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CPH:FORUM has unveiled its 2022 selection of 30 projects which represent a variety of topics, genres and artistic approaches from a diverse group of storytellers.
“Seeking to demonstrate the richness and heterogeneity of the documentary genre, CPH:FORUM presents a curated slate of films that speak to each other and the major issues of the world we live in,” write organisers. The topics of race, equity and colonial legacy connect a personal film of Barbadian award-winning filmmaker Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Papa Machete), and the newest project of the Dutch visual artist Renzo Martens (The White Cube). New perspectives on the climate emergency are presented in a large-scale investigation by the Academy Award® nominated filmmakers Tia Lessin (The Janes) and Carl Deal (Trouble the Water, made with Tia Lessin) as well as in an intimate observation by Nathan Grossman (I am Greta).
After two years online, CPH:DOX will welcome hundreds of guests to Copenhagen for the co-production event CPH:FORUM running March 28-31. Out of the 72 filmmakers and producers from 33 countries, most plan to attend CPH:FORUM 2022 physically, in Copenhagen, while the event will also accommodate online participation, write organisers.
“The pandemic has deeply affected curation across the platforms and has further narrowed down the range of films and topics that are considered feasible to be made. It is our ongoing mission to nurture a space for originality and creativity, while making sure the projects we expose can indeed find their audiences.” says Tereza Simikova, Head of CPH:FORUM.
In addition, 6 Nordic projects have been selected and will be featured in the Work-in-Progress presentation CPH:WIP on March 28. Upcoming, nearly finished films will be seeking gap financing or a launchpad for further distribution. The titles are curated in collaboration with the Nordic film institutes and include projects from established filmmakers such as Tonje Hessen Schei, Carl Olsson and Christian Sønderby Jepsen, as well as emerging Nordic talents.
The selected projects will be presented established film financiers, representatives of streaming platforms such as Disney+, Netflix and Hulu; broadcasters such as ARTE, ZDF, BBC, CNN, National Geographic, POV and DR; film studios Participant Media, Freemantle, Fork Films, 30 West and Sandbox Films; philanthropic foundations such as Ford Foundation, Sundance Institute, Chicken and Egg Pictures, Freedom of Speech Foundation, and Blue Ice Docs – with more to come!
CPH:FORUM will present the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award of €20,000 for the event’s best pitch of a project intended for co-production.
More about CPH:FORUM and the selection of projects here.
CPH:FORUM 2022 Projects
- A Fox Under a Pink Moon, IR. Dir: Mehrdad Oskouei. Prod: Mehrdad Oskouei, Siavash Jamali. Production Company: Oskouei Films, Dreamlab Films
- Body Parts, US. Dir: Kristy Guevara-Flanagan. Prod: Helen Hood Scheer. Production Company: Chuparosa Films
- Breaking Social, SE, CL. Dir: Fredrik Gertten. Prod: Margarete Jangård. Production Company: WG Film AB
- Celluloid Dreams, UK, DE. Dir: Ilinca Calugareanu. Prod: Mara Adina. Production Company: Vernon Films
- Climate in Therapy, SE. Dir: Nathan Grossman. Prod: Cecilia Nessen. Production Company: B-Reel Films
- Copa ’71, UK. Dir: Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine. Prod: Victoria Gregory. Production Company: New Black Films
- Cowboy Russ, SE. Dir: Tova Mozard. Prod: Daniel Pynnönen. Production Company: Picky Pictures
- Girls Of Tomorrow, FR. Dir: Nora Philippe. Prod: Estelle Robin You. Production Company: Point du Jour – Les films du balibari
- Hollywood Gate, DE. Dir: Ibrahim Mohamed. Prod: Talal Derki. Production Company: Jouzour Film Production
- Look Into My Eyes, US. Dir: Lana Wilson. Prod: Kyle Martin. Production Company: Drifting Cloud Productions.
