiere)
“Evening of the Coyotes” (Clara Trischler, Germany/Austria, World Premiere)
“Stray Our bodies” (Elina Psykou, Greece/Switzerland/Italy/Bulgaria, Worldwide Premiere)
“Union” (Stephen Maing, Brett Story, U.S., Worldwide Premiere)

NEXT:WAVE AWARD
“Appearances” (Nicolás Onischuk, Argentina, Worldwide Premiere)
“The Base” (Vadim Dumesh, France, Worldwide Premiere)
“Blueberry Desires” (Elena Mikaberidze, Georgia/France/Belgium, World Premiere)
“Demise of a Saint” (Patricia Bbaale Bandak, Denmark, World Premiere)
“Eros” (Rachel Daisy Ellis, Brazil, Worldwide Premiere)
“G – 21 Scenes From Gottsunda” (Loran Batti, Denmark/Sweden, World Premiere)
“Grand Me” (Atiye Zare Arandi, Belgium/Iran, World Premiere)
“Invisible Folks” (Alisa Berger, France/Germany, World Premiere)
“KIX” (Bálint Révész, Dávid Mikulán, France/Croatia/Hungary, World Premiere)
“My First Movie” (Zia Anger, U.S., World Premiere)
“The Nights Nonetheless Scent of Gunpowder” (Inadelso Cossa, France/Netherlands/Mozambique/Norway/Portugal/Germany, Worldwide Premiere)
“Realm of Devil” (Scott Cummings, U.S., Worldwide Premiere)
“Sting Like a Bee” (Leone Balduzzi, Italy, Worldwide Premiere)
“To Be an Additional” (Henrike Meyer, Germany, World Premiere)

NORDIC:DOX AWARD
“G – 21 Scenes From Gottsunda” (Loran Batti, Denmark/Sweden, World Premiere)
“Laborious to Break” (Anna-Maija Heinonen, Krista Moisio, Finland, Worldwide Premiere)
“The Labour of Ache and Pleasure” (Karoliina Gröndahl, Finland, World Premiere)
“Life and Different Issues” (Max Kestner, Denmark/Sweden/U.Ok., World Premiere)
“Mina and the Radio Bandits” (Kari Anne Moe, Norway, World Premiere)
“As soon as Upon a Time in a Forest” (Virpi Suutari, Finland, World Premiere)
“Our Father Wears a Solar” (Jasper Spanning, Rosalinde Mynster, Denmark, World Premiere)
“Phantoms of the Sierra Madre” (Håvard Bustnes, Norway/Finland/U.S./Mexico, World Premiere)
“A Place within the Solar” (Mette Carla Albrechtsen, Denmark, World Premiere)
“The Son and the Moon” (Roja Pakari, Denmark/Iran, World Premiere)

HUMAN:RIGHTS AWARD
“Black Field Diaries” (Shiori Ito, Japan/U.Ok./U.S., European Premiere)
“I Shall Not Hate” (Tal Barda, Canada/France, World Premiere)
“Limits of Europe” (Apolena Rychlíková, Czech Republic/Slovakia/France, World Premiere)
“Marching within the Darkish” (Kinshuk Surjan, Belgium/Netherlands/India, World Premiere)
“Mediha” (Hasan Oswald, U.S., Worldwide Premiere)
“A Poem for Little Folks” (Ivan Sautkin, Lithuania/U.Ok./Ukraine, Worldwide Premiere)
“Energy” (Yance Ford, U.S., Worldwide Premiere)
“The Restoration Channel” (Ellen Ugelstad, Norway, Worldwide Premiere)
“Silent Timber” (Agnieszka Zwiefka, Denmark/Poland/Germany, World Premiere)
“The Sky Above Zenica” (Zlatko Pranjic, Nanna Frank Møller, Bosnia and Herzegovina/Denmark, World Premiere)