The deadline for submissions for CPH:DOX’s international financing and co-production event CPH:FORUM is fast approaching, with a cut-off date of November 5, 2025.
30 international film and new media projects at various stages of development and production will be presented during CPH:FORUM, taking place March 17-19, 2026 in Copenhagen. The event is dedicated to supporting creative and “visually strong film projects” and connects professionals from the worlds of non-fiction, fiction, journalism, science and visual art.
CPH:FORUM is looking for projects within the following focus areas:
- CINEMA: High-end theatrical feature-length documentaries with international distribution potential.
- FICTIONONFICTION: Challenging works in the hybrid landscape between fiction and non-fiction.
- F:ACT: Projects bridging the fields of filmmaking, investigative journalism and activism.
- SCIENCE: Creative documentary film and new media projects on science and technology.
- ART: Film projects by visual artists to be screened both within the institution of cinema and that of visual arts.
Selected projects will be invited to present their work to key European and international financiers, distributors and potential co-producers and take part in tailored one-to-one meetings. Click here to submit projects.
Previously pitched projects include: Mistress Dispeller by Elizabeth Lo; Hollywoodgate by Ibrahim Nash’at; Architecton by Victor Kossakovsky; Intercepted by Oksana Karpovych; Queendom by Agniia Galdanova; Twice Colonized by Lin Alluna; Nocturnes by Anirban Dutta & Anupama Srinivasan; Confessions of a Good Samaritan by Penny Lane; Rising up at Night by Nelson Makengo; All Light, Everywhere by Theo Anthony; Epicentro by Hubert Sauper; The Hottest August by Brett Story; De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Verena Paravel & Lucien Castaing-Taylor; Innocence by Guy Davidi; President by Camilla Nielsson; Strong Island by Yance Ford; Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat by Johan Grimonprez – and many others.
2ND EDITION OF CPH:ROUGHCUT
For the second year running, and as part of CPH:FORUM, CPH:RoughCut will present 5 projects at rough-cut stage looking for distributors (including theatrical), sales agents, buyers, high profile festival premieres and other forms of exhibition. CPH:ROUGHCUT presentations will take place March 16, 2026. Click here to submit projects, and for more information. The deadline for submission is 5 November 2024.
FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS OPEN
CPH:DOX 2026 is open for the second round of film submissions. Final deadline: November 1, 2025 (only for films completed after September 1 2025). The next edition of CPH:DOX will take place from March 11-22, 2026. Click here to submit projects, and for more information.