- Megaheartz, SE. Dir: Emily Norling. Prod: Melissa Lindgren, Tobias Janson. Production Company: Story AB
- The Men in Gray, US/DE
- Dir: Ra’anan Alexandrowicz. Prod: Ra’anan Alexandrowicz, Heino Deckert. Production Company: Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion
- Pik-Nik, HU, IN, UK. Dir: Arko Datto. Prod: Balint Revesz, Luke W Moody, Tanaji Dasgupta. Production Company: Good Kids
- Portrait of a Confused Father, NO, FR. Dir: Gunnar Hall Jensen. Prod: Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch. Production Company: UpNorth Film
- Queendom, RU. Dir: Agniia Galdanova. Prod: Igor Myakotin. Production Company: Sopka Films
- Sink Or Swim, US. Dir: Tia Lessin, Carl Deal. Prod: Jared Scott. Production Company: Elsewhere Films
- So Called Sisterhood [wt], CH, PL. Dir: Hanka Nobis. Prod: Esther van Messel. Production Company: First Hand Films
- The End of Quiet?, DK. Dir: Kasper Bisgaard, Mikael Lypinski. Prod: Sara Stockmann. Production Company: Sonntag Pictures
- The First Plantation, US. Dir: Jason Fitzroy Jeffers. Prod: Darcy McKinnon, Romola Lucas. Production Company: Gustro Moving Pictures
- The Gospel According to Matthew, NL, DK, DE . Dir: Renzo Martens. Prod: Sigrid Dyekjær, Heino Deckert. Production Company: Real Lava
- The Great Art $windle [wt], DK, FR. Dir: Andreas Dalsgaard. Prod: Andreas Dalsgaard, Christoph Jörg. Production Company: Elk Film, Pumpernickel Films
- The Human Race, DK. Dir: Simon Lec. Prod: Jacob Levin Krogh. Production Company: Move Copenhagen
- The Human Surge 3, AR, PT, CN, FR. Dir: Eduardo Williams. Prod: Maria Victoria Marotta. Production Company: Un Puma Cine
- The Last Nomads, RS, ME, HR, BE. Dir: Biljana Tutorov, Petar Glomazić. Prod: Biljana Tutorov. Production Company: Wake Up Films
- The Total Trust [wt], DE, NL. Dir: Jialing Zhang. Prod: Knut Jäger. Production Company: Filmtank GmbH
- The Whale Mystery, DK, NO, IS. Dir: Janus Metz, Klaus Thymann. Prod: Peter Engel. Production Company: Wingman Media
- Unconventional Gardeners, IT. Dir: Alessandro Bernard, Paolo Ceretto. Prod: Massimo Arvat. Production Company: Zenit Arti Audiovisive
- Untitled Mistress Dispeller Project, US, CN. Dir: Elizabeth Lo. Prod: Maggie Li. Production Company: After Argo Films LLC
- Whitewash, NO. Dir: Andrei Nekrasov. Prod: Torstein Grude. Production Company: Piraya Film AS.
- Women of My Life, IR, CH. Dir: Zahraa Ghandour. Prod: Samir Jamal Aldin. Production Company: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
CPH:WIP Projects 2022
- Nasrin’s voice, FI. Dir: Kaisa Rastimo. Prod: Ella Ruohonen. Production Company: Image Club Oy
- Resorts, DK, SE. Dir: Mette Carla Albrechtsen. Prod: Rikke Tambo Andersen. Production Company: Tambo Film, Bullitt Film ApS
- Stayers, NO, US. Dir: Julia Dahr, Julie Lunde Lillesæter, Hannah Jayanti. Prod: Natalya Sarch, Darcy McKinnon. Production Company: Differ Media
- The End – Allies for Armageddon, NO, SE, FI, DE. Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei. Prod: Torstein Parelius, Ingrid Galadriel Aune Falch, Christian Aune Falch. Production Company: UpNorth Films
- The Fake Will, DK. Dir: Christian Sønderby Jepsen. Prod: Mira Jargil. Production Company: Moving Documentary
- Vintersaga, SE. Dir: Carl Olsson. Prod: Antonio Russo Merenda. Production Company: Ginestra Film
