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CPH:DOX Unveils Diverse 2026 Lineup
12 Feb
Summary
- Festival announced 53 world premieres and 16 other premieres across six sections.
- DOX:AWARD offers a €10,000 prize, with other sections awarding €5,000.
- New FIPRESCI Award introduced for DOX:AWARD Competition nominees.
CPH:DOX, the esteemed Copenhagen-based documentary festival, has announced its full competition lineup for 2026, showcasing a significant slate of 53 world premieres. Across six diverse competition sections, the festival presents 16 other premieres, underscoring its commitment to new cinematic voices and groundbreaking storytelling.
The prestigious DOX:AWARD category includes 12 films vying for a €10,000 prize. The festival's other five competitions, each offering a €5,000 award, are dedicated to F:ACT (investigative journalism), HUMAN:RIGHTS (defense of human rights), NEW:VISION (artists' films), NEXT:WAVE (emerging filmmakers), and NORDIC:DOX (regional documentaries).
A notable addition for 2026 is the FIPRESCI Award, presented by the International Federation of Film Critics, which will honor one of the 12 films nominated in the DOX:AWARD Competition. CPH:DOX is also collaborating with the Doc Alliance network to present films nominated for the 2026 Doc Alliance Award.
Artistic Director Niklas Engstrøm emphasized documentary cinema's vital role in a period of shifting frameworks, describing the selected films as spaces for "sustained attention" that "resist simplification and speed." Head of Program Mads K. Mikkelsen added that the lineup "critically and creatively reflect[s] the troubled times we live in," exploring 21st-century cinema with humanism and poetry.
